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If your child is bright and curious but you would rather they grew up in a mixed, all-sorts community than a hothouse, Rickmansworth School is worth a close look. It is a large, co-educational secondary in Croxley Green, just outside Rickmansworth in Hertfordshire, teaching around 1,500 pupils from eleven to eighteen. It is partially selective rather than a grammar, and that is the heart of how it works: most places go to local children of all abilities, around a quarter are offered on a test in maths and verbal reasoning, and a further tenth on musical aptitude. So an academically able child and a gifted young musician can both find a way in.
The school has a settled sense of itself. It opened in 1954 as a grammar school on its Scots Hill site and was formally opened in 1956 by Countess Mountbatten of Burma; it became comprehensive in 1969 and an academy in 2011, but that early academic backbone still shows. It holds Specialist Science and Arts College status, and those two strands give it much of its character. Music runs especially deep, no surprise given the aptitude places, with ensembles and performances a regular part of school life and a wide range of clubs to follow an interest beyond lessons.
Led by headteacher Matthew Fletcher, Rickmansworth suits a child who will thrive in a busy, mixed community and make the most of a wide curriculum and plenty to do beyond it, rather than one who wants a small or narrowly academic setting. It is heavily oversubscribed, a sign of how much local families value it, and it will appeal to parents who want an ambitious school that keeps its doors open to children of all abilities. For the right child, it is an easy place to picture them settling in and growing up confident and well rounded.
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Yes, they do. For Rickmansworth School, priority catchment area is defined by the postal addresses of WD17, WD18, WD19, WD23, WD24, WD25, WD3, WD4, WD5, HA6 2 and HA6 3.
Rickmansworth School uses the GL exam board for its 11+ entrance tests, which are part of the South West Herts Schools Consortium.
No, there is no interview stage for the Rickmansworth School 11+ admissions process.
Rickmansworth School is a co-educational (mixed) secondary school.
84 children are selected based on music aptitude and academic ability through the South West Herts Consortium Tests.
Yes, Rickmansworth School has a priority catchment area. This includes postal addresses WD17, WD18, WD19, WD23, WD24, WD25, WD3, WD4, WD5, HA6 2 and HA6 3.
The official website for Rickmansworth School admissions information is https://www.rickmansworth.herts.sch.uk/606/school-admissions.
Passing the consortium test isn't the only way in. Of 240 places, around 156 are community places offered with no test, in priority order: looked-after children, then siblings, then distance from the school. Separately, 84 specialist places are offered on the consortium test, 60 for academic ability and 24 for music aptitude, and these go to the priority area (around Rickmansworth, Croxley Green, Watford and the Northwood area) first. There's no fixed pass mark; how high you need to score depends on demand that year.
If your child is ill on test day, contact your allocated test centre straight away and they may move your child to the reserve day; medical certification is needed, and it's best not to attend hoping they'll pick up, as a child who falls ill mid-test can't restart. For adjustments like extra time, tell the consortium early and upload written confirmation from your child's school SENDCo or head by the Jun deadline. If something goes wrong during the test, you can ask for special consideration.
