Admissions

From the Rector Request a Prospectus Academic
Success Getting to Hutchesons’

Admission to Hutchesons'

Primary 1 entry

Your child must be aged 4 by the end of February prior to the session of your child's entry into Primary 1. The start of each session is in August each year. In the preceding October, following receipt of your application form, your child will be invited to attend an informal interview and assessment at the Primary School at Kingarth Street. The interviews begin in the middle of October and run until the middle of December with the oldest interviewed first. The second informal interview and assessment are on Friday 28 January 2011.

Primary 5 entry

The next assessment tests take place on Friday 28 January 2011. Please call the Admissions Registrar (see below) to find out more about entry to Primary 5 and to receive examples of past papers.

Secondary 1 entry

The next assessment tests take place on Friday 28 January 2011, for entry to S1 in August 2011. The examination consists of English, Mathematics and verbal reasoning tests to a standard appropriate to Primary 7, and and the day lasts from 9.30 am until 2.30 pm. We provide lunch, and senior pupils will give your child a tour of the school. We are happy to give you past papers so that you and your child know what to expect from the examination.

Primary and Secondary Intermediate Entry

Intermediate entry is possible if a vacancy for the appropriate year exists. Each application will be considered according to its own individual merit and circumstance.  Children wishing to apply for intermediate entry will be tested in early February.  Those applying for places in Primary 6 and Primary 7 will also have a short interview on a separate date in February.

Offers of places

All offers of places are sent out in the middle of February following assessments/entrance examination at the end of January and all acceptances must be received by the end of March. If a child is a pupil at another independent school, it is important that you discuss with them the fact that you are interested in applying for a place at Hutchesons' before bringing your child to sit an assessment.

Questions and further information

Please do not hesitate to contact our Admissions Registrar, Mrs Margaret Norman, on 0141 433 4443 if you have any questions, require any further information or would like an individual tour of the school.