Senior Admissions Dates
Admission to the Senior School is by an online 60-minute reasoning assessment via CEM taken at St Columba’s and a face to face structured interview.
A confidential reference will be sought from the child’s school, and we also ask for the most recent school report.
There is a CEM familiarisation tool which you may find useful here https://plus.cem.org/cemselectfam/. We don’t encourage applicants to study for the assessment so instead offer this as a familiarisation tool to help make you feel more at ease.
Your application is confirmed with a non-transferable application fee of £125
Please note, we do not offer an option to defer the offer of a place to a later year.
11+ Admissions Timetable for entry in September 2025 (External Applicants)
Applications welcome from girls and boys
| Item | Date | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Applications open | Monday 2 September 2024 | |
| Application deadline (incl. scholarships & bursaries) | Friday 15 November 2024 | 12 noon |
| Music Scholarship Auditions | Tuesday 26 November 2024 | 9am-4pm |
| 11+ assessments (online reasoning test taken at St Columba’s College) (Applicants choose their preferred date and time slot) | Saturday 7 December 2024 Saturday 11 January 2025 | 9.00am 10.30am 9.00am 10.30am |
| 11+ interviews (face to face) | Wednesday 15 January 2025 | 5pm-7pm |
| Offers emailed | Friday 14 February 2025* | |
| Meet Us Again Session | Thursday 27 February 2025 | |
| Acceptance deadline | Tuesday 4 March 2024* |
13+ Admissions Timetable and Process for entry in September 2025
Applications welcome from girls and boys
| Item | Date | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Applications open | Monday 2 September 2024 | |
| Application deadline (incl. scholarships & bursaries) | Friday 15 November 2024 | 12 noon |
| Music Scholarship Auditions | Tuesday 26 November 2024 | 9am-4pm |
| 13+ assessments (online reasoning test taken at St Columba’s College) (Applicants choose their preferred date and time) | Saturday 7 December 2024 Saturday 11 January 2025 | 9.00am 10.30am 9.00am 10.30am |
| 13+ interviews (face to face) | Thursday 16 January 2025 | 8.45am-4pm |
| Offers emailed | Friday 14 February 2025* | |
| Meet Us Again session | Tuesday 25 February 2025 | |
| Acceptance deadline | Thursday 27 February 2025* |
* Subject to confirmation from HMC schools
