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Entrance Test For Entry into Year 7, September 2026
If your son will be in Year 6 in September 2025, and wish to apply to join 51茶馆 Year 7 in September 2026, you first need to complete the entrance tests which take place on听Saturday 20 September 2025.听Registration for the entrance test for 2026 admission will open on 3 March 2025.听 Complete the online registration form by Wednesday 16 July 2025, if possible听(or by midday on Tuesday 2 September 2025 at the latest).
We will acknowledge your application and you will be provided with further details regarding the procedure for the test morning after the registration deadline in September. There are two tests (approx. 50 minutes each), one for English and one for Maths, and familiarisation materials can be accessed for free below.
Parents will be informed of the outcome of tests on, or as soon as possible after, 13 October 2025. This will not be the actual scores, but a Yes or No to whether your child鈥檚 performance was of the required standard for this School. This information cannot be taken as a guarantee of a place.
IMPORTANT NOTE: once you have received this notification,听测辞耻听must also听complete a Common Application Form for your local authority, by 31 October.听听If you do not do this, your child will not be considered for a place.听Registering for the tests does not register you for a school place.
So that parents can have a good idea whether an application for a selective school place would be successful, candidates are able to sit the selection tests before the closing date for applications. This is called Testing before Preference. It means you must register your child to sit the tests by midday on听2 September 2025.
Registrations after this deadline will only be accepted for testing for the first round of allocations in exceptional circumstances, which must be evidenced, such as a bereavement of an immediate family member or a move to the area from outside of Torbay or Devon.
The tests themselves will take place on听20 September 2025. Registration for the tests does not count as an application. A common application form must also be submitted to the local authority where the child lives by 31 October 2025.听
However, where a parent names the School on a Common Application Form but the child has not been registered on time, (midday on 2 September) and there are no exceptional circumstances for this, there can be no offer of a place as there will not be a test score.
All registrations received after midday on 2 September, where there are no exceptional circumstances, will be considered for testing in March 2026, after the initial round of allocations; it is likely that such testing will be for a place on the waiting list; late tested candidates will not be considered before any who applied and were tested on time.
Please Note: REGISTRATION FOR THE 听ENTRANCE TEST FOR JOINING YEAR 7 IN SEPTEMBER 2026听WILL OPEN ON 3 MARCH 2025
Please Note: REGISTRATION FOR THE 听ENTRANCE TEST FOR Joining Year 7 in SEPTEMBER 2025听 IS NOW CLOSED
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