Entrance Examination

Students take four papers in the following order: Mathematics multiple-choice, Extended Writing task, English Comprehension multiple-choice and Verbal Reasoning multiple-choice, in small groups on the day of the Examination.

Any student who is entitled to additional time will be facilitated and take their papers in the Library under close supervision by the Learning Support Team and the Library Team.

We are often asked whether a student should have tuition specifically for the Entrance Examination and are aware that a number of students do have some weekly support outside of their current school. If a student is able and doing well at his current school then this should not be necessary. However, many students are not familiar with the multiple choice format of the Entrance Examination so revision packs of multiple-choice questions are useful in preparation.

The GL Assessment website or Amazon have GL practice papers; however, any multiple choice practice papers are useful from other leading providers and available in all good bookshops.

The Year 6 Entrance Examination for September 2023 entry is scheduled for Wednesday 4 January 2023. The preferred deadline for completed registration forms is 16 November 2022 to enable the College to request a reference from the student’s current school in advance of the Christmas holidays. Late registrations are considered where time permits.

The Entrance Examination results are published before the end of January following the exam earlier in the month. The deadline for acceptance of offers is usually in early March.