Year 7 Admissions 2024

ADMISSIONS

Events

Join us at our upcoming events to find out more about Berkhamsted Boys

Click here for details of dates and how to book your place

 

 

Registrations for Year 7 September 2024 are now closed. 

Please contact our Admissions department for information on our continued interest list for out of year applications.

Following registration:

Entry Requirements

We set entry examinations for all children wishing to enter our Senior Schools to ascertain whether they can reach the academic standards we set.

A reference from the pupil’s current school is also required.

Year 7 entry test

Candidates seeking 11+ entry to Berkhamsted Boys in September 2024 will be required to take the Independent Schools Examinations Board (ISEB) Common Pre-Test ideally at the pupil’s current school between Monday 9 and Friday 13 October.

We will invite those whose scores indicate that they will be able to cope with our curriculum to a Holistic Assessment Day on Wednesday 18 October 2023 between 09:00 – 16:15. We will be involving more than half our teaching staff on this date and therefore will not be able to organise a reserve date.

Parents will be informed on Monday 16 October at 14:00 if their son is being invited to the Holistic Assessment Day.

The Holistic Assessment Day will be like a day in the life of a Senior School pupil and will include:

  • an interview
  • a practical leadership exercise at our high ropes course
  • an academic discussion
  • a problem-solving exercise
  • a sporting activity
  • drama
  • a creative writing opportunity

Every element of the day will be observed and assessed, and we will use the observations and assessments to seek to offer places to pupils who will benefit most from our ambitious, adventurous and busy curriculum.

Scholarship Dates

 

Monday 9 October

Deadline for Scholarship applications
Please be aware that students should be registered for entry to the school when applying for a scholarship

Monday 6 November

Deadline for return of applications for additional means-tested funding **

** (additional means tested funding is only awarded in conjunction with a scholarship)

Scholarship Assessments for Year 7 entry

Monday 13 November – Sport Scholarship Assessment

Tuesday 14 November – Music Scholarship Assessment

Friday 17 November – Drama Scholarship Assessment

Offers and Acceptances

 

Wednesday 6 December 2023

Assessment and Scholarship result letters emailed to families

Friday 1 March 2024

Deadline for acceptance of place sent to Admissions 

Key dates for new starters

If successful

April 2024

New Boys’ Evening (Senior School)

June 2024

New Pupils’ Induction Day 1 (Senior School)

September 2024

New pupils start at Berkhamsted

 

ADMISSIONS

Personal Tours

We advise visiting Berkhamsted at one of our on-site Open Events in the first instance. For families looking for entry in the next two years (i.e. 2024 and 2025 entry), we can offer group and individual tours of our school sites.

To book a place on a personal tour please complete the form below and our Admissions team will be in touch in due course to make arrangements.

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