Admissions
Application Process
Applications for the 2025/26 academic year begins in September 2025.
To apply you need to complete the local authority’s (LA) common application form (CAF) and submit this directly to the LA by the deadline, 31 October 2025. This can be obtained via the Norfolk Schools Admission website here:
School admissions – Norfolk County Council
Admissions Policies
Admissions-Policy-2025-2026.pdf
Admissions-Policy-2024-2025.pdf
Admissions-Policy-2023-2024.pdf
Oversubscription criteria
If the academy receives more applications than there are available places then children with the academy named on an education, health care plan (EHC) or equivalent will be automatically admitted to the Academy. If there are still places available, priority for admission will be given to those children who meet the oversubscription criteria set out below:
• Looked after children and those who were previously looked after but immediately after being looked after was adopted or became subject to a child arrangements order or special guardianship order. A Looked After Child is either a child who is in the care of a local authority, or being provided with accommodation by a local authority in the exercise of their social services functions (definition used is in Section 22(1) of the Children Act 1989); or, those children who appear to have been in state care outside of England and ceased to be in state care as a result of being adopted. Previously Looked After Children are those who were previously looked after but immediately after being looked after were adopted or became subject to a child arrangements order or special guardianship order.
• Children in the relevant age group which normally transfers from primary to secondary school and is living within the catchment area served by the Academy.
• Children where there is already a sibling currently attending the Academy, who is living at the same address.
• Children of the appropriate age group living outside the designated catchment area, but attending a primary school within the designated catchment area.
• Whenever two applicants have the same priority, then the child who lives closest to the Academy, as defined above, will be given the higher priority.
In Year Admissions
Applications for in-year admissions are accepted and will be processed on a case-by-case basis in accordance with these published admission arrangements. In-year admissions forms can be obtained from Moving schools during the school year – Norfolk County Council
The academy will participate in the LA’s Fair Access Protocol. Children included in the Fair Access Protocol will take precedence over those held on the waiting list. Once a child has been identified for admission to the academy under the Fair Access Protocol, the academy will notify the local authority within seven calendar days of the decision to accept or refuse the child’s admission.
It the academy refuses entry, the local authority may request a direction from the Secretary of State. The decision of the Secretary of State will be binding upon the academy.
Unsuccessful Applications
The academy will inform the child’s parent if a decision has been made to refuse their child a place at the academy for which they have applied, this will include the reason why admission was refused, information about the right to appeal, deadlines and contact details.
A child is allowed to be on the academy waiting list secondary phased transfer while lodging an appeal and the appeal will not affect their position on the list. The decision of the appeals panel is binding on the academy. The waiting list for admission into year 7 is maintained until 31st December each year.
