New Pupil Registration
2025/2026
(Years 3 to 9)
You must complete this form and book a Cognitive Ability Test (CAT) session for your child. Before you begin you will need digital photos or scans* of the following:
- Child's photo
- Child's Civil ID (front & back)
- Child's birth certificate
- Child's two most recent school reports
- Father's Civil ID (front & back)
- Mother's Civil ID (front & back)
- Child's passport (none Kuwaiti)
- Father's passport (none Kuwaiti)
- Mother's passport (none Kuwaiti)
* Each digital file must be less than 4MB
A new registration form must be submitted for each child you wish to register.
Cognitive Ability Test (CAT)
Students hoping to gain admission to GBA from Year 3 to Year 11 are required to sit a Cognitive Ability Test conducted at the school.
CATs are a series of multi-choice tests in four key areas:
1. Verbal reasoning. A series of short tests aimed at assessing the students’ use of the English language in normal situations.
2. Quantitative reasoning. A series of short tests aimed at assessing the students’ ability in arithmetical and universal mathematical manipulations.
3. Non-verbal reasoning. A series of short tests aimed at assessing the students’ intellectual dexterity.
4. Spatial reasoning. A series of short tests aimed at assessing the students’ ability to generate and transform visual images.
CATs are non-specific in relation to national education systems but the tests are age-specific. There is no revision required to sit this test.
The four key testing areas are split into three online sections which take approximately 90 minutes to complete.
*IMPORTANT*
Please arrive on time to Gate 4.
Please note - Only the child attending the interview and one parent can enter the school building.
The entrance test costs 25KD (non-refundable). Please pay this on arrival.
KNET preferred
If you have any problems completing this form, please email our Registrar:
registration@gulfbritishacademy.com