Empowering Success, Confidence & Adventure
Join a school that puts your child at the heart of everything we do. Now accepting Year 7 applications for boys.
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1 —Visit us
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2 —Taster Days
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3 —Apply
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4 —Entrance Assessment
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5 —Offers
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6 —Starting School
Visit us
Our Senior School has been educating girls in the heart of Shrewsbury since 1885 and sits on Town Walls and alongside the River Severn. We are experts in education and everything we do is designed to help our pupils thrive – from the timings of the school day, to the design of curriculum and pastoral programme. There is no better way to experience life in our Senior School than by visiting. Whilst we continue to accept applications from girls into all year groups, we are delighted to be now accepting applications from boys to join us in Year 7 from September 2026. Email our admissions team to arrange your private visit or register for our Open Days.
Taster Days
Taster Days can be arranged at any time and are a wonderful way for your daughter or son to get to know us better.
Taster Days
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Year 6 Activities Morning
A fun morning in the autumn term for year 6 pupils thinking of joining us in year 7 the following September. Come and spend the morning with some of our teachers and other year 6 pupils and experience a wonderful way to get a feel for life at SHS.
Apply
Applications are welcome throughout the year, however to secure your son or daughter’s place, early application is encouraged.
Apply
To apply for a place in our Senior School, please complete an application. Registering is straightforward and you will be asked to pay a £120 non-refundable deposit. When you join into year 7, 9 or 12 you are also eligible to apply for a Bursary or Scholarship.
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Pupils joining us into years 7, 9 and 12 are eligible to apply for Academic, Sports, Art, Music and Drama scholarships. Scholarship awards are prestigious and very few are awarded. They are merit based and awarded to the top performing student in that area and usually come with a fee remission of around 10%. Students are automatically entered into the academic scholarship process when they sit the mandatory senior school entrance assessment. Applications for Art, Music, Drama and Sports scholarships can be made once an initial application for a place has been submitted on the Admissions platform. Full details of scholarship criteria can be found on our scholarship page.
Entrance Assessment
Senior School Entrance Assessment
Saturday 17th January 2026
All students applying for a place in our senior school (at whatever time of year) are required to sit an entrance assessment.
For those registering to join us into the senior school, candidates will be invited in to sit the online CAT4 assessment, and for year 7 applicants, a short Maths and English paper.
There is no revision required for the entrance assessment. Whilst we will use the academic assessment to award academic scholarship awards, the assessment is very useful to see where your child’s strengths and weaknesses lie, so that when they join us in September, our teachers are ready to support them with extra challenge or extra support.
We make the morning as relaxed as possible and for many pupils and their families who have already joined us for taster days and tours, the morning provides another exciting way to meet their new friends and spend another morning with SHS staff.
Offers
Offers will be made by February half term.
Offers
Once you are happy that Shrewsbury High School is the right place for your child, and have received your offer letter, you must complete the parent contract and pay a £500 refundable deposit. We will hold the deposit until the end of your child’s final term at school and refund it within 12 weeks of their departure, minus any sums owed to the GDST or the school at that time. We cannot refund the deposit if you withdraw your child after accepting the place.
Starting School
We take great care in providing you and your child with a specially designed transition programme to ensure that you are all ready for this exciting move. In the spring and summer terms, we will hold two more transition and induction events for your son or daughter ahead of them joining us in September so they are fully prepared and excited for their senior school move.
Starting School
