King's College School, Wimbledon

King's College School, London SW19 4TT, UK
11-18 Years
Boys

Open Days

Description

King’s College School is  one of the most academically successful schools in the world.. It is an independent day school for boys aged 7-18 and girls aged 16-18. 

King’s was founded by royal charter in 1829 as the junior department of King's College London.

Facilities

Campus:  The school occupies nearly 20 acres on the south side of Wimbledon Common and owns a further 24 acres of playing fields nearby, in addition to a boathouse on Putney Embankment

In spring 2018, a new state-of-the-art music school was completed. The building includes a suite of sound-proofed practice rooms, group rehearsal venues, specialist classrooms and a 200-seat concert hall.

In autumn 2019, a new sports complex, including a multi-use sports hall and a six-lane swimming pool, was completed.

 

Features

  • Boys
  • Ofsted Rating: Good
  • DFC Number: 315/6000

Things to note

King's College School is rated as Top Boys or Co-Ed School in Londong for 3rd cnsecutive year by Sunday Times.

Open Morning (Whole School) :  Saturday 12th September 2020, from 9.00am to 12.00pm

11+ (year 7) open evening:  Thursday 1st October, 6.00pm 

 16+ (sixth form) open evening:  Thursday 24th September, 6.00pm  and Tuesday 6th October, 6.00pm 

Extra Curricular

  • King’s has become a leading sporting school and is highly successful in a wide range of sports. 
  • Music is an important and valued part of school life at King’s. There are many exciting musical opportunities on offer, including the chance to perform in a variety of choral and orchestral ensembles and bands, as well as in instrumental and vocal recitals, competitions and masterclasses.
  • King’s has a national reputation for its drama, with off-site productions a regular feature. The King’s drama program sees hundreds of passionate students collaborating creatively to perform, direct, design, devise and lead an exciting array of high quality productions each year.
  • The CCF at King’s has three sections: army, royal navy, and royal air force, and is entirely voluntary. The sections have their own character, but in the first year there is a common programme which comprises a mixture of military instruction and adventurous training.
  • At King’s we place great importance to pupils’ involvement in activities outside the classroom. A wide range of departments at King's offer educational visits to a variety of destinations across the globe. At King’s we offer a wide variety of educational visits which provide pupils with the opportunity to learn new things, to experience other cultures and places, and to challenge themselves.

Selection Criteria: Selective

Admission Details

7+, 8+ AND 9+ ENTRY

Each September, the junior school admits about 54 boys into year 3 at 7+, 14 boys into year 4 at 8+ and 12 boys into year 5 at 9+. A boy’s year group is strictly determined by his age on 1 September in the year of admission. Thus a boy born on 31 August will be the youngest in his year group and a boy born on 1 September will be the oldest in the following year group.

In order for boys to sit our assessments parents must register their sons via the online registration form. Visit the 'How to register' page for further information.

Boys are admitted from both independent and maintained schools. It is important that parents discuss their plans in relation to our entry assessments with their current school as, at the end of September preceding the written assessments, activity sessions and interview, we will write to the candidates' current Heads to inform them which of their pupils will be sitting our assessments and invite them to submit a short report.

If we are unable to offer a boy a place or he is withdrawn before the assessments and parents wish him to sit for the following year’s entry point a new registration must be submitted.

Year 5 (9+) is the last point of entry into the Junior School. If we are unable to offer a boy a place or he is withdrawn before the assessments and parents wish him to sit for a later point of entry they should refer to the 11+, 13+ or 16+ admissions information.

11+ ENTRY

Years 7 and 8 in the senior school are known as the 'lower school'.

Entry to King's at 11+ is via competitive tests and interviews which take place in December/January of year 6.  

It is not possible to apply for both 11+ and 13+ entry.  All boys are assessed in year 6 and offers for both the 11+ and 13+ entry points are made in February of year 6. 

13+ ENTRY

Entry to year 9 at King's is via our pre-test which is taken in year 6

Entry to King's at 13+ is via competitive tests and interviews which take place in December/January of year 6.  

It is not possible to apply for both 11+ and 13+ entry.  All boys are assessed in year 6 and offers for both the 11+ and 13+ entry points are made in February of year 6. 

16+ ENTRY

The 400 or so pupils in the co-educational sixth form at King's can choose to study either the International Baccalaureate diploma (IBDP) or A levels. 

Entry to the sixth form is via competitive tests and interviews which take place in November of year 11.  

Fees

Years         Termly fee 2023/24
Senior school (year 9 and above): £8,630
Senior school (lower school - years 7-8): £7,805
Junior school (second forms / third): £7,805
Junior school (transitions / first forms): £7,250

Scholarships

Bursaries:

King’s College School is committed to broadening access by offering to eligible parents/guardians means-tested financial support with the payment of school fees. The school offers a number of entrance bursaries at 11+, 13+ and sixth form of up to 100% of tuition fees. A bursary award may in addition include provision for extras such as school trips and uniform.
 

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