11+ (Year 7) Entry

An application for your child to be included in our entrance assessment procedures should ideally be submitted over the summer between Year 5 and Year 6.  Although there is no deadline, we encourage early registration but no later than October Half Term.

1. Applicants and their parents will be invited in across the Autumn Term in small groups.  There will be a welcome and hello from the Headmaster for all and the children will take part in small group Team Building Tasks led by members of our Senior Leadership team.
2. Families will be offered a tour of the school with a Sixth Form student guide following the session.  
3. Children will be asked to complete and bring in a questionnaire.  A reference and recent school report will be requested from your child’s current school with your permission.

We test core learning skills in English, Maths and Verbal Reasoning and cover Year 5 national curriculum topics. Children will complete a 30-minute creative writing task followed by a 45-minute Maths paper, both set internally by our Heads of Department. The final 45-minute paper from GL Assessment has two parts; Comprehension/Spelling and Grammar (SPaG) and Verbal Reasoning. The assessment is held at the College on the penultimate Saturday in January of Year 6.

Candidates who are living overseas may take the tests under exam conditions at their current school. Interviews can be held online through a video call.

Please note we are not a registered sponsor of student visas.  If you are relocating from overseas and do not hold a British passport, it is the responsibility of the family to apply for relevant documentation to enter, live and study in the UK.

Letters communicating the outcome are sent no later than ten days after the entrance assessment.

The acceptance deadline is the first working day in March. All those who accept their offer of a place will receive further details of our extensive induction programme, as well as a login and access to our parent portal. New starter forms will need to be completed by May as part of the joining process.

Entry at 13+ (Year 9) is limited with very few places available.  Applications are accepted and the entrance assessment process runs in parallel with the 11+ cycle and timings as highlighted above. Candidates take a one hour online test covering English, Maths, Verbal and Non-Verbal reasoning skills. They will also sit a 30-minute creative writing task.