Moving up to Senior School
Admission Procedure
Every effort is made to make the transfer of Bow pupils to the Senior School as smooth and easy as possible for both pupils and their parents.
All entrants into Year 7 at the Senior School must sit the 11+ Entrance Examination consisting of papers in English, Mathematics and Verbal Reasoning plus a short interview with a senior member of staff. Bow pupils are, of course, eligible for the valuable Academic and Music awards that are available to 11+ candidates.
Induction
By the time Bow pupils move up to the Senior School at the end of Year 6, they will have visited the Senior School on many occasions. They will have used their facilities as part of their routine at Bow but will also have begun the process of transfer and induction long before it is time for them to leave Bow.
Year 5 Visit
In order to further familiarise Bow pupils with all aspects of life at the Senior School, we arrange an all-day class visit for all pupils in Year 5 in the Summer Term. They attend some specially arranged lessons (perhaps including some subjects they will not have studied before) and a full games session run by the specialist sports staff at the Senior School. Perhaps because it strengthens the feeling that they belong to a community that extends beyond Bow, our pupils have greatly appreciated this early insight into the life at the Senior School that awaits them.
Year 6 Acquaint Visit and New Pupil Induction Procedure
All Year 6 pupils moving into the Senior School will automatically attend the Acquaint Day for all new pupils which is organised by the Senior School during the Summer Term before they join and also participate in the New Pupil Induction Day just before the start of their first term at the Senior School. For further details of these events please visit the section on Senior School Admissions.
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