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Entry at 4+

Boys can be registered for entry at 4+ at any time from birth, but no later than 1 February of the year preceding entry. The fee for registration is £75, and is non-refundable.

Places in the Reception class are allocated by a ballot, which is drawn in the first week of March of the year preceding entry, ie 18 months before the boys start. Parents who have registered their sons with the school will be sent a ballot entry form in the January of year preceding entry which they must return by 28 February of that same year. Before being entered into the ballot, parents must have visited the school either at our annual open morning or one of the Headmaster’s coffee mornings before the 28 February deadline.

The first names drawn will be offered places, with siblings being given priority (provided that the older sibling is doing well at Rokeby). Names will then continue to be drawn and placed in order on one of two waiting lists: one for boys born in September-February and the other for boys born in March-August, to ensure an even spread of ages throughout the year group.

Once offered a place, parents or guardians have two weeks from the date of the offer to return a formal acceptance, and pay a deposit of £2,500, half of which will be deducted from their first term's invoice, and the balance held as a deposit until their son leaves at 13. Should a boy leave before this time, the remainder of the deposit will be refunded only if the Headmaster has agreed the reason for his move. If no response to the offer has been received after the two-week deadline, we will assume that the place is not required and will therefore offer it to the first person on the waiting list.

All places offered are subject to a satisfactory nursery reference which we request from the nurseries nearer the entry date. Should the Headmaster deem the report to be unsatisfactory, then the offer will be retracted and all monies refunded (excluding the £75 registration fee).

Parents or guardians of a boy who accept, but do not subsequently take up a place, will forfeit the whole deposit paid. If less than a term's notice is given, a whole term's fee in lieu of notice will also be payable.

Entry at 7+ and 8+

Rokeby has a number of places available to external candidates for entry at 7+ and 8+. The deadline for registrations for 7+ and 8+ is ideally by 31 October of the year preceding entry, however boys can be registered at any time from birth.

The cost of registration is £75 and is non-refundable.

All external candidates for entry to at 7+ and 8+ must sit the entrance examinations which are held in the January of the year of entry. The fee to sit the entrance examination is £200 which is non-refundable if your son is offered a place, even if you do not accept it. If no offer is made then your entry fee will be reimbursed.

Occasional Places

We operate small waiting lists for occasional places at other entry points throughout the school, up to and including Year 7, subject to availability.

Each candidate is assessed in relation to his age, with younger boys being given a more informal assessment.

Bursaries

Please contact the Bursar for further information.

Rokeby is a high-achieving school with an impressive academic record, which does its very best to help all boys in every year group to achieve their potential. Parents will be kept informed of their son's progress throughout his time at Rokeby. Progress through the School is conditional on each boy achieving a good standard of learning. In the event that a boy is not achieving the standards required, parents will be contacted by the School, to discuss their son's academic progress and a plan of action for improvement, usually by way of additional support, will be offered. However on very rare occasions it may be necessary for parents to seek an alternative school where their son will thrive. However, Rokeby does hope and expect that all boys entering the school at 4 years old will remain until they are 13.