Sixth Form Admissions

Published Admission number (PAN) 20 students in Year 12 across both sites (for students being admitted from outside the Academy). Arrangements for Admitting Students to the Sixth Form The school operates a Sixth Form with a capacity for a total of 300 students. 150 places overall will be available in Year 12 (the Year 12 ‘capacity’). Pupils already on the Year 11 school roll are entitled to transfer to Year 12 if they meet the published standards of entry.

The school will apply the same academic entry requirements as it does to students already on roll in the school. If more external students than places available, the following oversubscription criteria will be applied until full:

  1. 'Looked after children' or children who were previously looked after but immediately after being looked after became subject to an adoption, residence, or special guardianship order, or in state care outside of England.
  2. Children who have brother or sister continuing at Elizabeth Woodville School at the time of admission.
  3. Students who live in the linked area associated with the school: South Campus: Alderton, Cosgrove, Deanshanger, Furtho, Grafton Regis, Old Stratford, Passenham, Paulerspury, Potterspury, Pury End, Puxley, Wicken, Yardley Gobion, Heathencote. North Campus: Ashton, Blisworth, Collingtree, Hackleton, Hardingstone, Hartwell, Horton, Piddington, Preston Deanery, Roade, Shutlanger, Stoke Bruerne or Wootton Hall Park or Grange Park.
  4. Children of current staff working at the school where: 4 a) the member of staff has been employed at the school for two or more years at the time at which the application for admission to the school is made, and/or b) the member of staff is recruited to fill a vacant post for which there is a demonstrable skill shortage.
  5. Other students.

If a tie-break is necessary to determine who is admitted, the tie-break criteria above will be applied. The school will publish the specific criteria in relation to minimum entrance requirements for Year 12 based on GCSE grades or other measures of prior attainment, at the beginning of the academic year prior to admission (e.g. September 2025 for those seeking admission in September 2026). It will also publish academic entry requirements for each course available based upon GCSE grades or other measures of prior attainment. These criteria are the same for internal and any external applicants and will be published in its prospectus and on its website. Students failing to meet the grades for their preferred course option will be offered alternative courses if available.

There will be a right of appeal to an Independent Appeals Panel for internal students refused transfer and any external applicants refused admission. An appeals form can be requested from Mrs J Karaolis, North Campus via jane.karaolis@ewsacademy.org.uk or Mr D Peel, South Campus via daniel.peel@ewsacademy.org.uk