Whole School Open Morning
Saturday 4 October 2025
Admissions Calendar
Admissions Calendar 2025-26
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Saturday 4 October 2025 |
Whole School Open Morning. An opportunity to meet teachers, pupils and parents |
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Tuesday 14 November 2025 |
Information afternoon for Year 7 entry 2026 for prospective applicants |
| Friday 14 November 2025 | Deadline to register for Year 7 entry 2026 |
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w/c Monday 17 November 2025 to |
Short interviews for all registered Year 7 applicants for entry 2026, with two senior members of staff: The Head, Deputy Heads, Heads of House |
| Thursday 8 January 2026 |
Deadline for Y7 2026 Bursary applications (the form is on the website and full documentary evidence is required at the time of submission) |
| Thursday 8 January 2026 |
Deadline for Year 7 2026 Music and Sport Scholarship applications. Application forms are available from the website |
| Friday 9 January 2026 |
Orientation Day for all registered applicants for Year 7 entry in September 2026. This is an opportunity to experience a typical day at The Cathedral School |
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Saturday 10 January 2026 |
Entrance Testing for registered applicants for Year 7 entry in September 2026 |
| w/c Monday 19 January 2026 |
Music Scholarship auditions with the Director of Music |
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w/c Monday 26 January 2026 |
Academic Scholarship interviews - by invitation, following entrance testing |
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Friday 13 February 2026 |
Candidates with scholarships, places and waiting list allocations notified. Bursary outcomes notified |
| Monday 2 March 2026 | Deadline to accept Year 7 entry September 2026 offers. An acceptance deposit of £500 is required to confirm the place |
| Tuesday 23 June 2026 |
Induction Day. Year 7 2026 pupils will be placed in their House group and will meet their House Tutor and House Master as well as experiencing lessons |
| Friday 28 Aug to Sunday 30 August 2026 TBC |
Year 7 Bonding weekend in Powys. Two-night residential activity weekend at Manor Adventure in Powys. Cost will be approximately £300 |
| Thursday 3 September 2026 TBC |
Start of Michaelmas Term 2026 |
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Saturday 4 October 2025 |
Whole School Open Morning |
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Thursday 16 October 2025 |
Sixth Form Options Evening- meet the Head, Head of Sixth Form Wellbeing and Heads of Faculty and discuss subject options for A level |
| Monday 3 November 2025 |
Deadline for Academic Scholarship applications. Application forms are available to download from the website |
| Monday 3 November 2025 | Deadline for all Sixth Form Bursary applications |
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w/c Monday 10 November 2025 and |
Sixth Form Academic Scholarship interviews for all candidates with Head, Deputy Head (Teaching and Learning) and Deputy Head (Curriculum and Operations) |
| Saturday 15 November 2025 | Sixth Form Academic scholarship exams |
| Thursday 20 November 2025 | Options form released for Be a Sixth Former for a Day (Friday 16 January 2026) |
| Friday 12 December 2025 | Results of Academic Sixth Form scholarships and means-tested bursaries released |
| Thursday 11 December 2025 | Options deadline for Be a Sixth Former for a Day (Friday 16 January 2026) |
| Thursday 8 January 2026 | Deadline for acceptance of Academic Sixth Form scholarship offers and bursaries |
| Friday 16 January 2026 | Be a Sixth Former for a day – for internal and prospective Y11 pupils. A chance to explore the Sixth Form at The Cathedral School. |
| Monday 19 January 2026 | A level option forms released |
| Monday 2 February 2026 |
Deadline for Music and Sport Scholarship applications. Application forms are available to download from the website |
| Friday 6 February 2026 | A level options form deadline |
| w/c Monday 9 February 2026 | Auditions for Music Scholarships and Assessments/Trials for Sport Scholarships |
| w/c Monday 9 March 2026 | Results of Music and Sport Sixth Form scholarships released |
| Thursday 19 March 2026 | Confirmation of options for Year 12 entry |
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Monday 23 March 2026 |
Deadline for acceptance of all places in the Sixth Form for prospective applicants (offers for Music and Sport scholars) |
| Wednesday 2 September 2026 TBC | Induction for Sixth Form students |
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Thursday 3 September 2026 TBC |
Start of Michaelmas Term 2026 |
| Saturday 4 October 2025 | Whole School Open Morning |
| Thursday 16 October 2025 | Sixth Form Options Evening |
| Tuesday 11 November 2025 | Information Afternoon Year 7 entry 2023 |
| Friday 16 January 2026 | Be a Sixth Former for a day |
| Wednesday 11 February 2026 | Primary Open Morning |
| Wednesday 18 March 2026 | Senior Open Morning |
| Wednesday 13 May 2026 | Nursery to Year 2 Open Morning |
| Wednesday 20 May 2026 | Forest School |
| Thursday 4 June 2025 | Discovery Day (current Y5) for Y7 entry 2025 |
TBC