If you did not receive an offer at King's Academy Ringmer, you may request your child's name be added to the appropriate waiting list. 

• Waiting lists for students starting Year 7 in September, open on March 1st to August 31st each year, and will be maintained until Christmas.
• Waiting lists to join an existing year group (known as In-Year Admissions or IYAs) run until the end of the term in which the application is processed.
• Waiting list requests must be renewed at three points during the school year (after the Christmas, Easter and summer holidays) otherwise names will be removed.
• Parents are responsible for informing KAR of any changes in their child’s circumstances that could affect their position on a waiting list (for example, a change of home address).
• Please contact KAR if you no longer wish to be on the waiting list.

Year 7 Intake Admissions (also known as Transition)

This is for students in Year 6 who are applying for a place in Year 7 in September.

• Children can only be placed on a Year 7 waiting list for a school named on their application.
• Waiting lists for students starting Year 7 in September, is open from March 1st to August 31st each year, and will be maintained until Christmas. After Christmas, the Year 7 Intake waiting list will be cleared. Following that, parents may join the general In Year Admissions (IYA) waiting list.
• Waiting lists must follow the school’s admissions policy and cannot be run on a ‘first come, first served’ basis. Students are ordered on the list according to the oversubscription data outlined in the Admissions Policy which can be found here. This means that if Student B ranks higher on the criteria and applies for a place after Student A, the place will be offered to Student B
• We are obliged to fill places in order, based on criteria outlined below:
  1. Children in Care
  2. Students whose siblings currently attend the academy and who will continue to do so on the date of admission
  3. Children of staff members
  4. Children living in the Community Area
  5. Children living outside the Community Area
• We have 150 spaces for Year 7 2024 and all were filled, as per the above criteria. If any spaces open up (e.g. due to students leaving the school), we will refer to the waiting lists and offer the space/s to the students at the top of the list, ordered as per the criteria above.
• If a place becomes available to your child, you will be notified in writing by email.
• Parents are responsible for informing KAR of any changes in their child’s circumstances that could affect their position on a waiting list (for example, a change of home address).
• Please contact KAR if you no longer wish to be on the waiting list. 
• Join Year 7 Waiting List

In-Year Admissions (IYAs)

This is for students in any year from 7-11 who would like to change schools mid-way through their school year.

• Waiting lists to join an existing year group (In-Year Admissions or IYAs) run until the end of the term in which the application is processed. Waiting list requests must be renewed at three points during the school year (after the Christmas, Easter and summer holidays) otherwise names will be removed.
• Waiting lists must follow the school’s admissions policy and cannot be run on a ‘first come, first served’ basis. Students are ordered on the list according to the oversubscription data outlined in the Admissions Policy found here. This means that if Student B ranks higher on the criteria and applies for a place after Student A, the place will be offered to Student B.
• We are obliged to fill places in order, based on criteria outlined below:
  1. Children in Care
  2. Students whose siblings currently attend the academy and who will continue to do so on the date of admission
  3. Children of staff members
  4. Children living in the Community Area
  5. Children living outside the Community Area
• If a place becomes available for your child, you will be notified in writing by email. You will have 14 days to accept the position, after which the place will be offered to the next student on the list.
• Parents are responsible for informing KAR of any changes in their child’s circumstances that could affect their position on a waiting list (for example, a change of home address).
• Please contact KAR if you no longer wish to be on the waiting list.