To apply for a place, simply complete the online Registration Form and pay the £200 fee. The deadline to apply is 1 October in the year prior to entry.

Once we have received notification of your registration and fee, we will send you an acknowledgement detailing what happens next.

Guidance for prospective parents and current teachers

Entrance Assessments

The assessments will take place in December 2023 (date to be confirmed). Further detailed information will be sent nearer the time.

On the assessment day, candidates will sit written assessments in Maths, English and Non-Verbal Reasoning and will also have an individual interview. 

We will also request a confidential report from the Head Teacher of your child's current school. Please be aware that we will be unable to reach a decision on an application for entry until we have received this report.

If your child is entitled to extra time, or special considerations, or has any Special Educational Needs, please inform us prior to the examinations and provide us with any supporting information, e.g. Educational Psychologist's report, to enable us to make the necessary arrangements on the day of the examinations.

Overseas Candidates

If applicants can attend the assessments at Freemen’s, we will invite them to join us for the entrance assessments in December. Otherwise, we can either arrange for candidates to sit entrance assessments at their current school, at an approved agents’ office, if appropriate, or at a local British Council Office. Interviews will be arranged via Microsoft Teams. Please indicate on the Registration Form that you wish your child to sit overseas.

Coaching for these tests is not encouraged. However, it is suggested that parents and teachers explain the concept of completing a task within a set time limit.

Decision letters will be sent by email in mid-December 2023. 

You will receive one of the following decisions:

• An unconditional offer
• A place on the waiting list 
• A decline 

Once we have sent your offer, you will have until 31 January to make your decision.

If you choose to accept the place, we will ask you to confirm your decision by return of a signed acceptance form and acceptance deposit. 

We will then send you a link to the New Starter Pack, usually around Easter time. This has all the information you need before starting with us. 

In June, we will invite all children joining Year 4 (Lower 2) to a taster session, so that they can meet the rest of their class and their new teacher. We also invite all new parents to join us in the evening for a reception where you will have the opportunity to meet your child's Head of Year and class teachers, and to meet with other new parents.