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xed two day period on Thursday 23 February and
Friday 24 February 2017 only. Please note we will be
unable to see KS4 applicants at any other time.
• The date given for a workshop/meeting cannot
be changed unless it is for a previously arranged
hospital appointment or public exam (not
mock). Please include any dates and supporting
documentation concerning unavailability with your
application form.
2C) Procedure following workshop/
audition/meeting
After each workshop/audition/meeting, decisions are
made by a panel of staff, including those who have
met the applicant, with a senior curriculum manager.
The decision to offer a place is based on the criteria
outlined previously; evidence concerning these
criteria will include reports and references from current
schools. Where there are two stages to the process on
the same day with some applicants not progressing
to the second stage, unsuccessful applicants will be
informed orally at the time, with a letter of con rmation
within 14 days. In some cases there is a gap of a few
weeks between stages; applicants will be informed
whether they are to proceed to the second stage by
letter. All other students will be informed by letter of the
outcome as follows:
• an offer of a place, conditional on successful
completion of the relevant key stage (see 3 v), OR
• an offer with special medical conditions attached
(see 3 v), OR
• a place on the reserve list, OR
• a decision not to offer a place on the course
applied for, with a recommendation that the
candidate might wish to apply for an alternative
course, OR
• a decision not to offer a place
Brief written feedback to assist in understanding the
decision can be provided on written request after your
application process has been completed. Requests for
feedback must be received in writing within 14 days of
the decision being communicated to the applicant. As
the admissions process may still be ongoing, feedback
may take some time although we will make every
endeavour to respond to your request within 6 weeks.
We are unable to provide feedback if it is your intention
to appeal for a second chance.
NB. Applicants will not receive a nal decision until early
April 2017 except for those who are not progressing to
the second stage of a two-stage process, who will have
this decision con rmed in writing within 14 days of the
first stage. If you have attended a workshop/audition,
we politely request you do not contact Student Services
until after this date. Please note: all decisions will be
communicated via post only. We will not send any
information electronically via fax, email or telephone.
2D) Procedure following an offer
When offer letters are sent, applicants are given a date
by which written acceptance of the place offered
must be received by the School. If the applicant fails to
accept the place by the due date, it will be assumed
that s/he has refused the place.
3) Further guidelines
i) Out of area (see Annex A below)
Out of area places are very restricted: the School
received 13 out of area applications for each out of
area place available at Year 12 last year, with higher
proportions in some performing arts subjects. Please
note that candidates from outside the catchment
area need to show unusual merit to be offered a
place; this criterion will be re ected in the decisions
made at all stages of the admissions procedure,
including the initial assessment of application forms,
which would need to demonstrate the candidate’s
unusual merit.
ii) Out of area (non UK/EEA National)
The School will accept applications from parents
residing overseas for a child not yet resident in the UK
only if:
(i) the child is an EU National or (ii) it is clear (with
evidence) that the parents will be relocating to work in
the UK. In such circumstances, the school will consider
when the child is expected to be resident in the UK
and whether the parent’s application to enter the UK
has been or will be successful. In order that places
