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St Dominic's Priory School
St Dominic's Priory has a Senior School Year 7 route with CAT4, taster days and a school meeting.
Independent school · Stone, Staffordshire
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37 Station Road, Stone, Staffordshire, ST15 8ER
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Entry information
St Dominic’s Priory School lists Year 7 as a main Senior School entry point. Applicants visit, take a CAT4 entrance assessment, attend taster days and meet with the school. Its admissions policy describes the assessment as a baseline measure and says results inform whether a child proceeds to taster days.
Entry stage: Senior School Year 7
What the assessment covers
- Verbal reasoning
- Numerical reasoning
- Non-verbal reasoning
- Spatial ability
Assessment provider: GL Assessment CAT4
The admissions process
- Enquire and visit
- Complete the application; the school arranges an informal CAT4 assessment
- Attend taster days and meet with the school
- The school reviews the assessment, pupil fit and family meeting before deciding
Read the official details: Admissions information from Official school website
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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.
Know what to expect
Follow the school’s assessment guidance.
GL Assessment advises against external CAT4 practice; introductory examples are included in the assessment. Follow St Dominic’s arrangements for its entrance assessment and taster days.
Read the official guidance: GL Assessment · Official school website
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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.
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.
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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?
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- Progress to discuss with the adults helping them
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Before you apply
- The school does not publish a fixed Year 7 assessment date. Contact admissions about the next taster and application timeline.
Plusling’s guide to St Dominic's Priory 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
- St Dominic's Priory School: school details Department for Education
- Admissions Policy (2025) Official school website
- CAT4 information for parents GL Assessment
- Application Process Official school website