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Monkton Combe School
Monkton Combe School’s assigned Senior School begins in Year 9; Year 7 and 8 belong to its separate Prep School.
Independent school · Bath, Bath and North East Somerset
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Church Lane, Monkton Combe, Bath, BA2 7HG
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Entry information
The assigned Monkton Combe School profile is the senior school, which takes pupils from Year 9; Years 7 and 8 are in its separate Prep School. Senior applicants complete a CAT4 assessment, meet a senior leader and provide school reports and a reference. This is a later senior-school route, not Year 7 entry to the assigned establishment.
Entry stage: Senior School Years 9–13 (13+ entry and later); Years 7–8 are the separate Prep School
What the assessment covers
- CAT4 cognitive ability assessment
Assessment provider: GL Assessment (CAT4)
The admissions process
- Register for senior-school entry
- CAT4 assessment and senior-leadership interview
- Current-school reports and reference
Read the official details: Admissions information from Monkton Combe School
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Use the school’s current admissions information to check which sample papers or familiarisation materials apply to your child’s entry year.
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Follow the school’s assessment guidance.
Monkton’s Senior School begins in Year 9 and uses CAT4 for that later entry. Year 7 is at the separate Prep School. GL Assessment advises against practising for CAT4.
Read the official guidance: Monkton Combe School · GL Assessment
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Your application starting points
Use the official links on this page to answer these questions for your child’s entry year.
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Note any published registration, assessment, application and offer-response dates that apply to your child’s route. They may be separate steps.
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Before you apply
- The prospectus describes Prep School entry; senior-school entry begins at Year 9. Confirm the relevant route with admissions for the child’s current year group.
- Check with the school for current availability, eligibility and access arrangements where these are not specified on its published page.
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Contains government school-register data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Primary sources
- Admissions Monkton Combe School
- Admissions Journey Monkton Combe School
- Prep School Prospectus Monkton Combe School
- Monkton Combe School establishment record Department for Education
- CAT4 information for parents GL Assessment