Applying to Harris Westminster Sixth Form
APPLICATIONS FOR SEPTEMBER 2025 ARE NOW CLOSED.
APPLICATIONS FOR SEPTEMBER 2026 WILL OPEN ON TUESDAY 2ND SEPTEMBER 2025.
Harris Westminster has been created to provide an outstanding academic education for able students living in London no matter what their socio-economic background. All students must meet the academic threshold based on examinations and interview and preference is given to students who have been in receipt of Free School Meals during their secondary schooling. Currently approximately 50% of students come from this group with the remaining 50% representing a wide social and economic range.
Entrance is by academic test and interview. Through the entrance test and interview, we are looking for students with the academic potential and ambition to make the most of what is on offer. Not all students will have extensive knowledge of their chosen subjects before they get here, but we aim to identify their potential and know they will be capable of working at a high academic level once they arrive. Students take two entrance examinations, choosing from their four subject choices and will have one interview on their preferred subject choice. The offer of a place is conditional on performance at GCSE with a minimum requirement of 6 7s-9s including at least 7 (or A) grades in the subjects chosen for study but the majority of students accepted into the school have attainment far above this minimum.
All students at Harris Westminster study four A level qualifications over two years.
Students accepted into the school are expected to engage fully with the Harris Westminster ethos and to take advantage of the lectures, societies, competitions, clubs, sports and opportunities to represent the school. Students are also expected to read widely, to complete at least sixteen hours of independent study a week outside their lessons and to use their vacation time constructively (in reading, revision, work experience and volunteering as well as for rest and relaxation).
Harris Westminster is easy to get to using public transport, being close to two tube stations and many major bus-routes. There is no geographic catchment area, and any student living within a reasonable commute of Westminster can apply; however, preference is given to students living in the boroughs of London. Harris Westminster Sixth Form is not faith-based: we welcome pupils of all faiths and no faith.
Please note that the subjects below are taught at Westminster School and you will need to go through an additional exam/interview process to be considered for those courses. This does not affect your offer at Harris Westminster Sixth Form - if you are not offered a place on a Westminster School course then you will be asked to change your option to a subject taught at Harris Westminster.
Westminster subjects: Music, Drama and Theatre Studies, German, Latin, Greek and Russian. (You will not be considered a place on the Russian course if you are a native speaker).
Important Dates - September 2026 intake
| Applications Open | 2nd September 2025 |
| Applications Close | 5th December 2025 |
| Entrance Examinations | 17th January 2026 |
| Interviews | 14th February 2026 |
| Offers | 20th March 2026 |
You can find our Admissions Policy here.
