Applying for high school
Starting high school
If your child was born between 1 September 2009 and 31
August 2010 s/he will transfer from primary to high school in
September 2021.
Co-ordinated admissions system
Under the Pan-London Co-ordinated Admissions System,
all parents living in the borough of Ealing can apply
for up to six different state maintained high schools
or academies in or outside the Borough of Ealing. This
is done online at www.eadmissions.org.uk or by
completing a paper application.
Preferences need to be ranked in order of priority. This is
important as we will offer the highest preference possible and
withdraw your application for your lower preferences.
Where a school is oversubscribed, its published admissions
criteria will be used to decide the order in which applicants will
be offered places. Schools will not see where they are ranked
in your preference order and no school will see any other
preference schools you have applied to.
Please note this system only applies to schools in the state
maintained sector. If you are applying to private/independent
schools you need to contact them and apply direct to the school.
All new schools proposed to open in 2021 will be outside the
co-ordinated application process. Parents wishing to apply
to those schools will need to contact the school directly and
apply on the school’s application form.
Parents are strongly advised to also apply for established
secondary schools through the co-ordinated system as
there is no guarantee at this point that the new schools
will open in 2021.
Deciding on your preferences
You are strongly advised to name your nearest non-faith school
as one of your school preferences. Before deciding on your
remaining preferences you should:
• Attend any meeting held by your child’s primary school
explaining how to apply for high school.
• Attend open evenings at as many schools as possible.
• Read the admissions criteria for each school you are
applying to. It is very important that you look at each
school’s admissions criteria in relation to your circumstances
so that you are aware of the order in which places are
allocated at over-subscribed schools.
• Look at the school statistics table on pages 6 & 7 to see
the criterion and distance from home to school of the
last child to be offered a place. Each year parents are
disappointed because they apply to schools where they
are clearly outside of the distance or criteria to be offered
a place i.e. distance from home to school is far greater
than the last to be offered or are a lower criteria.
Late applications
The closing date for receipt of all applications either paper or
online is, 31 October, applications received after this date will
be considered late and will be dealt with after the offer date
of 1 March.
If your application is received after the closing date of 31
October you are greatly decreasing your chance of obtaining a
place at your preferred school.
If you have returned an application between 1 November
and 10 December and any of the below apply you must
contact the Admissions Team as your application may be
considered on time:
• You have recently moved
• You have proof that your application was submitted on-time
but has not been received by Schools Admissions before
31 October.
• You have exceptional circumstances for lateness (e.g. where
a single parent/carer has been ill and the illness prevented
the application being made on time or the family has been
dealing with the death of a close relative).
Moving address
If you move after submitting your application form but before
the closing date, 31 October you must inform the Admissions
Team or if applying online you can update your online
application with your new address, up to the closing date.
Failure to update your address may result in the
withdrawal of the school place offered.
If you move address after the closing date of 31 October and
are offered a place in an Ealing School you will be entitled to
retain that place if you wish.
If you move after the closing date but before the 10 December
you may update your address and make new on-time
preferences. If you wish to use your new address and change your
preference schools you will need to contact the Admissions Team.
Please note that you must be living in the property by
10 December for the new address and preferences to
be considered.
The last date for applications or changes to be entered onto
the system is 10 December therefore no changes can be
considered after this date until after the offer date of 1 March.
The admissions staff
The admissions staff are available Monday - Friday to give help
and advice to parents on 020 8825 5522 between 9am and
12noon or email: [email protected]
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