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Bobby Moore Academy

We celebrate the diversity of our community through our aspirational learning culture so that each individual can fulfil their potential.

Admissions

Admissions Criteria at Bobby Moore Academy

The Bobby Moore Academy is a government approved Free School located in the heart of the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. We are proud to serve the Olympic boroughs (Newham, Tower Hamlets, Hackney and Waltham Forest) which surround the park.

We are an all-through school with two forms of entry in the primary phase and six forms of entry in the secondary phase. All students, regardless of their background and abilities, are welcome at Bobby Moore Academy, as we firmly believe that every pupil has the right to a world class education.

We are an academy, which means we are our own admission authority but have adopted the London Borough of Newham’s admission arrangements and processes to ensure continuity across the borough.

Bobby Moore Academy was formed in 2017 and has grown in size each year meaning we now have students in Reception up to Year 13.

At full capacity our PAN is 1560 as indicated below:

Reception to Year 6 – 420 students
Year 7 to Year 11 – 900 students
Sixth form - 240 students

The staff and pupils of Bobby Moore Academy would welcome you to apply for a place at our school. To do this you must follow the correct process for your child’s age as detailed below.

All applications for this school must be made directly through the London Borough of Newham’s Pupil Services.

The Application Process – Academic Year 2024/25

Our admissions process is managed by Newham’s Pupil Services team. Further information is available on their website at https://www.newham.gov.uk/schools-education.

All admission applications must be made through your local authority via the e-admissions portal. Further guidance on this process is available here.

For children living outside Newham, whose family wants them to attend this school their application must be made through their home borough naming this school as a preference on their application.

The PAN London Coordinated Scheme

Since 2004 all 33 London boroughs have been working together to deliver a coordinated admissions process for children moving from primary to secondary schools. Further details are available at https://www.newham.gov.uk/schools-education/pan-london-coordinated-scheme

Reception Admissions for September 2025 entry

All reception 2025 applications must be made through the family’s home local authority.

For children living in Newham, families must apply via London Borough of Newham.

For children living outside Newham, whose family wants them to attend this school their application must be made through their home borough naming this school as a preference on their application.

Please remember, parents/carers must apply for a reception place in this school, even if the child has a brother or sister attending this school.

Before submitting a reception application we strongly recommend all families read the 2025 edition of the local authorities ‘Starting Primary School’ guide and find out information about the school you are interested in.

STARTING PRIMARY 2024/25

Important Deadlines

The national closing date for on-time applications is 15^th January 2025
The national offer date for on-time applications is 16^th April 2025

Further information

Further information about the reception process for September 2025 entry is available at

https://www.newham.gov.uk/schools-education

Year 7 Admissions for September 2025 entry

All year 7 applications for September 2025 must be made through the family’s home local authority.

For children living in Newham, families must apply via London Borough of Newham.

For children who live outside Newham, whose family wants them to attend this school their application must be made through their home borough naming this school as a preference on their application.

Please remember, families must apply for a place, even if their child has a brother or sister attending the school.

Important Deadlines

The national closing date for on-time applications is 31^st October 2024
The national offer date for on-time applications is 1^st March 2025

Before submitting an application we strongly recommend all families read the 2025 edition of the local authorities ‘Starting Secondary School’ guide and find out information about the school you are interested in.

STARTING SECONDARY 2024/25

Further information

Further information on the year 7 application process can be found at

https://www.newham.gov.uk/schools-education/admissions-secondary-school/2

Further information about the London Borough of Newham’s Determined Arrangements for the 2024/2025 (entry from September 2025) can be found at

https://www.newham.gov.uk/schools-education/admissions-secondary-school/4

In Year Admissions

Applications made outside the normal admissions round (in-year admissions) should be made directly to the Newham admissions team. Parents/carers can apply for a place for their child at any time and to any academy. If more applications are received than there are places available, the oversubscription criteria shall apply.

Further details are available at https://www.newham.gov.uk/schools-education/year-admissions/1

School places are usually offered within 10 days.

Please note, the place offered may not be at the school of preference as that school may not have a suitable place available.

Fair Access Protocol (FAP)

The law requires that each local authority must have a Fair Access Protocol (FAP) to ensure that for In-Year admissions unplaced children, especially the most vulnerable, are offered a place at a suitable school as quickly as possible. In agreeing a protocol, the local authority must ensure that no school - including those with available places - is asked to take a disproportionate number of children who have been excluded from other schools, or who have challenging behaviour. Bobby Moore Academy has signed up to the LB Newham’s Fair Access Protocol.

Further details on the Fair Access Protocol is available at https://www.newham.gov.uk/schools-education/fair-access-protocol-secondary-schools-newham

Appeals

All Admissions appeals are handled by Newham pupil services. Further details on the appeals process are available using the following link:

https://www.newham.gov.uk/schools-education/admissions-appeals-1/1

Waiting List

All schools in Newham hold waiting lists if they have more applications than places available.

Children are automatically added to the waiting list when their parents/carers have a current live school application for the school and that school is listed as a higher preference than a school they have been offered.

For schools that are a lower preference on a live application, than the school offered, children can still be added to the waiting list but their parents/carers must email pupil.services@newham.gov.uk to request this.

Further guidance is available at https://www.newham.gov.uk/schools-education/offer-places/1