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General Admissions

Join us at anytime!

Entrance to Bablake Junior and Pre Prep School is available any time where vacancies exist. 

Submit an application form

If you would like your son or daughter to be considered for entry into the Junior School or Pre Prep, please complete our application form. 

Arrange a visit or a taster day

• As part of the application process, we recommend you visit the school so you can experience first hand what makes us such a special place.
• To arrange a visit or a taster day please call the Junior School (ages 7-11) on 024 7627 1260 or the Pre Prep School (ages 3-7) on 024 7627 1285.

We look forward to welcoming you into our school

Entrance Assessments

During their time with us, pupils will make a considerable amount of progress. Our entrance assessments are about recognising a child's potential and not simply what or how somebody has been taught. Pupils come to us from many different backgrounds and have had varying educational experiences.

Once we have received your application form your child will be invited for an entrance assessment and familiarisation afternoon. We hold a Year 3 and Year 4 entry examination on the first Saturday in February for those pupils looking to start with us in September.

Additional entrance assessments for children looking to join in September or throughout the year take place on any suitable occasion or during a visit.

Junior School (ages 7-11) Assessments

It is our hope that all of our pupils will go on to gain entry into the Senior School.  This is quite an academic challenge and we, therefore, accept children into Bablake Junior and Pre Prep School who we feel have that potential.

In the Junior School entrance assessments in Reading, English and Maths are based on the work that will be done by the children at their current schools.  In Reading, we assess each child's skills in comprehension, spelling and grammar and we also ask them to do a little writing. In Maths, we expect each child to have a broad ability and a working knowledge of mathematical terms.

Pupils will also have to complete a Non-Verbal Reasoning paper.  This test seeks to give an indicator as to their potential and suggests how easily they may acquire new concepts.

As well as sitting the entrance assessments, we will also contact your child's present school to get further information about their progress to date.

Pre Prep School (ages 3-7) Assessments

Pre Prep pupils can progress into Year 3 at the main school site without the need to take the normal entrance exam. We, therefore, have a child-friendly, informal assessment procedure for pupils wanting to join the Pre Prep. It is preferable that pupils accepted into the Pre Prep have the long-term potential to succeed at Bablake School.

To facilitate this process we invite children to come into school for a morning to spend some time with their prospective classmates and to meet the teachers. The experience is planned to be a positive one; children join us from many different backgrounds and we are looking for potential. Your child's visit can take place at any point in the academic year as we approach the date of their enrolment. For entry into Kindergarten, this visit should take place in the Summer Term preceding entry

Schedule for Entry in September 2020

Entry to the Sixth Form

• Parents are asked to complete the application form and return it by Wednesday 15 January 2020.

• Applicants will be invited to visit the School, where they will be interviewed by the Head of Sixth Form and the Headmaster.

• Academic, Music and Sports Scholarships are all available

• After interview, and a satisfactory report from the applicant’s current school, offers will be made conditional upon gaining specified grades in the GCSEs. The minimum entry is normally five Grade 6 (or equivalent) passes. Offers will be made at the Headmaster’s discretion shortly after the interview date.

• A £300 deposit should accompany the letter of acceptance.

• Parents are asked to contact the School as soon as the GCSE results are known. In the event of unsatisfactory results and the subsequent withdrawal of a place by the School, the £300 deposit will be returned.

• Download and Application form 2020

• Download the Entry Booklet 2020

• Download the Sixth Form Prospectus - please be aware the deadline for applications has changed to Wednesday 15 January 2020 since this publication went to print