Year 9 entry

Each academic year around 85 boys join the Middle School into Year 9 (age 13). In addition, 125 boys join the year group from our Lower School, making a total of around 210 boys.

Registration for entry to Year 9 in 2021, and deferred entry for 2022, has now closed. If you have registered your son, the admissions team will be in contact with you in the coming weeks to let you know about the examinations.

Registration for entry to Year 9 in 2022, and deferred entry for 2024, will open on Tuesday 22 April.

Entry Procedures and Timetable
Specimen Papers

Entry Procedures and Timetable

Entry to Year 9 in September 2021
Deferred entry to Year 9 in September 2023

Entry to Year 9 in September 2021

Age of applicant	For boys born between 1 September 2007 and 31 August 2008
Number of places available	85
Academic, Art, Music and Sport Scholarships and Bursaries	Available
Closing Date for Registration	Friday 6 November 2020, midday
Dates of Entrance Examinations	Saturday 23 January 2021
Examinations	Written papers in English, Mathematics, Verbal and Non-Verbal Reasoning.
Number of boys invited for interview	120
Interview Dates	Monday 1 February to Friday 5 February 2021
Offer Date	Posted on Thursday 11 February 2021

Selection

The offer of a place at the College is made on the basis of

the candidate’s performance in the appropriate examination
an interview
a report from the Head of the candidate’s present school

and is subject to the College’s Standard Terms and Conditions.

The Interview

Candidates who show promise in the written papers are invited to attend for an interview shortly after the examination. Our aim is to provide a friendly atmosphere for the interview during which the candidate will be allowed the opportunity to give further evidence of his academic strengths and some indication of interests and abilities with which he might make a contribution to the general life of the College.

Extra Time in Entrance Examinations

Additional time is available for boys who have an Educational Psychologist’s report that shows they have below average scores for speed of cognitive processing. Use of a computer is available for boys for whom it is the normal way of working and where it is appropriate to their needs. Please make the Registrar aware of this at the time of application.

Deferred entry to Year 9 in September 2023

Age of applicant	For boys born between 1 September 2009 and 31 August 2010
Number of places available	60 (25 additional places will be offered to boys who sit the entrance examinations in 2023)
Applicants eligible	Boys at 13+ Prep Schools in the UK
Academic, Art, Music and Sport Scholarships and Bursaries	Available Successful applicants will be invited to apply when they are in Year 8
Closing date for Registration	Friday 2 October 2020, midday
Examinations	ISEB pre-test in Michaelmas term 2020 at their Prep schools. Candidates who are invited for interview will be assessed further in English and Mathematics
Number of boys invited for interview	140
Interview Dates	Monday 7 December to Friday 11 December 2020
Offer Date	Thursday 11 February 2021