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Entry Process

Entry Procedure to Lockers Park

Most boys enter the school at 5+ starting in the September term but we are also very happy to receive boys at 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 or 11+ subject to availability, and find that they settle in quickly and easily. Entry in January and April is also possible. 

There is no entry exam, but all boys are required to have an informal interview and simple academic assessment. This is not competitive but ensures that the boy will cope with all that the school has to offer.  

For the more academic, there is a Scholarship Day (during early February). Scholarships will generally be for 10% remission of school fees. Apart from academic awards we also give awards to boys with musical, artistic or sporting ability, or to the good all-rounder. This is competitive and we send details to any parents whose son is registered for that year. Means-tested bursaries up to 100% may also be available. See Scholarships & Bursaries for more information.


The full procedure for entry is as follows:

1. After receipt of the prospectus, please ring the school to arrange an appointment to meet the Headmaster and to be shown around. It is ideal if both parents visit but there is no need for your son to do so at this stage, although he is very welcome. This can either be a personal appointment or on one of our Open Mornings which are held on Saturday mornings in early October, March and May each year.
2. If we are able to offer a place, complete the Registration form (and note the Conditions of Contract on the reverse) and send it with the non-returnable £100 Registration Fee. See Registration Form for a downloadable version.  The Registration will be confirmed in writing which means that subject to the result of the informal test, he has a guaranteed place at Lockers Park. The Registration Form can be downloaded here: Lockers Park Registration Form
3. In the year prior to entry we will contact you to arrange for your son to come to the school for the informal test.  He will be taken around the school by a boy who has recently joined.
4. We will notify you in writing of the result immediately afterwards. Provided that a place and time of entry is confirmed, we ask you to complete an Acceptance Form (having noted the Conditions of Contract on the reverse) and return it together with a deposit of £500 (which will be credited against the first term's account). You will then become liable for the first term's fees.
5. The first term's fees are required to be paid one month in advance of the start of term. We reserve the right to re-allocate the place if the fees are not received by that date.
6. Boys joining Lockers Park from overseas pay their final term's fee at the start of their first term. This is held on deposit and refunded for the final term.
7. Subsequent fees are payable on or before the first day of each term as set out in the Conditions of Contract.