Governors felt the exam was "not actually necessary"

A review has been held of the fee-paying college's admissions policy after almost half of a year group at the prep school failed the exam.

Girls from the prep school will not have to sit an entrance exam, as long as they meet certain standards, but girls at other Island schools will.

Phil Taylor, chairman of the Board of Governors, said the senior school had a strong working relationship with the prep school and there was no need to have a formal exam process.

He said: "That does not mean that the assessment of the girls that want to transfer will not be as rigorous as in the past.

"It is just that we have taken away this final hurdle which we feel is not actually necessary if there is a better way of assessing the girls.

"We feel there is, and that is by long-term communication."