Information provided by the Department for Education and Employment

The Education (Schools) Bill, which will enable the Assisted Places Scheme to be phased out, received its first reading in Parliament on 22 May. The Bill prevents schools recruiting children to assisted places after the beginning of the 1997/98 school year. Places already offered for entry in September 1997 will be honoured and pupils aged 11 or over at that point will continue to hold their places until the end of their secondary schooling – including the taking of A levels – at the school in which their assisted place was awarded. Pupils below the age of 11 at the beginning of the 1997/98 school year will hold their places for the remainder of their primary education. Our approach is to treat all primary-aged assisted place holders even-handedly and all such pupils will, therefore, keep their place until age 11 regardless of the age range of the schools they are attending. Assisted pupils aged 11 or above attending a free-standing preparatory school which caters for children up to the age of 13 will hold their place for the remainder of their education at that school. Until now, about 10,700 places have been made available each year at certain independent schools in England and Wales for academically able children whose parents cannot afford the full tuition fees. There is an assisted places scheme in Scotland also, but with certain significant differences. Information about it can be obtained from the Scottish Office Industry and Education Department, Assisted Places Scheme, Area 2A, Victoria Quay, Edinburgh EH6 6QQ, or telephone (0131) 244 0942.

Is my child eligible for an assisted place?
The scheme is open to boys and girls. The normal age of entry will usually be at 11 or 13, but will vary from school to school.
Some assisted places are also available for pupils going straight into the sixth form and, for the first time from September 1996, at ages five, seven and eight.

Pupils may get assisted places at other ages but only if they are to be admitted into a class with other assisted pupils who entered in a previous school year.

Pupils may get assisted places whatever type of school they have attended beforehand, although schools are required to offer a majority of assisted places to pupils from state schools.

To be eligible for an assisted place a pupil must have been ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man for two years before taking up the assisted place. (A child who has been abroad for all or part of that period, eg with parents working temporarily overseas, may still count as ‘ordinarily resident’ in the country. Provision is also made for children of workers from the UK and other countries in the European Economic Area moving within the Area and to refugees.)

What assistance is available?
Assistance with tuition fees is available on a sliding scale linked to family income. Some families may also be eligible for help with other expenses – school meals and uniform and travel to and from school. More information about the help available is given below.

Under the scheme, no assistance is available with boarding fees, but if you would like your child to board, some schools which offer assisted places may themselves be willing to offer you help with boarding fees.

What shall I have to pay towards tuition fees?
The following notes are intended to give you an idea of whether you would qualify for assistance, and some indication of how much you might have to pay.

The parental contribution to fees will depend upon the family’s ‘relevant income’.

Relevant income will normally be the total of the income (before tax) from all sources of both parents and any unearned income of their dependent children (whether they hold an assisted place or not) less an allowance (of £1230 in 1997-98) for each dependent child other than the assisted place holder and for each other dependent relative of the parents in the same household. Relevant income does not include income from child benefit, mobility allowance, some other social security benefits or the amount of any dependent child’s or parent’s scholarship or student award.

Relevant income is normally assessed for the income tax year before the school year in question (eg relevant income for the school year 1997-98 will be based on income in the tax year 1996-97. Parents will be required to provide documentary evidence, eg P60 or a self assessment tax return, as appropriate, as a condition of being granted an assisted place. Special rules apply where the parents are divorced or separated (see below); where certain disability benefits are payable; and where income is derived from a business with a special accounting year.

For the school year 1997-98 parents do not have to pay anything if relevant income for the tax year 1996-97 is £10,135 or less. If income exceeds that amount they will have to pay an increasing share up to the full fee. As a guide, the table below gives some examples of what parents will have to pay in the school year 1997-98 if there are one or two assisted place holders in the family. The tables can be extended beyond the £25,000 maximum shown. If you have three or more assisted pupils, a different scale will apply. The schools in the scheme have the complete scales of contributions and will calculate the amount which you will have to pay. You will normally be asked to pay your share of the fees in equal instalments at the start of each term.

The amount of assistance will be reviewed annually and parents will be required to provide details of their income each year to enable their contribution to the fees to be re-assessed.

Parents contribution to fees:  1997-98 school year

Relevant income 1996-97                    One assisted              For each of
tax year (after allowances                     place holder               two assisted
for dependents)                                                                            place holders
            £                                                    £                                     £
            10,135                                          Nil                                  Nil
            11,000                                          96                                  72
            12,000                                          225                                168
            13,000                                          375                                279
            14,000                                          555                                417
            15,000                                          765                                573
            17,000                                          1209                              906
            19,000                                          1689                              1266
            21,000                                          2286                              1713
            23,000                                          2946                              2208
            25,000                                          3606                              2703

Relevant income can be higher depending on the fee levels at schools.

What help is available with other expenses?
Pupils whose parents are receiving income support are eligible for free school meals. Grants of £44-£174 towards the cost of school uniform are available where relevant income is not more than £11,355. For pupils living more than three miles from the school assistance with the cost of public transport will be available on a sliding scale linked to relevant income.

What happens if my income falls suddenly?
In cases of hardship – for example, if income falls because a parent dies or is out of work – the parents’ share of the fees may be calculated on current income, rather than income a year earlier. This can be arranged in the first year your child holds an assisted place, or in later years if circumstances change.

What about divorced or separated parents?
In such cases the parental contribution will be assessed on the basis of the relevant income of the parent with whom the child normally resides; plus – if he or she has remarried – that of his or her spouse. This applies where parents are separated by a decree of judicial separation or a legal deed (or there is a court order for custody or access or maintenance, or prohibiting one parent from entering the matrimonial home); and it applies where they are divorced. Maintenance is included in parental income.

How do I apply for an assisted place?
The selection of pupils will (subject to the eligibility rules outlined above) be undertaken by the schools themselves. There is only a limited number of assisted places at each school and most schools will require applicants to take an entrance examination or test and probably to attend for interview. Since schools’ selection arrangements and closing dates for applications vary, you should get in touch as soon as possible with the school or schools of your choice. The schools will provide all the necessary application forms and information about their selection arrangements. If you have any further questions about the scheme, please contact the DFEE, Assisted Places Team, Mowden Hall, Darlington, County Durham DL3 9BG; telephone 01325 392163.

Below is a list – the most up-to-date at the time of publication – of schools, by region, participating in the scheme. For each school the normal ages of entry at which assisted places are available are given: 11, 12 or 13. Sixth form entry is indicated by ‘VI’. Boys’ schools are shown by the letter ‘B’, girls’ schools by ‘G’ and mixed schools by ‘M’. Some single-sex schools have mixed entry sixth forms; these are marked ‘(M)’. With the Scottish schools the letter ‘P’ denotes a preparatory school. In a few cases entry at age 11 will be to a junior department or an associated preparatory school with transfer to the main school at 13. Schools which have been authorised to offer boarding places to assisted pupils are indicated by the letter ‘b’. Enquiries about boarding and about possible assistance with the boarding element of schools’ fees should be addressed to the school concerned. Enquiries about assisted places at a particular school or schools should be addressed to the headmaster or headmistress.

NORTH EAST

Durham & Tyne & Wear
The King’s School, Tynemouth M 5, 11 & VI
Royal Grammar School, Newcastle upon Tyne B 5, 11, 13 & VI
Dame Allan’s Boys’ School, Newcastle upon Tyne  B(M) 5, 11, 12, 13 VI
Dame Allan’s Girls’ School, Newcastle upon Tyne G(M) 5, 11 & VI
Central Newcastle High School, Newcastle upon Tyne G 5, 11 & VI
La Sagesse Convent RC School, Newcastle upon Tyne  G 11, 12, 13 & VI
Newcastle upon Tyne Church High School, Newcastle upon Tyne  G 5,11 & VI
Durham School, Durham B(M)b 11 & 13
Polam Hall School, Darlington Gb 5, 11
Teesside High School, Stockton-on-Tees G 5, 11 & VI
Yarm School, Yarm B(M) 5, 11 & VI
Barnard Castle School Mb 5, 11 & VI
Sunderland High School, Sunderland M 5, 11 & VI

Northumberland
Longridge Towers School, Berwick upon Tweed M 5, 11 & VI

NORTH WEST

Cheshire
Stockport Grammar School M 5, 11 & VI
Cheadle Hulme School, Cheadle M 11 & VI
St Ambrose RC College, Hales Barns, Altrincham B 5, 11 & VI
Loreto Convent RC Grammar School, Altrincham G 11, 12, 13 & VI
North Cestrian Grammar School, Altrincham B 11, & VI
The King’s School, Macclesfield M 5, 11, 13 & VI
The King’s School, Chester B 5, 11 & VI
The Queen’s School, Chester G 11 & VI
Abbey Gate School, Saighton, Chester M 11 & VI
Mount Carmel School, Cheshire G 11
Grange School, Hartford, Northwich M 5, 11 & VI

Cumbria & Lancashire
St Bees School, Mb 11, 13 & VI
St Anne’s School, Windermere G VI
Austin Friars, Carlisle Mb 11 & VI
Casterton School, Kirby Lonsdale Gb 5, 11, 12, 13 & VI
Sedbergh School Bb 11 & VI
Stonyhurst RC College, Whalley, Blackburn B(M)b 5, 11, 13 & VI
Queen Elizabeth’s Grammar School, Blackburn  B (M) 5, 11, 12, 13 & VI
Westholme School, Blackburn G 5, 11 & VI
Rossall School, Fleetwood Mb 11 & VI
Arnold School, Blackpool Mb 5, 11 & VI
King Edward VII School, Lytham B 11, 13 & VI
Queen Mary School, Lytham G 5, 11, 13 & VI
Kirkham Grammar School Mb 11 & VI

Greater Manchester
Bolton School (Boys’ Division) B 5, 11 & VI
Bolton School (Girls’ Division) G 5, 11 & VI
Bury Grammar (Boys) B 5, 11 & VI
Bury Grammar (Girls) G 5, 11 & VI
The Hulme Grammar School (Boys’), Oldham B 11 & VI
The Hulme Grammar School (Girls’), Oldham G 11 & VI
The Manchester Grammar School B 11 & VI
William Hulmes’ Grammar School, Manchester M 11 & VI
St Bede’s College, Alexandra Park, Manchester M 5, 11 & VI
Manchester High School, Grangethorpe Road, Manchester  G 5, 11 & VI
Withington Girls’ School, Fallowfield, Manchester G 5, 11 & VI

Merseyside
St Edward’s RC College, Sandfield Park, Liverpool M 5, 11 & VI
Liverpool College, Mossley Hill, Liverpool M 11 & VI
The Belvedere School, Prince’s Park, Liverpool G 5, 11 & VI
St Mary’s RC College, Great Crosby M 11, 13 & VI
Merchant Taylor’s School, Crosby B 5, 11, 13 & VI
Merchant Taylor’s Girls’ School, Crosby G 11 & VI
Birkenhead School B 5, 11, 13 & VI
Birkenhead High School G 5, 11 & VI

Yorkshire & Humberside
Ashville College, Harrogate Mb 5, 11 & VI
Scarborough College, Mb 5, 11
Harrogate Ladies’ College Gb 11, 13 & VI
St Peter’s School, York Mb 5, 11, 13 & VI
Ampleforth College, York B 5, 11 & VI
The Mount School, York Gb 5, 11 & VI
Bootham School, York Mb 11 & VI
Pocklington School, near York Mb 11, 13 & VI
Gateways School, Harewood, Leeds G 5, 11 & VI
Hull High School G 5, 11 & VI
Hymers College, Hull M 5, 11, 13 & VI
Hipperholme Grammar School M 11
Batley Grammar School B(M) 11, 12, 13 & VI
Bradford Grammar School B(M) 5, 11, 13 & VI
Bradford Girls’ Grammar School G 5, 11, 12 & 13
Woodhouse Grove School, Bradford Mb 5, 11, 13 & VI
Leeds Grammar School B 5, 11, 12, 13 & VI
Leeds Girls’ High School G 11 & VI
Ackworth School, Pontefract Mb 11, 12 & 13
Giggleswick School, Settle Mb 5, 11, 13 & VI
Silcoates School, Wakefield Mb 11
Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, Wakefield Bb 5, 11, 12 & VI
Wakefield Girls’ High School G 5, 11, 13 & VI
Sheffield High School GPDST G 5, 11 & VI
Birkdale School, Sheffield B 5, 11 & VI

EAST MIDLANDS

Derby High School G 11 & VI
Mount St Mary’s RC College, Spinkhill Mb 11, 13 & VI
Repton School, Derby Mb 5, 13 & VI
Trent College, Long Eaton Mb 11, 12, 13 & VI
Nottingham High School B 5, 11 & VI
Nottingham High School for Girls G 5, 11, VI
Worksop College, Nottinghamshire Mb 11 & 13
Dixie Grammar School, Market Bosworth M 5, 11 & VI
Loughborough Grammar School Bb 5, 11, 13 & VI
Loughborough High School G 5, 11, 13 & VI
Leicester Grammar School M 5, 11 & VI
Leicester High School for Girls G 5, 11 & VI
Ratcliffe RC College, Syston, Nr Leicester Mb 11, 13 & VI
Oakham School, Rutland Mb 11, 13 & VI
Laxton School, Peterborough M 11
Stamford School Bb 5, 11, 12, 13 & VI
Stamford High School Gb 5, 11 & VI
Wellingborough School Mb 11, 13 & VI
Northampton High School, Derngate, Northampton G 11, 13 & VI
Bedford School, Burnaby Road, Bedford Bb 5, 11, 13 & VI
Bedford High School, Bromham Lane, Bedford Gb 5, 11, 13 & VI
Bedford Modern School, Manton Lane, Bedford Bb 5, 11, 12, 13 & VI
The Dame Alice Harpur School, Cardington Road, Bedford  G 5, 11-18

WEST MIDLANDS

Kingsley School, Leamington Spa G 5, 11 & VI
Warwick School Bb 5, 11, 12, 13 & VI
Stafford Grammar M 11 & VI
The King’s High School for Girls, Warwick G 11 & VI
Bablake School, Coventry M 5, 11 & VI
King Henry VIII, Coventry M 5, 11 & VI
Highclare School, Erdington, Birmingham G 5, 11 & VI
King Edward’s School, Birmingham B 11, 13 & VI
King Edward VI High School for Girls, Birmingham G 11 & VI
Edgbaston Church of England College for Girls G 11 & VI
Edgbaston High School for Girls G 5, 11 & VI
School of St Mary & St Anne, Staff Gb 5, 11 & VI
Solihull School B(M) 5, 11 & G VI
Saint Martin’s School, Solihull G 5, 11 & VI
Wolverhampton Grammar School M 11, 13 & VI
Moreton Hall School, Oswestry, Shropshire G 11 & VI
Wrekin College, Shropshire Mb 13 & VI
Shrewsbury School B 11 & VI
Shrewsbury High School, Town Walls, Shrewsbury G 5, 11 & VI
The Hereford Cathedral School Mb 5, 11, 13 & VI
Ellesmere College, Shropshire B(M)b 11
Malvern Girls’ College, Worcestershire G 11 & VI
Malvern College, Worcestershire Mb 5, 11, 13 & VI
Bromsgrove School, Worcestershire Mb 5, 11, 13 & VI
The Alice Ottley School, Worcester Gb 11 & VI
The King’s School, Worcester Mb 5, 11, 13 & VI
St Mary’s Convent School, Worcester G 5, 11 & VI
Royal Grammar School, Worcester Bb 5, 11, 13 & VI
Holy Trinity School, Kidderminster G 5, 11 & VI
St Joseph’s College, Staffs M 11
St Dominic’s Priory School, Stone, Staffs G 5, 11 & VI
Denstone College, Uttoxeter, Staffs Mb 5, 11, 12, 13 & VI
Newcastle under Lyme School, Staffs M 11, 12, 13 & VI
Holy Child School, Edgbaston G 5, 11 & VI

ANGLIA

Kings School, Ely M 5, 11 & VI
Kimbolton School, Cambridgeshire Mb 5, 11 & VI
Wisbech Grammar School M 11, 12, 13 & VI
The Leys School, Cambridge B(M)b 5, 11, 13 & VI
The Perse School for Boys, Cambridge B(M) 5, 11, 13 & VI
The Perse School for Girls, Cambridge G 5, 11 & VI
St Marys RC School, Bateman St, Cambridge Gb 11 & VI
Peterborough High School, Cambridgeshire G 5, 11 & VI
Culford School, Bury St Edmunds Mb 5, 11, 13 & VI
Royal Hospital School, Ipswich Mb 11 & VI
Ipswich School, Henley Rd, Ipswich B(M)b 11 & VI
Ipswich High School, Westerfield Rd, Ipswich G 5, 11 & VI
St Joseph’s RC College, Birkfield, Ipswich B(M)b 5, 11 & VI
St Felix School, Southwold Gb 5, 11, 12 & VI
Woodbridge School, Suffolk Mb 11 & VI
Framlingham College Mb 5, 13
The Norwich High School for Girls, Norwich G 5, 11 & VI
Norwich School, The Close, Norwich B 5, 11, 12 & VI
Gresham’s School, Holt, Norfolk Mb VI
Thetford Grammar School, Norfolk M 11 & VI

SOUTH WEST

Bristol & Somerset
Bristol Cathedral School B(M) 11 & VI
Bristol Grammar School M 11 & VI
Clifton College, Bristol Mb 5, 11 & VI
Clifton High School, Bristol Gb 5, 11, 13 & VI
Colston’s Collegiate School, Bristol Mb 11, 13 & VI
Colston’s Girls’ School, Bristol G 11 & VI
Queen Elizabeth’s Hospital, Clifton, Bristol Bb 11 & VI
Redland High School, Bristol G 5, 11 & VI
The Red Maids’ School, Bristol Gb 5, 11 & VI
Bath High School G 5, 11 & VI
King Edward’s School, Bath B(M) 5, 11, 12, 13 & VI
Kingswood School, Bath Mb 5, 11, 12, 13 & VI
Prior Park College, Bath Mb 5, 11 & VI
Monkton Combe School, near Bath Mb 5, 11, 13 & VI
Wells Cathedral School Mb 5, 11, 12, 13 & VI
Bruton School for Girls, Somerset Gb 5, 11 & VI
Millfield School, Street, somerset M 11 & VI
King’s School, Bruton B(M) 11, 13 & VI
Taunton School Mb 5, 11 & VI
King’s College, Taunton M 5, 11 & VI
Queen’s College, Taunton Mb 5, 11, 12, 13 & VI
Wellington School, Somerset Mb 5, 11, 13 & VI

Devon & Cornwall
Truro High School Gb 5, 11 & VI
Truro School Mb 5, 11 & VI
Plymouth College B(M)b, 5, 11, 13 & VI
St Dunstan’s Abbey School, Plymouth G 5 & 11
King’s School, Mannamead, Plymouth M 5, 11 & VI
Blundells School, Tiverton M 11 & VI
Exeter School B(M)b 5, 11, 12, 13 & VI
The Maynard School, Exeter G 5, 11, 12 & VI
St Margaret’s, Exeter G 11 & VI
Edgehill College, Bideford Mb 11 & VI
West Buckland B(M)b 5, 11, 13 & VI

Dorset & Wiltshire
Talbot Heath, Bournemouth Gb 5, 11, 12, 13 & VI
Sherborne School B11 & VI
St Antony’s-Leweston School, Sherborne G 11 & VI
St Mary’s School, Shaftesbury G 11 & VI
Canford School, Wimborne B(M)b 13 & VI
Dauntsey’s School, near Devizes Mb 11
The Godolphin School, Salisbury G 5, 11

Gloucestershire
Wycliffe College, Stonehouse Mb 5, 11, 13 & VI
Kings School, Gloucester M 5, 11 & VI
Westonbirt School, Tetbury G 11 & VI
The Cheltenham Ladies’ College Gb 11
Rendcomb College, Cirencester Mb 11

Oxfordshire
Bloxham School, Banbury B(M)b 13 & VI
Headington School, Oxford Gb 5, 11 & VI
Magdalen College School, Oxford Bb 5, 11, 13 & VI
Oxford High School, Belbroughton Road, Oxford G 5, 11 & VI
St Edward’s School, Oxford B 11 & VI
Wychwood School, Oxford G 11 & VI
Our Lady’s Convent Senior School, Abingdon G11 & VI
Abingdon School, Park Road, Abingdon Bb 11, 13 & VI
School of St Helen and St Katherine, Abingdon Gb 5, 11 & VI
Carmel College, Wallingford Mb 11, 12, 13 & VI

SOUTH AND SOUTH EAST

Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Hampshire
Wellington College, Crowthorne, Berks B(M)b 5, 11, 13 & VI
The Abbey School, Reading G 5, 11 & VI
Bradfield College, Reading B(M)b VI
Douai School, Reading Mb 11
St Joseph’s RC Convent School, Reading G 11 & VI
Leighton Park School, Reading Mb 11 & 13
Pangbourne College, Reading Bb 11, 12 & 13
Reading Blue Coat School, Sonning-on-Thames B 11 & VI
Downe House School, Newbury Gb 11 & 12
Stowe School, Nr Buckingham B(M)b VI
Marist Convent Senior School, Ascot G 5, 11 & VI
Salesian RC College, Farnborough B 11, 13 & VI
Farnborough Hill, Farnborough G 11, 12, 13 & VI
Lord Wandsworth College, Long Sutton, Basingstoke B(M)b 11, 12, 13 & VI
Winchester College, Bb 13 & VI
St Swithun’s School, Winchester Gb VI
King Edward VI School, Southampton M 11, 13 & VI
The Atherley School, Southampton G 5, 11 & VI
Bedales School, Petersfield Mb VI
Churcher’s College, Petersfield Mb 5, 11, 12, 13 & VI
St John’s RC College, Southsea B(M)b 11, 12, 13 & VI
Portsmouth High School, Southsea G 5, 11 & VI
The Portsmouth Grammar School M 5, 11 & VI
Ryde School, Isle of Wight M 5, 11

Middlesex, Hertfordshire, Essex
Hampton School, Middlesex B 11, 13 & VI
Heathfield School GPDST, Pinner, Middx G 5, 11 & VI
St David’s School, Ashford, Middx G 5, 11 & VI
The Lady Eleanor Holles School, Hampton, Middx G 11 & VI
North London Collegiate School, Edgware G 11 & VI
Haileybury College Bb(M) 11 & VI
The John Lyon School, Harrow B 11, 13 & VI
Northwood College G 5, 11 & VI
Merchant Taylors’ School, Northwood Bb 11, 13 & VI
St Helen’s School for Girls, Northwood Gb 5, 11, 12 & VI
Aldenham School, Elstree B(M)b 13 & VI
Haberdashers’ Aske’s School for Girls, Elstree G 11 & VI
Haberdashers’ Aske’s School, Borehamwood B 11 & VI
Queenswood School, Hatfield G 11 & VI
St Columba’s College, St Albans B 11
St Albans School B(M) 11 & VI
St Albans High School G 5, 11 & VI
St Margaret’s School, Bushey Gb 5, 11 & 13
Berkhamsted School Bb 11, 13 & VI
Berkhamsted School for Girls G 11 & VI
St Edmund’s College, Ware Mb 11 & VI
Bancroft’s School, Woodford Green M 5, 11 & VI
Chigwell School B(M)b 5, 11, 13 & VI
Ilford Ursuline High School, Ilford G 11 & VI
Brentwood School Mb 5, 11 & VI
Felsted School, Dunmow Mb 5, 11, 13 & VI
Bishop’s Stortford College B(M)b 5, 11 & VI
Friends’ School, Saffron Walden Mb 11, 12, 13 & VI
New Hall School, Chelmsford G 5, 11 & VI

Surrey, Kent and Sussex
City of London Freemen’s School, Ashstead Mb 5, 13 & VI
Parsons Mead School, Ashtead G 5, 11 & VI
Claremont Fan Court School, Esher M 11 & VI
Frensham Heights School, Rowledge, Farnham M 11
King Edward’s School, Witley, Nr Godalming Mb 11, 12, 13 & VI
Charterhouse, Godalming B(M)b VI
Cranleigh School B(M)b 11, 13 & VI
St Catherine’s School, Bramley Gb 5, 11, 12 & VI
Royal Grammar School, Guildford B 5, 11 & VI
Guildford High School for Girls G 5, 11 & VI
Tormead School G 11 & VI
Reed’s School, Cobham B(M)b 11 & 13
Sir William Perkins’s School, Chertsey G 11 & VI
St Maur’s Convent School, Weybridge Gb 5, 11, 12 & VI
St George’s RC College, Addlestone B(M)b 5, 11 & VI
Epsom College B(M)b 11, 13 & VI
St John’s School, Leatherhead B(M)b 13 & VI
Notre Dame School, Lingfield M 5, 11 & VI
Notre Dame Senior School, Cobham G 11 & VI
Kingston Grammar School M 11, 13 & VI
Sutton High School, Cheam Rd, Sutton G 5, 11 & VI
Surbiton High School G 11
Croham Hurst School, Croydon G 5, 11
Croydon High School, South Croydon G 5, 11 & VI
Old Palace School of John Whitgift, Croydon G 5, 11 & VI
Trinity School of John Whitgift, Croydon B 5, 11 & VI
Whitgift School, South Croydon B 5, 11 & VI
Reigate Grammar School B 5, 11 & VI
Caterham School B(M)b 5, 11, 12, 13 & VI
Bromley High School, Bromley, Kent G 11 & VI
Holy Trinity College, Bromley G 11 & VI
Dover College Mb 11
St Lawrence College in Thanet, Ramsgate Mb 11
Cobham Hall School, Gravesend G 11 & VI
Sevenoaks School Mb 11
Walthamstow Hall, Sevenoaks Gb 5, 11 & VI
King’s School, Rochester Mb 5, 11, 13 & VI
Tonbridge School Bb VI
Sutton Valence School, Nr Maidstone Mb 5, 11, 13 & VI
Ashford School, East Hill, Ashford, Kent Gb 5, 11 & VI
St Edmund’s School, Canterbury M 5, 11 & VI
Kent College, Canterbury Mb 11, 12, 13 & VI
Ursuline Convent School, Kent G 11
Eastbourne College M VI
Brighton College Mb 5, 11 & VI
Brighton and Hove High School, Brighton G 5, 11, 12 & VI
Roedean School, Brighton G 11 & VI
St Mary’s Hall, Brighton Gb 11, 12, 13 & VI
Lancing College B 11 & VI
Ardingly College, Haywards Heath Mb 5, 11 & VI
Burgess Hill School Gb 5, 11 & VI
Christ’s Hospital, Horsham Mb 5, 11 & VI
Farlington School, Horsham G 5, 11 & VI
Hurstpierpoint College, Hassocks Mb 5, 11, 13 & VI
Worth School, Turners Hill, Crawley B 11 & VI

London
City of London School, Victoria Embankment EC4 B 11 & VI
City of London School for Girls, Barbican EC2 G 11 & VI
Forest School, Snaresbrook, E17 Bb 5, 11 & VI
Channing School, N6 G 11 & VI
Highgate School, N6 Bb 11 & VI
Francis Holland School, NW1 G 11 & VI
South Hampstead High School, NW3 G 11 & VI
University College School, Hampstead NW3 B 5, 11 & VI
Mill Hill School, NW7 B(M)b 5, 11, 13 & VI
King Alfred School, NW11 M 5, 11 & VI
Blackheath High School, SE3 G 11 & VI
St Dunstan’s College, Catford SE6 B 5, 11 & VI
Eltham College, SE9 B(M)b 5, 11, 12, 13 & VI
Colfe’s School, Lee SE12 B(M) 5, 11, 13 & VI
Dulwich College, SE21 Bb 5, 11, 13 & VI
James Allen’s Girls’ School, Dulwich SE22 G 11, 13 & VI
Alleyn’s School, Dulwich SE22 M 5, 11, 13 & VI
Sydenham High School, Westwood Hill, SE26 G 5, 11 & VI
Westminster School, SW1 B(M)b 11
Hellenic College, SW1X M 5, 11 & VI
More House School, SW1X G 11 & VI
Streatham Hill and Clapham High School, SW2 G 5, 11 & VI
Emanuel School, Battersea Rise, SW11 B 11, 12, 13 & VI
St Paul’s School, Barnes, SE13 Bb 5, 11, 13 & VI
Putney High School, Putney Hill, SW15 G 5, 11 & VI
King’s College School, Wimbledon, SE19 B 11, 13 & VI
Wimbledon High School, Mansel Road, SW19 G 11 & VI
Queen’s College, Harley Street, W1 G 11 & VI
St Benedict’s School, Ealing, W5 B(M) 5, 11 & VI
St Augustine’s Priory School, W5 5, 11 & VI
The Godolphin and Latymer School, Hammersmith, W6 G 11 & VI
Latymer Upper School, Hammersmith, W6 B 11 & VI
St Paul’s Girls’ School, Hammersmith, W6 G 11 & VI
Notting Hill and Ealing High School, W13 G 5, 11 & VI

SCOTLAND

Aberdeen City
Albyn School for Girls, Aberdeen G 3-18, B 3-5
Robert Gordon’s College, Aberdeen M 5-18
St Margaret’s School for Girls, Aberdeen G 3-18 B 3-5

Angus
Lathallan School, Montrose MP 5-13

Argyll & Bute
Lomond School, Helensburgh M 3-19
Park Lodge School, Helensburgh MP 2-12

South Ayrshire
Wellington School, Ayr G 3-18

Borders
St Mary’s School, Melrose MB 5-14

Clackmannanshire
Dollar Academy M 5-18

West Dumbartonshire
Keil School, Dumbarton M 10-18

Dumfries & Galloway
Kilquhanity House School, Castle Douglas M 5-18

Dundee City
The High School of Dundee M 5-18

City of Edinburgh
Cargilfield, Edinburgh MP 3-13
Daniel Stewart’s and Melville College, Edinburgh  B 3-18, G 3-5, M 3-12
 (Combined Junior Department with Mary Erskine School)
The Edinburgh Academy B 3-18, G 3-5, G 16-18
Fettes College, Edinburgh M 10-18
George Heriots School, Edinburgh M 4-18
George Watson’s College, Edinburgh M 3-18
The Mary Erskine School, Edinburgh G 3-18 M 3-12
 (Combined Junior Department with Daniel Stewart’s and Melville College)
Merchiston Castle School, Edinburgh B 11-18
The Rudolph Steiner School of Edinburgh M 3-18
St Denis and Cranley School, Edinburgh G 5-18
St George’s School for Girls, Edinburgh G 3-18
St Margaret’s School, Edinburgh G 3-18 B 3-8

Fife
New Park School, St Andrews MP 4-14
St Katherine’s Girls’ Preparatory School, St Andrews G 7-12
St Leonard’s School, St Andrews G 12-18

City of Glasgow
Belmont House, Newton Mearns B 3-18
Craigholme School for Girls, Glasgow G 3-18 B 3-8
Fernhill School, Rutherglen G 4-18 B 4-11
Glasgow Academy (incorporating Westbourne School for Girls)  M 4-18
The High School of Glasgow M 3-18
Hutchesons’ Grammar School, Glasgow M 5-18
The Kelvinside Academy, Glasgow B 4-18
Laurel Bank School, Glasgow B G 3-18 B 3-7
The Park School, Glasgow G 3-18
St Aloysius College, Glasgow M 8-18

Inverclyde
St Columba’s School, Kilmacolm M 3-18

South Lanarkshire
Hamilton College M 4-18

East Lothian
Belhaven Hill, Dunbar 7-13 BP
Clifton Hall, East Lothian MP 3-13
Loretto School, Musselburgh B(M) B 8-18, G 16-18

Moray
Aberlour House School, Moray MP 8-13
Gordonstoun School, Elgin M 13-18

Perth & Kinross
Ardvreck School, Crieff MP 4-14
Butterstone School, Meigle GP 2-13
Craigclowan Preparatory School, Perth MP 4-13
Croftinloan Preparatory School, Pitlochry MP 7-14
Glenalmond College, Perthshire & Kinross B 12-18 G 16-18
Kilgraston School, Bridge of Earn G 5-18
Morrison’s Academy, Crieff M 6-18
Rannoch School, Perthshire & Kinross M 10-18
Strathallan School, Perth M 10-18

Stirling
Beaconhurst Grange MP 3-14

WALES

Conwy
Penrhos College, Colwyn Bay, Conwy Gb 11, 12, 13 & VI
Rydal, Colwyn Bay, Conwy Mb 11, 13 & VI

Cardiff
Howell’s School, Llandaff, Cardiff G 11 & VI

Carmarthenshire
Llandovery College, Llandovery, Carmarthenshire Mb 11, 13 & VI

Denbighshire
Howell’s School, Denbigh Gb 11 & VI

Monmouthshire
Monmouth School, Monmouth Bb 11, 13 & VI
Haberdashers’ Monmouth School for Girls, Monmouth G 11 & VI

Powys
Christ College, Brecon, Powys B(M)b 11, 13 & VI

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