Entrance Procedures

At Clifton High School we set out to provide a first class education for children whose ability enables them to benefit from a demanding, stimulating, enriched education. As an all-through school we educate boys and girls from Nursery Pre-School to Sixth Form, helping support them through every stage of their school career. A registration form must be completed for all applications.

Registration Form

For the Admissions policy visit the policies page

To find out more about the entrance procedures for each area of the School, please click on the relevant link below.

The Hive - Junior School

The Hive - Nursery Pre-School:

Entry to our Nursery School is selective. It is expected that children will be able to access the full Early Years Curriculum.

Reception, Year 1 and Year 2:

Entry into Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 is determined via an informal assessment conducted by a class teacher from the relevant year group. It is expected that pupils will be capable of accessing the full curriculum and be sufficiently able to gain entry into our Junior School in due course.

Pupils should also be capable of progressing towards gaining entry into the Senior School.

Junior School:

Entry into Years 3 to 6 is dependent upon:

a report from Reception to Year 2 Department for internal candidates
a report from the Head of their current school for external candidates
a formal assessment of the candidates standard in English, mathematics and reading

We anticipate that pupils joining Years 3 to 6 will be capable of progressing towards gaining entry into the Senior School.

Year 7

Year 7:

Pupils who enter the Senior School will possess sufficient academic ability to allow them to access a wide range of GCSE subjects, currently nine. They would then be expected to take A levels (the current usual three subjects at A level and an AS level) and to go on to the higher educational establishment of their choice.

For external candidates, entry into the Senior School in Year 7 is dependent upon:

entrance examination - competitive selective examination in Mathematics, English, verbal and non-verbal reasoning
a report from their Junior School
a formal meeting with the Head of School or Deputy Head of School, for both the candidate and their parents

Prospective families will need to complete a registration form and return it to our Registrar and School Admissions Manager. [Entrance examination application forms will be made available prior to the annual January examination dates.]

Registration form For Clifton High School Junior School candidates, entry into Year 7 is based on:

entrance examination - competitive selective examination in Mathematics, English, verbal and non-verbal reasoning
a meeting with the Head of School or Deputy Head of School, for both the candidate and their parents

Existing Clifton High School pupils do not need to complete a registration or entrance examination application form.

Entrance examination dates

Year 7 entrance examinations date for entry into 2021-22 academic year will be released in the coming weeks.

Please contact our Admissions Department if you have any questions regarding our admissions procedure.

Scholarships and School assisted places

For more information on Senior School scholarships and school assisted places click here

Senior School

Entry into other Senior Years:

Enquiries are always welcome for entry in to our other Senior School year groups and applying pupils are assessed on an individual basis.

The entrance procedure is similar to that for Year 7 candidates and is based on:

entrance examination - competitive selective examination in Mathematics and English (appropriate to year group)
a report from their current school
a formal meeting with the Head of School or Deputy Head of School, for both the candidate and their parents

Prospective families will need to complete a registration form and return it to our Registrar and School Admissions Manager.

Registration form

Scholarships and school assisted places

For more information on Senior School scholarships and school assisted places click here

Sixth Form

External candidates are considered on individual merit and entrance into the Sixth Form is dependent upon:

evidence obtained from each student’s current school in the form of a school report
predicted or actual external examination results
an interview with the Head of Sixth Form plus relevant Heads of Department
subject specific school examination paper results, if required

International candidates for entry into Year 12 will also be required to sit our English and Mathematics entrance examination papers either in their current school or at Clifton High. In addition pupils will need to have achieved and IELTs score of over 5.5 (in some instances a score of 5 may be considered).

Scholarships

For more information about Sixth Form scholarships click here

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