Whole School Open Morning
Saturday 5th October
Admissions Calendar
Admissions Calendar 2024-25
| Saturday 5 October 2024 09:30-12:30 |
Whole School Open Morning. An opportunity to meet teachers, pupils and parents |
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Tuesday 12 November 2024 |
IInformation afternoon for Year 7 entry 2025 for prospective applicants |
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Friday 15 November 2024 |
Deadline to register for Year 7 entry 2025 |
| w/c Monday 18 November 2024 to Wednesday 11 December | Short interviews for all registered Year 7 applicants for entry 2025, with two senior members of staff: The Head, Deputy Heads, Housemaster/Housemistress |
| Thursday 9 January 2025 | Deadline for Y7 2025 Bursary applications (form is on the website and full documentary evidence is required) |
| Thursday 9 January 2025 | Deadline for Year 7 2025 Music and Sport Scholarship applications. Application forms are available from the website |
| Friday 17 January 2025 | Orientation Day for all registered applicants for Year 7 entry in September 2025. This is an opportunity to experience a typical day at The Cathedral School |
| Saturday 18 January 2025 8.30am-11.30pm |
Entrance Testing for registered applicants for Year 7 entry in September 2025 |
| w/c Monday 27 January 2025 |
Music Scholarship auditions with the Director of Music Sport Scholarship assessments with the Director of Sport |
| w/c Monday 3 February 2025 |
Academic Scholarship interviews - by invitation, following entrance testing |
| w/c Monday 17 February 2025 | Candidates with scholarships, places and waiting list allocations notified. Bursary outcomes notified |
| Monday 3 March 2025 | Deadline to accept Year 7 entry September 2025 offers. An acceptance deposit of £500 is required to confirm the place |
| Tuesday 24 June 2025 | Induction Day. Year 7 2025 pupils will be placed in their House group and will meet their House Tutor and House Master as well as experiencing lessons |
| Friday 29 Aug to Sunday 31 August 2025 | Year 7 Bonding weekend in Powys. Two-night residential activity weekend at Manor Adventure in Powys. Cost will be approximately £290 |
| Wednesday 3 September 2025 | Start of Michaelmas Term 2025 |
| Saturday 5 October 2024 09:30-12:30 |
Whole School Open Morning |
| Thursday 17 October 2024 16.15-18.45 |
Sixth Form Options Evening - meet the Head, Head of Sixth Form Wellbeing and Heads of Faculty and discuss subject options for A level |
| Monday 4 November 2024 | Deadline for Academic Scholarship applications. Application forms are available to download from the website |
| Monday 4 November 2024 | Deadline for all Sixth Form Bursary applications |
| w/c Monday 11 November 2024 and Monday 18 November 2024 | Sixth Form Academic Scholarship interviews for all candidates with Head, Deputy Head (Academic) and Head of Sixth Form |
| Saturday 16 November 2024 | Sixth Form Academic scholarship exams |
| w/c Monday 9 December 2024 | Results of Academic Sixth Form scholarships and means-tested bursaries released |
| Monday 9 December 2024 | Deadline for option forms for Be a Sixth Former for a Day (on 31 January 2025) |
| Thursday 9 January 2025 | Deadline for acceptance of Academic Sixth Form scholarship offers and bursaries |
| Friday 31 January 2025 | 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 3 February 2025 | Deadline for Music and Sport Scholarship applications. Application forms are available to download from the website |
| w/c Monday 17 February 2025 | Auditions for Music Scholarships and Assessments/Trials for Sport Scholarships |
| Friday 21 February 2025 | Deadline for A Level option forms to be submitted to the Curriculum Manager |
| Friday 7 March 2025 | Deadline to register and complete application form for a Cardiff Rugby Scholarship. A means- tested bursary form needs to be completed. |
| w/c Monday 10 March 2025 | Results of Music and Sport Sixth Form scholarships released |
| Monday 31 March 2025 | Confirmation of subject choices for Year 12 entry |
| Monday 7 April 2025 | Deadline for acceptance of all places in the Sixth Form for prospective applicants (offers for Music and Sport scholars) |
| Tuesday 2 September 2025 | Half day for Sixth form students |
| Wednesday 3 September 2025 | Michaelmas term 2025 starts |
| Saturday 5 October 2024 | Whole School Open Morning |
| Thursday 17 October 2024 | Sixth Form Options Evening |
| Tuesday 12 November 2024 | Information Afternoon Year 7 entry 2023 |
| Friday 31 January 2025 | Be a Sixth Former for a day |
| Wednesday 12 February 2025 | Primary Open Morning |
| Wednesday 19 March | Senior Open Morning |
| Wednesday 14 May 2025 | Nursery to Year 2 Open Morning |
| Wednesday 21 May | Little Explorers Forest School |
| Thursday 5 June 2025 | Discovery Day (current Y5) for Y7 entry 2025 |
Wednesday 3 September 2025
