The assessments for entry in Year 9 2025 have now taken place. If you are interested in joining our waiting list, please email your child’s school report and a summary of their interests and achievements to .

Timetable for Year 9 Entry in September 2025

DateEvent
1 October 2023Closing date for 2025 applications
January 2024Reports requested from candidates’ schools
15 April 2024Boarding candidates arrive
16 April 2024Assessments
24 May 2024Decisions sent
May 2025Academic Scholarship Examinations and Co-Curricular Scholarship Assessments

Past papers

Past Maths and English papers can be found below. We have also provided an example of a Maths Mark Scheme to give a better understanding of how these papers are assessed. We do not make sample Verbal Reasoning papers available, but any of the 13+ practice papers such as the Bond, GL Assessment, CGP or NFER series are useful preparation.

SCHOLARSHIPS

Sevenoaks offers scholarships to honour and celebrate exceptional talent in academia, music, sports, drama and art.

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Results

Offers of places, including scholarships, are sent by email to all candidates. Acceptance of all places must be confirmed by the payment of a deposit (£2000 for day pupils; £5000 for boarding pupils) and the completion of a Form of Acceptance by the date in June specified in our offer letter. Any candidate who decides not to accept their place is requested to inform us of their decision as soon as possible so their place can be released to a reserved candidate.

Some candidates will be reserved. This means they have passed our tests and have demonstrated that they would be good Sevenoaks students. We will be pleased to offer them a place if one becomes available later in the process. Parents are advised to keep in touch with the Director of Admissions in this situation. We consider our reserve candidates as a pool, not a list. When a place becomes available, we offer it to the most suitable reserved candidate.

“Ultimately, we are looking for students who are bright and eager to be involved in the wider, co-curricular life of the school, and – most importantly – who are kind.”

Lorna Dolan, Director of Admissions

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