Prep School Assessments (ages 4-12)
Reception, Year 1, 2 and 3 (ages 4-6)
The assessment is solely to inform us of the pupil’s current abilities. Your child will be asked to do a number of tasks which provide insight into learning preferences, views and character.
- Write a short story entitled ‘All about me’
- Choose a book, reading it aloud and discussing it with a teacher
- Talk to one of our teachers about a topic, stimulated by an interesting question
- A spatial task where the children can use their creativity
Years 3-8 (ages 7-12)
The assessment is solely to inform us of the pupil’s current abilities. Your child will be asked to do a number of tasks which provide insight into learning preferences, views and character.
- Write a short story entitled ‘All about me’
- Choose a book, reading it aloud and discussing it with a teacher
- CAT4 = this is a computer based assessment of reasoning ability that can identify where a student’s real strengths lie. It measures a pupil ability in four areas: non-verbal, quantitative, verbal and spatial
Before your visit
We would ask you to scan and email copies of your child’s most recent school report, a copy of their birth certificate and passport at the time of your application.