Admissions 

Determination of Admission Arrangements 2024/25

In line with the School Admissions Code, Cathedral Schools Trust (CST) has determined (agreed) the admission arrangements for the academic year 2024/25. These arrangements are for children who will be admitted to the school at the normal point of entry for September 2024.

Please click on the links below to view the admission arrangements and relevant admission forms.

Bristol Cathedral Choir School (BCCS) admission arrangements 2024/25

Bristol Cathedral Choir School (BCCS) Post 16 admission arrangements 2024/25

Supplementary Information Form (Probationer Chorister)

Supplementary Information Form (Staff)

Application for an Out of Year Group Request

Year 7 2023 entry

In order to be considered for a place applicants must name Bristol Cathedral Choir School as a preference of secondary school on the common application form (CAF), direct to the local authority in which you live. The CAF will be available mid September 2022.

Bristol Cathedral Choir School has a published admission number of 150 students for Year 7 entry. If the number of applications exceeds the admission number, students with an EHCP in which Bristol Cathedral Choir School is named, will be admitted before others.

Bristol Cathedral Choir School is a heavily oversubscribed school. We received 1145 on time applications for Year 7 2023 and cannot guarantee that a place will become available for your child. Therefore, it is essential that you apply to other schools as well. 

Where there are more applications than places available, places will be allocated in line with the oversubscription criteria, as set out in the admission arrangements 2023/24, in order of priority, as follows;

1.  Child in care/previously in care;

2.  Probationer Chorister;

3.  Music Specialism;

4.  Children of Staff;

5.  Children who attend Cathedral Primary School as the named Feeder School;

6.  Children who, on the date of admission, will have a sibling on roll at BCCS (11-16 provision);

7.  Other children by random allocation living in Bristol local authority postcode areas BS1 to BS16;

8.  Other children by random allocation not living in Bristol local authority postcode areas BS1 to BS16.

We strongly advise parents/carers to read the admission arrangements 2023/24 before making an application to the school.

Admission Arrangements 2023/24

Please click on the links below to view the admission arrangements and relevant admission forms.

Bristol Cathedral Choir School (BCCS) admission arrangements 2023/24

Bristol Cathedral Choir School (BCCS) Post 16 admission arrangements 2023/24

Supplementary Information Form (Probationer Chorister)

Supplementary Information Form (Staff)

Application for an Out of Year Group Request

Consultation Report 2023/24

To view a report on the outcome of the admission consultation summarising the responses received and explaining the decisions reached for the academic year 2023/24 - click on the  link to Consultation Report

Year 12 2023 entry

For more information about applying to our Sixth Form for 2023 entry, please follow this link.

Admission to other year groups 2022/23

Applications for an in-year admission should be made directly to the school. 

For further information including the on-line application form for the 2022/23 academic year please see Admission to Other Year Groups

Sixth Form Admission

For information please see Sixth Form Admission

For further information please contact admissions@cathedralschoolstrust.org