Admissions arrangements - Heartlands Academy
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Admissions arrangements - Heartlands Academy
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Admissions arrangements
Department for Education
(DfE)
Number:
330/6905
Unique Reference Number
(URN)
:
135907
UK Provider Reference Number:
10028140
Determined Admissions Arrangements
Determined Admissions Arrangements 2027-2028
Determined Admissions Arrangements 2026-2027
Determined Admissions Arrangements 2025-2026
Supplementary Information Forms
E-ACT-Supplementary Information Form 2027
E-ACT-Supplementary Information Form 2026
How to apply for Year 7 in September
Applications must be made via your home Local Authority.
For most of applicants to E-ACT Heartlands Academy, the Local Authority is Birmingham City Council.
All Birmingham City Council school admissions applications must be made online at
www.birmingham.gov.uk/schooladmissions
.
Timetable for secondary education admissions
Timetable for secondary education admissions
Stage of process
Date
Application period starts
1 September
Heartlands Academy open day
Usually held in September
Closing date for applications
31 October
National Offer Day
1 March
Deadline for accepting the offer
16 March
Deadline for submitting appeals
30 March
Appeal hearings for appeals submitted on time
Throughout May and June
Induction day at secondary school
Usually held in July
Term starts
September
Waiting lists
If any vacancies arise between National Offer Day and 31 December
(the next working day if this falls on a weekend)
of the same year for year 7, priority will be given to those on the waiting list managed by the academy.
From 1 September to 31 August the waiting list for admissions into all other year groups of current school age children will be maintained by Birmingham City Council or the Academy.
If places become available during this period, or for the beginning of the following academic year, admissions will be handled in accordance with the In-Year Procedure outlined
here
.
Any places will be allocated from the waiting list using the oversubscription criteria set out above and not by the date that a child joined the waiting list. If parents decline an offer of a place, they may subsequently re-join the waiting list. The child’s name will be added onto the end of the waiting list as extant at the time the request to re-join is made.
Each child added to the waiting list will require the overall waiting list for the Academy to be ranked again in line with the oversubscription criteria. Priority will not be given to children based on the date their application was received or their name was added to the list.
Looked after children, previously looked after children, and those allocated a place at the academy in accordance with the Fair Access Protocol, will take precedence over those on a waiting list.
The academy’s waiting lists are only maintained for an academic year, so one will need to apply again for the next academic year.
Appeals
Parents whose children have not been offered their preferred school will be informed of their right of appeal.
Appeals are administered by the Local Authority for this academy. Parents who wish to appeal against the decision to refuse their child admission should visit
www.birmingham.gov.uk/schooladmissions
to complete an online appeal form. Appeals will be heard by an independent panel.
The Department for Education appeals code
For the Department for Education’s admissions appeals code click
here
.
Information about recent changes to the appeals process can be found
here
.
Fair access protocol
The academy complies with Birmingham local authority’s Fair Access Protocol
(FAP)
to ensure that outside the normal admissions round that unplaced, vulnerable and those who are unable to secure a school place in-year
(including Child in Need/Child Protection Plan, children in refuge, children in formal kinship care arrangements, children who have been out of education for four or more weeks and previously looked after children for whom the local authority has been unable to promptly secure a school place)
, are found and offered a place quickly, so that the amount of time any child is out of school is kept to a minimum.
More from Admissions
Get in touch
How to apply for a place at Heartlands
Find out more
We recommend
Upcoming open days
Information for current parents
Academy day
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Admissions arrangements
Department for Education
(DfE)
Number:
330/6905
Unique Reference Number
(URN)
:
135907
UK Provider Reference Number:
10028140
Determined Admissions Arrangements
Determined Admissions Arrangements 2027-2028
Determined Admissions Arrangements 2026-2027
Determined Admissions Arrangements 2025-2026
Supplementary Information Forms
E-ACT-Supplementary Information Form 2027
E-ACT-Supplementary Information Form 2026
How to apply for Year 7 in September
Applications must be made via your home Local Authority.
For most of applicants to E-ACT Heartlands Academy, the Local Authority is Birmingham City Council.
All Birmingham City Council school admissions applications must be made online at
www.birmingham.gov.uk/schooladmissions
.
Timetable for secondary education admissions
Timetable for secondary education admissions
Stage of process
Date
Application period starts
1 September
Heartlands Academy open day
Usually held in September
Closing date for applications
31 October
National Offer Day
1 March
Deadline for accepting the offer
16 March
Deadline for submitting appeals
30 March
Appeal hearings for appeals submitted on time
Throughout May and June
Induction day at secondary school
Usually held in July
Term starts
September
Waiting lists
If any vacancies arise between National Offer Day and 31 December
(the next working day if this falls on a weekend)
of the same year for year 7, priority will be given to those on the waiting list managed by the academy.
From 1 September to 31 August the waiting list for admissions into all other year groups of current school age children will be maintained by Birmingham City Council or the Academy.
If places become available during this period, or for the beginning of the following academic year, admissions will be handled in accordance with the In-Year Procedure outlined
here
.
Any places will be allocated from the waiting list using the oversubscription criteria set out above and not by the date that a child joined the waiting list. If parents decline an offer of a place, they may subsequently re-join the waiting list. The child’s name will be added onto the end of the waiting list as extant at the time the request to re-join is made.
Each child added to the waiting list will require the overall waiting list for the Academy to be ranked again in line with the oversubscription criteria. Priority will not be given to children based on the date their application was received or their name was added to the list.
Looked after children, previously looked after children, and those allocated a place at the academy in accordance with the Fair Access Protocol, will take precedence over those on a waiting list.
The academy’s waiting lists are only maintained for an academic year, so one will need to apply again for the next academic year.
Appeals
Parents whose children have not been offered their preferred school will be informed of their right of appeal.
Appeals are administered by the Local Authority for this academy. Parents who wish to appeal against the decision to refuse their child admission should visit
www.birmingham.gov.uk/schooladmissions
to complete an online appeal form. Appeals will be heard by an independent panel.
The Department for Education appeals code
For the Department for Education’s admissions appeals code click
here
.
Information about recent changes to the appeals process can be found
here
.
Fair access protocol
The academy complies with Birmingham local authority’s Fair Access Protocol
(FAP)
to ensure that outside the normal admissions round that unplaced, vulnerable and those who are unable to secure a school place in-year
(including Child in Need/Child Protection Plan, children in refuge, children in formal kinship care arrangements, children who have been out of education for four or more weeks and previously looked after children for whom the local authority has been unable to promptly secure a school place)
, are found and offered a place quickly, so that the amount of time any child is out of school is kept to a minimum.
More from Admissions
Get in touch
How to apply for a place at Heartlands
Find out more
We recommend
Upcoming open days
Information for current parents
Academy day