Senior FAQs

Academic scholarships are awarded at the discretion of the Headmistress following the entrance examinations. There is no separate scholarship examination.

We do not have a set number of scholarships each year, it varies depending on the performance of that year’s cohort. In addition to any EHS academic scholarships we do offer four named scholarships each year, one of which is a Music scholarship.

 

A bursary is means-tested and takes into account household income and parents’ assets. Scholarships are not means tested and are discretionary awards. We do not offer 100% scholarships and they never exceed 50%. It is possible for us to offer you both a bursary and a scholarship.

When registering your daughter for the entrance examination, please indicate on the Registration Form that you are interested in applying for a bursary. Once your form has been received, we will forward an application form and this must be returned to EHS by the date of the entrance examination. All applications are subject to a Home Visit from third party organisation Bursary Administration.

No. We accept applications from families based in a very wide area, and do not give preference to those living locally.

Approximately 50% of our Prep girls join our Senior School – usually around 30, having undergone the same entrance procedure as our external candidates.

You and your daughter will be invited to attend either a morning or afternoon session. Details will be confirmed with you directly closer to the October entrance exam date.

 

Girls do not need to wear school uniform (although some do), they just need to be comfortable. They do not need to bring anything with them for the exam however, they may wish to bring a water bottle.

Our entrance examination is a computer based 50 minute exam which includes questions measuring;

• Verbal Ability: Covering vocabulary, grammar and comprehension
• Numerical Ability: Covering arithmetic and problem solving
• Non-verbal Ability

Tutoring is not necessary, nor something we encourage. We do recommend that your daughter practises Verbal and Non-Verbal Reasoning: the Bond 11+ books are a good resource. We do not provide any past papers. We want our entrance examination to assess a child’s ability to learn..
 

If your daughter has an educational psychologist’s report which states that she has a special educational need, you will need to send us a copy of this in advance. The report should be less than 2 years old. This will then be reviewed by our Director of Learning. Please include on your registration form any medical information, such as problems with eyesight or hearing, which may significantly affect your daughter’s performance in the exam.

 

Edgbaston High School has a policy of interviewing each girl and parents’ as part of the selection process for admission to Senior School. We believe that this gives each child an opportunity to show us her personality, interests and ability outside of the examination room and it forms a key part of our decision-making. Interviews take place on the day of the entrance examination. Interviews are undertaken by senior members of staff and we allocate a maximum of 20 minutes to each family.

Results and subsequent offers are normally posted to parents during the second week of December following the entrance examination in October. We do not provide a score like the grammar schools exams. Your letter will detail whether or not your daughter has been offered a place at EHS and what kind of offer e.g. full fee paying, scholarship or bursary.

We ask for final decision whether you intend to accept, or decline, our offer of a place in early March.