Junior School Entry

We are very proud of the success of our Junior School assessment procedure, and therefore give automatic entry to the Senior School for any pupil who has been taught in our Junior School. There is no requirement to take the Senior School entrance examination.

Applications are welcomed for entry to any of Years 3, 4, 5 or 6, subject to spaces being available. For Junior School entry, an applicant who is unsuccessful is able to re-apply for admission into the subsequent year only once. On all other occasions, they are able to re-apply for a year group two years on. For example, an applicant who was unsuccessful at gaining entry to Year 3 could re-apply for a place in Year 4 the following year, however if unsuccessful again, would then need to wait to re-apply for a place in Year 6. Any candidate who is unsuccessful for Year 6 entry is welcome to apply for entry to the Senior School at Year 7. Please note, bursary funding is only available for Year 7 and Sixth Form entry; it is not available for Junior School places.

On the day of their assessment boys are taught in groups of up to 10 and take part in a variety of lessons and activities. These include a Maths lesson and a topic-based lesson, and boys are set short tests on what they have learnt. Lesson content is purposefully based on areas boys will not have studied before, as we are looking to identify potential rather than prior learning. This also puts all boys on an equal basis during assessment. Writing and reading tasks are also set.