Year 7
The main entry point, in September.
Admissions
We begin with a conversation, not a portal.
The outcome is a named year, a timetable you can read, and a first day.
How to apply
Six steps from first enquiry to first lesson.
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Enquire
Write to the admissions office or use the form on the Contact page. Tell us the pupil's age, region and the qualification you have in mind.
Open the enquiry form →02
Meet admissions
A conversation with the admissions team, online, at a time that suits you. Bring your questions.
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Share the record
Recent school reports, a transcript, or a short note from a current teacher. Incomplete is fine if it is honest.
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Assessment and placement
Short assessments in English and Mathematics for entry to Years 7 to 9. A placement conversation with the Regional Head for every year. We recommend a year and a route.
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Offer and timetable
You see the subjects, the live hours and any support or training arrangements in writing before you accept.
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Start
The pupil joins class. The first fortnight is for learning the rhythm of the week, with the tutor checking in every day.
Entry
When pupils join — and what we need.
Entry points
Years 8 to 11
In September or at the start of any term.
Sixth Form
Year 12, in September, for internal and external candidates.
Requirements
Years 7 to 9
The school reports and short assessments in English and Mathematics.
Years 10 and 11
The reports and a placement conversation about the route and the subjects.
Sixth Form
The pupil's results at sixteen and a conversation with the Head of Sixth Form.
Joining mid year
A pupil can join at the start of any term in Years 7 to 10. Later entry to the examined years is possible where the record supports it, sometimes on a three year course.
Ask about mid-year entryStarting at Kings
The first fortnight.
From set-up check to house placement — the first two weeks are designed so nobody is left guessing.
01
Before the first day
The uniform and books arrive. The school checks the pupil's computer, camera and connection on a short call, and the family meets the tutor.
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The first week
The timetable is taught before it is used: how to join a lesson, hand in work, read a mark and ask for help. The tutor checks in with the pupil every day.
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The second week
The pupil is placed in a house, joins a club, and sits the first short assessment in each subject so that every teacher knows where to start.
Visit
Visit a live lesson
The best way to understand Kings is to sit in a lesson. The second best way is to meet the Principal.
Virtual open evening
Every month, in each region's own evening, the Principal and the Regional Head welcome families online, walk through the school day, and take questions for as long as there are questions. Current pupils and parents join to answer the questions the staff cannot.
Taster lesson
A prospective pupil joins a live lesson in their own year, in a subject of their choice, with the family watching. Afterwards the tutor talks to the pupil about how it felt.
Write to admissions or use the Contact page with the pupil's age, your region and the lesson you would like to see. Dates for the next open evening in your region are sent by return.
Open events
Three ways to meet Kings before you apply.
Every month
Virtual Open Evening
The Principal and the Regional Head walk through the school day, show a lesson, and take questions for as long as there are questions. Current parents and pupils join to answer the ones the staff cannot.
Enquire about this →By appointment
Taster Lesson
A prospective pupil joins a live lesson in their own year, in a subject of their choice, with the family watching. The tutor talks to the pupil afterwards about how it felt.
Enquire about this →By appointment
Consultation
Thirty minutes with the Regional Head about the pupil, the route and the year, before any application is made. Bring the school reports if you have them.
Enquire about this →Scholarships and awards
Merit and need, including full fee scholarships.
Kings offers scholarships on merit and on need, including full fee scholarships in both. A place at Kings should depend on the pupil, not on the family's means.
Merit
Academic Scholarships
Awarded at entry to Year 7 and Year 12, and at other points by exception, on the results of a scholarship examination and an interview with the Principal or the Regional Head.
Merit
Music, Art and Sport Awards
Awarded on an audition, a portfolio or a record of achievement, with a reference from the pupil's teacher or coach. Holders lead the school's music, art and sport.
Need
Bursaries
For families who could not otherwise send their child to Kings. Assessed on a confidential statement of the family's circumstances, and reviewed each year.
Merit & need
Full fee scholarships
A full fee scholarship covers the whole cost of a place at Kings. Full fee scholarships are awarded both on merit and on need. Every family that applies for a scholarship is considered for the fullest award the school can make.
How to apply
Tick the scholarship box on the application form and say which award you are applying for. Academic candidates sit the scholarship examination online and attend an interview. Music, art and sport candidates send their work or their record and attend an audition or a conversation. Bursary applicants complete a confidential financial statement with the admissions office.
How decisions are made
Scholarships are decided by the Scholarships Committee, chaired by the Principal, after the entry assessments. Every applicant receives a written decision.
Conditions
A scholarship is held for the duration of the pupil's time at Kings, subject to effort, conduct and, for the awards, continued commitment to the music, art or sport for which it was given. Awards are reviewed each year with the family.
Ways to study
Most pupils join the full school. There are other doors.
Years 7 to 13
Full school
The whole timetable, a tutor, a house, clubs, reports and examinations. The way most families join, at Year 7 or at the start of any term in Years 8 to 10.
Years 12 and 13
Sixth Form only
Two years of A Level, International A Level, BTEC or one of the North American diplomas, with university guidance, for pupils joining after their examinations at sixteen.
By arrangement
Single subject places
A pupil at another school who needs a subject it does not offer, such as Further Mathematics, Law or a language, takes that subject live with a Kings class and sits the examination through Kings or through their own school.
Alongside the timetable
One to one support
Extra sessions with a subject teacher, arranged with the tutor, for a pupil who has joined late, is learning in a second language or is aiming higher in one subject.
Still deciding?
A short note is enough to start.
Term dates
Three terms. Two examination seasons.
Kings keeps the English school year in every region. The calendar for the year ahead is published in the Summer Term and sent to every family.
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September to December
Michaelmas Term
New pupils join in the first week. House competitions begin. The October and November examination season. The term ends before Christmas.
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January to March
Lent Term
Mock examinations for Years 11 and 13 in January. Parents' evenings for every year group. Subject and route choices for the year ahead are made in March.
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April to July
Summer Term
Revision programmes, then the May and June examination season. End of year examinations for Years 7 to 10. Speech Day in July, held online across all four regions. Reports and the calendar for the year ahead.
Half terms and holidays
Each term has a half term break of one week. Regional public holidays are kept in the region concerned, and the timetable is adjusted so that no class loses a lesson it needs.
The school week
Monday to Friday in every region. The Middle East keeps a Monday to Friday week in line with the school.
Clocks and time zones
Each region keeps the Kings day in its own local time. When the clocks change in the United Kingdom or the United States, the school day in that region changes with them and the other regions are unaffected.
For families
Parents' Association
The parents of Kings pupils in each region, who welcome new families and keep the school honest.
- Welcomes every new family in the first fortnight with a call from a parent in the same region.
- Meets the Regional Head once a term, and the Principal once a year, to raise what parents want raised.
- Runs the parents' side of Speech Day and the end of year celebrations in each region.
- Keeps a regional parents' group on the platform, for the questions that are easier to ask another parent.
Every parent of a Kings pupil is a member from enrolment.
Questions
Questions we hear first.
A school whose classroom is a screen. Everything else is what a school has always been: a timetable, a register, teachers, classes, a tutor, houses, reports and examinations. Kings has been one since 1995.
Enquiry form
Tell us who the pupil is.
Age, region, and the qualification you are considering are enough to start. Prefer to talk? WhatsApp stays open on every page.
- We reply with a person, not a portal.
- Placement advice before you commit.
- Visit and scholarship requests welcome on the same form.