On this page you will find details of the policies for the admission of pupils to Wakefield schools.  All documents referred to can be found under Downloads.

Community/Voluntary Controlled Admission Policy

These documents give details of the Admission Policy for Community/Voluntary Controlled schools in Wakefield for 2007/2008 and 2008/2009 and 2009/2010.

Voluntary Aided Schools

The Governing Body is responsible for admissions at Voluntary Aided schools. Details of the admissions policies for aided schools are available directly from the school.

Co-ordinated Admissions Policies (2009/2010 academic year)

These documents give details of the co-ordinated admission schemes for Wakefield.  These policies allow the Local Authority to co-ordinate admissions across the district.

Wakefield District Council is the Admissions Authority for all community and voluntary controlled primary and secondary schools.  The admissions arrangements have been determined subject to final approval by Cabinet and the policies can be found under Related Downloads.

Fair Access Protocol

In line with the Government’s 5 Year Plan for Education Wakefield has agreed a Fair Access Protocol with its high schools. This means that, in some circumstances, pupils defined in the Protocol will have a higher priority for admission than all other pupils seeking admission to that school.