Admissions Process

Nursery

Children can join Babington House Nursery from the date of their third birthday. An application form must be completed along with the £120 registration fee to secure your child’s place.

You and your child are both welcome at one of our stay and play sessions we offer throughout the academic year. We tend to invite children to these sessions when they are of Nursery age, or a year before they are due to join us. These sessions are designed so you and your child can experience our learning environment, and talk to members of staff in this department.

Should you wish to proceed, we have invite children in for an individual taster session and meeting with our Head of Early Years. We also offer free settling in sessions to ensure children can transition easily to our setting.

Children joining our Nursery are required to attend a minimum of 3 sessions.  Children who join our school Nursery are automatically offered a place into one of our Reception classes.

Morning sessions:  08:30am – 12:15pm (including lunch)

Afternoon sessions:  12:15pm – 3:15pm

Full day: 08:30am – 3:15pm (including lunch)

We offer the 15 hours EYFS funding against our afternoon sessions.

Reception

Places in Reception are offered to all Nursery families in the first instance.  There are 40 places available each academic year.

Children wishing to join Babington House School in Reception who are currently not in our Nursery, should complete an application form and pay the £120 registration fee as soon as possible, to secure a place.  Please note that due to the high demand of places, you may be placed on a waiting list.

Once a place is offered, families will be invited to attend an Early Years Stay & Play.  This bespoke session is designed to provide you and your child with experience of our unique learning environment, and to talk to Early Years Teachers. We also take a reference from a nursery if your child attends such a setting. Before joining, a meeting is organised with your child’s new Reception teacher and we will invite your child for an induction day in June.

Years 1- 6

Places in our Prep School sometimes become available during the academic year. Those wishing to join the Prep School should complete an application form and pay the £120 registration fee as soon as possible. Please note that due to high demand, you may be placed on a waiting list.

Admission into the Prep School is dependent on the space available in the required year group, attendance to a taster day, the completion of an age-appropriate assessment, 2 years’ worth of school reports and a school reference.

We accept admissions all year round.

We look forward to receiving your application.

Admission to Babington House Senior School is extremely competitive.  With only 40 places available, we encourage you to complete an application form and pay the £120 registration fee as soon as possible.

We are looking for children whose skills and talents extend beyond the curriculum and who will contribute to the rich life of our thriving community.  Therefore, offers are not made solely on the strength of the entrance exam alone.  We take time to get to know every child during our taster days, exploring their personalities, their talents, their aspirations and school reference. Should we offer a place to a child we have not met, this will be subject to an interview with the Headmaster and Head of Seniors.

External applicants will sit the following entrance examinations:

English (1 hour)

Mathematics (1 hour)

Online Test – Vocabulary, Proof Reading, Spelling, Punctuation, Grammar, Perceptual Speed & Accuracy and Non-verbal reasoning (1 hour).

Our Year 6 pupils are offered automatic entry into Year 7.

Past papers are available here:

Year 7 Entrance Exam English

Year 7 Entrance Exam Maths

The following scholarships up to the award of 30% are available at Babington House:

• Academic Scholarship
• Art Scholarship
• Drama Scholarship
• Music Scholarship
• Sport Scholarship

For further information please see our scholarship page.

Please do come and visit us at one of our Open Days or by getting in touch to arrange a private tour with the Headmaster.

Places in our Senior School sometimes become available during the academic year. Those wishing to join the Senior School should complete an application form as soon as possible. Please note that due to high demand, you may be placed on a waiting list.

Admission into the Senior School is dependent on the space available in the required year group, attendance to a taster day, the successful completion of assessments in Maths, English and an Online Test, 2 years’ worth of school reports and a school reference.   Following on from successful performance in the examinations, your child will be invited to attend a taster day to meet their peers and sample what it is like to be a pupil at the school. All offers will be subject to an interview with the Headmaster and Head of Seniors.

We look forward to receiving your application.