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Entry to Pre-prep 4+

To enter Rokeby at 4+ a boy’s name must be registered with us and a ballot will take place 18 months before entry. Siblings are given a priority.

Boys can be registered for the Pre-prep School at any time from birth. The cost of registration is £75.00 and is non-refundable.

Prior to entry into the ballot parents must fulfil the following requirements:

• Boys must be registered
• Parents must have visited the school by 28th February, prior to the ballot taking place for their son’s year of entry, i.e. eighteen months before the September when he will start.

The first 44 names out of the hat will be offered firm places, with siblings being given priority, provided that the older sibling is doing well at Rokeby. All further names will be drawn out and placed on a waiting list. All places offered will be subject to a positive nursery report.

Full terms and conditions are available in our prospectus.

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 to the Prep School (Year 3) is conditional on pupils achieving the good standards required during their time in the Pre-prep. In the event that a boy is not achieving the standards required, parents will be contacted by the Head of Pre-prep and/or the Headmaster to discuss their son’s academic progress, what can be done to support him and, if need be, a possible alternative school better suited to his needs. However, Rokeby does hope and expects that boys entering the school at 4 will remain until 13.

Entry to Prep School 7+

The Prep School operates a waiting list for external candidates only.

Entry to the Prep School is at 7+, i.e. boys must have reached the age of 7 prior to September 1st in the year of entry. Boys can be registered on the Prep School waiting list at any time from birth. The cost of registration is £75.00 and is non-refundable. Boys already at the Pre-prep do not need to be registered on the Prep School waiting list and will not be required to take the entry assessment.

Entry to the Prep School at 7+ is based on the entry assessments held each year for entry the following September. All external candidates for entry to the Prep School at 7+ sit the entrance examination.

The administration fee for external candidates to sit the entrance examination is £200. This fee is non-refundable.

There are a maximum of 44 places (subject to overall numbers in the school) available at the 7+ entry level in each academic year.

Boys in the Pre-prep are automatically offered a place in the Prep School (Year 3) on condition that they have achieved the satisfactory standards required during their time in the Pre-prep. If this is not the case parents will be contacted by the Head of Pre-prep and/or the Headmaster, to discuss their son’s academic progress, what can be done to support him and, if need be, a possible alternative school better suited to his needs. However, Rokeby does hope and expects that boys entering the school at 4 will remain until 13.

Occasional Places

The places available in the Prep School which are not taken by boys in the Pre-prep places are offered to external candidates who pass the entry assessment subject to the report from their present school.

Scholarships

Scholarships are available for boys in the Prep School. They may be awarded on entry at 7+ or on entry at a later date. They may also, exceptionally, be awarded to existing pupils in the Prep School. In most cases scholarships will be awarded on the basis of academic ability or performance but they may also (at the Headmaster’s discretion) be awarded on the basis of ability in music, sport or art. All scholarships carry a basic entitlement to fee remission of 15%. Further fee remission is normally subject to a means test, although the Headmaster has discretion to agree a higher value non means-tested scholarship in exceptional cases.