How to apply
Applying online
If your child was born between 1 September 2009 and
31 August 2010 you can apply online for a high school place
from 1 September to 31 October.
If your child is in Year 6 but their date of birth does not fall
in the above range you will need make a paper application.
How to apply online
Go to www.ealing.gov.uk/admissions for our ‘step by
step’ guide on how to apply online. You will then be directed
to www.eadmissions.org.uk to make your application.
First you will be asked to register with eadmissions, you
will then be supplied via email with a username and a
password to access your eadmissions account. Once
these have been received you will be able to log in and
complete your application.
Please keep your log in details safe as they will enable you
to view and if necessary amend your application (up until
the closing date) and to view the outcome on 1 March.
If you change your email address after submitting your
application you must update your eadmissions account
with your new email address to ensure you receive
your offer email.
When your application has been submitted you will be sent
an email confirming your application details with a unique
16 digit application reference number that will look like the
following: 307-2021-09-E-123456.
This unique reference number is your proof of having
submitted an application, please keep it somewhere safe.
If you do not have an application reference number
you have not completed the application.
To apply on paper you will need to contact the Admissions
Team for an application form.
Completing your online or paper application
Parent/Carer details: Please enter details of the person with
parental responsibility for the child. All correspondence will
be sent to the address provided. If your address is different
to the child’s address you will need to provide a written
explanation with the application.
Child’s details: Please complete your child’s name as it
appears on their birth certificate. Do not use shortened
names or nicknames.
Current school: Please complete the details of the primary
school your child is attending, even if this is independent or
outside the Borough of Ealing. If your child changes primary
school after you submit your application, it is important that
you notify us.
Address: Please check that your address is within Ealing
before completing a paper form, online applications will
automatically be submitted to the home Local Authority.
The address used must be your home address. Please do not
provide a business address, child-minder’s address, relative’s
address or any address other than your home address.
Providing an incorrect or false address may result in your
application being cancelled and any place offered on the
basis of the address will be withdrawn.
Shared responsibility: Where the parents have shared
responsibility and the child is residing with one parent for the
majority of the time or on a permanent basis, the address of
this parent must be used for the purposes of the application.
Where parents have shared responsibility and the child
lives with each parent for half of the calendar year, the
parents must come to an agreement as to whose address
will be used for the application. This address will be used
to process the child’s application and can only be changed
after the beginning of the academic year unless the address
of the chosen parent changes during the admissions
process. Proof of residency may be required.
In all other cases of personal or family arrangements
the address of the parent will be taken as the main
residence unless there is irrefutable evidence that the
child lives elsewhere either full-time or for most of the
year with an adult under arrangements which have
been endorsed by a court.
Preferences: You may list up to 6 different state maintained
high schools or academies in or outside the Borough of Ealing.
You should try and use all the preferences available to you.
We recommend that you apply to at least one non faith
school which is nearest to your home as distance is used by
many schools to decide which children are offered places.
Consider the admissions arrangements of each of the
schools you are applying to and, using the information
about how places were offered in the past, consider how
successful your application might be. You will find the
statistics on page 6 & 7 which show how places were
allocated at Ealing schools last year.
The order in which you list your preferences is very
important. If more than one of your chosen schools is able
to offer you a place you will receive an offer for the school
you have placed higher in your preference order and will be
withdrawn from the lower preference schools.
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