Entrance Assessments

Before joining our school, each pupil is given the opportunity to come into the School and sit our entrance assessments.

Whilst the assessments vary depending on the age of your child, the majority of pupils in Years 3 and above will sit a computer based assessment which measures verbal ability, non-verbal ability and numerical ability, and a written English paper.

Pupils joining us for Years 7 and 12 will sit their assessments at our entrance assessment days. For entry into these year groups for September 2026, the assessment days will be:

Years 7 and 12 application deadline – Friday 12th December 2025

Sport scholarship assessments – Friday 16th January 2026

Year 7 Taster Day – Friday 16th January 2026

Year 7 and 12 assessments – Saturday 17th January 2026

Year 12 offer date – Friday 6th February 2026

Year 7 offer date (National) – Monday 2nd March 2026

Year 7 acceptance deadline – Tuesday 10th March 2026

Apply for our Assessment Day

Pupils wishing to apply for any year group other than 7 or 12 may apply at any point in the school year, should a place be available for that year group. Rather than an assessment day, these pupils will join us in school for a trial day, sitting the appropriate entrance assessment for their age and spending time in class with our current boys. Should you wish to arrange for your son to join us for a trial day, please contact our admissions office on admissions@newcastleschool.co.uk or call 0191 255 9303.

All places are given on a first-come-first-served basis so we advise contact at the earliest possible date to avoid disappointment.