Year 9 Admissions 2023
Join us at a number of events as you discover Berkhamsted Boys
ADMISSIONS
Virtual Events
Join us at our virtual events to find out more about Berkhamsted Boys
This event has now passed for 2023 entry.
Join us in July 2023 for September 2024 entry.
Book your place
ADMISSIONS
In Person
Please book for our upcoming on-site events:
Berkhamsted Boys Open Event – this event has now passed.
Details of our 2023 Open Event will be available shortly.
Book your placeRegistration Deadline – Now closed for September 2023 applications.
Please contact our Admissions department for information on our continued interest list for out of year applications.
Following registration
Assessments and Interviews – Saturday 12 November
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.
The assessment for 13+ entry includes a Verbal Reasoning, Non-Verbal Reasoning, English and Mathematics test. Candidates will also sit a Modern Language papers (if studied). The assessment will take place at Berkhamsted School on Saturday 12 November.
An interview with the Headteacher/Deputy of Berkhamsted Boys is scheduled ahead of the entry assessment. A reference from the pupil’s current school is also required.
Overseas applicants (full boarding applications)
Overseas students, once registered, are required to sit entrance tests in English, Maths, Verbal Reasoning and Non-Verbal Reasoning (each of one hour duration) under exam conditions at the nearest British Council office, through a recognised partner agent, or at their current school. A reference from the student’s current school is also required. Pupils will be given the option of attending the School for an interview or doing an online interview.
Scholarship Dates
Monday 10 October
Deadline for Scholarship applications. Please be aware that students should be registered for entry to the school when applying for a scholarship
Monday 7 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 9 entry**
- Wednesday 9 November – Sport Scholarship Assessment
- Tuesday 15 November – Music Scholarship Assessment
- Thursday 17 November – Drama Scholarship Assessment
- Friday 25 November – Academic Scholarship Interviews
- You will be contacted in the week leading up to Friday 25 November if your child is being invited to sit the Academic Scholarship
Offers and Acceptances
Tuesday 13 December 2022
Assessment and Scholarship result letters emailed
Monday 9 January 2023
Deadline for acceptance of places
Key dates for new starters
If successful
April 2023
Date to be confirmed – New Boys’ Evening (Senior School)
June 2023
Date to be confirmed – New Pupils’ Induction Day 1 (Senior School)
September 2023
Tuesday 5 September (provisional)
New Pupils’ Induction Day 2 (Senior School)
Tuesday 5 September (provisional)
New pupils start at Berkhamsted
Wednesday 6 September
Term begins
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. 2022 and 2023 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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