Admission and Fees
The main senior school entry is at age 11 by a competitive examination. Pupils can also enter at second, third and fourth form levels. Offers of sixth form places are made on the basis of interview and a report. In 2008, the senior school had 507 pupils, of whom 125 were in the sixth form, with roughly equal numbers of boys and girls.
Senior school fees are currently £3,425 per term, with means tested bursaries available at Key Stages 3, 4 and 5 known as governors' assisted places. Currently, 205 pupils receive support from the scheme. These are awarded following a review of parental household finances; family income, assets and expenditure, and are reviewed on an annual basis by the school.
The school has a wide catchment area encompassing King's Lynn, Peterborough, Whittlesey, March, Chatteris, Hunstanton and Long Sutton. School buses run from a number of these places, visiting villages en route, and there are late buses to most destinations for pupils involved in after-school activities.
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