Admissions

Bulmershe School Admissions

We are delighted that you and your family are considering choosing The Bulmershe School. Please see our page on Visiting the School to discover how to take a tour to help your admission application decision process. 

For admissions to Years 7 to 11, parents residing in Wokingham Borough should apply to Wokingham Borough Council. Parents residing in any other local authority should apply through their home local authority, who will then forward the application to Wokingham.

Bulmershe Admissions Procedure 2024 - 2025 

Applications for admission to Year 7 for September 2025 must be made to your home's local authority, no matter which school you are applying for. If you are considering applying for the Year 7 September 2025 intake to The Bulmershe School, then the school must be named as a preference on your application.

All admissions are processed through Wokingham Borough Council. Please visit:
Wokingham - Applying for Secondary School 2024 for further information about how and when to apply.

For more information about admissions from home ins the Reading Borough:
Visit Reading Borough Council's Secondary School Admissions Page

Before you apply, please ensure you have read and understood our admission arrangements. These arrangements confirm how applications will be processed by the Admissions Authority and includes our over subscription criteria (which explains how places will be allocated should the school receive more applications than there are available places).

When do I apply:

For September 2025 entry – Applications open 12th September 2024 and close 31 October 2024.

Outcomes will be provided by your home local authority on National Offer Day; 1 March 2025. If you are offered a school place, you will need to confirm your acceptance of this offer by the deadline provided within your outcome letter.

The Bulmershe School Admission Procedures and Criteria

Year 7 from September 2025
(For children who were born between 1 September 2013 and 31 August 2014)

To make an application you will need to contact your home local authority for further information on how to apply.

Useful documents:

Admission-The-Bulmershe-School-Policy-24-25-1.pdf

• Supplementary Social and Medical Information Form
• Bulmershe Dedicated Catchment Area
• Corvus: Reasons for Refusal

In-Year Applications

If you wish to apply for a place for your child outside of the Year 7 intake (For example, because you have recently moved to the area or wish to move your child to The Bulmershe School), then you will need to complete an in-year application form.

In-year applications are made directly to The Bulmershe School. Please see below application:

1) In-Year-Application-Form.pdf

2) In Year Admissions Supplementary Social and Medical Information Form

Appeals for The Bulmershe School

If you have not been offered a place at The Bulmershe School, this is because there were more applications for the school than there were available places and not all requests for places could be met. Places are allocated in-line with the published admissions criteria and your application was not ranked high enough to obtain a place.

Your home local authority should provide you with further information regarding reason for refusals, waiting lists and how to exercise your right to appeal. Please refer to the Wokingham Borough Council document below for further information, including our reason for refusal document:

Wokingham Borough Council: Appeals
 

Appeals for The Bulmershe School - In Year Applications

If your application is unsuccessful, you have the right to appeal against the decision.

If you wish to appeal, please complete the Appeal Application Form and return to Admissions@bulmershe.wokingham.sch.uk

Appeals forms should be sent to us within 20 school days of receiving a refusal letter.

The Bulmershe School has appointed an independent service provider to administer our appeals.  For more information, please contact Clerks Associates at www.clerksassociates.co.uk   You can find national guidance for parents on school appeals at www.gov.uk

Sixth Form Admissions

For applications to the Sixth Form you should contact the school directly. Please see our dedicated Sixth Form Pages for more information

Contact Details

Please do not hesitate to contact the Office at the school if you have any queries regarding admissions.

0118 9353353

reception@bulmershe.wokingham.sch.uk

Contact details for Wokingham Borough Council 

School Admissions Team
Children's Services
Wokingham Borough Council
PO Box 156
Shute End
Wokingham
RG40 1WN

0118 9746143

0118 9746225

schooladmissions@wokingham.gov.uk

Other Policies

Admission-The-Bulmershe-School-Policy-25-26

Admissions Consultation