Admissions and Appeals for Years 7-11

Applications for Year 7 must be made using the appropriate Common Application Form.

Please scroll down to see the downloads section at the bottom of this page to see our Admissions Policies.

For information on Year 7 Admissions, please click on this link to the Bromley Admissions website: Secondary school places – London Borough of Bromley.

Any child not offered a place will have the statutory right of appeal providing Bullers Wood School for Girls was named on the Common Application Form.

If your child is due to start secondary school in September 2023 you can appeal in March 2023 to guarantee that your appeal will be heard before the end of the summer term.  For applications made in the normal admission round, appeals must be heard within 40 school days of the deadline for lodging appeals.  For late applications, appeals should be heard within 40 schools days from the deadline for lodging appeals where possible, or within 30 schools days of the appeals being lodged.

Please find below our School Appeals – Frequently Asked Questions & Guidance Notes

If you still wish to appeal, please complete the Appeal Form below for Year 7 September 2023.  You need to return the form either by post or email to Mrs Berry by Friday 31st March 2023.  All Appeal Forms will be acknowledged by email; please contact Mrs Berry if you do not receive an acknowledgement within three working days.

TIMETABLE for Year 7 Appeals September 2023:

National Offer Day – Wednesday 1st March 2023

Deadline for receipt of appeal form and additional supporting evidence – Friday 31st March 2023

Appeal Hearings – Thursday 25th May and Friday 26th May 2023

The conduct of an Appeals Panel is governed by the DfE School Admission Appeals Code of Practice.  This is a summary of current procedures:

• An appeal must be submitted in writing setting out the grounds on which it is made.
• Parents must be given the opportunity to attend and speak at the hearing (All Appeals will be held virtually via Zoom or Telephone Call).
• The Appeal Panel will weigh-up the case submitted by the parent/carer against the case made by the school (which is normally that the school is full and to admit more pupils would cause prejudice).
• The Appeal Panel’s decision is binding on the Authority and the School.

In Year Applications and Appeals

If you are looking for an In Year place at Bullers Wood School for Girls (for example because you have moved into the area, or you wish your child to change schools) please download an In Year Application form from the London Borough of Bromley website.  You can find more information on In Year Admissions on the Bromley website: Guidance notes for Parents/carers – applying for a Bromley Secondary school

Any child not offered a place will have the statutory right of appeal.  Those wishing to appeal should register their intention of doing so by sending a letter, addressed to The Clerk to the Appeal Panel, c/o Mrs Berry email within 14 days of being informed that their child has not been allocated a place.  All appeal letters will be acknowledged in writing.  Appeals will be heard within 30 school days of the appeal being lodged.

Please complete the Appeal Form below for an In Year Appeal.