Late applications

Applications from parents who have recently moved and have completed and returned an application between 8 December 2007 and 14 January 2008 will be considered as on time. Other applications for community schools received after 7 December will be considered as late applications and will not be dealt with until after all the on-time applications have been considered, unless the local authority or school has made an error in accepting the application or if there are exceptional circumstances for lateness (eg where a single parent/carer had been ill and the illness prevented the application being made on time or the family had been dealing with the death of a close relative ie one of the child’s parents or child’s siblings). The last date for applications to be considered is 14 January and no late applications can be dealt with after that date until after the offer date of 1 April. Applications received up to the end of August will be dealt with by the local authority, and from September 2008 by the school as a casual admission.

Schools who are their own admissions authority will deal with late applications according to their published admissions arrangements.

This information forms part of Ealing's 2008 admission policy.