ADMISSIONS

The Elms Academy admits up to 135 students to Year 7 each September.  Admissions will be coordinated through the Pan London Coordinated Admissions Scheme and its timetable. Applications should be submitted on the Common Application Form to the local authority responsible for the parental address. 

The admission of students with an Educational Health Care Plan is conducted through a separate process. Parents of these students should contact their home Local Authority’s SEND.

Please note that the deadline for applications for a Year 7 place for September 2026 is 31st October 2025.

You will be emailed the outcome of your application on the evening of 3 March 2026 from the London eAdmissions Team.

Oversubscription Criteria (Year 7)

Where the number of applications exceeds 135 places, after the admission of pupils with EHCPs naming the Academy, places will be allocated in the following order:

1. Looked After Children and Previously Looked After Children, including those previously in state care outside England. 
   
   
2. Children with exceptional medical or social need, supported by written evidence from an appropriate professional, clearly demonstrating why The Elms Academy is particularly suitable.
   
   
3. Children who have a sibling attending the Academy in Years 7–12 who will still be on roll at the time of admission.
   
   
4. Distance from the child’s home address to the Academy, measured in a straight line. 

In the event of a tie where two or more applicants live the same distance from the school, a random allocation process will be used. This will be independently verified to ensure fairness.

Where the final place is offered to a child from a multiple birth (e.g. twins), the remaining sibling(s) will also be offered a place, even if this exceeds the PAN.

Late applications will not be considered until after National Offer Day. Applicants will then be placed on the waiting list in a position determined by the application of our over-subscription criteria.

Waiting lists

Subject to any provisions regarding waiting lists in the local authorities’ co-ordinated admission scheme, we will operate a waiting list following National Offer Day in March. This will be maintained by the academy and it will be open to any parent to ask for his or her child’s name to be placed on the waiting list, following an unsuccessful application.

Further enquiries

Please contact our Admissions Officer, Miss Samantha Bradley on 0207 819 4718 or email sbradley@theelmsacademy.org.uk 

 

How to appeal if your child has not been offered a place.

If you wish to appeal against the decision not to offer you child a place at The Elms Academy in the new Year 7, please contact our Admissions Officer, Miss Samantha Bradley on 0207 819 4718 or email sbradley@theelmsacademy.org.uk 

In-year admission appeals

In-year admission appeals (for people applying for school places in the middle of a school year) are managed by the academy. Please contact admin@theelmsacademy.org.uk for further information. Appeals should be lodged within 20 days of receipt of the application outcome letter.