Admissions

Years 6 – 7

2026/27 Entrance Examinations will be held on Saturday, 10 January 2026.

Years 8 – 10

2026/27 Entrance Examinations will be held on Tuesday, 13 January 2026.

Sixth Form

The assessment procedure has three parts:

• GCSE results – or recognised equivalents
• An interview
• A report from your son’s present/most recent school

You should be expecting your son to achieve a total of at least 30 points from the sum of his five best GCSEs. He should also have gained a grade 5 in both English and Mathematics, with grade 7s in the subjects to be studied at A Level (or grade 8 for Mathematics). For those students who have not followed a GCSE course, we would expect a comparable academic standard and treat each applicant on an individual basis.

In addition, students from overseas are expected to have achieved a minimum of C1 on the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) (or a high B2 if the student is planning to study Maths and Sciences and scores well on these subject papers).

Interview – An interview gives us an opportunity to discuss current school work and to assess academic potential and personal qualities. We would like all of our students to take advantage of all the opportunities available at the Grammar School and we therefore look for evidence of, or potential for, self-motivation, involvement in co-curricular activities, a sense of social responsibility and of course, academic ability. Interviews may be held with: The Headmaster, Deputy Head (Academic), Head of Sixth Form or selected Heads of Department.

All applicants for entry into the Sixth Form will be asked to indicate their preferred choice of subjects for study at A Level at the time of their application.