Year 9 Entry

An applicant at school in Hong Kong should register with Ms Battie Fung at Academic Asia in Hong Kong.

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: 0086 (0) 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 informs his current school that he is required to sit the ISEB Common Pre-Test for Harrow; the school should be familiar with the Pre-Test and will make arrangements for him take it there.

An applicant who attends a school that does not routinely administer the ISEB Common Pre-Test asks 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 Pre-Test. Once the administrator's name and email address have been supplied to us, we will provide them with the information needed to administer the test.

An applicant who attends a school overseas asks 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 Pre-Test. If the applicant's current school is unable to provide this, his local British Council office or another educational establishment may provide an alternative venue. Once the administrator's name and email address have been supplied to us, we will provide them with the information needed to administer the test.

The Admissions Office should be informed if an applicant has already sat the ISEB Common Pre-Test for another school as we will request his results from the ISEB (results are shared between the schools for which a candidate is registered). Applicants can only sit the Pre-Test once in any one academic year.

An applicant at a CE school, who has been offered a place at the School will sit the full range of subjects in the CE examinations in June of Year 8.  There is no formal pass mark hurdle for CE as such, but 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 Level 2 or 3 papers in Mathematics and Latin, and Level 2 papers in English, Science and French. If he does not study French, he should sit a Level 2 paper in another language. 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, sits CE examinations in four 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.

We would expect an applicant to pass English (Level 2) and Mathematics (Level 2 or 3). He must sit the Maths Calculator and Non-Calculator papers; if he is at school in the UK, he must sit the Mental Maths paper. He will also be required to sit papers in Science (Level 2) and French (Level 2, if studied), for setting purposes only. He need not take the speaking and listening examinations in Languages.

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, sits CE examinations in four 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 (Level 2), Mathematics (Level 3), Science (Level 2) and French (Level 2, if studied) for setting purposes only. He need not take the speaking and listening examinations in Languages, nor the Mental Maths paper.

An applicant applying for a scholarship sits the Academic Scholarship examinations at Harrow in late February of Year 8. A boy who performs well in the Academic Scholarship examinations is unlikely to be required to sit the CE examinations.