International Admissions

In the first instance, please send the following documents to the International Registrar, Gemma Kilby intadmissions@felsted.org

• The pupil’s basic information; as a minimum their full name, gender, date of birth, first language, country of residence, nationality as per passport, year and year group of entry.  Please also provide the full names of both parents or those with parental responsibility.
• The pupil’s most recent school reports, including predicted GCSE grades if applicable.
• The pupil’s personal statement or a completed online pupil information form - please click here for form.
• An Educational Psychologists report, if this applies to the pupil.
• Any other supporting documents that you would like to be taken into consideration, e.g. language certificates, UKiset reports, extra-curricular or academic certificates.

Please wait for confirmation of available places before proceeding to the next step

Registration can be completed online.

PLEASE CLICK HERE TO REGISTER 

Our tests can be taken remotely at the pupil’s current school, a lawyer’s office or British Council office.  They can also be taken at an educational agent or consultant’s office if this is a service they provide.

Once your child is registered with us, please send the name and email address of your nominated invigilator to Miss Gemma Kilby, intadmissions@felsted.org, so that the test instructions can be sent directly.

Please find an outline of the tests required below, though it should be noted that we may ask for additional testing if there is a particular area that we wish to investigate further.  

If your child is taking GCSEs / IGCSEs but you are not be able to provide GCSE / IGCSE predicted grades, full testing in English and Maths will need to be organised.

If Felsted School will be sponsoring your child’s visa, this will need to be organised before your child receives GCSE / IGCSE results.  In this case, your child must complete English and Maths testing as a matter of course.

There are a number of staff and pupils involved in our visits and we aim to make the experience as positive and informative as possible.  Families often travel quite some distance in order to visit us and we want to ensure that their time spent at Felsted is time well spent.

We do request a minimum of two weeks’ notice to organise a visit, and we do ask that visits are organised during term time, avoiding our exeat weekends as well as the first few days at the start of term and the last few days at the end of term.  For assistance with your planning, please find our term dates for the coming year here.  

We do prefer pupils that visit us, so we can meet each other face-to-face, but if this is not possible, please contact our International Admissions Registrar, using the details below.

If you will be visiting us prior to registration,  please complete the online enquiry form here. Once all steps are complete, we aim to make a decision within one week during term time.

The best years for international pupils to enter Felsted are Year 7, Year 9, Year 10 or Year 12.  We do take international pupils from Year 5, and may have spaces available in other year groups – please call us for advice on the year group of your child.

In Years 5-8, we have approximately 10 boarding places for international pupils in our Prep School boarding house, Hamilton House.  In Year 9 and above, approximately 20% of all pupils are international pupils, totalling around 110.

Felsted aims to recruit a wide range of nationalities and limit the number of pupils per language group to ensure that every pupil makes friends from different countries, cultures and backgrounds.  Although diversity is much more than the country that you come from, there are vast benefits of being a part of an international environment, within the wider community of a traditional British school.
 

We expect our international students to be at a certain CEFR language level, depending on what year they are joining Felsted.

The minimum requirements are as follows:
For entry into Year 9: B1
For entry into Years 10, 11 and L6th: B2
For entry into L6th to study the IB: High level B2

The CEFR is the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages. This internationally recognised framework describes language ability on a scale of levels from A1 for beginners up to C2 for those who have mastered a language. The CEFR is used by organisations all over the world as a reliable benchmark of language ability.

For further information about the CEFR, including a chart explaining the requirements for each level, please click here.

In Years 5-8, we have approximately 10 boarding places for international students in our Prep School Boarding House.

In Years 9 and above, we have approximately 105 international boarding places (20% of total). Felsted aims to recruit a wide range of nationalities (currently around 25) and to restrict the number per nationality.

For Sixth Form entry (Year 12, age 16 on entry) a standard equivalent to 32 points at GCSE is expected, with at least 6 points in the subjects a pupils wishes to study at A Level or Higher Level with the IB Diploma.

For pupils who join us without GCSEs or IGCSEs, equivalent qualifications, school reports and our testing will be used to ascertain suitability for the school.

We encourage pupils to join Felsted on a longer-term basis and to become part of our community.  For this reason we are unable to accommodate short-terms stays.  We do ask for pupils to make a personal commitment to their period of study with us, for example, the full two-year GCSE, IB or A Level courses.

For pupils who wish to experience Felsted for a short-term stay we have our Academic Summer School.

Pupils who do not speak English as a first language, and who are identified as needing additional English language support, may be advised to have EAL lessons if they need to improve their English language skills.

In addition to EAL classes there is a drop in session available to all year groups where students can get support with their studies. A Higher Level Teaching Assistant is also available to support EAL students in lessons if needed (typically English, Geography, History, Classics and Religious Studies).

Please click here to find out more

Due to high demand, please apply as early as possible to secure a place. However, places can become available at any time, so do please contact us to check on a chance place.

The same scholarships are available to overseas students as to UK students. These include Academic, Music, Art, Design and Technology, Drama and Sport Scholarships. Applications from outstanding students for the Junior Guildhall/Felsted Music Scholarship, the 6th Form Maths and Science Scholarships are also welcome. Further details can be found via the tab below.