Year 7 and Year 9 entry

Entry

Our selection process is designed to determine whether a child will flourish in a busy boarding school environment with a strong academic ethos, enjoying the wide range of opportunities on offer, and feel at home at Christ’s Hospital.

Parents are advised to start the admissions process as early as possible and ideally at least 18 months before their child would be due to enter the school.

Places at the school are academically selective and are offered based on Christ’s Hospital’s own assessments.

We welcome day students who are within a commutable distance from the School. Day students enjoy all the advantages of a top boarding school with access to an exceptional broader curricular programme.

Year 7 Entry Requirements

As a guide, children entering at age 11 into Year 7 need to show evidence of academic potential, working towards the higher end of the ability range in both the Mathematics and English National Curriculum syllabuses (i.e. predicted more than 100 in the Key Stage 2 tests and ‘working above the expected standard’).

Our assessment process for a bursary place is in two stages. An Initial Assessment in October (just before October half-term) that uses computer based tests (verbal, quantitative, non-verbal and spatial reasoning).

Those candidates who are successful in the Initial Assessment will be invited to our Residential Assessment in January (just before term starts). The children stay overnight, have the opportunity to experience boarding life and take part in assessment tasks, the children are being assessed not only on their academic potential but also on their suitability to board.

Residential Assessment Year 7 English

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Residential Assessment Year 7 Maths

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Year 9 Entry Requirements

Admission in Year 9 is based on our own assessment process. As a guide, children entering at age 13 into Year 9 need to show evidence of academic potential, working towards the higher end of the ability range in both the Mathematics and English National Curriculum syllabuses.

Candidates for entry at age 13 into Year 9 who are coming from an independent prep school may choose to apply to be tested at age 11 and have their place deferred.

Residential Assessment Year 9 English

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Residential Assessment Year 9 Maths

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Additional Information

In all cases reports will be requested from a candidate’s current head teacher and it is recommended that parents contact their child’s current school early in the admissions process to ask about their child’s predicted grades.

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