School news
Race for Life
Girls raise well over £1000
Mad Hatter's Tea Party
M5 Brooke raise £140 for Big C
Cricket Club
Thrilling tie and Academy win
Prospectus
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Open days
Open Days are held in September and June. Our next Open Morning will be:
Saturday, 22 June 2013
FROM 10:00 - 12:00
Admissions process
Lower School
The deadline for receipt of completed applications for the Lower School is 15th December in the year preceding entry. Once received, an application will be acknowledged, normally within a few days of receipt. A fortnight prior to the entrance assessments, an exam card and further details about the morning will be posted to the named contact on the application form.
For entry in 2013, 7+, 8+, 9+ and 10+ candidates will be assessed during the morning of Saturday, 12th January 2013. Children will be asked to attend in their current school uniform and will undertake a number of activities where their verbal and practical skills in English, Mathematics and Reasoning are assessed. Please note that we will seek an academic reference from your child’s current school unless you have indicated otherwise on the application form. Children who successfully complete the assessments are invited, with their parents, to interview. We are normally able to advise you of the outcome shortly thereafter.
Download a Lower School application form (PDF, 56KB)
Senior School (excluding Sixth Form)
The deadline for receipt of completed applications for the Senior School is 15th December in the year preceding entry. Once received, an application will be acknowledged, normally within a few days of receipt. A fortnight prior to the entrance assessments, an exam card and further details about the morning will be posted to the named contact on the application form.
For entry in 2013, candidates will be assessed during the morning of Saturday, 12th January 2013. Children usually attend in their own clothes. Children undertake papers in Mathematics, English and Reasoning (14+ candidates do not undertake the Reasoning paper). An academic reference from your child’s current school will be sought unless you have indicated otherwise on the application form. Applicant interviews will take place from Saturday 19th January. We aim to advise you of the outcome as soon as possible thereafter.
Download a Senior School application form (PDF, 56KB)
Sixth Form Entry
The deadline for receipt of completed applications for the Sixth Form is 1st November in the year preceding entry. Once received, an application will be acknowledged, normally within a few days of receipt.
Sixth Form candidates are assessed by interview and academic reference from their current school. Interviews normally take place in the fourth week of November and candidates are advised of their success or otherwise in gaining a conditional place prior to Christmas. For entry in 2013, Scholarship assessments take place on the first, second and third weekends in November 2012. Parents are invited to attend an evening presentation in November to meet and ask questiions of the Head Master and senior colleagues.
Admission to the School would depend on a minimum of six B grade passes at GCSE; this is a minimum entry requirement and stronger grades would be necessary in those subjects contemplated at A level.