Year 9 is an exciting point in the Hoe Bridge journey and represents the start of a three year GCSE experience in our new GCSE hub, designed to ensure not only the very best GCSE outcome, but also to provide an opportunity to enjoy the amazing breadth on offer in the Hoe Bridge curriculum, and beyond.
To help us continue to provide personalised and specialist learning as well as focussing on the wellbeing of our pupils, our class sizes will remain at a maximum of 21.
Please see our step-by-step process for Admissions into our Senior Entry and of course do please contact Admissions on 01483 227909 at any point to discuss your enquiry further or complete this enquiry form here.
Tuesday 9 January 2024 - Interview and Activity Day for all shortlisted candidates
Friday 12 January 2024 - Offers sent via email
Tuesday 23 January 2024 - Scholarship Day
Wednesday 31 January 2024 - Scholarship Offers sent via email
Monday 4 March 2024 - Acceptance Deadline
Friday 1 November 2024 - Registration & Scholarship Deadline
Saturday 23 November 2024 - ISEB Entrance Assessments
Monday 20 January 2025 - Art/Drama/Music/DT Scholarship Day
Tuesday 21 January 2025 - Sports Scholarship Day
Tuesday 28 January 2025 - Interview and Activity Day for all shortlisted candidates
Friday 7 February 2025 - Offers sent via email
Monday 3 March 2025 - Acceptance Deadline
All girls and boys must be registered to sit our entrance examination. To register your child, please complete our online registration form, along with the non-returnable registration fee of £100.
The deadline for 11+ and 13+ registrations is Friday 3 November 2023 for entry into Year 7 in September 2024 or Year 9 in September 2026
Register Online (hoebridgeschool.co.uk)
Scholarships are available in Academics, Sport, Art & DT, Music and Performing Arts as well as an All Rounder Headmaster Award. The deadline for scholarships is Friday 3 November 2023. Please click on the link below for further information about our scholarships and how to apply.
11+ Scholarships (hoebridgeschool.co.uk)
Children are assessed for their suitability via the assessments outlined below and a confidential reference from their current headteacher.
All children sit the online ISEB Common Pre-Tests during the first term of Year 6. Candidates will either sit the assessments at Hoe Bridge School on Saturday 25 November 2023, their current Prep School or another senior school which they have applied for that uses ISEB as their assessment tool.
Candidates will be contacted by Monday 11 December 2023 as to whether they will be invited to our shortlisted interview/activity day on Tuesday 9 January 2024.
Further Information on ISEB Common Pre-Tests
ISEB Common Pre-Tests are widely-used, age-standardised assessment for children applying for selective independent senior schools which are adaptive and age-standardised. Assessing English, Mathematics, Verbal Reasoning and Non-Verbal Reasoning; they are in a multiple-choice format and take approximately two-and-a-half hours to complete. No special preparation is required for the Common Pre-Tests, which are designed to identify potential as well as attainment. Please see a breakdown of the different areas below:
Invited children will join us on Tuesday 9 January 2024. Children are interviewed individually by current members of the senior leadership team. The aim of the interview is, within a relaxed atmosphere, to get an insight into each child’s interests and to see how they think and how they react to questions which they will not have prepared for. We look for children with an inquisitive mind, who will challenge and question, who are flexible in their thought process and who are able to develop their answers. In addition, a short composition/English creative writing task, group reading and team building activities are included in this part of the assessment process for us to better understand the whole child.
Following scholarship applications a specific scholarship reference will be sought from their school and shortlist candidates will be invited to our scholarship day on Tuesday 23 January 2024. Please see our scholarship information link below for further information on scholarship assessment which differs depending on the scholarship applied for.
11+ Scholarships (hoebridgeschool.co.uk)
On Friday 12 January 2024 offers will be sent followed by scholarship awards on Friday 26 January 2024 by emailed to parents of candidates. This email will be followed by a personal letter from our Headmaster, Mr Webster.
Acceptances must be received by Wednesday 4 March 2024. In the event of acceptance not being received by this date the offer of a place will be withdrawn and given to another family. Places are secured by signed the Acceptance Form and paying the Acceptance Deposit of £750.