Admissions Into Year 7
Criteria:
Applicants are required to sit an entrance test and must achieve the qualifying score in order to be eligible for admission to the school. Where the number of eligible applications for admission exceeds the number of places available at the school, places are offered as follows:
- Looked After Children / Previously Looked After Children who achieve the qualifying score. Applicants in this category will be ranked by test score and then by distance from the school.
- Children attracting the Pupil Premium who achieve the qualifying score and live within the school catchment area*. Applicants in this category will be ranked by distance from the school.
- If fewer than 48 places (25% of the PAN) are filled by applicants in category 2, offers will be made to children attracting the Pupil Premium who achieve the qualifying score and live outside the catchment area, until a total of 48 children attracting the Pupil Premium have been offered. If 48 or more places are filled by applicants in category 2, there will be no offers made from this category. Applicants in this category will be ranked by test score. Where scores are equal, priority will be given to those with a sibling** at the school; then by distance from the school.
- Applicants who achieve the priority score and live within the school catchment area*. Applicants in this category will be given priority if they have an older sibling** at the school; then ranked by distance from the school.
- Applicants achieving the qualifying score. Applicants in this category will be ranked by test score. Where scores are equal, priority will be given to those with a sibling** at the school; then ranked by distance from the school.
In Year Admissions
Occasionally places become available in other year groups over the course of the academic year. The School keeps a waiting list and should a place become available, we administer a test to all students on the waiting list for that year group. Please note vacancies are rare as they rely upon a student leaving the School.
In-year 7 – 11
- At any point from January after the pupil starts Year 7, parents may apply for a place at the school. In-year vacancies normally only become available if a current pupil is leaving the school. Any applicant who cannot be offered a place will be added to the school’s waiting list and parents will be informed of their right of appeal. If a vacancy arises, candidates on the waiting list will be invited to take a test and the place will be awarded to the highest scoring candidate above a minimum standard.
- The Academy will provide details of places available to the Local Authority (LA) within two school days of a request for the information. This enables the LA to monitor availability of academy places in Birmingham and supports Keeping Children Safe in Education.
- The Academy will notify the LA of an In-Year application and its outcome as soon as reasonably practicable, aiming to do so within two school days.
- The Academy aims to notify parents/carers of the outcome of their in-year application within 10 school days, and we will notify parents/carers in writing within 15 school days.
- Parents/carers will need to reapply at the start of each academic year if they want their child to be included on the waiting list, where a place cannot be offered.
Sixth Form Admissions
- To achieve entry into the Sixth Form in September prospective entrants, both from KE Handsworth and other schools, must achieve a minimum of 6 GCSEs at grade 6 or above, which would include an English & Mathematics. GCSE Grades 7, 8 or 9 are expected in the subjects which pupils wish to continue to study at A-level, (A Level Religious Studies may be chosen without a GCSE in Religious Studies.) and there are specific requirements for new subjects:
- For Economics – a 7 in Mathematics
- For Politics – a 7 in one of History or English (Language or Literature)
- For Psychology – a 7 in any one of: English (Language or Literature), Mathematics, a Humanity (History, Geography, RS) or a Science (Biology, Chemistry, Physics or Computer Science, or Combined Science)
- Please see the Sixth Form Subject pages (from the Sixth Form tab above) for information about individual subjects.
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