Starting Secondary Sept 2025 Entry & In Year Admissions
For any admissions enquiries, please email admissions@bishopshalt.school
Open Evening Sept 2025 Entry
- Our Open Evening for pupils looking to join Year 7 in Sept 2025 is on Tues 10th September 2024 at 6pm.
- Booking is not required, however, there will be extremely limited parking on site. If possible, please make your way to the School on foot for 5.45pm, ready for a prompt 6pm start.
- Please keep checking the website for further details nearer the time and for notification of any changes.
- We only offer one date for Open Evening and unfortunately, we cannot accommodate any ad hoc visits.
Admissions - Transferring from Primary to Secondary School
Bishopshalt is a very popular school and each year we are hugely over subscribed. Our published admission number (PAN) for Years 7 to 11 is 186 pupils per year group. This number is decided by an audit of the schools' facilities and how many children we can reasonably accommodate to ensure the best level of education for everyone allocated a place at the school. On average, we receive between 1100 to 1300 applications every year for 186 Year 7 places.
In order to allocate these places fairly we have a detailed Admissions Policy which is strictly followed. It is also set out in our Prospectus Part 3 (see Section Three below) and the aim of this booklet is to help you make your application.
It sets out our procedures and the way we go about assessing each application. We have included some of the most common questions that parents ask about the way we make our decisions.
Part One - content under revision
Exam Results Sept 2023
Part Three - the prospectus for Sept 2025 will be available from mid September.
Our Admissions Policy, which deals in a more formal way with every detail of the admissions procedure, can be found in the Key Information section here. It is the content of this policy that we apply in dealing with all applications. We advise you to read it carefully.
Important dates for parents applying for Year 7 places for September 2025.
Closing Date for Applications:
Online Applications must be submitted to Hillingdon Borough by Thursday 31 October 2024.
Any paper applications must be received by the Admissions Team at the Civic Centre by 12pm on Friday 25 October 2024. The Borough Admissions Team strongly recommend that parents submit all applications by Thursday 24 October 2024 to ensure it is received.
Offers:
Offers for Sept 2025 admission will be sent out on Monday 3 March 2025.
Acceptance Date: Offers for September 2025 entry must be accepted by Monday 17 March 2025. Acceptance of your place must be sent to: Your home LEA (where you pay your council tax).
If you are not offered a place and think you have sufficient grounds for appeal, the deadline to submit paperwork is Thursday 27 March 2025. Forms must be requested from Bishopshalt School no later than Monday 24 March 2025.
Appeals
If your child is not offered a place and you believe you have sufficient grounds for an appeal, the deadline for submission of the paperwork is Thursday 27 March 2025. Appeal paperwork must be requested from Bishopshalt School no later than Monday 24 March 2025.
Appeals will be accepted after this deadline but they maybe heard at a later date.
In Year Applications and Application Form
If your child has already made the transition to secondary school, and you wish to apply for a place in Years 7 - 11 (for example, if you have recently moved house), you should complete the form below. Details of how to return your application to Bishopshalt can be found on the form. We also recommend that you read our Prospectus Part 3 and Admissions Policy.
