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Mar 12, 2024 · Exam style — School’s own exam. Exam types: Exam length — 3x 50 minute exams. Pass mark — There is not a fixed pass mark for the admissions test. Other exam and entry information: A non-refundable fee of £150 will be paid to the school for registration. The English exam will be composed of a comprehension, grammar and creative writing ...
Feb 20, 2023 · In my opinion KCS is ideal for clever, sporty, quite alpha boys. DS loved it; DD's bf a quieter, non sporty and sensitive boy detested it and was bullied. The school is likely to change as they all do when a Head changes and I believe Andrew Halls is about retire.
Feb 26, 2020 · cakeisalwaystheanswer · 28/02/2020 12:30. St Pauls is very slightly ahead of KCS on the govt tables for 2019 with an average A level grade point of 52.05 compared to 51.92, both are A* average. To be fair in DS1's year at KCS all the super keen sat IB and A levels were for the idle (DS1!).
- Visiting The School
- Entry Dates
- Registration
- The Headteacher's Reference
- 11+ Scholarships
- Financial Assistance with School Costs
- The Entrance Examinations
- The Examination Results
- The Interviews
- The Offer
It is likely that the first step you will take is to arrange to visit the school. We are always delighted to welcome you here and you will find the opportunities available for visits on the Visiting and Open Events page.
If you are unsure of which is the correct year for your son to enter King’s, please check the entry dates below.
Registration is the first step for candidates who wish to be considered for a place at King’s College School. We recommend that you register at the end of Year 5 or the start of year 6, no later than the deadline, which is in early November of year 6. Please note that King’s currently only accepts applications from students who are British or Irish...
A short while after the registration deadline has passed, we will ask your son's head teacher for a confidential reference.
Academic, Music and Sport scholarships are available for year 7 entrants. Please see the 11+ Scholarships section for further details and application forms.
You may want to apply for a place at King’s for your son but are worried about being able to pay the fees. King’s is committed to widening access to the school and during the registration process you will be asked if you would like to apply for a bursary (assistance with fees). More information about bursaries can be found on the Financial Assistan...
The 11+ entrance examinations take place in December when boys are in year 6. There are three examinations: English, Mathematics and Verbal Reasoning. Specimens of the English and Mathematics exams are available on our website. We do not supply sample reasoning papers but these are readily available from booksellers. In line with the Equality Act 2...
Once we have the examination results we decide which boys we want to ask back to be interviewed. To help us make this decision we look at the examination marks, the information you have supplied and your head teacher’s reference. We are looking for potential as well as current achievement and we use the interviews to help us find out more about the...
In January you will be told whether or not your son has been invited back to be interviewed. If so, he will come to King’s to be interviewed by our kind and experienced staff. If your son is not offered an interview we will, sadly, not be taking his application forward.
Offers are made in mid-February. Those boys who will not be receiving an offer from us will also be informed on that day.
Located in the trendy and leafy London suburb of Wimbledon, King’s College School has become one of the capital’s top selective schools – and that is a tough crowd to get into. A day school for boys aged 7 to 18 and girls aged 16 - 18 years, King’s offers a choice of UK or international qualifications at sixth form, and it excels at doing so.
King's College School, also known as Wimbledon, KCS, King's and KCS Wimbledon, is a private day school in Wimbledon, southwest London, England. The school was established in 1829 by King George IV, as the junior department of King's College London and had part of the school's premises in Strand , prior to relocating to Wimbledon in 1897.
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Nov 20, 2022 · Term fees: £8,085. Oxbridge: 20%. Admission: School’s own exam and interview. Alumni: Khalid Abdalla, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Marcus Mumford. Prep head: Ted Lougher. Prep Pupils: 286 day boys. Prep Ages: 7-11. Prep Term fees: £7,310. Read the King’s College School review in the Tatler Schools Guide 2023.
