Admissions Process
Admission Procedures for entry to Year 7 in September 2025
Selective Eligibility Test
For entry into Year 7 in September 2025 boys must first pass the Selective Eligibility Test (SET) run in conjunction with other local schools with selective places. The date of the SET will be Tuesday 17 September 2024
To register a boy to take the SET parents/carers must complete the online Registration Form (which is also the Supplementary Form) which can be accessed via the Wilson’s School website (or the website of any of the participating schools) by Friday 2 August 2024. Full details of the registration procedure will be published on the school’s website and those of the other participating schools.
The SET score will be applicable to any of the participating schools although each school may determine its own pass mark. The result of the SET determines whether or not a boy is eligible for the Wilson’s School second stage examination. Only boys who have met the pass mark for Wilson’s School will be invited to take the second stage examination for Wilson’s School.
The result of the SET does not guarantee a place at any of the participating schools.
Second Stage Entrance Examination for Wilson’s School
All candidates who are eligible will be invited to sit the second stage Entrance Examination for Wilson’s School which will be held on Saturday 5 October 2024. The second stage Entrance Examination for Wilson’s School will comprise an English and a Mathematics paper.
Candidates must pass both the English and the Mathematics papers and must also have met the overall pass mark to be eligible to be considered for a place.
The rank order of the entrance tests will be determined on the basis of the aggregate scores of the SET and the two elements of the second stage Entrance Examination for Wilson’s School in the ratio 1:2:2. Appropriate adjustment for age will be considered before the aggregate score is calculated.
The outcome of the second stage Entrance Examination will be sent by email in October 2024..
There are no alternative dates to sit the SET or the second stage Entrance Examination for Wilson’s School except in the case of illness or incapacity on the day (a medical certificate will be required).
In exceptional circumstances the test dates stated above may be changed such as government action like a lockdown which prevent the tests from taking place. In such a circumstance the school will post the revised date(s) on the school’s website as soon as it is known.
The Wilson’s Football Programme: Sporting Aptitude Test
All applicants for the sporting aptitude places as part of the Wilson’s School Football Programme will be invited to attend a Sporting Aptitude Test Day. There is one opportunity for candidates to be assessed for sporting aptitude. After the outcome of the SET, all candidates that have met the pass mark to be invited to the second stage Entrance Examination for Wilson’s School will be offered the opportunity to participate in a Sporting Aptitude Test in the Autumn term if they wish.
The sporting aptitude test will give all participants the opportunity to demonstrate their potential and propensity to develop ability in the sport of football through a variety of tasks and tests. Scores will be awarded for each element of the aptitude test. When all tests have been completed a rank order of applicants for the Sporting Aptitude places will be produced and a benchmark threshold will be applied. Parents will be told whether their son has achieved the benchmark threshold and is therefore eligible to be considered for a place under the Sporting Aptitude criterion.
Sporting Aptitude places will be allocated to up to 9 of the top scoring eligible candidates who have achieved scores in the sporting aptitude test above the benchmark in rank order of score. Only candidates who have achieved a score above the benchmark threshold can be considered for a Sporting Aptitude place as part of the Wilson’s School Football Programme.
The Wilson’s Music Programme: Music Aptitude Test
All applicants for the music aptitude places as part of the Wilson’ Music Programme will be invited to attend a Music Aptitude Test Session. After the outcome of the SET, all candidates that have met the pass mark to be invited to the second stage Entrance Examination for Wilson’s School will be offered the opportunity to participate in the Music Aptitude Test in the Autumn term if they wish.
The music aptitude test will give all participants the opportunity to demonstrate their potential and propensity to develop ability in music (any instrument or voice) through a variety of tasks and tests. When the tests have been completed a rank order of applicants for the Music Aptitude places will be produced and a benchmark threshold will be applied. Parents will be told whether their son has achieved the benchmark threshold and is therefore eligible to be considered for a Music Programme place.
Music aptitude places will be allocated to up to 9 of the top scoring eligible candidates who have achieved scores in the music aptitude test above the benchmark in rank order of score. Only candidates who have achieved a score above the benchmark threshold can be considered for a Music Aptitude place as part of the Wilson’s Music Programme.
In order to make a valid application to Wilson’s School parents/carers must:
- register to take the SET by completing the online Registration Form; and
- name Wilson’s School on their home Local Authority’s Common Application Form.
The School may share information with the London Borough of Sutton, or other admission authorities, but will limit this to the minimum amount of information necessary for the proper administration of the admissions process.
Waiting List following initial allocation of places for Year 7
Following the initial allocation of places for Year 7, a single waiting list will be established for all eligible applicants who still wish to be considered for a place should a vacancy arise. If a vacancy arises within that period, the next eligible boy will be offered a place at the school in accordance with the oversubscription criteria stated above. This waiting list will be maintained until 31 December 2025.
Right of Appeal
Parents/carers, and in the case of the entry to the Sixth Form the pupil, have a statutory right of appeal against a decision to refuse a place for which a valid application has been made.
