Making an Application

Contact the Admissions Department to check on availability.

If yes - send an applicant profile including the most recent school report.

If acceptable – complete and return the Registration Form with the £125 registration fee.

Make an appointment for a visit and/or to sit entry tests (preferably at Clifton but we can send papers overseas for candidates to sit in agency offices under supervision).

Successful Applications

If the application is successful we will write a formal letter making a conditional or unconditional offer of a place. All offers are conditional on us receiving a satisfactory confidential report from the Head or Principal of a candidate’s current school.

If the offer is accepted we will require (i) confirmation in writing from the parents, (ii) completion and return of the Acceptance Form and (iii) payment of the Deposit (£700 for EU, half a term’s fees for non-EU).

When we receive the Deposit we will issue a receipt and send a letter that may be used to support visa applications.

Joining Information

The Joining Document pack will be sent to all new entrants in early/mid June. It includes arrival information, lists and order forms for clothing and information about guardians (it is a legal requirement that all overseas pupils must have one), music tuition, medical records, term dates, insurance etc.

The Housemasters and Housemistresses also write in June or July with specific information about joining the boarding houses and what boys and girls should bring with them.

In August the Accounts Department send out an invoice for the first term’s fees and details about the various payment schemes.

For further admissions information about Butcombe, the Preparatory School and the Upper School please return to the Admissions Home Page.