Year 9 Entry

An applicant at school in Hong Kong should register with Ms Battie Fung at Academic Asia in Hong Kong or visit www.academic-asia.com. Tel: +852 2833 0919. 

An applicant at school in China should register with Mr Tommy Meng at UK Boarding Schools Admissions Service or visit www.ukboardingschools.org.uk. Tel: +86 21 3165 1368. 

Please contact these representatives for details of our admissions process in these locations. 

An applicant who attends a prep school in the UK should inform his current school that he is required to sit the ISEB CPT for Harrow; the school should be familiar with the CPT and will make arrangements for him to take it there. 

An applicant who attends a school that does not routinely administer the ISEB CPT should ask his current school to supply a suitable testing room with a computer and internet access, along with an administrator to set up and supervise the test. Once organised, the administrator should refer to the information for invigilation centres on the ISEB website for guidance on preparing for the tests. 

An applicant who attends a school overseas should ask his current school to supply a suitable testing room with a computer and internet access, along with an administrator to set up and supervise the CPT. If the applicant's current school is unable to invigilate the test, his local British Council office or another educational establishment may be used as an alternative venue. Once organised, the administrator should refer to the information for invigilation centres on the ISEB website for guidance on preparing for the tests. 

The Admissions Office should be informed if an applicant has already sat the CPT ISEB for another school. We will be able to access his ISEB results upon receipt of his ISEB Applicant ID. Please note that applicants can only sit the CPT once in any one academic year and only once after registering for Harrow School.  

An applicant at a CE school (a school which prepares its students for the full suite of CE subjects), who has been offered a place at Harrow will be expected to sit the full range of CE subjects in June of Year 8.  While there is no pass mark for CE as such, the results that a boy achieves will be used to determine the initial sets into which he will be placed when he arrives at Harrow. A boy who performs well in the Academic Scholarship examinations is unlikely to be required to sit the CE examinations. 

An applicant is required to sit the Core and preferably also Additional papers in Mathematics, Level 2 or Level 3 papers in Latin and French, and Core papers in English and Science. We encourage applicants to stretch themselves and we weight the CE results to reward those who attempt the more challenging papers.  

An applicant at a non-CE school (excluding those in Hong Kong) who has been offered a place at Harrow, will sit CE examinations in five subjects in June of Year 8 as a minimum. A boy who performs well in the Academic Scholarship examinations is unlikely to be required to sit these CE examinations. 

We would expect an applicant to sit English (Core) and Mathematics (Core and also preferably Additional). He must sit the Maths Calculator, Non-Calculator and Mental Arithmetic papers. He will also be required to sit papers in the Sciences (Core) and French and Latin (if studied), for setting purposes only. He will not need to take the speaking and listening examinations in French. 

We encourage applicants to stretch themselves and we weight the CE results to reward those who attempt the more challenging papers.  

An applicant at school in Hong Kong, who has been offered a place at Harrow, will sit CE examinations in a minimum of five subjects in June of Year 8. A boy who performs well in the Academic Scholarship examinations is unlikely to be required to sit these CE examinations. 

To secure his place, an applicant is required to sit papers in English (Core), Mathematics (Core and preferably also Additional), the Sciences (Core) and French and Latin (if studied) for setting purposes only. He will not need to take the speaking and listening examinations in French.  

An applicant applying for a scholarship will usually sit the first round of Academic Scholarship examinations in January of Year 8 at their own School and the second round at Harrow in late February. A boy who performs well in the Academic Scholarship examinations is unlikely to be required to sit the CE examinations.