Admissions
In-Year Admissions Process
To apply for a place at Tymberwood Academy you will need to complete a Kent IYAF - In Year Admission Form which can be found by clicking here.
In addition to this you will also need to complete a supplementary form from the school which can be obtained by contacting the school office either by phone 01474 361193 or via email office@tymberwoodacademy.org.uk .
THE FORMS NEED TO BE FULLY COMPLETED TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION REQUIRED.
If your child has a Kent EHCP you will need to request a change of placement via an emergency annual review. The school will be consulted as to whether or not we can meet your child's needs.
Children of members of the UK Armed Forces or Crown Servants
from Kent County Council's Website - click here for direct link
If you are a member of the UK Armed Forces or a Crown Servant, with a confirmed posting to Kent, you can apply for an in year admission to a Kent school by completing an In Year Admissions Form (PDF, 303.3 KB) and sending it direct to your preferred schools. You must include an official letter that declares a relocation date and a Unit postal address or quartering area address with your application.
Where a school is able to offer a place, they will honour that place for 3 months. This can mean that a place can be kept open for the next academic year providing your child/children will start within the 3 month period. If the place has not been taken up at the end of the 3 months, the school may offer it to another child. If this happens, the school will inform you that the place is no longer available and you will need to make a new application for a school place. The school may choose to add your child's name to their waiting list if they have one.
We follow our admissions process via our policy as listed below.
2025 / 2026 Admissions Policy
CONSULTATION ON ADMISSIONS FOR 2025/26
REAch2 Academy Trust (the Trust), as the admission authority for all of its academies as per the admissions code 2021, is consulting on the admission arrangements for all of its schools. It is the responsibility of the Trust to determine the arrangements for all of its schools, ensuring that they are fully compliant with the admissions code 2021 and other statutory legislation, such as the Equalities Act 2010.
On 4 October 2023, the Trust Board approved several variations to the current arrangements, which seek to add clarity to a number of key definitions within the policy. The new policy also includes more information on how parents can access other admissions related information, including in-year admissions, appeals processes, and Fair Access Protocol’s.
The new policies do not propose any change to the school’s existing over-subscription criteria. The new policy seeks to make clear that children within the final category of the over-subscription criteria are ranked by the distance they live from the school. The Trust has therefore re-named this criterion from ‘other children’ to ‘distance’. Children within that criterion will still be ranked in the same way.
You can find the proposed school policy for 2025/2026 by visiting Academy Directory - REAch2 Academy Trust
The consultation will run from 6 December 2023 to 31 January 2024.
We welcome feedback from all stakeholders on the proposed arrangements. Responses to the consultation may be placed by any of the following means:
· By email admissionsconsultation@reach2.org
· Complete the e-form at www.reach2.org/admissions
· By post Admissions Consultation, REAch2 Academy Trust, C/O Henhurst Ridge Primary Academy, Henhurst Ridge, Burton Upon Trent, DE13 9TQ
Letter sent to families
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2024/25 Admissions Policy
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2023/24 Admissions Policy
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Secondary School Admissions Link