Admissions Policy Consultation 2026/27

The draft policy is available below, proposed changes are highlighted in yellow. Hard copies are also available on request at the contact details below.

There are two changes proposed to the oversubscription criteria in the admissions arrangements, as follows:

• Removal of feeder schools in the oversubscription criteria
• Changing the criterion for siblings, to include siblings of pupils who had attended in the previous academic year’s Year 11 and/or Year 13 (and therefore might no longer be at the school when the sibling joins in Year 7 that September).

Comments on the policy and proposed changes should be submitted either by email or post to:

Email:                                   suzann.mason@arkstalbans.org

Post:                                      Suzann Mason

                                                Ark St Alban’s Academy

                                                Conybere Street

                                                Birmingham

                                                B12 0YH

Correspondence should be headed “Ark St Alban’s Admissions Policy Consultation 2025”.

The consultation closes on 22nd December 2024, all comments should be received by this date.

Once public consultation has closed, Ark Schools (the admissions authority for Ark St Alban’s Academy) will consider all feedback to the proposed admissions arrangements and make recommendations for final changes, where relevant. The final admissions arrangements will be determined by the Ark Schools Management Team before 28th February 2025 and published on the academy’s website.