After Colet Court
‘I remember the brilliant food, the new friends made and most of all, the instant hospitality.’ — A Fifth Year leaver reflects on his first day at Colet Court
The great majority of Coletines move on to St Paul’s at 13+. There they join with an approximately equal number of boys coming from other schools to make up a year group of about 170 in the St Paul’s School Fourth Form (Year 9).
Although boys from Colet Court move on with a sense of familiarity, they experience a new environment with different systems, different staff and a whole new range of opportunities. They arrive at St Paul’s with well established friends but soon make new ones. There is a definite sense of moving on to a bigger and different place.
Occasionally some parents need to look at boarding options beyond Colet
Court. St Paul’s School offers full or flexible boarding in School House and tours of the boarding accommodation and facilities
are available.
The destination of leavers from Colet Court is naturally St Paul’s, although some boys may elect to transfer to other schools, often as a result of a change in parental circumstances. Colet Court has a good relationship with other senior schools, such as Eton and Winchester, and will support boys with appropriate references and recommendations. Although in some subjects Coletines sit 13+ transfer examinations set by St Paul’s School instead of Common Entrance papers, the syllabuses do not differ greatly and in practice senior schools are usually happy to accept the St Paul’s papers for entry. We do not prepare boys for scholarships to other schools, but will offer advice on what is required.
