Admissions & Entry Process

We encourage you to visit the School with your child during one of our Open Events.

To apply for a place at Ewell Castle School for your child, you will need to:

Complete an application form, and return this to The Admissions Department.
Pay the £180.00 registration fee (inclusive of VAT) which should be paid via electronic bank transfer only - bank details can be found at the bottom of the Fees, Finance & School Lunches page - click HERE
If you receive and accept an offer of a place at the School for your child, you will be asked to pay a deposit - click HERE for details

Admissions Journey: step-by-step infographics

To view our step-by-step admissions summary infographics, please click below. For specific dates, please read the relevant section below.

Internal Ewell Castle Year 6 Prep and Year 11 Senior School pupils

Existing Ewell Castle School pupils are not required to submit an application form when transfering from the Preparatory School to the Senior School. The same applies to our Year 11 pupils applying for a place in our Sixth Form.

Registration fee and waiting lists

All applications must be accompanied by a non-refundable registration fee. When applying for a place in a Year that is currently full (Admissions will advise you of this) and which has no current available spaces, the registration fee ensures that the child is placed onto a waiting list.

Application and scholarship process for external candidates

Preparatory School

For entry into Reception to Year 6: A Taster Day for your child which will include an assessment through observation in the classroom.

Year 3 (7+) entry for September 2026, contact Admissions at admissions@ewellcastle.co.uk

For Prep School entry for September 2026 and beyond, please contact Admissions.

Senior School

For entry into Year 7: Entrance Assessment Morning on Thursday 26th November 2026. Practical scholarship assessments (for Art, Dance, Drama, DT, Music, Photography, Sport, Cricket Academy) will take place either during the afternoon of this day.

The Reserve Entrance Assessments will take place on Friday 27th November 2026. Please note there will be no scholarship assessments that day.

If you wish your daughter or son to be considered for a scholarship, they MUST attend the entrance assessments on Thursday 26th November 2026. There will be no further opportunity available to be considered for a scholarship.

Sixth Form

To enter the Sixth Form, potential students who have already applied for a place will have an interview with the Head of Sixth Form.

Places offered are conditional upon the required GCSE (or equivalent) grades being achieved. Please see the A-level/BTEC entry requirement page by clicking HERE.

If you wish your daughter or son to be considered for an Academic scholarship or any of the subject scholarships that we offer, they MUST attend the entrance assessments on Thursday 26th of November 2026. There will be no further opportunity available to be considered for a scholarship.

KEY DATES AND EVENTS:

Preparatory School Assessments

Preparatory School applications will be processed all year and will include pupils attending a Taster Day with their current year group, an assessments through observation in the classroom and a meeting with the Head or Deputy Head of the Preparatory School.

Applications for September 2026 and for occasional places are welcomed for all year groups.

FOR SEPTEMBER 2027 ENTRY - PLEASE SEE BELOW

Senior School 11+ entry [external applicants] Application deadline: Friday 30th October 2026

Friday 30th October 2026: application deadline to apply for 11+ entry and/or an 11+ scholarship at the Senior School. [Please note that the bursary application deadline is also Friday 30th October 2026. If you are applying for a bursary, please do so in good time, we suggest that bursary application packs should be requested with enough time to allow two weeks from the date of your request, to receipt of the bursary application pack. The bursary application deadline is the same as the general application deadline, which is Friday 30th October 2026.]

Thursday 26th November 2026: entrance assessment day for 11+ entry and 11+ scholarship applications. During the morning, candidates will sit computer-based assessments using Quest Learning (formerly known as ATOM Learning), which will include assessments in Maths and English, which are based on the National Curriculum content, as well as a Verbal Reasoning test. The Maths paper, Verbal Reasoning paper and the first part of the English paper (comprehension task) will be conducted as an online assessment taking place within the School. All pupils will have access to a device to complete the assessments. There will also be a hand-written creative writing task that forms the second part of the English paper. Practical assessments for scholarship applications will take place in the afternoon.

Click HERE to access the online Quest Learning Familiarisation Tests for Ewell Castle School.

Friday 27th November 2026 : entrance assessments reserve date (excludes scholarships).

Outcome letters will be sent, and places offerered by Christmas.

Senior School 13+ Entry [external applicants]

Friday 30th October 2026: application deadline to apply for 13+ entry and/or an 13+ scholarship at the Senior School. [Please note that the bursary application deadline is also Friday 30th October 2026. If you are applying for a bursary, please do so in good time, we suggest that bursary application packs should be requested with enough time to allow two weeks from the date of your request, to receipt of the bursary application pack. The bursary application deadline is the same as the general application deadline, which is Friday 30th October 2026.]

Thursday 26th November 2026: entrance assessment day for 13+ entry and 13+ scholarship applications. During the morning, candidates will sit computer-based assessments using Quest Learning (formely known as ATOM Learning), which will include assessments in Maths, English and Verbal Reasoning. The Maths and English sections are based on the National Curriculum content. The Verbal Reasoning section is designed to test your child's academic potential. The Maths paper, Verbal Reasoning paper and the first part of the English paper (comprehension task) will be conducted as an online assessment taking place within the School. All pupils will have access to a device to complete the assessments. There will also be a hand-written creative writing task that forms the second part of the English paper. Practical assessments for scholarship applications will take place in the afternoon.

Click HERE to access the online Quest Learning Familiarisation Tests for Ewell Castle School.

Friday 27th November 2026: entrance assessments afternoon reserve date (excludes scholarships).

Outcome letters will be sent, and places offerered by Christmas.

Senior School 16+ Entry [external applicants] Application deadline: Friday 30th October 2026

Friday 30th October 2026: application deadline to apply for 16+ entry and/or a 16+ scholarship at the Senior School. [Please note that the bursary application deadline is also Friday 30th October 2026. If you are applying for a bursary, please do so in good time, we suggest that bursary application packs should be requested with enough time to allow two weeks from the date of your request, to receipt of the bursary application pack. The bursary application deadline is the same as the general application deadline, which is Friday 30th October 2026.]

Thursday 26th November 2026: entrance assessment day for 16+ entry and 16+ scholarship applications. During the morning, candidates will sit computer-based assessments using Quest Learning (formerly known as ATOM Learning), which will include online assessments in Verbal and Non-Verbal Reasoning, and written papers in whichever subject the candidate is applying for the scholarship in. Practical assessments for scholarship applications will take place in the afternoon.

Click HERE to access the online Quest Learning Familiarisation Tests for Ewell Castle School.

Outcome letters will be sent, and places offerered by Christmas.

Educational Needs and Access Arrangements

All applications must include information and documents on Educational Needs and additional access arrangements, for any child applying for a place at Ewell Castle School at the time of registering and not after. Failure to disclose and provide any Educational Needs, Educational Psychologists Reports, Assessment Reports or Access Arrangements upfront, for any child applying for a place at Ewell Castle School, may result in the invitation to the assessment day and/or the offer of a place at Ewell Castle School being withdrawn.

It is the responsibility of parents/guardians (and not Ewell Castle School) to contact the child's current school, and request that information on access arrangements for that child are emailed to them in good time, so that the parents/guardians can upload all necessary documents as part of the Ewell Castle online application process. This information should be in a signed letter on that school’s headed paper (usually from the SENCO, Head or Deputy Head, confirming arrangements and why they have been awarded). Educational Psychologists Reports and Assessment Reports (if appropriate) will also need to be uploaded as part of the online application process.

It can sometimes take schools a little time to prepare and send parents these documents, so we would advise parents/guardians to allow plenty of time for this, and to ensure they have everything they need ready, at the time of completing and submitting the Ewell Castle application form, and in advance of our application deadlines.

Ewell Castle School reserves the right to contact your child's current school, to confirm your child's current access arrangements and normal way of working. Ewell Castle School will be unable to provide access arrangements during its assessment day (and thereafter, should the pupil receive an offer to attend Ewell Castle School) to any pupil for whom it has not received the relevant additional access arrangements and/or Educational Needs documentation in advance.

For further admissions queries please contact the Admissions Department at admissions@ewellcastle.co.uk who will be happy to assist you.