Year 7 - September 2025 admissions
The application period for Year 7 September 2025 admission is now closed.
Any application received after 31st October 2024 are treated as late applications.
School Place Allocations
Information about school allocated places for September 2025 will be sent out by the local authority on Monday 3rd March 2025 (National Offer Day)
If you have not been allocated a place at Bishop Stopford School, at this time, you do have the right to appeal against this decision.
In order to appeal for a school place, you must complete the Notice of Appeal form and submit this to:
Clerk of the Appeals Panel
e-mail education@peterborough-diocese.org.uk
Postal Address Diocesan Board of Education, Bouverie Court, 6 The Lakes, Bedford Road, Northampton, NN4 7YD
Deadline for receipt of Notice of Appeal in order to be certain of being included in the main round of appeals - 28 March 2025
Notification of date and time of the appeal - week commencing 28 April 2025
Deadline for submission of additional evidence - 2 May 2025
Appeal - during the week commencing 19 May 2025
Note from the Independent School Appeal Clerk - The appeal process in 2025.
Your appeal will be heard remotely.
All Admission Authorities are required to comply with the School Admission Appeals Code. This was most recently updated in October 2022 and allows for the Admission Authority to make arrangements for appeals to be heard by video conference or, in the absence of that, by telephone. That is the decision of the Admission Authority for Bishop Stopford School.
All admission appeals for this school have been heard remotely since the beginning of the Pandemic in March 2020, and I have been happy - as well as a little surprised - at how well it has worked. During the Pandemic there was no other option than for the appeal to be heard in this way and ultimately it became clear that this format offered benefits to all participants including efficiency and convenience.
All you need is access to a PC, a mobile telephone, or a tablet. You can choose the most comfortable place from where to present your appeal case, you will not have to appear within a more formal setting, and you will not have to travel to a venue to be heard.
Through the appeal administrator, the Admission Authority has made sure that no appellant has been disadvantaged by their appeal being heard in this way. Any unexpected issues that have arisen with the use of technology have been overcome to prevent any disadvantage and provide all appellants with a fair opportunity to put their appeal case to the Independent Appeal Panel.
If you have any personal issues or restrictions that you feel might undermine your appeal being heard in this way, you can contact the appeal administrator, and he will look to provide any reasonable adjustments to give you the chance to participate in the same way and to the same level as any other appellant.
“The most important aspect for me is that you are offered a fair chance to present your appeal circumstances to the Independent Appeal Panel. If so, you will have had every opportunity to try and secure a place at this school by making an appeal.”
Robert Hartgroves – Independent School Appeal Clerk, February 2025.