Independent Schools - Admission and Selection

Once you have done your research and decided on a short list of appropriate schools you will need to find out about their admission and selection procedures.

The Relocation Bureau can help you with your research, find out the admission and selection procedures, obtain a school prospectus and make the necessary arrangements for you with schools that have places available.

Entrance Tests

Many junior schools and even some senior schools admit pupils on a first-come-first-served basis, so early application is advised.

However, most independent senior schools set an entrance test. The difficulty of these tests and the standard required for admission varies and will be related to the type of school.

Some schools which admit on the basis of performance in the Common Entrance Examination, taken in June, are also very selective, admitting only students with the highest marks. Others, however, take a much wider range of ability after an interview and a simple test.

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