Year 7 Admissions 2026

If you are looking for a place for a child currently in Year 6, due to be starting Year 7 in September 2027, please make your application via the link below.

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All applications to start in September year 7 are made in advance.  Offers are made by local authorities on national offer day.  Please note the deadline for applications below:

Admissions Timetable 2026
Deadline date for applications for Year 7 places in September 2027	Saturday 31 October 2026
National Offer Day	Monday 1st March 2027

If you have missed this deadline, please contact the Local Authority on 01782 234598, as a matter of urgency.  Any applications received after the closing date will be processed as late applications.

If you would like further information about the school or would like to arrange a visit, please telephone 01782 883200 or email [email protected]

For more information on our oversubscription policy and the criteria that determine who will be accepted, please see the Admissions Policy on our policies page: Policies

Trentham Academy is currently oversubscribed for 2026/27 and proud to have developed strong links with many local primary schools.

We plan several activities throughout the year to bring local primary school children to the Academy so they are able to experience the secondary school environment and have a wide variety of lessons with our staff.

We also welcome primary school staff to use our academy facilities for their lessons; these include a large food technology room, design and technology rooms and extensive sports facilities, for example.

In addition to welcoming staff and students to the Academy, our staff are able to visit the schools and offer a range of activities including support with Modern Foreign Languages, using iPads to make animations of class readers and loaning the science experiment box.

The partnerships Trentham Academy has with schools in Stoke-on-Trent are valued and we work hard to ensure best practice is followed so that pupils feel confident during their transition to secondary education. Both Ash Green Primary Academy and Priory CE Academy are our partner schools.

In September 2026, we are delighted that students joined us from the following 24 primary schools:

Ash Green Primary Academy	Belgrave Saint Bartholomew’s Academy	Christ Church CofE Primary School
Ellison Primary Academy	Gladstone Primary School	Harpfield Primary Academy
Heron Cross Primary School	Langdale Primary School	New Ford Academy
Newstead Primary Academy	Oakhill Primary School	Our Lady & St Werburgh’s Catholic Primary School
Priory C of E Primary School	St Augustine’s Catholic Academy	St Giles’ & St George’s C of E Academy
St John’s CofE(A) Primary School	St Mary’s Catholic Primary School Newcastle	St Pauls’s CofE(C) Primary School
St Teresa’s Catholic Primary School	St Wulstan’s Catholic Primary School	Sutherland Primary Academy
The Meadows Primary Academy	The Willows Primary School	Walton Priory Middle School

In-Year Admissions

If you’re moving into Stoke-on-Trent or want to change schools in Stoke-on-Trent, you need to make a school transfer – often called an in-year application.  In-Year Admissions for all year groups will be dealt with in accordance with our admissions policy, which can be viewed on our Policies page.  Applications must be made via the Local Authority online portal

If the transfer request is not related to a change of address, the form must be signed by the child’s present Headteacher.  Governors will take each admission on an individual basis; a place will be allocated providing it does not prejudice the education of others.

You will be notified by us of the outcome of your application, as well as details about the right to appeal if your child is refused a place.  If we cannot offer you a place, we will

• write to you to explain the reasons, within 15 days of your application.
• explain how you can appeal and
• add your child to our waiting list in case a place becomes free.

Our waiting lists are kept until end of each school year. You will need to make a new application if you want to be on the waiting list for the following school year.

For more information on our oversubscription policy and the criteria that determine who will be accepted, please see the Admissions Policy on our Policies page.

Appeals

If you are not offered a place at our Academy, you have the right to appeal to an independent panel. Trentham Academy uses the Local Authority appeals service.

Full details can be found on the Stoke City Council website at

https://www.stoke.gov.uk/info/20033/school_admissions/152/when_can_i_appeal_my_childs_school_place

 The Governors of the Academy will review the admissions policy on an annual basis.