City of London School offers academic, music and sport scholarships at 11+, but they are nominal awards. Transformational means-tested bursaries do the real work, up to full fees.

City of London’s 11+ interview is a short second-round conversation alongside a group activity. What it looks for in communication and curiosity, and how to prepare your son.

City of London School is a day school with fees of £28,386 a year. The full breakdown of tuition, the registration fee, music lessons, and how transformational bursaries work.

City of London School closes 11+ registration in the autumn of Year 6, before the assessment. The £160 fee, the day-school context, and the full admissions timeline explained.

Wellington College offers academic and music scholarships before entry at 13+, with sport, art and drama awarded after entry. How awards work, and how bursaries deliver the value.

Wellington’s 13+ interview is online, with a senior pastoral staff member, on a separate day. What it looks for in engagement and joy in learning, and how to prepare your child.

Wellington College boarding fees are £62,250 a year. The full breakdown of fees, the registration fee and deposit, the extras to budget for, and how bursaries work.

Wellington College asks families to register by 30 June of Year 5, three years before 13+ entry. The £400 fee, why early registration helps, and the full timeline explained.

Sevenoaks School offers academic and music scholarships at 11+, but its awards are honorary with no fee remission, except music tuition. Means-tested bursaries do the real work.

At 11+ Sevenoaks runs no one-to-one interview. Instead a 40-minute group discussion judges character. What the school looks for, bright, involved and kind, and how to prepare.

Sevenoaks School admits 11+ pupils as day pupils, so the day fee applies. What the fee includes, the separate charges, where boarding fits in later, and how bursaries work.

Sevenoaks School sets a 15 September registration deadline, a year ahead, for 11+ day entry. The autumn pre-test, the January assessment day, and the full timeline explained.

Oundle School offers an 11+ Entrance Exhibition and music awards, with full scholarships at 13+ and 16+. Its scholarships are honorary, so means-tested bursaries do the real work.

Oundle’s 11+ interview is a friendly conversation of around 45 to 60 minutes on the January assessment day. What it looks for, and how to prepare your child without over-coaching.