Applying to join City of London Academy Shoreditch Park
Applications for places at the academy will be made in accordance with Hackney Learning Trust’s coordinated admission arrangements. For further information, please visit the Hackney Learning Trust website.
After the admission of pupils with EHCPs where the City of London Academy Shoreditch Park is named and the number of applications for admission is greater than the published capacity, applications will be considered within each band against the over-subscription criteria in our published admissions policy each year.
Fair access banding tests
All children applying to the academy – including those with an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP) and Looked After Children, will be required to take the GL Assessment, CATS3 Level C test. Children who do not sit the test will be considered after those who sit the test. Applicants will be placed in one of four bands, based on their performance in the test. Approximately the same number of children will be admitted in each of the four bands so that each band represents 25% of the applicants. Children with EHCPs and looked after children are placed in a band. If they are unable to take the test, their band allocation will be based on their primary school teacher assessments.
How to apply
Applications to the academy must be made through the eAdmissions website. To apply, you must register first. Typically, applications should be made between the start of September and the end of October during the academic year before starting secondary school. For more information, please refer to our step-by-step admissions timeline, below.
Admissions timeline: a step-by-step guide
Register on eAdmissions website
To apply for a year 7 place at Shoreditch Park, you must register and apply through the eAdmissions website.
Attend our open evening or open morning
We hold an open evening and open morning during September and October each year for prospective Year 7 students and families.
Apply to join Shoreditch Park
You must apply to join Shoreditch Park by the end of October deadline to submit an in-time application. All applications must be made through the eAdmissions website.
Places are offered on National Offer Day in March
Offers of secondary school places will be made at the beginning of March for the following September. Places must be accepted or declined within a two-week period from the offer day.
Appeals
If you have not been offered a place at City of London Academy Shoreditch Park, the law entitles you to appeal against that decision to an Independent Appeal Panel. This panel is completely independent of the school and the Local Authority. The appeals are held at a local venue.
If you wish to appeal, please download the Appeal Form below. Please do NOT use any other appeal form or send your form to your local authority. It is suggested that you download the explanatory leaflet about appeals which you should read before you complete the appeal form. The appeal form is in Word format and the panel would prefer the form to be typed, but handwritten forms are acceptable (black ink only). Please ensure that the clerk can read your details including telephone numbers and email addresses. ‘Signatures’ may be typed.
You should include any evidence or supporting material with your appeal form and you MUST give the grounds for your appeal at the time you lodge your appeal form. Your appeal form will not be accepted unless you state the grounds for your appeal. You may appeal for more than one school.
The timetable for appeals is as follows:
| Last day for lodging appeal forms for a place in year 7 to start in September 2024 | 4pm on Friday 28 March 2024 to guarantee that your appeal will be heard in the first tranche of appeals. Appeals lodged later may not be heard until the second tranche which could be in September 2024. You MUST state the reasons for your appeal and supply any documentary evidence at this stage. Appeal forms and other information may be emailed to: s.glenister@shoreditch.cola.org.uk |
| The stage 1 part of the hearing (with other parents present) will take place at the school | Week commencing 13th May 2024. |
| Part 2, the individual private hearings will take place on | Week commencing 13th May 2024. |
| Invitation letter giving details about your hearing will be sent by the Clerk to the Independent Appeal Panel | At least 10 school days before the stage 1 hearing. |
| Any additional supporting evidence | Monday 6th May 2024. You are advised that additional paperwork received on the day of the appeal hearing will not be taken into account. Please provide the Clerk with FIVE copies of any additional evidence. All such evidence to be submitted in A4 format and NOT bound, but may be stapled on the top left hand corner. Paperwork submitted with your appeal form does not need to include 5 copies. |
| Letter from the Clerk informing you of the decision of the independent appeal panel | Due to the high number of appeals held at this time, this may not be sent until up to 2 weeks after the last hearing for the school. |