Entry Requirements

Due to continued interest, we are pleased to announce an additional entrance examination date for children joining Year 7 in September 2010. The Entrance Examination  will be held on Saturday 27 February 2010.

We are still welcoming applications to join our Sixth Form in September 2010 and are holding an additional Sixth Form Interview Afternoon on Thursday 18 March 2010.

All candidates' current schools will be contacted before the examinations and interviews for a confidential reference report.

Details of the Lower School entrance tests may be found here.

Examination for entry to Year 7 (age 11)
Verbal Reasoning Test (multiple choice) 50 minutes
Non-Verbal Reasoning Test (multiple choice) 30 minutes
English 45 minutes

Practice papers can be bought from any large bookshop. The most appropriate packs are:
Multiple Choice Verbal Reasoning (ISBN 9 7807 087 03861)*
Multiple Choice Non-Verbal Reasoning (ISBN 9 7807 087 03878)*
Some candidates will be invited to attend a brief discussion, lasting no more than half an hour, during the week following the examination.
*This may change

Examination for entry to Year 8 (age 12)
Verbal Reasoning Test (multiple choice) 50 minutes
Non-Verbal Reasoning Test (multiple choice) 30 minutes
Mathematics 30 minutes
English 45 minutes
Candidates may be invited in for interviews in the week following the examination.

Examination for entry to Year 9 (age 13)
Reasoning paper (multiple choice) 45 minutes
English 45 minutes
Mathematics 30 minutes
Modern Foreign Language 30 Minutes
Candidates may be invited in for interviews in the week following the examination.

Examination for entry to Year 10 (age 14)
English 45 Minutes
Mathematics 30 Minutes
Science 30 Minutes
Modern Foreign Language 45 minutes
Candidates may be required to take more than one language paper depending on how many languages they would like to study at GCSE.
Candidates may be invited in for interviews in the week following the examination.

Entry into Lower Sixth (age 16)
Candidates for the Sixth Form will be invited for interviews in January for the subjects that they wish to study at ‘A' Level. Offers are conditional on GCSE grades or an equivalent examination and places are confirmed following the receipt of copies of relevant results. Full details of the entry requirements are available in the Sixth Form Prospectus and Additional Information (available by post or to download).

Details of the BGS Scholars' Programme for the Upper School and Sixth Form may be found here.