Entrance Exam Process

Bishops Entrance Examination

Once you have submitted your son’s registration form for Grade 8 next year, you will need to enter him for the Bishops Entrance examination in order for him to be eligible for admission.

The examination  will be held on Thursday 11th March 2010, in which candidates will be examined in Mathematics and English.  Entries for the examination close on 5th March.
 
Please print out the Entrance examination entry form, complete and return it together with the following to the Admissions Secretary:

• proof of payment of both the R500 non-refundable registration fee and the R100 examination fee, either by fax (021) 659 1013,  e-mail (admissions@bishops.org.za) or by post to :  Bishops, Camp Ground Road, Rondebosch, 7700 Cape Town.
• A copy of your son’s birth certificate
• A copy of his December 2009 school report

For further details regarding the Entrance Exam, please contact the Admissions Secretary on 021 659 1000 or admissions@bishops.org.za.

Payment of Entrance Examination Fees

Please make an ad hoc or once off payment. Do not load Bishops as a regular Beneficiary until your child is offered a place at the school. When paying the Entrance Examination fee, please use the beneficiary reference Exam: Child’s Surname, Initials (e.g. Exam:Smith,IJ).

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The Admissions Office will contact you in due course confirming your son’s participation in the examination.  Please contact the office if you have not received confirmation by 5th March.

"Experience Bishops"
We will be opening the College to prospective students in their Grade 7 year and their parents on Friday 5th & Saturday 6th March 2010 in order to give them a clear idea of what Bishops stands for and offers as an option. This will involve boys attending classes and seeing for themselves the many innovations and facilities at Bishops, and meeting key people on the academic staff. Should your son wish to attend, please contact Mrs Rosemary Wilke on (021) 659 1043.

Entrance Scholarships

These are awarded on the basis of performance in the Scholarship Examination, which is to be written on Thursday 22nd & Friday 23rd April 2010.  Successful candidates would normally be near the top of their school’s academic range.  Parents who wish their sons to sit the examination must apply, and an examination fee of R150 will be charged.  The examination will be advertised in the press beforehand.

Awards                Major and Minor Scholarships (including the Theron Scholarship), ranging from 25% to
60% of tuition fees;
The Bishops Scholarship, worth 60% of tuition fees.

Eligibility           Pupils currently in Grade 7 due to enter Grade 8 in the year 2011, who are near the top of their school’s academic range.

Conditions          These scholarships are awarded on academic performance, except that for the Bishops Scholarship qualities such as character, leadership potential, cultural and sporting ability are also taken into consideration.

                              All awards are for the scholar's whole career at Bishops up to Grade 12, provided conduct and industry are satisfactory.  The right not to make awards, or awards to the full amounts stated, in any year, is reserved.

Examination Subjects

Should you wish to your son to sit the Scholarship examination, please  request an entry form from the Admissions Office, to be returned to the  above address together with an examination fee of R150, by no later than Friday 16th April 2010.

In the first week of June 2010 all candidates will be informed in writing as to whether or not they have been successful (we regret individual results are not made available).