How to Apply

Pupils aged 10-12 (Years 6 - 8)

1. Parents are asked to complete the Application Form and return it to the Admissions Officer, together with the Application Fee of £35. Closing date for applications: Friday 3rd December 2010.

2. Prospective pupils will be required to sit the Entrance Examination held in January. The date is: Wednesday 5th January 2011, with papers in English, Mathematics and verbal and non-verbal reasoning.

Note: (1) For admission to Shells (Year 7) in September 2011 a candidate should normally be eleven but not twelve years of age on 31st August 2011. (2) For admission to Second Year (Year 8) in September 2011 a candidate should normally be twelve but not thirteen years of age on 31st August 2011. (3) Candidates at age 10: Pre-selection Assessment. In accordance with HMC guidelines, Coventry School Foundation is willing to assist parents to plan their children's education through pre-selection assessment and testing. Candidates for pre-selection assessment will be offered the opportunity to sit a test and their parents will be offered a Headmaster's assessment of the likelihood of their child achieving the necessary standard for entry at normal age. Candidates who undergo this pre-selection assessment will however still be required to undertake the normal selection examination in the year prior to normal entry.

Entry at 13+ (Year 9)

Entry will be by test, in English, Mathematics and verbal reasoning. Parents are asked to complete the Application Form and return it to the Admissions Department by Friday 3rd December 2010. The 13+ entry exam will take place on Wednesday 5th January 2011. Scholarships are available. For admission to Third Year (Year 9) in September 2011 a candidate should normally be thirteen but not fourteen years of age on 31st August 2011.

There is an Open Session for prospective parents and pupils on the morning of Saturday 6th November 2010. Full details are advertised locally. Parents and their children are most welcome to visit the School and meet the Headmaster, staff and pupils at any time during the year, by prior appointment.

Please telephone the Admissions Officer, Mrs L Baines (024 7627 1248) or email (info@bablake.coventry.sch.uk), to arrange a mutually convenient time.

There will also be an Open Session in June 2011 which is ideally suited for current Year 5 pupils and their parents looking at 2012 Entry. (Details of specific arrangements for 2012 Entry will be posted later in the year but we welcome early enquiries.)