Admissions
Admissions Process - Joining Us
Packwood welcomes applications from pupils aged 4 to 13. Places are available all year round for day and boarding pupils from a variety of social, economic and cultural backgrounds.
We recommend arranging a visit or attending an Open Morning to get a real feel for Packwood. If this is of interest to you, please complete our enquiry form which can be found on this page.
If you would like to register your child for Packwood, please download and print the Registration Form and return to the Head of Admissions at admissions@packwood.school together with the £50 registration fee. This will register your interest and you will then be contacted the year prior to entry to confirm your interest.
UK Admissions Process
- Complete Registration Form and return with a copy of passport and registration fee.
- We will contact you the year prior to entry to confirm your interest.
- We are a non-selective school so there is no formal assessment process.
- Taster days are available.
- Offer letter and Acceptance Form sent on confirmation that Packwood is your chosen school.
- Place secured on completion of the Acceptance paperwork and payment of the deposit (refundable at the end of your child’s time at Packwood).
- We do ask all new pupils to take an Online Assessment (CAT Test) to make sure we are putting each child in the right set (normally as part of the New Children’s Day).
- New Children’s Day held in the Summer Term prior to joining, including boarding taster.
Overseas Admissions
- Complete Registration Form (no deadline at present) and return with a copy of passport.
- Online Assessment (CAT Test) – includes, verbal, non-verbal, quantitative and spatial reasoning.
- Interview (by Teams) with the Head.
- Offer letter and Acceptance Form sent within a week of completion of assessment process.
- Place secured on completion of the Acceptance paperwork and payment of the deposit (refundable at the end of your child’s time at Packwood).
- Student Visa CAS number applied for once paperwork completed, deposit and a full year’s fees are paid.
- New pupil information and online meetings with House Parents arranged for the Summer Term prior to joining.
The Deposit
The deposit is refunded if pupils fail to pass our entrance exam or are withdrawn on academic grounds before then. Otherwise the deposit is held until your child leaves Packwood, when it is returned after deduction of the final term’s extras.
