13+ Entry

If you would like to consider Marlborough College for your child, please complete our Enquiry Form here.

Completing this form will enable you to access our Marlborough College OpenApply admissions portal where you can book a visit, register your child when you feel ready to do so and complete further steps in the admissions process when the time comes.  It will also provide us with your contact details so we can be in touch with the relevant information and key dates.

To determine your child’s correct year of entry and corresponding closing date for registration, please click here.

You can register your child when you feel ready to do so, although we suggest you submit the Registration Form by the end of Year 5 (or Year 6 if you wish your child to be assessed in Year 7).   The closing date for registrations is 9th October of Year 6 (or Year 7).  You can register here or via our admissions portal Marlborough College OpenApply.

When you are ready to register your child, you will be asked to make a non-refundable registration fee payment of £360 (inc. VAT).

Bursary applications must be submitted by 1^st July, Year 5 (or Year 6 for those assessed in Year 7).  If you wish to apply for financial assistance, please contact the admissions team for a bursary application form around the Easter of Year 5.  Further information about our bursaries can be found here.

We will contact all our registered families in the summer following Year 5 (or Year 6) to provide further information and to ask them to enrol for assessment. The deadline for doing so will be 9th October of Year 6 (Year 7)

Assessment will be based on three key elements:

1. The ISEB Pre-tests – taken at your child’s current school between September to December of Year 6 (Year 7).

2. A reference from your child’s current school – requested by us during the Michaelmas Term of Year 6 (Year 7)

3. Your child’s performance on assessment day. This will take place at the College in the January of Year 6 (or February of Year 7). The College aims to make the assessment day as pressure-free as possible. There will be a short writing task, some informal and enjoyable interactive group activities and an interview.

College place and waiting list offers are made towards the end of the Lent Term of Year 6 (or Lent Term of Year 7), after which parents confirm their intention to accept.

 Families of Year 6 children holding a College place will be invited to a final House Visit Day in the Summer Term of Year 6. This event allows further viewing of boarding houses and the opportunity to meet with Housemasters and Housemistresses, following which boarding house preferences are invited. House offers will be made shortly afterwards, with formal offer and acceptance taking place by early July, Year 6.  At this point an acceptance deposit is payable.

These are made to children who are unsuccessful in gaining a place in the first instance, but who we would like to be able to offer to at a later stage.  We ask these families to stay in touch with us by sending school reports and co-curricular updates.  We then hope to make further offers during Year 7 and Year 8 as places become available.

Pupils holding places will be invited to several Experience Days throughout Year 7 and Year 8. These visits will give our incoming pupils the opportunity to try new things, get to know the College a little better, and to spend time with their future peers, current pupils and teachers prior to joining us.  We hope they will enjoy experiencing a range of activities, including: Academic, Art, DT, Drama, Music, Outdoor Activities and Sport.