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General Admissions

Applications for September entry into Kindergarten, Reception and Year 3 should be completed in the Autumn Term of the preceding academic year. Should you be moving into the area or changing schools, we can accommodate mid-year and mid-term starters where there are places available. Please use the following application form and information to apply.

• Download an Application form
• Download the Entry and Admissions booklet

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.

Pre Prep (ages 3-7)

We have a child-friendly Informal Assessment procedure for pupils wanting to join the Pre Prep.

• 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 Assessment can take place at any point in the academic year as we approach the date of their enrolment.
• For entry into Kindergarten, Assessments should take place in the Spring Term preceding entry.
   

Junior School (ages 7-11)

We accept children who we feel have the potential to succeed and progress to our Senior School.

• We hold a Year 3, Year 4 and Year 5 Entry Assessment on the first Saturday in February for those pupils looking to start September 2021 (this assessment will take place on the King Henry VIII site).
• Entry will be by assessments in English, Maths and Reasoning. 
• As well as sitting the Entrance Assessments, we will also contact your child's current school to request further information about their progress to date.
• For entry into the current academic year, once we have received your application form, your child will be invited for an Entrance Assessment and familiarisation afternoon.

Schedule for Entry in September 2021

Entry to the Sixth Form

• Parents are asked to complete the application form and return it by January 2021 (date TBC).

• 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 an Application form 2021

• Download the Entry Booklet 2021

• Download the Sixth Form Prospectus