General Admissions Information
Offers for a Year 7 September 2019 entry have now been sent out (Friday 1st March 2019).
If your child has been offered a place at Altrincham College and you wish to accept this place, please confirm your acceptance by replying as per your Local Authority’s instructions.
Congratulations!
If you have not been successful in securing a place for your child at Altrincham College you may choose to:
- Request to go on the waiting list
Requests to go onto the Altrincham College waiting list must be made directly to Trafford School Admissions not directly to the school.
Please put your request in writing to Trafford School Admissions Department (either via email to school.admissions@trafford.gov.uk or on paper to School Admissions, Waterside House, Waterside, Sale, M33 7ZF), giving your child’s name, Date of Birth and home address and the name of the desired school.
The waiting list is held in strict accordance with Altrincham College’s over-subscription criteria and not on a first come first served basis. This waiting list will be held in accordance with our Admissions Policy.
2. You may also choose to appeal against the decision not to allocate your child a place.
If you are choosing to appeal against the decision, you must lodge your intention to do so directly to Mrs N Eastwood at Altrincham College.
You can do this via email: admissions@mail.altrinchamcollege.com or if you do not have email access, by telephone on 0161 980 7173.
When lodging your intention to appeal, please ensure you provide the following details:
- Child's name
- Child's date of birth
- Child's current school
- Parent's name
- Postal address and contact number
Appeal hearings for a place in Year 7 for September 2019 will take place during May. Please note that the school’s presenting officer will present the school’s case to parents/carers and the independent panel on the evening of Thursday 9th May 2019.
You must lodge your intention to appeal before 16th March 2018 in order to be heard during the week beginning 13th May 2019. Any appeals lodged after 16th March 2019 will be heard at a later date.
Timetable of events for Admission to Year 7 September 2019
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Date |
Details |
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1st March |
Secondary school offers sent out |
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15th March |
Deadline for parents to respond to their offer via Local Authority |
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16th March |
Deadline to lodge intention to appeal with Altrincham College in order to be heard during week beginning 13th May |
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Evening of 9th May |
Admissions Manager for Altrincham College presents school’s case to parents/carers and independent appeal panel |
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Week beginning 13th May |
Individual appeal hearings during which each parent/carer presents their case to the independent panel |
|
June / July |
Appeal hearings for anyone who lodged an appeal after 16th March but before Friday 7th June 2019. Appeals lodged after 7th June will be heard within 30 school days. |
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All enquiries regarding Admissions to Altrincham College can be made direct to Mrs N Eastwood (Admissions Manager), via email at: admissions@mail.altrinchamcollege.com.
Further details can also be found on the Trafford Council website.
Please click on the relevant links to obtain more admissions information.
PROPOSED CHANGES TO ADMISSIONS POLICY (ALTRINCHAM COLLEGE), 2021
The proposed change which is clearly highlighted on the policy (see below) is:
- To include children of parents who are staff at Altrincham College as category 2 in the oversubscription criteria.
Schools are required by the School Admissions Code to consult as widely as possible on their Admission Policies and this should include parents/carers of all children between the ages of 2-18 years old and any other parties who may have an interest in the proposed arrangements.
Should you wish to make any comments on this draft, please forward them direct to the school’s admissions department at admissions@mail.altrinchamcollege.com no later than Monday 16th December 2019.
