The Mount School

Admission Poli= cy

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Early registration for Year 0 is recomm= ended. The first 30 pupils on the list are contacted in the December before they h= ope to enter the school. Girls enter in the September Term following their four= th birthday.

Girls are assessed in three groups of ten chil= dren in February. The assessment covers gross and fine motor skills e.g. cutting out; drawing a picture of a person; recognising patterns and the ability to follow simple instructions. We are looking for a group of ten little girls = who will play nicely together and who are ready to go forward academically at a similar pace.

This small group of ten children gradually inc= reases in number until Year 6 when we have approximately 20 children in the class. Entry is possible in any year; the main entry dates are April and September. For Years 1 to 6 the entry procedure following the completion of= the Registration Form is an in-class assessment while spending a morning in the class. This is so that we can judge whether or not a new girl will fit happ= ily into the group and will be able to keep up academically.<= /p>

Girls who are falling seriously behind their p= eers will be asked to be assessed by an Educational Psychologist in Year 2. If this assessment indicates that the girl will have continuing difficultie= s in maintaining progress and needs special needs assistance the child’s <= span class=3DGramE>needs will be discussed with parents. We will endeavour not to allow any girl to progress beyond, at the latest, Yea= r 4, who will not be able to reach the necessary standard for entry into the Senior School.

Senior School

Entry to the Senior School is by examination and interview. The entrance examination is sat by all gir= ls, including those in our own Junior School. The examina= tion consists of three papers, one each in Mathematics, English and Science and = is based on the Key Stage 2 syllabus so that it is equally fair to those from State primary schools as well as Preparatory schools. The pass mark is 50% = in each paper. All girls are interviewed and places will be allocated to those= who pass the examination and are considered to be able to make a positive contribution to the life of the school. The school serves well able girls w= hose quietness or sensitivity makes the ‘hot house’ schools unsuitab= le and also the average and above average girl who is willing to work hard and make a good all round contribution to the school. At interview the girls are observed working with others as well as having a personal interview. They a= re asked to bring along something to talk about – this is usually a proj= ect done at school.

Occasional vacancies in the Senior School may occur in April and September. Applicants are required to sit an entrance examination in Mathematics, English, Science and a Modern Foreign Language.= The pass mark is 50%. All applicants are asked to stay to join the class where = the vacancy lies to find out whether they would fit into the group.<= /span>

Overseas pupils

It is possible for girls from overseas to sit = the entrance papers at their own school or under the supervision of the British Embassy.

Sixth Form

Sixth Form applicants are offered a provisional place based on interview and a school referral. They need to achieve a top grade in the subjects they wish to study and must have gained at least seven GCSE passes at Grade B or above. In practice most girls achieve well beyond this. Overseas girls must take a test in Mathematics, English and write an essay in their mother tongue describing how they expect to use their time in the UK. All girls study four AS levels in the Lower Sixth and three A2 levels in the Upper Sixth. We do not do GNVQ.

All applicants, at any age, must complete the Registration Form and pay the relevant fee before any assessment may take place.