Upper East Side, Manhattan · Fall 2027 entry
The Nightingale-Bamford School: which admissions test?
ISEE or SSAT
ISEE or SSAT (grades 5-11) · Apply by Tuesday, December 1, 2026
Test by entering grade
| Grade 5 | ISEE or SSAT |
| Grade 6 | ISEE or SSAT |
| Grade 7 | ISEE or SSAT |
| Grade 8 | ISEE or SSAT |
| Grade 9 | ISEE or SSAT |
| Grade 10 | ISEE or SSAT |
| Grade 11 | ISEE or SSAT |
A grade missing from the table has no rule on the school’s page, often because the school does not admit new students into it.
“Applicants to Classes V-XI are required to submit either SSAT or ISEE scores. Scores are valid from August 1 of the prior school year”
6 weeks to The Nightingale-Bamford School’s application deadline (Tuesday, December 1, 2026)
ISEE or SSAT prep: a diagnostic this week, then a prep plan to test day. The diagnostic ($150, one-time, 1.5 hours) shows where your child stands on the ISEE or SSAT and which sections cost the most points. You leave with a written plan: the sessions it calls for, dated up to your child’s test day. Sessions are $125 each, paid one at a time, no package.
Deadline read on the school’s own admissions site. Leave your details just below.
Take the next step
Applying to The Nightingale-Bamford School?
Tell us your child's grade and where they are on the ISEE or SSAT today. We start with a diagnostic, then a prep plan to test day.
Application deadline
Tuesday, December 1, 2026
“are due on December 1, 2026. All corresponding application materials are due on January 8, 2027.” — nightingale.org
The school
- Grades
- K-12
- Entry grades named
- K, 5, 9
- Address
- 20 East 92nd Street, New York, NY 10128
- Line read on
- Tuesday, September 29, 2026
Next step
- How to register for the ISEE — seasons and the 21-day standard registration window.
- Score an official ISEE practice test: ERB’s free guides each contain a full practice test, Lower, Middle and Upper Level. Type the answers and get the raw score per section and the scaled-score range from ERB’s own table.
- ISEE prep in NYC
- SSAT test dates for 2026–27: the six Standard Saturdays, October to March, the day each regular price ends, and the latest one whose score usually reaches the school before its deadline.
- SSAT prep in NYC
- Check your whole list — tick every school you apply to and see which test covers them.