RIC Year 7 Taster Day - Autumn 2025

By Rochester Independent College

Year 7 Taster Day at Rochester Independent College. Come along to our fun and educational taster day. School, but different.

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Rochester Independent College

254 St Margaret's Banks Rochester ME1 1HY United Kingdom

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5 hours
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About this event

Year 7 Taster Day at Rochester Independent College

Come along to our fun and educational taster day

Thursday 13 November 2025 10am - 3pm

This is an opportunity for families with children in year 5 or 6 to experience a typical day at our Lower School . Visiting children will attend a mixture of academic and creative lessons in a very small group as well as staying for a home cooked lunch. We hope that this experience will give prospective year 7 students an insight into what it is like to be a student in the Lower School at RIC.

At the end of the event parents are very welcome to stay for a coffee and an informal chat with the Lower School team.

Take a virtual tour around the school before the event.

• Academically non-selective. There are no school entrance tests.

* High performing, RIC’s exam results regularly match or exceed those of highly selective schools.

* Small classes with lots of individual attention (average 8, maximum 12).

* No school uniform. A friendly, inclusive atmosphere.

* Academic and creative. Emphasis is firmly on core subjects but with an unusually wide variety of creative arts subjects.

"The students are a strikingly nice bunch. It’s a place for individuals, and there’s a lovely air of tolerance and warmth." Good Schools Guide

“At Rochester it’s really easy to fit in and make friends. People come from so many different backgrounds and there aren’t the same pressures to conform. I’ve never been so happy at school.” RIC student

To book a place on the taster day please click the green REGISTER button above or call 01634 828115 for more information.

Organised by

Rochester Independent College

Founded in 1984, Rochester Independent College is a day and boarding school offering a fresh alternative to traditional independent education for students from the age of 11 to 19 and boarders from 13. There is no uniform, students and staff are on first name terms and the average class size is 8. RIC focuses on the highest levels of academic achievement while retaining a creative buzz. The College provides first class GCSE and A level teaching, including successful retake programmes, to students aiming for top universities.

RIC’s Mathematics, Science, English Literature and Film Studies teaching have all won awards from The Good Schools Guide in recent years who also say: “It would be hard to find better provision for an artist.”

RIC occupies a historically distinctive site with listed Georgian buildings linked by award-winning wildlife gardens creating a unique sense of place in which to live, work and study. The campus is as unique as the school itself, with an underground theatre space, an outdoor classroom shaped like an igloo and steel sculptural musical gates that form a landmark piece of public art. All boarding is on site, in single rooms, some with ensuite facilities.

University destinations include Natural Sciences at Trinity College, Cambridge; Astrophysics at Edinburgh; Computing at Imperial; Medicine at Oxford; Veterinary Science at Liverpool; Law at LSEr; Aerospace Engineering at Bristol and Fashion Marketing at UAL’s London College of Fashion.

www.rochester-college.org

Free

Nov 13 · 10:00 GMT