When parents register their son or daughter, they will be asked to pay a non-returnable deposit of £125. When they are offered a place, they will be asked to pay a £600 deposit in advance. They will also be asked to confirm that they accept the Standard Terms and Conditions that accompany the offer.
Enquiries and Entrance Procedures for Day Pupils
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Admissions Information 2009/10
All day pupils join Laxton, the day House of Oundle School, and day admissions take place through the Laxton Office.
Tel: 01832 277265
Fax: 01832 277268
email: laxton@oundleschool.org.uk
Families of prospective pupils are welcome to visit Laxton individually or on an Open Day.
Entrance Tests
Applicants are required to sit an entrance test appropriate to their age.
Entry at 11+
Applicants take entrance papers in January of the year of entry. In addition to papers in Mathematics, English and Science, applicants take our Ability Test and have an informal interview.
Entry at 13+
Applicants sit either Common Entrance, or Oundle papers in Mathematics, English, Science, French and our Ability Test. They also have an informal interview. Various scholarships are available. (Further information is available here).
Entry into the Sixth Form
In November applicants take a General Paper and papers in two of their chosen A Level subjects. The minimum entry requirement is at least three subjects at Grade A and three subjects at Grade B, or better, including passes in English Language, Mathematics, a Science and a Language. In practice we would expect most successful candidates to have achieved Grade A or A* in most subjects. Academic, music, art and technology scholarships are also available at this level. (Further information is available here).
Entry at other levels may be possible after discussion with the Head of Laxton.
Fees and variable expenses
Fees include tuition, games, sanatorium, gymnasium, library, lectures and entertainment (not theatre). A few variable expenses are charged on the School Account as necessary, such as clothing and books, together with certain optional extras, including music lessons (a Quarter’s notice is required when music lessons are to be dropped, other than in exceptional circumstances).
Fees are payable in advance before the beginning of the Michaelmas, Easter and Trinity Quarters. As any delay in the payment of fees is, in effect, punitive on the great majority of parents who honour the rule, the School will make a surcharge on outstanding accounts and will add it to the next account. The School will charge 4% above Barclay’s Bank base rate, calculated on a daily basis.
The Governors of the School have the right to raise the fees after giving at least one Quarter’s notice.
| Year 1: | £4,285 |
| Year 2: | £4,975 |
| Years 3 to 7: | £5,645 |