When parents register their son or daughter, they will be asked to pay a non-returnable deposit of £75. When they are offered a place, they will be asked to pay a £500 fee 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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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
Entrance Tests
Applicants are required to sit an Entrance Test appropriate to their age. Pupils normally join the School at 11+, 13+ or in the Sixth Form. Sometimes entry is possible into other year groups. Contact the Head of Laxton for further information.
Entry at 11+
Applicants take entrance papers in January of the year of entry. In addition to one-hour papers in Maths, English and Science, applicants take an Abilities Test and have an informal interview.
Entry at 13+
Applicants sit either Common Entrance, or Oundle papers in Maths, English, French, and Science, together with an Abilities 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. They also have an interview. The minimum entry requirement is six subjects at Grade B, or better, including passes in Maths, English, a Science, and a language. In practice most applicants will be expected to achieve A or A* grades in most of their GCSE subjects.
Academic, music, art and technology scholarships are also available at this
level. (Further information is available here).
Fees and variable expenses
Form 1: £10,785 per annum (including lunches)
Form 2 - 7: £13,185 per annum (including lunches)
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.
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.