Griffin Schools Trust (GST) is the admissions authority for all its academies.

GST Schools remain part of their local authorities’ co-ordinated scheme, therefore our admission policy should be read in conjunction with information on their website, where you will find the following and more:

• key dates, including application deadlines;
• late applications;
• appeals;
• admission of children below compulsory school age and deferred entry to school;
• admission of children outside their normal age group.

Under the system of coordinated admissions, parents apply directly to their home authority and make a single application for a school place. Parents will then receive a single offer of a school place from their home authority. The aim of the coordinated process is to ensure each child for whom an on-time application is received, receives the offer of only one school place.

The scheme is intended to simplify the admission process and reduce any chance that a child is left without a school place.

For guidance and information on the application process please visit their website here:

In-Year Admissions

Parents can apply for an in-year admission at any time during the school year.

Local authorities manages in-year admissions for GST schools. For guidance and information on the application process please visit their website here:

Appeals

You will be sent a letter with the decision about your child’s school. If your child is refused a place, you can appeal against the decision. The letter will tell you how.

You must appeal against each rejection separately. You can only appeal once against each rejection.

• You will have at least 20 school days from the date of notification that your application was unsuccessful to prepare and lodge your written appeal.
• You will receive at least 10 school days’ notice of their appeal hearing.
• There will be reasonable deadlines for you to submit additional evidence, for the admission authorities to submit their evidence, and for the clerk to send appeal papers to the panel and parties.
• For applications made in the normal admissions round, appeals must be heard within 40 school days of the appeal lodging deadline.
• For late applications, appeals should be heard within 40 school days from the appeal lodging deadline, if possible, or within 30 school days of the appeal being lodged.
• Whenever possible, decision letters will be sent within five school days of the hearing.

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