Latest admissions information for Year 7 2025
Link to BCCS Trailblazer Scheme Summer 2025 information
Applications for Year 7 2025 through your local authority opened on 12th September 2024. The deadline for Year 7 applications is 31st October 2024.
BCCS has a published admission number (PAN) of 150 pupils for entry into Year 7. The
school will accordingly admit at least 150 each year if sufficient applications are
received. All applicants will be admitted if 150 or fewer apply.
Link to Bristol Cathedral Choir School (11- 16 provision) admission arrangements 2025/26
Supplementary Information Form (Probationer Chorister)
Supplementary Information Form (Staff)
Application for an Out of Chonological Year Group Request
Link to Admissions Information & Frequently Asked Questions
Link to How to apply for a Music Specialism Place
Link to Bristol City Council Secondary School Application flyer
KEY DATES
| Thursday 19th and Thursday 26th September 2024 |
Open Events |
| Thursday 25th July 2024 |
Music Specialism applications open. Click here to apply. |
| Friday 27th September 2024 |
Closing date for Music Specialism applications. |
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By end of September 2024 |
Music Aptitude invitations will be sent via email. Children applying to both BCCS and Trinity Academy will sit the Music Aptitude Test at Bristol Cathedral Choir School this year. |
| Saturday 28th September 2024 |
The first round of the Music Aptitude Tests takes place. |
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Early October 2024 |
2nd Music Aptitude Test by invitation only. Dates and location to be confirmed. |
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31st October 2024 |
Closing date for secondary transfer applications. |
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3rd March 2025 |
Offers of a school place sent to parents and carers by the home local authority. |
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By 17 March 2025 |
Parents and carers must respond to the offer of a school place. |
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June 2025 |
Appeals will be heard by an Independent Appeal Panel administered by Democratic Services at Bristol City Council on behalf of the school. |
How to respond to a Year 7 secondary school offer
Please note offers are made by your home local authority and not the school.
What to do when you have a new Year 7 secondary school place offer and when you need to do it
You must reply to your home local authority by 17th March 2025 when receiving an offer for a new Year 7 secondary school place offer.
If you Applied online
If you applied online you’ll get an email with a link to log on to the Parent Portal. When you have logged in you should either:
- accept the place by placing a tick in the ‘accept’ box, before clicking send response.
- not accept the place and ask to go on a waiting list for a school that you applied for but did not get offered a place.
- not accept the place and request an appeal for your preferred school.
- not accept the place and tell your local authority that the place is no longer needed for example if your child will be attending an independent school.
- not accept the place and request new school preferences, all changes must be made in writing to your home local authority.
If you applied by post your offer letter will include a form for you to indicate what you want to do which you must fill in and return.
Bristol residents can find out more information here; https://www.bristol.gov.uk/schools-learning-early-years/school-admissions
Non-Bristol residents can find out more via their home Local Authority.
Appeals
Parents/carers have the right of appeal to an independent appeal panel following an unsuccessful application.
For information about the formal appeal process, please read the documents below;
Link to Appeal Guidance
For further information please contact admissions@bristolcathedral.org.uk