There are four main points of entry into Freemen's each September:

• 7+ or Year 3 entry
• 11+ or Year 7 entry
• 13+ or Year 9 entry
• 16+ or Year 12 entry 

We will consider applications for other years if we have space. We will not invite your child to sit for an entrance assessment, unless we know we have spaces in that year. If we do not have spaces, we will add you to our database and contact you should a space become available?

Yes, as we are a selective school, most years will need to sit entrance assessments. Those applying for Sixth Form who are studying 8 or more GCSEs will be considered based on their predicted grades, a current school report and their interview.  

To apply, you need to download the registration form and return with the £200 registration fee. The fee can be paid by bank transfer or with a cheque.  Here are the bank details:

Bank Details

The preferred method of payment to the School is via bank transfer. 

To make a BACS payment, please use our bank details below.

Prospective Parents:	Please include your child’s name as the payment reference.
Current Parents:	Please use pupil/parent reference as shown on your invoice as the payment reference.
Account Name:	City of London Freemen’s School Fees Account
Account No:	00070500
Sort Code:	30-00-02
IBAN:	GB04LOYD30000200070500
SWIFT CODE:	LOYDGB2LCTY

 

The deadline to apply is 8 October in the year prior to entry. This is usually the year before you want to join the school. If you are applying for pre-tests for Year 9 in Year 6 or Year 7, it will be the October your child joins Year 6 or Year 7. 

You can register at any time before this date.  The registration fee is non-refundable.

Usually, we only take new students in September, particularly into exam classes. On occasion, we will take students at other points during the year. To find out if your child might be considered, please contact the Admissions Team directly on 0044 (0)1372 822423 or email admissions@freemens.org.  

 

Registration Fee

£200 for all applicants.

Deposit

Day

A £2,000 deposit is payable to confirm a pupil’s place. From the deposit, £500 will be offset against the first term’s fees, with the remaining £1,500 being held by the School, without accrual of interest, until the final account is due.

Boarders

We require a full term’s fees as deposit for boarding pupils. From the deposit £5,000 will be held by the School, without accrual of interest, until the final account is due. The remainder will be offset against the first term’s fees.

The 2020/21 school fees are as follows, and remain unchanged from 2019/20 for the Autumn Term and will be reviewed for January 2021:

Year 3 (7+) – Year 6 (10+) (Day only)

£4,689 per term, exclusive of school lunches

Year 7 (11+) – Year 8 (12+) (Day only)

£5,160 per term, exclusive of school lunches

Year 9 (13+) – Year 11 (15+)

Day:
£6,385 per term, exclusive of school lunches

Weekly Boarder:
£9,928 per term, inclusive of school lunches

Full Boarder: 
£10,982 per term, inclusive of school lunches

Year 12 (16+) - Year 13 (17+)

Day:
£6,398 per term, exclusive of school lunches

Weekly Boarder:
£9,947 per term, inclusive of school lunches

Full Boarder: 
£10,995 per term, inclusive of school lunches

Flexi / Ad Hoc Boarding

Ad Hoc boarding is available subject to availability.

£65 for 1 night Ad Hoc boarding

Additional Fees

Year 3 (7+) – Year 4 (8+)

£229 per term for school lunches

£240 per term for music lessons

£35 per term for instrument hire

Year 5 (9+) – Year 13 (17+)

£255 per term for school lunches. (Lunches are included in the fees for boarding students.)

£240 per term for music lessons

£35 per term for instrument hire

Other Fees

The cost of educational trips, public examination entry fees (e.g. GCSE, A Levels), English as an Additional Language, transport to school and other extras will be notified to you and added to your invoice in the relevant term.

Fees are payable on the first day of each term.

The fees are normally reviewed by the Governors on an annual basis and any changes announced in the summer term.

No, if you live too far away, then we can usually arrange for the exams to be sat at your child's current school, your agent's office or at a British Council. We will then interview over FaceTime or Skype.

We have a reserve exam date the week after the main exam date. 

We aim to get responses out as soon as possible, but you will have a response by Christmas . We will send these by first class post. If you are applying for Sixth Form,  the earliest that we can send offers is 1st December.

Yes, they will be able to sit again next year providing there are still spaces to fill and you are not looking for a place in an exam year (e.g. Year 11).

If you are offered a place, you will have until 31 January to accept, unless your child is sitting for a place in. Year 7, in which case you will have until the first week in March to accept. Full details of how to accept will be included in the offer letter.

We regret, given the large number of applicants, that we are unable to give useful and constructive feedback, so we do not provide any feedback on examination results.

School starts at 8:35am and finishes at 4pm, although there are often activities and clubs that go on later after school.

There is also a homework club until 6pm. There is no breakfast club as yet.

For older pupils, there is day boarding, which enables students to join the boarders for dinner and do their homework in the Boarding House until 8:45pm.  

There is additional cost for homework club and day boarding. 

No, there is no Saturday school. We do have sports fixtures on Saturdays and children will be expected to play depending on what age they are and which team they are part of.