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ADMISSIONS
INFORMATION 2022
www.kingsmac.co.uk 1Admissions
TO KING’S
We know that the whole procedure of choosing a school and successfully gaining a place,
whilst exciting, can also be a stressful experience. At King’s, we do all we can to guide you
through the process to make it as straightforward as possible.
Infant Admissions Pre-School entry Reception, Year 1 & Year 2 entry
Places are offered on application, Children are invited into school
Pre-School and Reception places subject to availability. To apply to be observed in class to assess
are being offered for September for a place, a Registration Form their readiness to join their year
2022 and 2023 entry. should be completed and returned group. To apply for a place,
to the Admissions Team with a non- a Registration Form should be
For Pre-School entry, a child must
returnable registration fee of £50. completed and returned to the
have had their third birthday before
Admissions Team with a non-
1 September and must be able If you are successful in your
to meet all of their own personal returnable registration fee of £50.
application and a place is offered,
needs to start at school. We offer we will ask you to complete and If you are successful in your
full-time and part-time places: return our Admission Agreement application and a place
with a deposit of £500 to secure is offered, we will ask you
Full-time Option: your child’s place. Of this amount, to complete and return our
5 days per week, term time. £250 will be deducted from your Admission Agreement with a
first term’s fees. The remaining deposit of £250 to secure your
Per term: £2,891 / £250 will be returned upon child’s place. For places in
Per annum: £8,673 annually* request on completion of your Reception, the deposit is £500,
paid termly, or by monthly child’s school career. of which £250 is deducted from
direct debit. your first term’s fees.
Readiness to join the Reception
Notice period: One term
Class is assessed during the Spring During the summer term, prior
and Summer term of the Pre-School to your child starting at King’s,
Part-time Option:
year. families will be invited to
3 days per week, term time. transition events to welcome
Per term: £1,725 / you to our school and you will
Per annum: £5,175 annually* also receive a Welcome Pack
paid termly, or by monthly containing uniform requirements,
direct debit. holiday dates and other useful
Notice period: One term information.
Transfer to the Junior Department
*We accept Early Years funding. The fees presented are based in Year 3 is confirmed following
on the School receiving up to a maximum of 15 hours of your an internal assessment during
free EYFS entitlement. Should you wish, you are able to claim the Year 2.
remaining 15 hours elsewhere.
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Junior Admissions are provided. We will also contact Senior Admissions
your child’s current school to ask
for a reference. This forms an Pupils are normally admitted at
Pupils are admitted to the school
important part of the Admissions the start of an academic year.
in September but also throughout
procedure and parents usually Applications at other times are
the academic year, subject to
wish to inform their child’s school considered, subject to places being
availability of places.
themselves, in advance of us available.
The main Entrance Assessments making contact. We will also ask
for September 2022 entry parents to provide a copy of their To apply for a place for your child,
will take place during January child’s most recent school report(s) you will need to register them for
2022. Assessments are also held prior to the assessment visit. the Entrance Examination. Please
throughout the academic year for complete a Registration Form and
If we are able to offer a place, we return it to the Admissions Team
mid-year entry.
will ask you to complete and return with a non-returnable registration
To apply for a Junior place, a our Admission Agreement with a fee of £50.
Registration Form should be deposit of £250 to secure your
completed and returned to the child’s place. The deadline for registrations is
Admissions Team with a non- early January prior to the Entrance
returnable registration fee of £50. Examination, which takes place
Wraparound mid-January prior to the September
Children are then invited to join us
and Holiday Care of entry. Full details of deadlines
for two full days in school during
and dates are on our website.
which they will complete their
assessment papers. This is Breakfast Club, After-School When your child is registered, we
a positive experience for children Care and Holiday Club are will send you further information
and helps them to perform to the available for Infant and Junior about what to expect in the
best of their ability because they pupils. Sessions must be booked Entrance Examination, including
are able to familiarise themselves in advance. Examination Guidelines.
with our staff and pupils, enjoy Breakfast Club from 7.45am The Entrance Examination is set to
lessons, lunch and play-times – 8.30am: £5.50 per day standards expected of pupils of
and become comfortable in our above average ability. The table
environment. After-School Care from 3.30pm
– 6pm: £9.50 per day below shows the papers that
Assessments are set appropriate to each year group is required to sit:
their age to assess the expected Holiday Club – £32 per day,
standards in literacy, numeracy £16 for half day. Five full days
and reasoning power. Our aim are £150 per week.
is to determine a child’s current
level of ability as well as to assess
potential for future academic
development. Entry Verbal Non-Verbal
Maths English Science Language
to: Reasoning Reasoning
When assessing your child, we
are looking to ensure they will be Year 7 4 4 4 4
able to cope with the academic Year 8 4 4 4
demands of our school curriculum
and therefore be happy at King’s. Year 9 4 4 4 4 4
Although past papers are not Year 10 4 4 4 4
supplied, Assessment Guidelines
www.kingsmac.co.uk 3Admissions Contact the Admissions Team:
INFORMATION tel: 01625 260000
admissions@kingsmac.co.uk
Interviews and References Pupils are required to wear their
11+ Bursaries
school uniform for the interviews.
An important part of the A number of means-tested
Admissions process is an King’s is a member of the
bursaries are available to pupils
interview with you and your child. Greater Manchester Consortium
applying for 11+ admission to the
This is an opportunity to find out of Schools, which operates a
School. Please request and return
more about your child and, of common system of dates for
a completed a KSB1 Form by the
course, a further opportunity for the publication of 11+ offers
deadline of Friday 26 November
you to visit the School and get and their acceptance (to avoid
if a means-tested bursary is
more information. We will also putting undue pressure on
required. The level of award
request a reference from your parents). King’s follows the
is determined by performance
child’s current school. We wish agreed Consortium timetable for
in the Entrance Examination,
to build as full a picture of your 11+ applicants; please see our
parental need, and school
child as possible and use all of website for dates of offers and
funds available. Each award is
this information, in addition to deadlines for responses. Some
assessed on an individual basis.
Entrance Examination scores, local schools that do not belong
when considering the offer of to the Consortium may have The award is tenable throughout
a place. different offer and reply dates. If the holder’s time in the Senior
you are asked by a school for a School, subject to good conduct
decision before the Consortium’s and progress, and is reviewed
11+ Applications offer date, please contact the annually in the light of changes in
Admissions Team immediately parental circumstances. It should
The 11+ Entrance Examination be noted that the number of
for clarification about your
will take place on Friday 14 applications for bursaries always
application to King’s.
January 2022. Candidates exceeds the funds available.
are asked to attend King’s for If your child is successful in being
the full day. The children are awarded a place in Year 7,
provided with lunch and a we will ask you to complete an 11+ Scholarships
snack at morning break. (Please Admissions Agreement and pay
notify us of any special dietary a £250 deposit to hold your Academic Scholarships are
requirements in advance). child’s place. Both you and your awarded in recognition of an
Candidates are asked to wear child will be invited to a social outstanding performance in
their normal school uniform. occasion in the summer term to the 11+ Entrance Examination.
welcome you to King’s and to Academic Scholarships are
If your son or daughter is tenable throughout the holder’s
meet other children starting in
unwell on the examination time in the Senior Division, subject
Year 7. A Welcome Pack will
day, then please notify us and to good conduct and progress.
also be sent to you containing all
arrangements can be made for
relevant information about joining Music Scholarships are available
them to attend the Supplementary
King’s. by application and audition.
Entrance Examination which
will take place late January Applicants should have obtained
2022. Interviews will take place a standard of at least Associated
during the week commencing Board Grade 3 or its equivalent.
24 January and invitations will Sports Scholarships and places
be sent by email shortly after on our Elite Athlete Programme
the Entrance Examination. Both are available by application and
you and your child attend the a physical assessment. Please see
interview appointment. our website for more details and
application forms.
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Sixth Form Admissions Music and Organ Scholarships Fees
are available at the discretion
of the Director of Music. Further Tuition fees for the academic year
External Candidates
details and application forms are 2021– 2022:
We recommend applicants come available from the Admissions
to our Sixth Form Open Evening Team.
Infants & Juniors:
and the Subject Options Evening.
£3,670 per term / £11,010 per annum
The next step is to complete a
Overseas Applications
Registration Form and return it Seniors & Sixth Form:
with the non-returnable registration £4,530 per term / £13,590 per annum
fee of £50. We have considerable
experience of helping families
Candidates will be invited for an relocating to the area and A sibling discount of 10% of
interview in December/January, understand that each application fees is granted in respect of the
at which time we will contact comes with its own special second and subsequent children
schools for a written reference set of circumstances. Entrance from the same family attending
and predicted GCSE grades. assessments are required and the School concurrently. This
Places are then provisionally overseas applicants unable to discount does not apply to pupils
offered, subject to attainment of visit King’s may sit the papers in in the Infants.
the entry grade requirements. their own school under supervised Fees are payable termly in
Generally, a minimum of two conditions. advance on or before the first day
grade 7s and four grade 6s (or of each term. Fees are reviewed
To apply, we ask parents to
above) are required at GCSE, annually in the Spring Term for the
complete a Registration Form
plus at least a grade 5 or above following academic year.
and return it with the registration
in English and Maths. Grade 7 or
fee of £50. We will ask you to If your situation changes after
above is advisable in the subjects
provide a named contact at your accepting a place in the School
to be studied at A Level.
child’s current school with whom and the place is no longer
we can liaise regarding the required, we need to be informed
Sixth Form Bursaries & entrance examination papers and of this as soon as possible*. For
Scholarships reference. We also offer help pupils in all year groups, a full
and advice about the curriculum term’s notice must be given in
There are a range of means-
and the timing of the academic writing to avoid a term’s fees
tested bursaries available to
year to help the transition into the being charged.
provide financial assistance to
English system. (*We operate a 14-day
deserving students wishing to
join King’s Sixth Form. These cancellation policy.)
include QBS Bursaries, Alex
Accessibility
Anderson Bursaries and the
Merchant Taylors’ Bursary (funded School Shop
King’s seeks to be inclusive in its
by the Merchant Taylors’ Livery
approach to prospective pupils. The School Shop (located in our
Company). Successful applicants
We are committed to providing Sports Centre) is operated by F.
must be able to demonstrate
opportunities for all pupils
strong academic potential as R. Monkhouse and stocks school
wherever possible. Pupils with
well as an ability to make a uniform, sports clothing and
disabilities are encouraged to
contribution to the School in footwear, sports equipment and
apply and discuss requirements
other areas such as sport and/ stationery. Please see the School
with the Admissions Team.
or music. website for opening hours and
online ordering systems.
www.kingsmac.co.uk 5Transport to KING’S
King’s is well served
by a network of school
coaches (see table), SCHOOL CONTRACT COACH ROUTES
as well as by local bus & PROVIDERS
and train services. Route B
McCarthy Coaches Chapel-en-le-Frith – B5470
01625 425060 – Whaley Bridge – Kettleshulme – Rainow
Prestbury railway station is a
ten-minute walk from the school Route C Simmondley – Chunal Lane – New Mills
campus and we provide a T M Private Hire
shuttle minibus to Macclesfield 01625 260010
railway station. Route D Offerton – Romiley – Greave – Compstall
Golden Green – Marple Bridge – Marple – Hawk Green
Train journey times are quick
01298 83583 – Silk Road
and convenient e.g. Congleton
9 minutes, Poynton 10 Route F Cheadle – Cheadle Hulme – Bramhall
minutes, Bramhall 13 minutes, Golden Green – Poynton
Cheadle Hulme 16 minutes, 01298 83583
Stockport and Stoke 20 Route H Nether Alderley – Alderley Edge
minutes, Manchester Piccadilly Bostock’s Coaches – Brook Lane – Davenport Green Post Office
28 minutes. 01260 273108 – Wilmslow (Knutsford Road) – Handforth
– Wilmslow (Manchester Road) – Mottram
If your require more information – Prestbury
please call 01625 260010.
Route J Knutsford (Stanley Road) – Manor Park Road
Golden Green – Mobberley Road – Mobberley – Lindow –
01298 83583 Davenport Green – King’s Arms Roundabout –
Alderley Edge
Route K Hale – Bowdon – Altrincham
Lamb’s Coaches – Bucklow Hill – Mere – Knutsford
0161 456 1515 – Ollerton – A537
KING’S Route L Sandbach – Brereton – Holmes Chapel
Bostock’s Coaches – Goostrey – Lower Withington – Chelford
01260 273108 – A537
COACH Route N Box Lane – West Heath – Kwik Fit
Services Golden Green – Congleton – The Grove – Eaton
01298 83583 – Gawsworth Crossroads
Route O Leek – Rudyard – Rushton Spencer
Golden Green – Bosley – Lyme Green – Sutton
01298 83583
Route P Bollington – Tytherington – Prestbury
Golden Green
01298 83583
* LATE COACH SERVICE *
Departs Macclesfield (5.15pm) – Alderley Edge – Wilmslow (King’s
Arms) – Mobberley – Knutsford (approx 6.20pm)
Both Monday – Thursday only.
Cost approx. £90 per term.
Please email sarah.hearn@kingsmac.co.uk for further details.
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KING’S
COACH
Services
MANCHESTER
A6 ROMILEY
GLOSSOP
A34
MARPLE BRIDGE
ALTRINCHAM CHEADLE
OFFERTON
HALE HAYFIELD
BRAMHALL
POYNTON A6
MERE WILMSLOW
CHAPEL-EN
WHALEY -LE-FRITH
KNUTSFORD KING’S BRIDGE
SCHOOL
ALDERLEY
EDGE
A537
BUXTON
MACCLESFIELD
M6
GOOSTREY
A34
HOLMES CHAPEL
A523
CONGLETON RUSHTON SPENCER
SANDBACH
RUDYARD
LEEK
www.kingsmac.co.uk 7CONTACT US
Further information on all aspects of life at King’s can be found on our
website: www.kingsmac.co.uk.
For enquiries regarding admissions, please contact our Admissions Team
on 01625 260000, or email: admissions@kingsmac.co.uk.
VISITING US
Please contact our Admissions Teams on 01625 260000, or see our
website: www.kingsmac.co.uk
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