4+ Entry - Non Selective / by Ballot - 22 Places
Entry into our Reception class is by ballot, which is drawn two years in advance of the year of entry. The ballot for the twenty-two places available is drawn by the Chair of Governors with the Head, Registrar and a representative from the school’s legal firm. All the registered girls’ names are put into a box and then drawn by the Chair as described above.
The deadlines for application are according to your child's date of birth, and are as follows:
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Birth date
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Entry year |
Registration deadline |
| 1st September 2018 – 31st August 2019 |
2023 |
30th September 2021 |
| 1st September 2019 – 31st August 2020 |
2024 |
30th September 2022 |
| 1st September 2020 - 31st August 2021 |
2025 |
30th September 2023 |
| 1st September 2021 - 31st August 2022 |
2026 |
30th September 2024 |
| 1st September 2022 - 31st August 2023 |
2027 |
30th September 2025 |
| 1st September 2023 - 31st August 2024 |
2028 |
30th September 2026 |
| 1st September 2024 - 31st August 2025 |
2029 |
30th September 2027 |
| 1st September 2025 - 31st August 2026 |
2030 |
30th September 2028 |
https://www.butehouse.co.uk/admissions/admissions-4.html
There is a sibling policy. The sisters of children already at the school are automatically offered places; therefore it is only for the remaining places that names are taken from the ballot. In addition, a waiting list is drawn up. These children are offered places should anybody be unable to take up the place.
7+ Entry - Assessment
If you are interested in registering your daughter for entry into Year 3, the first step is to register with our School Registrar by sending in a completed registration form, registration fee (£100), and a copy of your daughter's birth certificate. These can be sent to us at any time up until the 31st October in the year preceding entry.
The second step, confirm her as a candidate and to secure a place at the Assessment, is to send in the examination fee (£100) by 31st October.
Unsuccessful 4+ ballot candidates who wish to take part in the 7+ Assessment must also reconfirm their interest and enclose the examination fee (£100) by the closing date of 31st October of the year preceding 7+ entry. If you wish your daughter to sit for the Assessment you must have both registered and paid the examination fee by the deadline.
Assessment Process
The 7+ Assessment takes place in January at the beginning of the calendar year in which the successful candidates will enter Year 3. We welcome around 200 girls to the school for the whole morning, when they will engage in a series of enjoyable activities which have been carefully planned to assess as many aspects of the candidates as possible. The tasks are designed to assess reading competence, writing ability and mathematical skills, strategies, reasoning and problem solving. As a guide, our assessments are pitched broadly at Year 2 level, with opportunities to extend and explore each candidate’s potential. There are no sample assessment papers available.
Girls are put into small groups which are decided upon by their month of birth. Each group will spend the morning with three or four members of our staff who interact with the girls and aim to put them at ease. We deliberately provide opportunities for teaching during the morning in order to assess each girl’s potential and learning behaviour. We also provide opportunities for play and informal conversations in order to get a fuller picture of each girl’s interests and personal strengths. We run the assessments over two days in order to see everyone in small groups. The activities will be completely different on each day, although the assessments and tasks will be of the same standard on both days.
Interview: If your daughter is selected to come back for an interview, you will be notified by letter soon after the assessment. Interviews will take place during January. At this stage we will request a reference from your daughter's school.
The closing date for 7+ registrations and bursary applications for entry into Year 3 is 31st October of the year preceding entry or when the number of confirmed candidates reaches 200.
| registrations for 7+ entry in 2021 |
31st October 2020 |
| 7+ 2021 Assessment |
Tuesday 5th and
Wednesday 6th January, 2021
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