Year 7 Admissions for September 2025 Entry
Applications for Year 7 for September 2025 are now closed, the closing date for applications was 31st October 2024. You can still apply for a place, please follow this link Walsall Secondary Admissions to fill out the local authority ‘late secondary school application’. The national offer date for secondary school admissions is 1st March 2025. You will receive an offer by email on 3rd March 2025. The emails are sent automatically by the Local Authority over the course of the day.
We are delighted to welcome you to our Year 7 Open Evening and Open Mornings listed below:
• Open Evening – Tuesday 24 September 2024, 6.00pm to 8.30pm
• Open Mornings – Friday 27 September, Wednesday 2 October and Thursday 10 October. Tours start promptly at 9.15am.
Timetable for Year 7 Appeals for September 2025 Entry
Should your child not be allocated a place for Year 7 admission, September 2025 entry, you may choose to appeal the decision. Appeal applications should be made in writing, using the Year 7 Appeal Form below, to the Clerk to the Appeals Panel at Brownhills Ormiston Academy, paper copies can also be collected from our Main Reception.
Once an appeal has been lodged, appellants will receive 10 working days’ notice of their appeal hearing (although appellants can waive their rights to this).
If you would like to submit additional evidence prior to the appeal hearing, you should ensure that this is submitted to the Appeals Clerk by the deadline below. Decision letters will be sent within 5 working days of the hearing.
| National Offer Day | 3rd March 2025 |
| Deadline for lodging Appeals with the Academy | 2nd May 2025 |
| Deadline for additional evidence | 13th June 2025 |
| Appeals will be heard | 26th June 2025 (within 40 school days from the deadline date) |
| Late Appeals will be heard | Within 40 school days from the deadline for lodging appeals, where possible, or within 30 school days of the appeal being lodged |
| Very late Appeals | Please note that it may not be possible to hear very late appeals before the start of the new school year in September 2025. |
Mid-Year Admissions and Appeals
All Mid-Year admission applications must be submitted directly to the academy. The Mid-Year admission form below needs to be completed and returned to Mrs R Dowen at the academy via: Rdowen@brownhillsoa.co.uk
Mid-Year appeals are made outside the normal round of admissions. If you have completed a Mid-Year admission form and have been added to our waiting list, and wish to appeal your place on the waiting list, you should complete a Mid-Year appeal form (below) and return this to Mrs Dowen. Your appeal will be heard within 30 school days of being lodged.
A copy of our admissions policy can be found below alongside our Mid-Year appeal form.