InTerNAtiOnaL ADmisSIoNs

We welcome international pupils who wish to immerse themselves in Tudor Hall life, develop their intellectual potential and wider interests and who are enthusiastic about experiencing all that our quintessentially British boarding school has to offer.

Around 15% of boarders at Tudor Hall are from overseas. Unlike a great many UK boarding schools, we do not have large cohorts from any particular country or region, but our community includes small numbers representing a plethora of countries and nationalities from across the world, from France to Brazil, Spain to Japan, Hong Kong to Ukraine.

International boarders generally join our school at age 11+ (Year 7), 13+ (Year 9) and at 16+ into the Sixth Form (Year 12). We welcome applications for Year 8 or Year 10 dependent on places being available in those year groups.

Most girls at Tudor are full boarders (more than 170+ full boarders), ensuring that the boarding ethos runs through every aspect of school life, and that boarding houses are bustling with girls throughout each term.

Short term (one-term or two-term) international boarding places may be available in some year groups; please enquire.

We welcome visits from prospective international students at any point during the school year while school is open. Alternatively, our Headmistress and Deputy Heads are happy to 'meet' families and girls by video call in the first instance.

Entrance tests to ascertain proficiency in English and Maths can be undertaken by arrangement in your home country.

Our Admissions team will support you through the international pupil application process, the elements of which are:

• Enquire and register

• Assessment

• Interview

• Offer

• Acceptance of offer

• Guardian arrangements

• CAS application (where necessary)

Tudor's full boarding ethos offers a true second home to our international pupils. We look forward to seeing you soon.

Our Pre A Level Programme, featuring our unique Tudor Tri experience, is designed for pupils aged 15-16 who have not done GCSE examinations, or those aged 16+ who need to improve their level of English in order to do A Levels.

It will equip pupils with the skills, qualifications and confidence they need to enter our Sixth Form and progress to a leading UK university. Girls may choose a STEM, Creative Arts, or Global & Financial Studies pathway, and will follow a Tudor enrichment programme as well as receiving university and career counselling.

Features of the programme include (but are not limited to):

• One full immersion academic year (with a two-term option from January) with focus on language and
  knowledge acquisition in a High Performance Learning School. All teaching is by native English
  academic staff.
• Every Pre A Level programme pupil will be part of Lower Sixth (Year 12) classes
• Full boarding experience including meals, activities, socials and trips
• English and Mathematics tuition
• Supercurricular programme of Oxbridge and US Ivy League University preparation including cultural
  visits to historic UK sites including Oxford and London
• Opportunity to prepare for IGCSE English as Second Language and IGCSE Maths
• Opportunity to study towards first language qualification eg. Chinese
• Leith’s catering qualification (charge payable as extra)*
• A school Microsoft Surface Pro for the year
• No school uniform required in our Sixth Form
• Headmistress academic reference and presentation of Tudor Tri Award certificate upon completion of
  the Pre A Level Programme

Full details can be found in the programme guide, below.