To Rydal Penrhos Senior School
Entry to Senior School – Year 7
Year 7 is a key entry point for Rydal Penrhos pupils. Our Year 6 Prep School children are prioritised for places and they automatically transfer through. However, we do also have a lot of external candidates apply for Year 7 entry.
Stage 1 – Enquiry
We hope you will find all the information you need on these pages, but if not our admissions team is here to help.
The ideal way to see the School and meet us is with a private tour. Please get in touch to arrange a visit by emailing our admissions team on admissions@rydalpenrhos.com or call 01492 530155.
Stage 2 – Registration
As an external candidate, if you would like to apply for a place in Year 7 for your child for September 2021, please complete a registration form available from our admissions team. We recommend that you register as soon as possible and by the Friday 22 January 2021 at the latest.
A Senior School registration form can be found here.
Please contact admissions@rydalpenrhos.com if you are applying for a FREE (Fully Funded) Day Place as the registration fee is exempted.
Stage 3 – Assessments and scholarships
Year 6 Rydal Penrhos Prep School children are exempt from the assessment day itself, but will also be considered for academic scholarship premiums…see scholarship premium and bursaries: https://rydalpenrhos.com/admissions/scholarships-bursaries/
We invite all external children registered for our Year 7 to join us for an assessment day, which takes place on Saturday 6 February 2021. All candidates are automatically assessed for an academic scholarship premium and we also offer FREE (Fully-funded) Day Places details of which you can find on our free day place page.
Stage 4 – Offers and welcome
Year 7 places will be offered at the end of February 2021. Once you have confirmed your child’s acceptance we will send you a welcome pack and an invitation to come and meet their new class during the summer term (if we are allowed to run tasters due to coronavirus restrictions).
All Year pupils are allocated pupil buddies to welcome them and help them settle in quickly.
Rydal Penrhos Prep School Year 6 pupils must actively reject offers by the end of the Easter holidays (Friday 16 April) or it will be assumed they will be moving up from Year 6.
External candidates must accept offers by Friday 16 April.
Letters will be sent to candidates who have successfully won an academic scholarship premium by the end of February also.
For families applying for Free Day Places and bursaries, following the entrance examination dependant on results you MAY be asked to move on to the next stage of financial assessment prior to offers being made. These will all be completed, and final offers made prior to the end of March.