Located in Croxley Green, Hertfordshire, Rickmansworth School is a boys’ secondary school with an attached sixth form. The school holds academy status and has an enrolment of around 1,400 students. While the majority of the school's intake are not admitted via academic selection, around 25% gain their places at the school via an 11 plus admission test. In 2017, Rickmansworth School was awarded ‘Good with Outstanding features’ by Ofsted and has specialist status in performing arts and science.
Rickmansworth School is a partially selective boys' secondary school.
Address: Rickmansworth School, Scots Hill, Rickmansworth, WD3 3AQ
County: Hertfordshire
Admissions info: [[email protected]](mailto@rickmansworth.herts.sch.uk
School type: boys’ state secondary, partially selective
Number of pupils: 1,400 (approximately)
Number of Year 7 places: 240
Open day: October 2022
11 plus exam dates: September 2022
Exam board: GL Assessment – SW Herts Consortium
Rickmansworth School term dates for 2022/2023 are:
Term 1: 6th September to 24th October
Term 2: 31st October to 16th December
Term 3: 4th January to 10th February
Term 4: 20th February to 31st April
Term 5: 17th April to 26th May
Term 6: 5th June to 21st July
You do not necessarily need to live within the priority postcodes to attend Rickmansworth School, although 95% of admissions are allocated within the catchment area.
The priority postcodes are: WD17, WD18, WD19, WD23, WD24, WD25, WD3, WD4, WD5 and HA6 2 and HA6 3.
Just 5% of the allocated places come from outside this priority catchment. You can find out more about admissions to Rickmansworth School here.
It is only necessary to complete the 11 plus test for Rickmansworth School if you want your child to be considered under the academic or music criterion for admission. Registration for the Rickmansworth School 11 plus must be completed via the SW Herts Consortium here.
Rickmansworth School 11 plus is to be taken in September of 2022.
The official deadline is the 31st October for applications, both to your Local Authority and Rickmansworth School. Registration for the Rickmansworth School 11 plus opens Monday 11th April via the SW Herts Consortium here.
The South West Herts Consortium 11 plus test is a paper based exam which is split according to different sections. For Rickmansworth School you can apply for either of the following via the consortium website:
Academic aptitude test
Musical aptitude test
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