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Read School
Read School uses a taster and diagnostic assessment to understand senior applicants' current learning level.
Independent school · Selby, North Yorkshire
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Meet the school
At a glance
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Drax, Selby, North Yorkshire, YO8 8NL
Plan your approach
Entry information
Read School invites senior applicants to visit, register and attend a taster day or days. Its live FAQ says an assessment helps staff see the child’s current working level rather than acting as an entrance examination. An older admissions policy describes an interview, current-school report and a usual Easter-before-entry registration point; ask Admissions for current timing.
Entry stage: Year 7 entry to co-educational independent school
The admissions process
- Contact Admissions, arrange a visit and register
- Attend a taster day or days and an interview; the school may assess current working level
- The school considers a current-school report or other evidence of ability and achievement
- Ask Admissions about the current registration timing; an older policy gives Easter in the year before entry as usual
Read the official details: Admissions information from The Read School
Go to the source
Official links for your shortlist
Use the school’s current admissions information to check which sample papers or familiarisation materials apply to your child’s entry year.
Know what to expect
Follow the school’s assessment guidance.
The school’s FAQ says its assessment shows the level at which a child is currently working rather than serving as an entrance examination. Arrange the taster and ask Admissions what your child should expect.
Read the official guidance: The Read School · The Read School · The Read School
Keep the practical steps clear
Your application starting points
Use the official links on this page to answer these questions for your child’s entry year.
Check the entry point and eligibility
Confirm the year group, age requirements and any conditions that apply to your child.
Put the right dates in your diary
Note any published registration, assessment, application and offer-response dates that apply to your child’s route. They may be separate steps.
Follow the assessment guidance
Check what the school asks your child to do and whether it recommends any preparation. Use its own instructions and the assessment provider’s advice.
Check fees and financial support
Look at fees, bursaries and scholarships, including any separate forms, evidence and deadlines.
Picture your child’s everyday life here.
An open day is a chance to look beyond the exam. Useful questions to take with you:
- How do you help new pupils settle in and make friends?
- Who can a child turn to when they feel worried or stuck?
- How do you help pupils recover from a setback and discover their strengths?
Know where to focus
See what your child is learning.
See the topics your child has practised, revisit questions that need another look and choose a focus for the next session. Plusling helps you put your time where it can be useful.
- Topic summaries and practice history
- Choose topics in Focus Practice
- Progress to discuss with the adults helping them
A little learning, often
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Before you apply
- The school’s current FAQ calls the step an assessment rather than an exam; ask admissions what the assessment involves and confirm the registration timing for your intended entry year.
Plusling’s guide to Read School is independently written. The school and its admissions authority publish the official arrangements.
Contains government school-register data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Primary sources
- Read School: school details Department for Education
- Read School - Admissions Read School
- Read School - Admissions FAQs Read School
- Admissions Policy (current school-linked policy; text identifies 2024–25) The Read School
- Admissions The Read School
- Admissions FAQs The Read School