How to Apply

Step One – Visit us: We invite you to look around our Nursery, Preschool and Junior School and meet with the Head of Junior School.

Step Two – Registration: Simply complete our online registration form which can be found here, and pay the registration fee of £120. Our admission team will be in touch to discuss your session choices.

Step Three – Accepting a place for your daughter An offer will be made on the admissions parent portal. A deposit of £500 is required to secure your daughter’s place with us.

Step Five – Welcome! In preparation for your daughter’s start date, we will invite her to attend some settling in sessions.

Step One – Visit us: We invite you to look around the school and meet with the Head of the Junior School

Step Two – Registration: Simply complete our online registration form which can be found here, and pay the registration fee of £120.

Step Three – Taster Days, Assessments and Offers

Entry into Reception (age 4 – 5 years) There is no assessment for entry into our Reception class, however we will invite you in to visit us for a tour with your daughter, so that we may show her the school and meet with her in person. Following an offer and acceptance of a place, transition sessions will be arranged for the summer term prior to the September start date, when girls spend time with their peers and teachers. Some girls like to join us in Preschool, ready for starting our Reception Class in September. We are always delighted to welcome girls into our Preschool, subject to availability.

Entry into Years 1 – 4 (age 5 – 9 years) Your daughter would be invited to spend one or two taster days with us, during which time she will participate in a normal school day and meet her classmates. We do not formally assess for entry into these year groups; however, we will gently observe your daughter throughout her day, including her reading and writing skills. We will provide feedback on your daughter’s day with us, before confirming whether an offer of a place will be made.

Entry into Years 5 – 6 (age 9 – 11 years) Your daughter would be invited to spend one or two taster days with us, during which time she will participate in a normal school day, meet her classmates, and take some short assessments in English, Mathematics and Reasoning. These are computer based assessments and take around one hour in total. We will provide feedback on your daughter’s day with us and her assessment results, before confirming whether an offer of a place will be made.

Step Four – Accepting a place for your daughter An offer will be made on the admissions parent portal. A deposit of £500 is required to secure your daughter’s place with us.

Step Five – Welcome! A welcome day is held in the Summer Term prior to your daughter starting with us in the September. Girls may spend an additional day with us if they would like to, before their start date.

For further information about how to apply, please contact us on nhs.admissions@nhs.gdst.net or 01604 765765 (Admissions).

Step One – Visit us

Whether you attend one of our Open Mornings or enjoy a personal tour of the school, we invite you to visit us and get to know our school, our staff and our pupils.

Step Two – Registration

In the Senior School, the majority of girls join us at 11+ (Year 7) and at 13+ (Year 9), although, on occasion, we may have spaces in other year groups.

Simply complete our online registration form which can be found here, and pay the registration fee of £120. We recommend registering by mid October 2025 for a September 2026 start, to allow for any Scholarship and/or Bursary applications.

Step Three – Assessments and Offers

Our Year 7 and Year 9 Entrance Assessment Days, include short online assessments in English, Mathematics, Verbal Reasoning, Non-Verbal Reasoning, Creative Comprehension and Puzzles. The assessments are based on the National Curriculum, we do not provide practice papers for these assessments and there is no need for applicants to prepare.

Should you wish your daughter to join us in other year groups in the Senior School, or at other times of the year, we are pleased to make individual arrangements for taster days, entrance assessment and admission.

Year 7 Admissions Timeline:

Sunday 30 November 2025 – Closing date for Flair and Spirit Scholarship applications and Bursary applications

Friday 16 January 2026 – Entrance Assessment Day 8.45am – 3.30pm

w/c Monday 19 January 2026 – Spirit and Flair Scholarship interviews for shortlisted applicants

Saturday 24 January 2026 – Reach Scholarship assessment and interviews for shortlisted applicants

Friday 13 February 2026 – Offers, including outcome of Scholarship and Bursary applications, are made on the admissions parent portal

Monday 9 March 2026 – Deadline to accept the offer of a place

Year 9 Admissions Timeline:

Sunday 30 November 2025 – Closing date for Flair and Spirit Scholarship applications

Wednesday 14 January 2026 – Entrance Assessment Day 8.45am – 3.35pm

w/c Monday 19 January 2026 – Spirit and Flair Scholarship interviews for shortlisted applicants

Saturday 24 January 2026 – Reach Scholarship assessment and interviews for shortlisted applicants

Friday 13 February 2026 – Offers, including outcome of Scholarship applications, are made on the admissions parent portal

Monday 9 March 2026 – Deadline to accept the offer of a place

Step Four – Accepting a place for your daughter

An offer will be made on the admissions parent portal. A deposit of £500 is required to secure your daughter’s place with us.

For further information about the admissions process, please contact us on nhs.admissions@nhs.gdst.net or 01604 765765 (Admissions).

Step One – Visit us

Whether you attend one of our Open Days, our Sixth Form Information Evening, or enjoy a personal tour of our school, we encourage you to visit us, meet the Director of Sixth Form, and get to know our staff and our pupils.

Step Two – Registration

Simply complete our online registration form which can be found here, and pay the registration fee of £120. We recommend registering by mid October 2025 for a September 2026 start, to allow for any Scholarship and/or Bursary applications.

Step Three – Taster Days and Offers

Applicants to the Sixth Form are expected to achieve at least five GCSEs at Grade 7-9s, including a minimum of Grade 6 in English and Mathematics (or the equivalent in international qualifications). Details of our A Level courses, Elective subjects on offer and specific entry requirements are available in our Sixth Form Programme Guide.

We invite applicants to join us for a bespoke Sixth Form taster day to experience life in our Sixth Form, as well as meet with the Heads of Department of the subjects that they wish to study. Applicants wishing to apply for a Reach Scholarship and/or a Bursary will be required to sit online assessments in Mathematics and Verbal and Non-Verbal Reasoning.

Year 12 Admissions Timeline:

Monday 3 November 2025 – Closing date for Flair, Reach and Spirit Scholarship and Bursary applications

Wednesday 5 November 2025 – Assessment and interviews for Reach Scholarship and/or Bursary applicants

w/c 17 November 2025 – Spirit and Flair Scholarship interviews for shortlisted applicants

Friday 12 December 2025 – Conditional offers, including outcome of Scholarship applications, are made on the admissions parent portal

Monday 5 January 2026 – Deadline to accept the offer of a place (excluding Bursary applicants)

Friday 13 February 2026 – Outcome of Bursary applications are made on the admissions parent portal

Monday 9 March 2026 – Deadline to accept the offer of a Bursary

Step Four – Accepting a place for your daughter

A conditional offer will be made on the admissions parent portal. A deposit of £500 is required to secure your daughter’s place with us. This place will be confirmed upon meeting the entry requirements on GCSE results day.

For further information about how to apply, please contact us on nhs.admissions@nhs.gdst.net or 01604 765765 (Admissions).