Year 7 Admissions

The full admissions policy and a list of FAQs can be found in the downloads at the bottom of the page.

For September 2026 entry to Year 7, the registration process will commence early in June 2025, and our next Open Day is scheduled for early July 2025.

Entrance Tests

Key Dates Year 7 September 2025 entry
Tuesday 4 June 2024 to 12.00 noon Monday 2 September 2024	Online registration for the Stage One test for entry in 2025 is now closed.
Tuesday 9 July 2024	Open Evening for Year 7 2025 between 4.30 and 7.30pm (You do not need to book our Open Evening. There are no guided tours)
Thursday 18 July 2024	It helps our administration if you are able to complete your online registration and return any medical or pupil premium paperwork before Friday 19 July, the end of the summer term. The admissions department does not work in the summer holiday
Monday 2 September 2024	12.00 noon is the SIF deadline for registering for the Stage One test AND for any supplementary paperwork to be received by the school
Thursday 3 and Friday 4 October 2024	Stage One test
On or around Tuesday 15 October 2024	Parents notified if their child is invited to the Stage Two test
Thursday 31 October 2024	Deadline to complete your local authority application form (the CAF Deadline)
Saturday 9 November 2024	Stage Two test for those invited
Monday 3 March 2025	Evening: Offers made by your local authority via the eAdmissions website
Tuesday 4 March 2025	Stage Two test results emailed by the school to parents of children who have not been offered a higher preference school and are on the waiting list

Our catchment area is made up of an Inner Area and a Designated Area and girls living in these Areas are given priority. Disadvantaged children are given the highest priority in our oversubscription criteria: those who are looked after children or previously looked after children, those in the catchment area who are eligible for means-tested free school meals, or those in the catchment area who are registered as a service child at their current school.

Since the Designated Area was introduced in September 2014 all places have been offered to children living inside it. The Designated Area is made up of 44 postal districts and these are set out in the admissions policy.