Admissions
To determine if The Cottesloe School is in your catchment, please use the Bucks Council school postcode checker and The Cottesloe School Catchment Area below.
Admissions Policy - Sept 2025
Years 7 to 11
The Cottesloe School is a Foundation Secondary School. The admissions authority is the school’s Governing Body. As the Admissions authority, the school's Governing Body must ensure that the practices and criteria used to decide the allocation of places are fair, clear and objective. The Governing Body must also set out the criteria that will be applied if there are more applications than places at the school. The School admits children at the age of 11 without reference to aptitude or ability. The school's Planned Admission Number (PAN) for Year 7 is 190.
As a Foundation school, The Cottesloe School works within the Fair Access protocol.
Please see our policies page for more information for our Admissions Policy.
For more information on applying for a secondary school place, please see the Bucks Council website.
Open Events
For information on our open events for admissions for 2026 please see our dedicated page
https://www.cottesloe.bucks.sch.uk/parents/open-events
In-Year Admissions
If you are applying for an in-year admission, please complete the In-Year Application Form below and email it to admissions@cottesloe.bucks.sch.uk, not to Buckinghamshire Council.
For more information about in-year admissions, please see the Buckinghamshire Council websiteI
Appeal a secondary school decision
Parents and carers can appeal admission decisions via Bucks Council https://www.buckinghamshire.gov.uk/schools-and-learning/schools-index/school-admissions/school-appeals/appeal-a-secondary-school-decision/
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 3 March 2025 | Secondary Transfer Allocation Day |
| 28 March 2025, midday | Deadline for submitting completed appeal forms |
| At least 10 school days before appeal hearing | The Appeals Team sends the appeal date & time letters to parents. The Appeals Team also tells parents the evidence deadline date. |
| 6 calendar days before appeal hearing | Appeals Team sends appeal papers to parents, admission authority, school and Appeal Panel |
| May to July | Secondary Admission Appeals heard |
| Within 5 school days of the appeal decision | Decision letter sent to parents, admission authority and school |
Appeals timetables
| Type of appeal | Deadline for hearing appeal |
| Applications made in the normal admissions round | Within 40 school days of the deadline for lodging appeals |
| Late applications | Within 40 school days of the deadline for lodging appeals, or within 30 school days of the appeal being lodged |
| Applications to sixth forms where the offer of a place was conditional upon exam results | Within 30 school days of confirmation of those results |
| Applications to sixth forms where the offer of a place was not conditional upon exam results | Within 40 school days of the deadline for lodging appeals |
| Applications for in-year admissions | Within 30 school days of the appeal being lodged |