Admissions

The Kindergarten is for children aged between two and a half and four years old. We have two intakes a year in Lower Kindergarten; the September intake is for children born from September to March; and the January intake is for children born from April to August. 

Children can be registered from birth and applications are considered based on the number of days after birth that the registration was received. We encourage parents to register their child as early as possible. Tours are available to parents at any point before and after registration. 

Places are offered approximately fifteen months before entry into Lower Kindergarten in the September or January intake and parents must accept and pay a deposit by the given deadline.

Priority is given to siblings of current or former Kindergarten pupils and to siblings of current Thomas's main school pupils.

There is no formal intake into the Upper Kindergarten but places are occasionally available.

Children begin in Lower Kindergarten with three mornings a week. Once the children in Lower Kindergarten turn three years old, it is possible to increase the number of mornings they attend and to enrol them in afternoon clubs.

The following September children move into Upper Kindergarten for five mornings a week and the option of afternoon clubs (Monday to Thursday, subject to availability).

Please note that a place in Kindergarten does not guarantee a child a place in the Thomas’s Prep Schools, however if an application to one of the Thomas’s Prep Schools is submitted whilst a child is in Lower Kindergarten, they will automatically be placed on the Reception Main List at the school applied to. A separate registration must be completed during Lower Kindergarten, and the child will progress through the Reception Admissions process. 

If you would like to book a tour of the Kindergarten please call: 020 7738 0400

Children may be registered for entry into Reception when they are between the ages of one and two years old. This allows parents time to enjoy their babies, to start visiting schools in their child's first year of life and to make informed decisions about school registration.

Following your child's birth, you may, if you wish, submit an expression of interest, giving your contact details to the school so that we can be in touch with reminders about the opening date of registration. Please note that an expression of interest does not guarantee registration and there is no advantage in having made an expression of interest, beyond receiving reminders of the registration opening.  

Registration does not therefore open at birth, but rather in September, three years before entry, when children are aged between one and two years old. The Main List for each school closes when there are approximately three children registered for each place available. Please note that you may not register your child for more than one Thomas's prep school.

Once the Main List is closed your child may still be registered for the Reserve List, but please be aware that pupils will only be drawn from the Reserve List if the year group is not filled from the Main List.   In the event that we do not turn to the Reserve List, you will be given the option to carry your child's application forward to future years.  

Pupils are admitted into our Reception classes, which usually comprise 22 pupils, in the September following their fourth birthday.

Do please contact us at any stage if you would like to discuss your child's application to Thomas's in more detail. Please click the link below to read about registration for Reception entry 2026.

Entry to other years is dependent on places becoming available during the course of the academic year. You are most welcome to register your child for an occasional place in another year group but do discuss this with the admissions staff of your chosen school to find out what might be available and before coming to a decision to register. We will assess children on our lists for places as they arise.

There are occasionally opportunities for entry into Year 8 (12+) at Thomas's Battersea and Thomas's Clapham and into Years 10 and 11 at Thomas's Putney Vale. Please click here to ask our admissions staff for more details.

Entry into Year 7 at Thomas’s

Thomas’s London Day Schools offers three options for entry at Year 7, which are outlined below:

Thomas’s Putney Vale

In September, we announced that we have completed the acquisition of an exceptional site in Richmond to provide outstanding new premises for our co-educational secondary school. The new school, Thomas’s College, will open in September 2025 and will offer a world-class secondary education to students aged 11 to 18.

We are now presenting an opportunity for pupils to join Thomas’s Putney Vale in Year 7 (11+), in order to join Thomas’s College in Year 8 in September 2025

Our existing secondary school, Thomas’s Putney Vale, currently educates pupils from Year 9 to Year 11 (aged 13 to 16). Pupils and staff at Thomas’s Putney Vale will transfer to Thomas’s College in Richmond in September 2025.

Registration for places in these year groups is open from now until 15th December 2023. Admissions assessments will be held in January 2024. 

A limited number of scholarships is available, which may be supplemented by means-tested bursaries, providing up to full fees.

We are holding School Tours at Thomas’s Putney Vale please click here for dates and further information. 

• Entry at Year 7 to Thomas's Putney Vale

Thomas’s Battersea & Thomas’s Clapham

There are approximately 40 places available at 11+ for Year 7 at Thomas's Battersea and a further 5 to 10 places at Thomas's Clapham. Pupils may join Thomas’s Battersea or Thomas’s Clapham for two years, leaving at the end of Year 8 to take up places at a wide range of day and boarding schools in London and across the UK. 

Places in Year 7 at Thomas's Clapham are limited - please talk to our admissions staff there before registering your child. It is not possible to register at both Thomas’s Battersea and Thomas’s Clapham for Year 7 entry.

Please note that it is not possible to register at all three schools. If your child already attends a Thomas’s Prep School, please contact the admissions office for further information on entry into Year 7.

Registration for Year 7, September 2024 is now closed.

• Entry into Year 7 at Thomas’s Battersea

• Entry into Year 7 at Thomas’s Clapham

Entry into Year 7 at Thomas’s in September 2025 and onwards

Pupils are now able to register for Year 7 Entry in September 2025 at Thomas’s College as well as Thomas’s Battersea or Thomas’s Clapham.

Families who are looking to leave Thomas’s at the end of Year 8 should apply to either Thomas’s Battersea or Thomas’s Clapham, whilst those who wish to continue their education with us should apply for Thomas’s College.

Applicants will also have the option of applying to either Thomas’s Battersea or Thomas’s Clapham for Year 7 Entry as well as Thomas’s College for entry into Year 9.

If your child already attends a Thomas’s Prep School, please contact the admissions office at your school for further information on entry into Year 7.

Please click the link below to read further information about registration for Year 7 entry in September 2024 and onwards.

• Entry into Year 7 at Thomas’s College from September 2025

Entry into Year 9 in September 2024

In September, we announced that we have completed the acquisition of an exceptional site in Richmond to provide outstanding new premises for our co-educational secondary school. 

The new school, Thomas’s College, will open in September 2025 and will offer a world-class secondary education to students aged 11 to 18.

Our existing secondary school, Thomas’s Putney Vale, currently educates pupils from Year 9 to Year 11 (aged 13 to 16). Pupils and staff at Thomas’s Putney Vale will transfer to Thomas’s College in Richmond in September 2025.

We are now presenting an opportunity for pupils to join Thomas’s Putney Vale in Year 9 (13+) in September 2024, in order to join Thomas’s College in Year 10 in September 2025.

Registration for places in these year groups is open from now until 15th December 2023. Admissions assessments will be held in January 2024. 

A limited number of scholarships is available, which may be supplemented by means-tested bursaries, providing up to full fees.

Do contact us at any stage if you would like to discuss your child's application to Thomas's in more detail. Please see the links below to read further information about registration for Year 9 entry in September 2024. 

• Entry into Thomas’s Putney Vale in Year 9, September 2024

• Entry into Thomas’s Putney Vale in Year 9, September 2024 for Thomas’s applicants

Entry into Year 9 at Thomas’s College

Thomas’s College will open in September 2025, initially for years 7 to 12, building to a capacity of up to 630 pupils up to Year 13.

Registrations are now open for external candidates as well as current Thomas’s pupils. Pupils should be registered for the school through our website by 1st November in Year 6 (the academic year in which they turn 11). 

Please click the links below to read about registration for Year 9 entry. 

• Entry into Thomas’s College in Year 9