How to Apply

Year 7 Admissions for September 2026

Applications for admission in September 2026 will open on 1 September 2025 and close on 31 October 2025, with decisions being issued on 2 March 2026.  Our admission arrangements are published below, applications should be made to your home local authority.

https://www.staffordshire.gov.uk/Education/Admissions-secondary/Apply/Overview.aspx

In-Year Admissions

Parents can apply for a place for their child at any time outside the normal admissions round. As is the case in the normal admissions round, all children whose Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP) plans name the school will be admitted. Likewise, if there are spaces available in the year group you are applying for, your child will be offered a place.

If there are no spaces available at the time of your application, your child’s name will be added to a waiting list for the relevant year group. When a space becomes available, it will be filled by one of the pupils on the waiting list in accordance with the oversubscription criteria. Priority will not be given to children on the basis that they have been on the waiting list the longest.

Applications for in-year admissions are coordinated by Dudley MBC, further details can be found by visiting:

https://www.staffordshire.gov.uk/Education/Admissions-primary/In-year/In-year-school-admissions.aspx

Important Dates for September 2026

• Online applications open: 1 September 2025

• Open Evening: 25th September 2025

• Return date for paper applications: 31st October 

• Return date for online applications: 31st October

• Decision email to parents: 2nd March 2026

• Decision letter to parents: 2nd March 2026