• St John's is ambitious, globally aware and student focused, and aims to combine academic progress, confidence and a broad educational perspective in one continuous setting.

• Will suit families seeking an all-through co-ed school with selective ambitions, international outlook and the convenience of a single-school journey from the early years onwards.

Admissions at St John's Preparatory and Senior School should appeal to families seeking a selective co-educational all-through school with an international outlook and continuity from the early years to sixth form. It should suit parents who value an ambitious academic culture in a school that is keen to foreground breadth, global awareness and individual progress.

Scholarships and bursaries are part of the St John's admissions picture, and families should ask about current categories, sixth-form awards and any means-tested support. The wider attraction is the possibility of a continuous, academically purposeful education in one school community.

The overall picture is aspirational, internationally minded and steadily expanding in confidence, with British Council recognition for international work adding a distinctive note to the offer. Parents should still visit because the decisive question is whether the school's structure, expectations and culture feel right over the long term.

St John's uses formal academic assessment at entry and in-year admissions, and school material also stresses that classroom assessment is used to check whether learning has been secured and pupils are ready for the next step. The overall picture is of a structured, academically purposeful approach rather than a loose all-through progression.