Admissions
How to apply for a place at The Carlton Academy - Admissions Policy
Thank you for your interest in joining The Carlton Academy.
As an Academy, our governing body is the authority responsible for determining the policy and criteria for admissions to the academy. The Academy's admissions policy for the next academic year can be found within the policies section of the website. For details on how to apply for an in-year admission, please view the In Year Admissions Process document at the bottom of this page.
Please view the Transition and Feeder Schools page for all Year 6 transition information.
Please contact the academy directly for enquiries about admissions at:
E-mail: h.bull@theacademycarlton.org
A copy of our Admissions Policy is found in the policies section of our website.
The Carlton Academy has its own admissions authority. If you are looking to secure a place at our school for children in Year 6 and due to start in Year 7 the following September then you need to apply through the traditional Local Authority application process - you can find more information and do this online from here. Nottingham City Council residents apply directly to the City Council.
Opportunities for parents looking for secondary school places in September 2025
Parent and child visits to The Carlton Academy
If you have a child currently in Year 5, we want to give you every opportunity to come and see our fantastic over-subscribed Academy. Visiting during the school day lets you see our staff and students at work and gives you the opportunity to find out more about what we offer. You can find out everything you need to know from the Open Evening and from our website. You may wish to visit our Academy with your child during the school day. The following dates are available:
- Tuesday 2 July 2024 - 9.15am to 10.15am
- Monday 8 July 2024 - 1.30pm to 2.30pm
- Wednesday 10 July 2024 - 9.15am to 10.15am
- Friday 17 July - 9.15am to 10.15am
- Friday 19 July - 1.30pm to 2.30pm
- Monday 9 September 2024 - 9.15am to 10.15am
- Wednesday 11 September 2024 - 9.15am to 10.15am
- Tuesday 17 September 2024 - 1.30pm to 2.30pm
- Wednesday 25 September 2024 - 9.15am to 10.15am
- Friday 27 September 2024 - 1.30pm to 2.30pm
- Monday 30 September 2024 - 9.15am to 10.15am
If you would like to visit us during the school day on any of the above dates, please click here to book a place on the tour or email office@theacademycarlton.org
Open Evening - Thursday 19 September 2024 6.30pm-8pm
We warmly welcome you to visit us here at The Carlton Academy. This is an opportunity to visit the Academy and speak to staff and students. The evening includes a short presentation followed by a tour of the Academy.
In Year Admission Process
If you are looking to apply for a place at our school for students currently in Year 7 or above at another school or during the school year, you are asked to contact the school directly and request an application form, which you are also able to download from here.
- The Parent/Carer submits an application form for their child (the application form is available on the Academy website in the admissions section). To assist us with your application could you please also provide:
- a letter explaining the reasons for the school transfer
- an up-to-date school report
- any other information to support your application
- proof of permanent residency
- The Academy receives the application form and replies to the applicant within 15 school days with the Academy’s decision.
- The Academy informs the Local Authority of the application and the Academy’s decision.
- Once the Parent/Carer has received the outcome of their application, they may wish to state in writing or via email to the Admissions Officer h.bull@theacademycarlton.org that they wish to be added to our waiting list.
- The waiting list is operated and overseen by the Academy. Each applicant’s position on the waiting list is determined by the schools published over-subscription criteria, found in the Academy’s Admissions Policy.
- The waiting list remains open until the end of the academic year. To be added to the following year’s waiting list the Parent/Carer must make a new in-year application.
Appeal
- If the Academy declines to admit the applicant, the Parent/Carer has the right to appeal the decision by informing the Academy within 20 school days of receiving the Academy’s decision letter.
- The Academy then coordinates the appeal hearing, chaired by an independent panel and attended by the applicant and representative from the Academy. The independent panel’s decision is final and cannot be appealed.
How to Appeal a school place for an in-year transfer
If you are unsuccessful in being offered an in-year place you have the right to appeal against the decision and it will be heard by an independent appeals panel. Please complete Notice of Appeal Form.
School catchment and local authority information
You can use the link here to find out information about our catchment area.
Admissions Appeal Process & Timeline for September 2025
If you have been unsuccessful in being offered a place at The Carlton Academy on 3 March 2025 (National Offer Day), you have the right to appeal against this decision to an independent appeals panel.
How to lodge an appeal
- Download the Notice of Appeal pack from here.
- You should include any information and/or documentation that you wish to submit in support of your case, including proof of permanent residency for your child at the above address. You may submit additional information any time up to the hearing but, if you provide anything too close to the hearing date which the panel thinks may be significant, the panel may need to adjourn to allow all parties the opportunity to consider it.
- Ensure you have read our Admissions Policy, which includes our over-subscription criteria.
Please send your completed appeal pack and all documentation to our Office Manager, by emailing Tamzin Mistry t.mistry@theacademycarlton.org
You will need to return your completed Notice of Appeal by 28 March. You should receive an acknowledgement within 5 school days.
The appeal hearing
For applications made as part of the normal admissions round, our appeals will be held in two stages:
Stage 1
Academy’s case
All parents who have lodged an appeal will be invited to attend Stage 1 of the appeal hearings on Thursday 22 May 2025. The meeting will take place at 9am in the library at The Carlton Academy. This will allow the school to present its case and to take questions based on its case from both parents and the independent appeals panel.
Provided the independent appeals panel is satisfied that prejudice has been proven, your individual appeal will then take place as follows:
Stage 2
Parent’s case
Parents will be notified of an individual time for their individual appeal no less than 10 days before the hearing. Individual appeal hearings will take place throughout the day on Thursday 22 and, if needed, Friday 23 May 2025 in school.
Parents will be notified in writing of the outcome of their appeal by Friday 2 June 2025.