Sixth Form Entrants

Almost all boys enter Eton at age 13 and stay for five years.

However, in some years a small number of students may be admitted at 16 or just 17, to study here for two years.  It is a school rule that they must be under 19 at the start of their last Summer term at Eton.

Sixth form students normally take four AS-level subjects for examination at age 17, followed by three or four subjects at A2 or Pre-U level in the second year.  For details of the curriculum, please see the section headed “The Specialist Years” in the further information section of the prospectus.

Any available places will be offered to boys of a high academic standard who are also likely to make a notable contribution to school life in sport or in the arts. The minimum qualifying standard is GCSE, or the overseas equivalent, in at least six academic subjects with A grades ; in practical terms the level expected is likely to be higher than that, and competition for the limited number of places is intense.

There is no entry form and no registration fee, but if a candidate is to be considered a full report will be requested from his present school, and interviews at Eton may be required.  A short statement about a candidate who is offered a place will be required from a parent or guardian, giving consent to a confidential medical report being submitted by the candidate’s usual doctor to the Eton school doctor.

The parent or guardian will also be asked to sign an agreement to pay all due fees and charges (the school fee is about £29,000 for the 2009-10 year). Financial support is not normally available for entry at age 16, other than through the sixth form scholarship scheme for UK students.

There will be very few fee-paying places for sixth-form entrants in September 2010. Interviews will not take place before late February at the earliest, and we are unlikely to be able to confirm any places until May or even June. The application procedure is given below :

Apply to:

Mr C. W. Milne, Tutor for Admissions,
Eton College, Windsor, Berkshire SL4 6DB.
(Fax: 0044-1753-671248; e-mail: admissions@etoncollege.org.uk)

The candidate himself should write a personal letter of application, which should also include exact date of birth, full details of present school and name of referee there, plus dates of relevant examinations taken and to be taken.  Applications will be considered only in this form, and not from parents or educational agents.

Candidates at schools in the UK should be aware that an application is likely to prompt a request to their present school for a reference, though this will not take place until the possibility of an interview is being seriously considered.