We are an academy school and therefore our admission authority is Abbey Multi Academy Trust.
Our school’s admission authority sets the admission policy every year. All our school’s admission policies are available in the document menu on this page. Our current policies are:
Admissions Consultation
We have proposed to reduce our PAN for Year 7 intake from 250 to 180 students from September 2026 onwards. This adjustment is being made in response to a decline in local pupil numbers and a significant surplus of places in recent years. The reduction aims to better align our school’s capacity with local demand and improve the allocation of resources, while ensuring the continuation of a high standard of education. The consultation ran from 2nd December 2024 to midday on 20th January 2025. The outcome will be published on our website by no later than 15th March 2025.
If you are applying for a year 7 place for September 2025, all applications are made in advance. The national closing date is 31 October 2024. Offers are made by the Local Authority on national offer day (03 March 2025).
Our Published Admission Number (PAN) is 250 per year group and this is the number of places the school can admit in year 7 in 2025.
You must apply to the local authority who empties your bins. If this is Calderdale, please go to Calderdale Council's Admissions website for further details or to make an application.
If you are moving into Calderdale or want to change schools in Calderdale, you need to make a school transfer – often called an in-year application.
This includes
Moving schools can be a difficult experience for a child. You should always speak to your child's current school before trying to move to see what support they can offer you.
We are part of the Local Authority’s coordinated in-year application scheme.
You can apply for a place online using Calderdale’s in-year application form on their website at Calderdale Council - In-year transfers. You can apply for places at our school and other Calderdale schools.
If you have moved house, you’ll need to submit evidence of the house move at the same time you make your online application. You can find out what you need to provide on the above website.
We have to offer places by applying our admission policy criteria to your child’s application. Calderdale Council will contact you with our decision no later than 15 school days from when you apply. If they cannot offer your child a place at our school, they will
Our waiting lists are kept until the end of each school year. You will need to make a new application if you want to be on the waiting list for the following school year.
If we cannot offer you a place, you will have the right of appeal. The appeal panel is independent of the school and council and their decision is legally binding. Before you appeal you:
Appeals information and appeal forms can be obtained by contacting the clerk to the independent appeal panel:
Admission Appeal Clerk, PO Box 1694, Huddersfield, HD1 9DL
Telephone: 07949707868
Email: churchschoolappeals@gmail.com
If you are appealing for a year 7 place for September 2025, you need to submit your appeal form by the deadline set out in our Admissions Appeals Timeline (available on this page) to ensure the appeal will be heard before the summer holidays.
You can appeal because you want your child to attend a particular school. These are successful if the panel agree that the reasons for your appeal outweigh the school's decision not to admit any more children.
Wanting your child to go to a school because you think it is the best one in the area is not likely to convince the panel that your child should get a place there.
