Entry Process

16+ Entry

• Entry to the sixth form is open to boys and girls.
• Sixth formers study A Levels after passing their GCSEs.
• Some means-tested bursaries are available.

Year before entry to the sixth form

• Jun: Details and registration forms available.
• Sep/Oct: Open days organised: A chance to meet teachers and visit the School.
• Oct: Submit registration forms (deadline second Wednesday in October).
• Nov: Prospective sixth formers interviewed and take entry exam.
• Dec: Prospective sixth formers notified of places.

Year of entry to the sixth form

• May/Jun: GCSEs taken.
• Aug: GCSE results: Candidates must obtain at least six GCSEs (including five ‘A Grades’ and one ‘B Grade’)
• Aug/Sep: Pupil starts sixth-form studies.

13+ Entry

Three or more years before entry to Westminster

Parent registers boy for entry to Westminster.

Two to three years before entry to Westminster (while a boy is in Year 6)

• Each candidate sits pre-interview tests in Mathematics, English and Reasoning.
• Candidates are interviewed, a tour of the school is arranged and a reference is sought.
• Conditional places at thirteen are offered.

The term before entry to Westminster:

• May/Jun: Candidates with conditional places take the Common Entrance exam or The Challenge (scholarship examination). Candidates that meet the required standard are notified. About 110 boys are admitted each year into six forms.
• Aug/Sep: Candidates start their studies at Westminster.
  
  NOTE: Boys may at our discretion be considered for a conditional place nearer their proposed entry date other than the two to three years mentioned above.

11+ Entry

• Aimed principally at boys from State Primary Schools who can enter Westminster via the Under School at 11 years old. After two years at the Under School they progress to Westminster.
• Bursaries are available.

Eleven months before entry to the Under School

Tours of the Under School and Westminster School are organised by the Under School.

Nine months before entry to the Under School

• Jan: Year 7 candidates take a competitive 11+ entry exam.

Registration and entry is administered via the Under School.

7/8+ Entry

• Boys can enter Westminster via the Under School at 7 or 8 years old.
• Registration and entry is administered via the Under School.