Admissions Process

Entry at 4+

Year of Entry Calculator for Reception

Please give your child’s month and year of birth

Places for Reception are allocated by ballot. Drawn in early March of the year preceding entry, the process means boys’ places are allocated 18 months before they begin school.

Boys can be registered for entry at 4+ at any time from birth. The registration fee is £100 and is non-refundable.

Click here to view our step by step timeline for entry into 4+.

Reception September 2024

Places for entry into Reception in September 2024 were allocated following a ballot held in March 2023. If you wish to join our waiting list please register your son here. 

Reception September 2025

Please email admissions@rokeby.org.uk should you be interested in a place for entry into Reception in September 2025.

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, which will be held until the boy leaves at 13. 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 offer it to the next boy on the waiting list.

All places offered are subject to a positive nursery reference which we request from the nurseries nearer the entry date and a successful experience at a Discovery Morning held in the autumn term of the year before entry. Please be aware that should we have concerns that Rokeby will not be the right setting for your son we reserve the right to withdraw our offer of a place at this point or at any point prior to entry should the need arise. In this case, all monies will be refunded (excluding the £100 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 be payable.

Entry at 7+ and 8+

Application for entry into Year 3 and Year 4 in September 2024 has now closed. If you would like your son to be added to our waiting list for potential future assessment, please email admissions@rokeby.org.uk.

The assessment for entry into the school at 7+ (Year 3) in September 2025 will take place on the mornings of Wednesday 13th November and Wednesday 20th November 2024. The assessment will consist of written papers in Maths and English, a computer-based Verbal/Non-Verbal Reasoning paper, a group Music/Drama activity and an informal interview. An application form will be sent out to all eligible families in our system towards the end of September 2024. The closing date for application is Friday 11th October 2024, or sooner if capacity has been reached earlier, therefore early application is advised.

The assessment for entry into the school at 8+ (Year 4) in September 2024 will take place on Thursday 21st November 2024 and will consist of written papers in Maths and English, a computer-based Verbal/Non-Verbal Reasoning paper, a group Music/Drama activity and an informal interview. An application form will be sent out to all eligible families in our system towards the end of September 2024. The closing date for application is Friday 18th October 2024.

In order to sit either our  7+ or 8+ assessment boys need to be registered with Rokeby, link at the bottom of this page. If you are unsure whether your son is already registered with Rokeby, for example from a previous application, please do get in touch by email (admissions@rokeby.org.uk) or phone (020 8942 2247) and we will confirm for you.

The administration fee for the 7+ and 8+ entrance assessment is £100 and this fee is non-refundable. Please note that this fee is in addition to the school’s registration fee.

Occasional places

We operate small waiting lists for occasional places at other entry points throughout the school.

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

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If you require any further information please contact the Registrar on admissions@rokeby.org.uk.