Our Application Form for September 2026 entry will be available in September. If you’d like to be alerted when this goes live, please fill in our Expression of Interest Form.
We offer support throughout the admissions process for students eligible for Free School Meals and those with SEND, click here for further details.
| September 2025 | Application Form Open |
| Sat 4 October - am | Taster Day 1 |
| Sat 4 October - pm | Taster Day 2 |
| Sat 18 October - am | Taster Day 3 |
| Sat 18 October - pm | Taster Day 4 |
| week commencing Mon 24 November | Entrance Test materials sent out to early applicants (with additional material for those with Free School Meals) |
| Sat 29 November - pm | Taster Day 5 |
| Sun 7 December | Application Deadline |
| week commencing Mon 8 December | Entrance Test materials send out to applicants (with additional material for those with Free School Meals) |
| Sat 24 January | Entrance Test (in school) |
| Sat 7 February | Mock Interviews for those with Free School Meals (see our How It Works page for why we do this) |
| Sat 28 February | Interviews (in school) |
| Fri 13 March | Conditional Offers |
| Sat 21 March | Boarding information day |
| Sat 21 March | Late admissions mop-up day (testing and interviews) |
| Fri 27 March | Acceptance of place deadline and Boarding application deadline |
| Tue 30 June | New student information day |
| Thu 20 August | GCSE results day |
| Fri 21 August | Enrolment Day and Boarding Moving in Day |
| Fri 28 August | Alternative Boarding Moving in Day |
To be eligible to join in 2026 you must be:
In exceptional circumstances, applications will be considered from students born between 1st September 2008 and 31st August 2009.
You must also meet the minimum entry criteria, detailed on the ‘How It Works’ page.
*Applicants from outside the school catchment area will only be considered if their family has a firm plan to move to the area, irrespective of gaining a place at EMS.
