Admission to South Hunsley Secondary School
Every year we have 350 places available to new Year 7 pupils. Places are allocated in line with the East Riding of Yorkshire Council’s co-ordinated admission scheme, and we priorities as follows:
- Children who are looked after by a local authority and to children who were previously looked after, including children who were previously looked after by a local authority outside England, but ceased to be so because they were adopted or became subject to a residence order or special guardianship order.
- Children who live in the school’s designated catchment area.
- Children who have a sibling attending the school in Years 7 to 10.
- Children who have attended the school’s named feeder junior or primary schools since the beginning of National Curriculum Year 3.
- Children of members of staff working at South Hunsley School and Sixth Form College.
- Children who live closest to the school. The distance from the child’s home to the school will be measured and priority will be given to those living nearest to the school.
Admission Arrangements for the 2024-25 academic year
The trust board of The Education Alliance Multi Academy Trust determined the admission arrangements for the 2024-25 school year on 9 February 2023. At this meeting the trust board formally approved the following documents and approved the following admission numbers for the following schools:
- Driffield School and Sixth Form, 250 places
- Howden Junior School, 60 places
- Hunsley Primary, 30 places
- Malet Lambert School, 350 places
- North Cave Primary School, 20 places
- South Hunsley School and Sixth Form College 350 places
- The Snaith School, 150 places
How can I object to these arrangements? – if you wish to object to these determined admission arrangements, you should do so to the Schools Adjudicator by 18 April 2025. Information about how to lodge an objection is available here at https://www.gov.uk/guidance/schools-adjudicator-make-an-objection-appeal-or-referral or you can contact the Office of the Schools Adjudicator by email at osa.team@schoolsadjudicator.gov.uk
Admission Arrangements – Admissions Policy 2025-2026
These admission arrangements were determined by the Trust Board in February 2024. Objections to these determined admission arrangements should be sent to the Schools Adjudicator by 15 May 2024. Information about how to lodge an objection is available here: School admission arrangements – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
You can contact the Office of the Schools Adjudicator by email at osa.team@schoolsadjudicator.gov.uk
Details on how in-year school admissions should be made can be found here.
Admission Arrangements – 2026-27 Annual Consultation
We are currently consulting on our 2026-27 admission arrangements, details on how to make a response can be found on the Consultation Stakeholder Letter and all associated documentation can be viewed on The Education Alliance Website.
Admission to Year 7
If you want to apply for a place in Year 7 at South Hunsley for entry in September 2025, you will need to apply through the local authority responsible for the area where you live, even if you want a place for your child at a school in another local authority’s area.
Our normal school admissions arrangements apply when a child is transferring from primary school to secondary education at the end of Year 6.
Please visit your local authority website for more specific information on how to apply.
To make an application for Year 7 in September 2025, please click on the link below to the Citizens Portal for East Riding of Yorkshire Council.
The closing date for secondary applications is 31 October 2024. Once this date has passed, please contact the School Admissions team on schooladmissions@eastriding.gov.uk
Citizen Portal – Sign in (eastriding.gov.uk)
Deadline for applications to your local authority: 31st October 2024
Local Authority notification of school place: 1st March 2025
View more information on East Riding of Yorkshire Council’s co-ordinated admissions scheme.
View more information on Hull City Council’s co-ordinated admissions scheme.
In Year Admissions
Our in-year admission arrangements apply when a child is already attending another secondary school and parents want to move their child to South Hunsley.
If you want to make an in year application you will have to apply to the Local Authority responsible for the area you live. More information is available on the East Riding of Yorkshire Council’s website, and for those parents living within the East Riding, the council will ask you to complete and submit an In Year Application Form.
Appeals for ‘in-year’ school admission requests are normally held within 30 school days of the date your appeal is received. You will be notified of the date of your appeal no later than ten school days before the appeal is due to take place.
Appeals for entry into secondary school for the first time – what are called ‘normal’ admission requests – are usually held in the summer term after parents / carers have been notified of the refusal of a school place, commonly in June and July.
There are two different types of admissions – those to start school at the ‘normal’ time for the start of the Year 7, and those for places in other year groups or at any other time – these are called ‘in-year’ applications for school places. In-year applications are made for example when a child is already attending one school and the parent/carers wish to move their child from one school to another, and when a family moves to a different area and needs a new school place for their child(ren).
Whilst the admission authority for our school is the Academy Trust, admissions applications are co-ordinated by the Local Authority, East Riding of Yorkshire Council.
If you would like to visit the school when considering making an application, please call 01482 631 208 to arrange a visit.
Applications to start our school for the first time, for the start of Year 7 should be made direct to the Local Authority in which you live by the deadline for applications. Late applications will be considered after those submitted by the deadline, often when there are no places available so it is important that you apply on-time. If you live in the East Riding of Yorkshire Council area, then you can find more information about ‘normal’ admissions processes, deadlines, details of the appeal process and other information at www.eastriding.gov.uk/apply-for-a-school-place. If you live outside the East Riding, you should apply to your ‘home’ Local Authority and not East Riding of Yorkshire Council.
When applying for a place you should also complete the supplementary information form that you may wish to complete to provide additional information for the admission authority. This should be returned to the school direct by the deadline for applications and not the Local Authority.
Although we are an Academy, and the admissions authority for the school is the Academy Trust we have formally requested that applications for school places are made through the local authority’s co-ordinated admissions scheme for in-year applications. Applications to start our school in-year should be made direct to the Local Authority no earlier than one term before the place is required, and it is recommended that you apply no later than a period of twenty school days, that is four weeks in term time, before you wish for the place to be available for your child. Applications are considered in the order that they have been received, for example if there is one space available in a year group, the parent/carer who applied for their place first will likely be allocated the place for their child. Proof of residence may be required before places can be allocated, and the school fully adheres to the East Riding Fair Access Protocol. Applicants will be informed of the outcome of their application as soon as is possible, though this is commonly ten school days after an application has been received, but may be later in certain circumstances.
If you live in the East Riding of Yorkshire Council area, then you can find more information about ‘in-year’ admissions processes, and details of the co-ordinated admissions scheme at www.eastriding.gov.uk/school-admissions where you can also find and download an application form along with details of how to appeal for a school place where you have been refused. If you live outside the East Riding, you should apply to your ‘home’ Local Authority and not East Riding of Yorkshire Council.
When applying you should also complete the supplementary information form that you may wish to complete to provide additional information for the admission authority. This should be returned to the school direct and not the Local Authority.
As we are an Academy, the admissions authority for the school is the Academy Trust. It is the admission authority, and not the Local Authority who determines whether there is an available place based upon the capacity of the class/year group and the number of pupils already on roll.
You can contact the East Riding School Admissions Team by email at schooladmissions@eastriding.gov.uk, by writing to School Admissions Team, East Riding of Yorkshire Council, County Hall, Beverley, HU17 9BA. You can also call 01482 392100 in school hours.
Applicants refused a place at a school for their child normally have the right to appeal against the decision to refuse admission. To make an appeal you will need to complete an appeal form which can be obtained from the School Admissions Team at the East Riding of Yorkshire Council.
For applications to start a secondary school for the first time in September 2025, appeal forms should be submitted by the parent / carers by 18 April 2025 and appeals are planned to be held between May and June 2025.
