In-Year Admissions
In-Year admissions refers to all admissions for a school
place, for all pupils of Year 7 to 11, on or after 1 September
2021, the date of the main intake into Year 7. It includes
new applicants who have moved into the area, those
seeking a transfer between schools, and those attending
a school who apply and request to remain on a waiting
list for a higher preference school/s. In-Year applicants are
seeking a school place to start as soon as possible, and not
applying in advance for the following school year.
If your child has a Statement of Special Educational Needs/
Educational Health and Care Plan, please contact the SEN
Team on 020 8825 8700 who will assist in finding an
appropriate school place. If moving into Ealing you will
need to arrange for the SEN file from your previous Local
Authority to be forwarded to Ealing SEN team. If seeking a
transfer within the borough please discuss with the SENCO
at your current school and your SEN co-ordinator.
In-Year applications are made online but the system
and forms are different from the Main Round. In-Year
applications can be made at any time of year and
allocations are made weekly in term time only.
To apply for an in-year high school place for Ealing
schools only, please go to the admissions page
www.ealing.gov.uk/inyearadmissions and follow the links
to the In-Year High School online application form.
If you live in another Local Authority you can still apply
direct to Ealing for an in-year place. However you are
advised to also apply to your home Local Authority for a
school place there.
If you want a place in a school in another borough, please
check the website for the Local Authority where the school
is located to find out how to apply as arrangements vary
between boroughs.
You can name up to 3 schools co-ordinating with the Local
Authority and need to attach appropriate documentation.
You can include siblings on your application. If you
applying for any Voluntary Aided/Faith school/s you must
also complete the appropriate Supplementary Information
Form/s (which are available on the website or from the
school/s) and must be returned to the faith school/s
direct. If you do not submit a completed Supplementary
Information Form, then your application cannot be
appropriately ranked and considered.
The Local Authority co-ordinates the admissions for most
schools in the borough, details can be found on line in the
in-year school admissions pages.
Your child must be available to start school immediately
when an offer is made.
If your child does not have a school place you should
include in your listed preference schools, at least one school
which has vacancies as shown in the vacancy list online
updated weekly in term time. This is so your child can be
offered a school place quickly and does not have a long gap
in his/her education.
When you submit your application you will receive a
confirmation email which you should keep.
If you have exceptional medical or social circumstances
you wish to be considered, please note that not all schools
include this in their admission criteria, and refer to the high
school prospectus for information on how to apply under
this criterion, if applicable to your preference school/s.
It is generally inadvisable to move schools once your child
has started their GCSE courses, as subjects and examination
boards cannot always be matched and this is likely to
disadvantage your child educationally.
If you have further enquiries or need more advice which
you cannot find on the website. Please contact the In-Year
Admissions Team by
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 020 8825 6339 between 9.00am and 12.00 noon
on weekdays.
Students of year 11 age
As above, please complete the In-Year application online and
if appropriate any Supplementary Information Form/s. The
High Schools In-Year Admissions Officer may contact you to
discuss the range of available educational provision and find
the most appropriate provision for your child. This may be in
a school or other provision and will depend on a number of
factors, including your child’s previous education especially
in Year 10, any gaps in his/her education, the date of your
application, and level of English if recently arrived from
abroad. We will offer advice and support on the options and
how best to integrate your child into the education system
and move on to further courses in the future.
Please note: if your child is on the roll of a school, and you
are applying for a place at another local school, you are
advised to discuss this first with your child’s current Head
Teacher. Your child will remain on the roll of his/her current
school and is required to attend there until admitted to
another school to avoid any gap in his/her education.
In-Year Fair Access Protocol
Each local authority has a Fair Access Protocol. All the
maintained high schools and Academies participate in the
protocol in order to ensure that unplaced children who
live in the home local authority, are offered appropriate
educational provision as quickly as possible. The protocol is
available on the website.
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