School admissions arrangements

Admissions arrangements for community schools for the following academic years.

Determined admission arrangements for the academic year 2021/2022

The admissions arrangements for community schools for the academic year 2021/2022 and schemes for coordinated admissions for secondary, primary and in-year admissions for all Richmond schools for the academic year 2021/2022 have been determined.

These arrangements can be downloaded, along with arrangements for the academic years 2020/2021 and 2019/2020 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 for 2020/2021 and 2019/2020

The admissions arrangements for community schools and the schemes for co-ordinated admissions for secondary and primary admissions for all Richmond schools for the academic years 2019/2020 and for 2018/2019 can be found below.

Downloads

• View the 2021/2022 admission arrangements (pdf, 268 KB)
• View the 2020/2021 admission arrangements (pdf, 691 KB)
• View the 2019/2020 admission arrangements (pdf, 667 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