Admissions Arrangements
Bramcote College is a member of The White Hills Park Trust, and complies with the School Admissions Code and the School Admissions Appeals Code. All applications to join Bramcote College in years 7 to 11 should be made through Nottinghamshire County Council, and applications to join our Sixth Form should be made online via our Sixth Form page (LINK).
A copy of our admissions policy can be found below:
The information below relates to admissions for the academic year 2025-2026. More detailed information can be found in our Admission Policies.
If you have any questions about applying to Bramcote College, please email admissions@bramcote.college
Standard admission into Year 7:
Applications to join Bramcote College in Year 7 should be made through the Nottinghamshire County Council website. School admissions hub | Nottinghamshire County Council
Applications should be completed by the deadline stated in the Nottinghamshire Coordinated scheme. In the event of oversubscription, preference will be given to students based on our oversubscription criteria (see below). Students who do not receive a place will be placed on a waiting list ranked by criteria and then distance from the school.
In year transfers from Year 7 to Year 11:
If you would like to apply for an In-Year admission to Bramcote College, please apply online via Nottinghamshire County Council, regardless of your home address:
Changing school in-year | Nottinghamshire County Council
We operate a waiting list in all year groups, with places allocated when available according to the oversubscription criteria. The waiting list is held until the end of the academic year, and you must reapply if you wish to remain on the list for the next academic year.
If you wish to appeal the refusal of an in-year place at Bramcote College, please contact Nottinghamshire County Council who manage our appeals process:
Appeal a school admission decision | Nottinghamshire County Council
Oversubscription Criteria:
In the event of oversubscription, the following criteria will be applied, in priority order, to decide which applications will be granted once places have been allocated to pupils who have a statement of special educational needs or an Education, Health and Care Plan which names the school, provided that the school can meet their needs:
1. Looked after children and those children who have been previously looked after, including those who ceased to be looked after through adoption or special guardianship order. This includes children adopted from state care outside England.
2. Children who live in the catchment area at the closing date for applications and who, at the time of admission, will have a brother or sister attending the school.
3. Other children who live in the catchment area at the closing date for applications.
4. Children who live outside the catchment area but who are attending a linked primary phase school on the closing date for applications and who, at the time of admission, will have a brother or sister attending the preferred secondary school.
5. Children who live outside the catchment area and who, at the time of admission, will have a brother or sister attending the preferred secondary school.
6. Children who live outside the catchment area but who are attending a linked primary phase school on the closing date for applications preceding admission to secondary school.
7. Other children.
In the event of oversubscription, within any criterion, preference will be given to children who live nearest to the school as the crow flies. Distances are measured from the main administrative point at the school campus to an address point (using eastings and northings as defined by Ordnance Survey) to the child’s home using the local authority’s computerised distance measuring software.
Waiting Lists
Waiting lists are held where the number of applications received is greater than the number of available places in the intake year group. The order of places on a waiting list is decided by the admission oversubscription criteria for the school. No reference will be made to the date we receive your application or whether you have chosen to appeal. Your position on a waiting list may change if any late applications are received which have a higher priority within the admission oversubscription criteria. These applications will be placed higher than those who have been on the list for some time, this is in line with the coordinated scheme. If your child is offered a place at a higher preferred school, their name will be removed from any waiting lists for lower preferences. The waiting list will be maintained for the remainder of the current academic year.
The White Hills Park Trust will notify the LA when to write to offer a place to the applicant at the top of the waiting list if the number of allocated places falls below the published admission number for the school. Children’s names will only be added to a school’s waiting list if they are refused a place.
Late Applications
Late applications received from the closing date up to the date specified within Nottinghamshire’s coordinated arrangements will be dealt with in accordance with the scheme. They will be considered as on time if the applicant can provide evidence that there were exceptional reasons for missing the closing date, for example family bereavement, hospitalisation or family trauma. Applications received after that date will be considered as late and processed after the national offer date.
Application for Places Outside the Normal Age Group
Parents may seek a place for their child outside of their age group. For both primary to secondary transfer and in year admissions parents should submit a request in writing to the school as early as possible. In all cases decisions will take into account the age group the child has been educated in up to that point and will be made on the basis of the individual circumstances and in the child’s best interests.
Catchment Area
The catchment area for Bramcote College is shown in the shaded area north of the A52 in the map below:
Linked Primary Schools
- Albany Junior School
- Bramcote Hills Primary School
- St Johns C of E Primary School
- Trowell C of E Primary School
- Wadsworth Fields Primary School
Standard Admission Criteria for Year 12
General Entry Requirements
There are no general entry requirements to join Bramcote College Sixth Form. However, for study at Level 3 (A level and its equivalents), at least a minimum of 5 GCSEs of grade 5 or above is required, usually including English and Maths.
Please click here for more information about entry to the Sixth Form.