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.

Over-subscription criteria

If there are more applicants than the number of places available the following over-subscription criteria will be applied. 

• Children in Public Care (Looked After Children)
• Siblings of students currently attending the academy and who will continue to do so on the date of admission. The term “sibling” means a full, step, half, adopted or fostered brother or sister, but not cousins. The academy reserves the right to ask for proof of relationship.
• Nearest straight-line distance to the academy.  

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.

How to apply for a Year 7 place for September 2026

Applications must be made using the Common Application Form from your home local authority by the deadline of the year before your child starts school. 

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, you will need to contact the Clerk to the Independent Appeals Panel at the address below:

Democratic Services, 1st Floor, Lambeth Town Hall, Brixton Hill, SW2 1RW.

Telephone 020 7926 2170

Email:  democracy@lambeth.gov.uk.

For late applications, an appeal should be lodged within 20 school days of receipt of application outcome letter. Appeals lodged after these dates will be heard within 40 school days of the appeal deadline or 30 school days of being lodged, whichever is the later date.

Parents/carers 4 can obtain appeal forms and further details of the appeals process for entry into Year 7 via the Lambeth Council School Admissions Appeal page here. 

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.