Admissions
Year 7 admissions
We welcome applications from everyone and ask parents, carers, and applicants to respect our school’s Christian ethos and recognise its importance to our wider community. Saint Cecilia’s follows Wandsworth Council’s coordinated admissions process and adheres to the common admissions timetable, including procedures for handling late applications as outlined in the council’s scheme.
To download our prospectuses, please see our Prospectus and Open Events page.
Please see our Sixth Form pages for information about applying to us for Post-16 studies.
Year 7 Admissions
Saint Cecilia’s admits 180 pupils to Year 7. Places are allocated as follows:
90 Foundation places will be offered to children who themselves or whose parents/carers are practising members of a Christian church.
90 Open places will be offered to children irrespective of their religious background.
Of these 180 places, nine Foundation and nine Open places will be offered to children who demonstrate that they have the aptitude to benefit from a specialist course in music.
Read our Admissions Policies at the foot of this page for full details of our Foundation, Open and Music Specialist places.
How to Apply
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All applicants must complete their home Local Authority’s Common Application Form. More information here. The deadline is usually end of October in the year before your child starts secondary school, but check with your primary
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Applicants who wish to be considered for Foundation and/or Specialist Music places, must also complete our supplementary information form(s). To complete these forms, we will ask you to use our Application Portal, which is available here or via the button below. Additional information on applying for a Specialist Music place, is available here.
Deadlines are communicated nearer the time, but usually, the Foundation places deadline is the end of October and the Specialist Music places deadline is early October, see our prospectus for details.
If you need assistance with your application or would like to submit a late application, please contact our Admissions Manager, Sally van der Meer. Please join our mailing list by signing up below to receive information about admissions.
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If you are applying for a Foundation place, we will write to the minister or priest of your church for a reference and to confirm that you meet the criteria. Please note that attendance of twice a month for at least two years is required to meet the Foundation criteria. Open places will be offered to children living nearest to the school using a straight line measurement.
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Applicants who have applied for a Specialist Music place will be invited to take a specialist music aptitude test at the school in October, in the year before they start secondary school.
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Outcome letters are sent to all applicants by Wandsworth Council in March, six months before entry.
To sign up for information about our Sixth Form please visit our Sixth Form pages.
For further information regarding admissions, please contact the Admissions Manager via admission@saintcecilias.london
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