Your 16+ Admissions Journey
Joining Bancroft’s at 16+ ensures your talents are valued and your individuality is nurtured, preparing you for a diverse and exciting future.
Our Admissions Timeline
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Visit Bancroft's
Private tours availableAlthough our 16+ Open Evening has passed, we would be happy to arrange a private tour at a time that suits you. Please get in touch with our Admissions department to schedule a visit: admissions@bancrofts.org.
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Register
SEPTEMBER 2025 ENTRYOur registration deadline has now passed for entry in September 2025.
Assisted Places
Please note, the deadline to apply for an Assisted Place for entry in September 2025 has now passed.聽 Applications will open for September 2026 around Easter 2025.
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Entrance Assessments
Friday 01 November鈥�2024Entry to the Sixth Form is on the basis of performance in an entrance exam and at interview. Students joining our Sixth Form at 16+ will need to be academically capable and hardworking as well as socially able to make the most of being in our Sixth Form; they will also need a firm foundation of success at GCSE.
In practice they should expect to gain a significant number of 8 or 9 grades.聽 We are looking for a minimum of five 8 or 9 grades at GCSE, and at least an 8 in the subjects they wish to study in the Lower Sixth (Year 12).
Entrance Exam
Entrance tests take place in the November before admission, when candidates are in Year 11.
All applicants will sit an online aptitude test of around 45 minutes along with two one-hour exams, from a choice of the subject areas below.
Exams should be in subjects which the candidate is studying at GCSE Level and intending to take for A level or subjects which relate to those that will be taken.
Applicants nominate the two subject areas on which they would like to be examined by indicating their choices on the application form.
Exam Subjects
- Art
- Biology
- Chemistry
- Classical Civilisation
- Computer Science
- Design and Technology
- Drama
- English Literature
- French
- Geography
- German
- History
- Latin
- Mathematics*
- Music
- Physics
- Religious Studies
- Spanish
Specific revision is not required and the questions will be appropriate to all GCSE exam boards and syllabus.
* Candidates wanting to take Mathematics A level must sit the Mathematics entrance paper.
We now offer Psychology as an A Level subject
Successful candidates wishing to take Maths and Further Maths will be provided with a pack of work to complete over the summer before joining us. On the first day of term they will take a test to gauge their mathematical readiness for the Further Maths A level course.
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Interviews
Saturday 16 November 2024Successful candidates will be called back for interview on Saturday 16 November 2024.
Candidates called for interview for Art will be required to bring with them a portfolio showing their recent work.
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Offers and Acceptance
December and JanuaryOffers, conditional upon GCSE grades, will be made via email on Monday 02 December 2024.
We are looking to admit around 20 external applicants at our 16+ entry point.
We will then invite all offer holders back to the school for an Offer Holder Morning on Friday 06 December 2024 to meet a wider selection of staff and students.
The acceptance deadline will be at 10am on Monday 06 January 2025.
Meet our Admissions team
