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The deadline to apply for Year 7 is Friday 15 December 2023. The Assessment & Interview Morning takes place Saturday 13 Jan 2024.
From award-winning actors and esteemed scientists to international sports stars and military leaders, our alumni have excelled in their respective careers, showcasing their talent, leadership, and unwavering commitment to success.
Professional Cricketer, Leicestershire CCC
Professional Cricketer, Kent CCC
Actor, title role in Hamilton on the West End
Professional sailor; participant in the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race
Professional Cricketer, Derbyshire CCC
Motorsport journalist
Singer, supported Coldplay and Sam Smith and performed at Glastonbury
Joint Head of Quantum Technologies at Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
Professional triathlete
Professional Cricketer, Pakistan & Yorkshire CCC
Racing driver
Adventurer and author; first woman and the youngest person to row solo across the Indian Ocean
Sports journalist and Sky Sports presenter
Journalist & founder of the Very British Problems series
Emmy award-winning filmmaker; works include The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and The Horse and The Tiger Who Came To Tea
Grammy Award-winning recording engineer and film music editor; Taylor Swift, Coldplay, Kings of Leon
Motivational speaker, campaigner, fundraiser and former event rider. Finished the London Marathon in 17 days using a robotic suit and lit the Paralympic cauldron
First female Red Arrows pilot
Documentary maker; Celebrity Hunted, The Secret Life of the Zoo, 24 Hours in A&E
Olympic athlete and UK 400m record holder
Writer & broadcaster; works include My Fat, Mad Diary and the Emmy & AACTA nominated children's series Mustangs FC
Actor, part of the Horrible Histories troupe that also wrote and starred in Ghosts
Presenter & broadcaster
Animator & filmmaker; works include Corpse Bride & Fantastic Mr Fox
Emmy award-winning actor; The Queen's Sister, Torchwood
Award-winning playwright
Award-winning lighting designer, working on War Horse, Evita and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime, among others
Adventurer & Photographer. Spent four months walking across Nepal in 2023, raising money for the Gurkha Welfare Trust
Actor; The Bill, Heartbeat, Holby City
Former England international rugby union player. He represented England at fullback between 1989 and 1991, gaining 14 Test caps
Hockey player; gold medal 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. Silver with the England squad at the 1986 Hockey World Cup
BBC Radio 3 Presenter
Writer of the Horrible Geography books, as well as nearly 1,000 other non-fiction works. Winner of various awards including a Blue Peter Book Award, the Hachette Award for Outstanding Contribution to Information Books, and the Tivy Medal from the Royal Scottish Geographical Society
Reknowned musician, and a leading expert and professor in early music. Recently, he was part of the English Baroque Soloists who played at the coronation of King Charles III
UK bridge champion
Judge & Lawyer; ranked #1 Mental Health Lawyer in the Chambers and Partners Directory
Lord Mayor of the City of London, 2009-10
Director of Artistic Planning for the US National Symphony Orchestra
Former Commander-in-Chief of Air Command
BBC Producer for 26 years. Interviewed 7 PMs and other world leaders
Professional golfer; 1999 Europe Ryder Cup captain
Desert explorer, writer and historian
MP for Chelmsford for 30 years
Public sector; former director of the Serious Fraud Office
Concert organist and composer
Musician in the prog rock band Van der Graaf Generator
Retired British Army officer. Appointed a Companion of the Order of Bath in 1998 and a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George in 2000
Professor of Organic Chemistry, included by The Times in the list of the 100 Most Important People in British Science
Athlete; represented Oxford, British Universities (record holder), England and Great Britain in the Long Jump. Subsequently launched the RSPCA’s Farm Animal Welfare scheme in 1994
World renowned harpsichordist
Garden designer & broadcaster
Former Head of the British Army
Chemist; winner of the Nobel Prize for Chemistry for his role in the development of lithium-ion batteries
England international in both cricket & rugby
Actor, appeared in several films and tv programmes across the 1960s-1980s, including Zulu, The Avengers and Doctor Who
Leading academic in French Renaissance culture and specialist in history of dance
Creator of Inspector Morse
Emeritus Professor of Psychology at the University of St Andrews
One of the leading British composers of the 20th Century
Conductor, organist and composer who co-founded the London Symphony Orchestra
Newspaper magnate; Founder of the Daily Mail & Daily Mirror
Artist, enameller and etcher. Studied architecture and painting then took up metalwork.
(photo courtesy of Victoria & Albert Museum, London)
Chief advisor to Elizabeth I, twice Secretary of State and Lord High Treasurer from 1572. Secured an Act of Parliament in 1548 which ensured the survival of Stamford School