We are proud of our Sixth Form offer. We believe that everything we do is focused on providing an exciting, enjoyable, challenging and highly fulfilling programme, which enables the young men in our care to access wonderful pathways, whilst making a positive difference to the wider world.
We welcome boys to join us for their Sixth Form and encourage interested families to complete the below enquiry form and arrange a visit to the School before the start of Year 11, when we can arrange for you to meet our Sixth Form team and current Lower Sixth students.
Sherborne School is a selective school and, following registration, the majority of our assessments take place in November of the year preceding entry (Year 11).
To register your son, please email the Admissions Team to request a link to the registration portal. The registration will need to be completed alongside a non-refundable £300 (inc. vat) registration fee.
A deposit will be required should a formal offer be made to your son following the assessments. Please see our Terms and Conditions for further information, as well as the timeline below.
In light of the short window available for assessments and offers, we do encourage registrations prior to the start of Year 11 but are happy to receive Sixth Form enquiries and registrations at any time (depending on available spaces) and can accordingly conduct assessments on an ad-hoc basis if required.
Alongside our entry assessments, we also invite talented and enthusiastic applicants to enter in for various scholarships and exhibitions that we offer. These awards range from academic and creative to musical and sporting, and are only assessed in November alongside boys applying for general entry.
2025 Entry Timeline
- Acceptance deadline - Monday 9 December 2024
- House allocation confirmation - End of April 2025
- Sixth Form New Boys Lunch & Webinar - June 2025
- GCSE results - August 2025. Places are confirmed by Admissions once we have your son’s results and provided that he has reached the grade condition of entry.
Late places do occasionally become available, so please do still get in touch as we might be able to assist you.
Feedback from families who joined us in September 2024:
"I just wanted to say how much we enjoyed the Sixth Form Tour Afternoon yesterday - we were impressed with the school and the students, who were a real credit to you all"
"[My son] feels Sherborne would be a good fit for him, and as such we will be submitting an application for a Sixth form place for September 2024. He was particularly taken by [the Director of Rugby Coaching], and everything he and his team are able to offer in terms of support for his rugby aspirations"
"I just wanted to say thank you to both you and the staff at Sherborne for making us so welcome yesterday, [my son] had a great day and his eyes lit up every time a new co-curricular activity was mentioned"