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Admissions

Admission for Year 7 Pupils in September 2011

Have you visited the new Walworth Academy? If you would like to come and see our fantastic new buildings, we will hold a series of open days and tours in September and October for prospective pupils and their families.                          
                  

                    
For more details and advice, or to arrange a visit at another time please call Mr Richard Philpot on
020 7450 9570.

We have 180 places available in year 7 each year. Parents are strongly advised to take advice from their child’s primary school about the process for transfer into a secondary school. Broadly speaking the process is:

•   Read Southwark’s Secondary Schools booklet (for Southwark residents).
• Visit the schools you are interested in.
• Fill in the Common Application Form (available from the Southwark admissions team) and return it to Southwark Council as advised by your child’s primary school. (The deadline for this is usually the end of the first half of the Autumn Term.)
• Parents will be notified of their school allocation early in March 2011.

Please note that Walworth has no supplementary forms and co-operates with the London-wide secondary schools admission process.

Admissions for Year 7 pupils in September 2010

The deadline for applications for Year 7 for September 2010 admissions has now passed and places have been allocated for Year 7 for 2010. If you would like to find out more about the school, or have any late admissions queries please contact us at admissions@walworthacademy.org or speak in person to Mr Richard Philpot on
020 7450 9570.

How to Apply for Admission to other Year Groups

If parents are interested in a place in any other year group, they should contact us at admissions@walworthacademy.org or speak in person to Mr Richard Philpot at the Academy on 020 7450 9570.

Admissions to the Sixth Form

To view our programme of entry to the sixth form in 2010, please click here

Admissions criteria

Walworth Academy is a non-denominational, non-selective school for local children. If the academy is oversubscribed, priority will be given to students with statements of special educational needs, where the academy is named on the statement. The remaining places will then be offered in the following order of priority:
• children who are in public care
• children who have a sibling who already attends the school and who will continue to do so on the date of admission (for this purpose “sibling” means a whole, half or step-brother or -sister resident at the same address)
• children who live closest to the school, using a straight line distance from the main entrance of the academy to the main entrance to the child’s home.
The academy keeps a waiting list which is used to fill casual vacancies occurring if students leave during the year, or withdraw from a place that has been offered.

Appeals

Parents/carers who are not offered a place for their child are entitled to appeal to an independent committee under the provisions of the School Standards and Framework Act, 1998.
Parents/carers wishing to appeal should contact the Southwark admissions team who will be able to advise them on the process.