Students will not be invited to take an entrance examination. The decision for admission will be based on the primary school's reference, including recently sat CATs data, and the student’s attitude to learning. All students with a CATs Mean score of 100+ will be considered for entry. The final decision will be based on the CATs score plus information contained within the Primary School reference. Please note that the reference remains confidential between the Primary school and JCG until the decision by JCG is made. Any student with less than 100+ Mean CATs score can opt to sit an Entrance Assessment if they wish to continue with their application. Any student who did not sit the recent Year 6 CATs tests will be asked to sit an Entrance Assessment instead. 

Our Year 5 Experience days will be taking place in June 2025. We will release the dates in early 2025.

Please contact Bronagh Dowdall ([email protected]), Head of Lower School, if you have any questions.

Students wishing to join the following September, will sit English and Mathematics at the end of January in the same year or at other times according to the preferred date for joining. 

We request student references from the Head of their current school for all applicants. The information provided to us will include your child’s current and predicted working levels and attitude to study. This will be strictly confidential in accordance with data protection. 

We will also arrange an interview with our Principal and Head of Lower or Upper School to find out a little bit more about you and your interests, hobbies and reasons for wanting to join the College. 

*If you are in the UK or based abroad, arrangements can be put in place for your child to sit the entrance papers at your child’s current school, under exam conditions.