We request a confidential reference from an applicant’s current school at the end of Year 5. If the applicant registers after this point, we will request a reference for the applicant immediately.
Ideally, an applicant should sit the ISEB Common Pre-Test between 1 October and the end of the autumn term of Year 6.
The ISEB Common Pre-Test is a standardised, age-adaptive measure of ability and attainment, meaning that an applicant is not disadvantaged by sitting it early in Year 6 or by being young for his year.
The Pre-Test is an online assessment consisting of multiple-choice questions in verbal reasoning, non-verbal reasoning, English and Mathematics. It takes approximately two and a half hours to complete and its components can be taken together or at separate times.
We deselect a small number of applicants who do not perform well in the test and invite the strongest applicants to meet our Admissions Panel during Year 6.
All applicants are interviewed by the Admission Panel when they sit the Hastingwood Test at the begining of Year 7, whether they have met the Admissions Panel in Year 6 or not.
Please contact the school should have any questions concerning our admissions process.
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