Open Mornings & Evenings

Open Events 2025-2026

Rising Year 7 Open Evening 

Our Rising Year 7 Open Evening took place on Thursday, 2 October 2025.  The school was open from 6:00pm to 8:00pm for student-led tours of the school.  There was be a presentation by our Headteacher, Mr Prosser and other members of the Senior Leadership Team at 6:15pm and 7:15pm.  Unlike our Open Morning Tours, you dis not have to book places for our Open Evening. 

Rising Year 7 Open Morning Tours

Our Rising Year 7 Tours will take place on Tuesday, 7 October and Thursday, 9 October 2025.  There will be two sets of student-led tours on each of these dates, one leaving at 9:15am and one at 10:15am.  If you would like to join a tour, you will need to book places via the following link:

https://forms.office.com/e/Mx3ftyuQJw

Priority will be given to Year 6 students and their parents/carers as the deadline for their secondary school allocation is the end of October.  As the tours will be taking place on a working school day, places are limited to 3 per party (except where Year 6 students are multiple births, where you will be able to book 4 or 5 places accordingly).

Year 5 Open Morning Tours

We will be holding Year 5 Open Morning Tours on Tuesday, 24 March and Tuesday, 14 April 2026.  Details of the timings and how to book onto these tours will be posted on our website in January 2026.

If you have any queries about admissions for Years 7 to 11, please contact Tracy Silverthorne, Admissions Administrator, via tsilverthorne@thedownsschool.org  

Sixth Form Open Events

We will be holding our Year 12 Open Evening on Thursday, 13 November 2025 followed by our Open Mornings on 18 November and  3 December 2025. You do not need to book for our Open Evening.

If you wouild like to attend on of our Open Mornings, please book using this link: http://bit.ly/48PPKnZ

Please also visit our Sixth Form area for more information on future events.