Year 7 Admissions 2024
ADMISSIONS
Virtual Events
Join us at our upcoming events to find out more about Berkhamsted Girls
Click here for details of dates and how to book your place
Registration Deadline – Wednesday 27th September 2023
Please contact our Admissions department for information on our continued interest list for out of year applications.
Following registration
Assessments – 9 – 13 October 2023
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. Those not invited will be informed on Monday 16 October.
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
Specific dates in 2023 to be confirmed
- November – Sport Scholarship Assessment
- November – Music Scholarship Assessment
- November – Drama Scholarship Assessment
- November – Academic Scholarship Interviews
- You will be contacted following the entry assessment if your child is being invited to sit the Academic Scholarship
Offers and Acceptances
Wednesday 6 December 2023
Assessment and Scholarship result letters emailed to families
March 2024
Deadline for acceptance of place sent to Admissions – date to be confirmed
Key dates for new starters
If successful
April 2024
New Girls’ 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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