York House has excellent links with all the local independent schools including Aldenham, Berkhamsted, Eton, Haberdashers' Aske's, Haileybury, Harrow, John Lyon, Merchant Taylors' and St. Albans.  We also send pupils to many other schools further afield.  We know these senior schools extremely well and are able to offer expert advice on which ones will best suit your child.

Senior school entrance exams can cause much stress and heartache among parents, but we know what is required and how the accompanying procedures and interviews work.  We have a very strong success record with individual schools' entrance exams, and also with Common Entrance for those schools that use that system.

We pride ourselves that the vast majority of pupils gain entry to their school of their first choice and in many cases they do that by winning scholarships, either in academic areas or in Music or Sport.  

The full Year 8 leavers' list for 2009 is as follows:

Berkhamsted School                 -  4 places

Downside                                 -  1 academic scholarship

Haberdashers' Askes                 -  1 place

Harefield Academy                    -  1 place

Harrow                                     -  1 place

The John Lyon School                -  1 place

Merchant Taylors'                      -  2 academic scholarships and 7 places

St Albans School                       -  2 places

St John's, Leatherhead               -  1 place