Admissions

 

Preparatory Department

In order to ensure that St Mary's is fully equipped to meet your daughter’s educational needs, admission to the Preparatory Department is subject to her spending a day in the appropriate year group. Informal assessment is carried out by the class teacher but more formal testing in mathematics and English is also undertaken for girls wishing to enter Year 2 or above. There is an additional assessment in Verbal Reasoning for girls entering Years 4 and above. A report is also requested from your daughter’s previous school.

 

Senior School

Admission to Year 7 of the Senior School is based on each girl's performance in the entrance examination and taster sessions which take place on Saturday 21st January 2012.

The entrance examination consists of:

A Mathematics test
An English Test
A Verbal Reasoning test

Candidates will then take part in a series of taster lessons which enable staff to observe each child in the classroom setting.  A report is also obtained from the girl’s current school. Candidates applying for scholsrships will aslo be called back for a scholarship assessment day.  

Applications for entrance into Year 8 and above is subject to the availability of places and is dependent upon each girl undertaking an assessment and spending a day with the appropriate year group.

Sixth Form

Admission to the Sixth Form is based upon each girl's GCSE examination results together with an interview and report from the previous school. Candidates who wish to apply for a scholarship or bursary for the Sixth Form are required to sit the entrance examination which takes place on Saturday 21st January 2012.

 

For more information on admission to the school  and/or to register for the entrance examination please contact our Admissions Officer, Caroline Clarke, on 01905 357786.