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Published process and known limits

What the reviewed evidence establishes about how pupils enter the school, and what it does not. This is school admissions evidence; university admissions are recorded separately.

Entry points evidenced

  • 13+ · Year 9
  • 16+ · Year 12

Process as published

  1. 01

    13+ initial

    ISEB Common Pre-Test in autumn of Year 6.

  2. 02

    13+ selection

    Selected English and Mathematics papers, then two 20-minute interviews in late January or early February.

  3. 03

    16+ assessment

    Early-November examinations in proposed A-level subjects; STEM applicants also take numerical reasoning.

  4. 04

    16+ decision

    Subject and pastoral interviews about two weeks later; outcomes no earlier than 1 December and conditioned on GCSEs.

What is not known

Evidence boundary

No applicant-to-place denominator is published. Around 35 honorary academic scholarships are described at 13+; none at 16+.

Entry points and dates: to confirm with the school

No school has confirmed the entry details on this site. Entry ages, stages, dates and requirements change from year to year, so treat everything here as a question to put to the school, and check its own admissions pages before you plan around it.

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