Third Form (Year 9)

Choosing the right school for your child is clearly an extremely important decision, with many factors to take into consideration. Embarking on the Admissions process for senior school can therefore appear quite a daunting task, but the Admissions Team at Stowe is here to guide, support and advise you as you navigate the various steps of the process. We have endeavoured to put in place a logical, simple and digestible Admissions process which we hope will assist you in your decision-making process.

Each year we take approximately 180 pupils into the Third Form (Year 9). We advise families to start the initial process when their child is in Year 4 or 5 and recommend visiting on an Open Morning with the aim of narrowing your long list of schools to a short list of three or four. There are then three important steps to be negotiated in Year 6:

A private visit with interviews at Stowe or by exception remotely for overseas pupils

Success in CAT4 Tests (or UKiset for whom English is not their first language). We no longer use the ISEB Pre-Tests as a mean of entry.

A satisfactory reference or report from the candidate’s current school