School admissions arrangements and coordinated schemes

Admissions arrangements for community schools and coordinated schemes for the following academic years.

Determined admission arrangements and coordinated schemes for the academic year 2023/2024

The admissions arrangements for community schools for the academic year 2023/2024 and schemes for coordinated admissions for secondary, primary and in-year admissions for all Richmond schools for the academic year 2023/2024 have been determined.

These arrangements can be downloaded, along with arrangements and schemes for the academic years 2022/2023 and 2021/2022 below.

Admissions authorities

For more information about the determined admissions arrangements for a school, please contact the admissions authority for the school.

• We are the admissions authority for community schools
• The governing body is the admission authority for voluntary aided and foundation schools
• The free school trust is the admissions authority for free schools
• The academy trust is the admissions authority for academy schools.

Making an objection

Any person or body who considers that any maintained school or academy’s arrangements are unlawful, or not in compliance the School Admissions Code or relevant law relating to admissions, can make an objection to the Schools Adjudicator.

Objections must be referred to the Adjudicator by 15 May in the year of determination.

For further information on how to make an objection, please visit the Office of the Schools Adjudicator.

Richmond Council's report to the Office of the Schools Adjudicator 2019 (pdf, 663 KB) is available to download.

Admission arrangements and coordinated schemes

The admissions arrangements for community schools and the schemes for co-ordinated admissions for secondary, primary  and in year admissions for all Richmond schools for the academic years 2023/2024, 2022/2023 and 2021/2022 can be found below.

Downloads

• Determined admission arrangements for community schools 2023-24 (pdf, 178 KB)
• Coordinated schemes 2023-24 (pdf, 291 KB)
• Determined admission arrangements - 2022 (Revised 20 August 2021) (pdf, 181 KB) 
• Coordinated schemes 2022-23 (pdf, 268 KB)
• Determined admission arrangements for community schools 2021-22 (Revised 20 August 2021) (pdf, 268 KB)

Contact

The School Admissions Team can be contacted Monday to Friday from 9am to 2pm.

School Admissions
Achieving for Children
Guildhall 2
Kingston
KT1 1EU

Phone: 020 8547 5569
Email: richmond.admissions@achievingforchildren.org.uk