Admissions

Applications for Year 7 September 2025

The closing date for secondary school applications was 31 October 2024.

National Offer Day is 3rd March 2025.

Timetable of events for Admission to Year 7 September 2025

Date	Details
3 March	Offers of a place go out
15 March	Deadline for parents to have responded to offer via Local Authority
15 March	Deadline to have lodged intention to appeal with Altrincham College in order to be heard during week beginning 12 May 2025.
Week beginning 12 May	Individual appeal hearings during which parents/carers present their case to the independent panel
Start of July	Appeal hearings for anyone who lodged an appeal after 15 March but before Friday 7 June 2025.  Appeals lodged after 7 June will be heard within 30 school days.

1. Request to go on the waiting list

Requests to go onto the Altrincham College waiting list must be made directly to Trafford School Admissions not directly to the school. 

Please put your request in writing to Trafford School Admissions Department (either via email to school.admissions@trafford.gov.uk or on paper to School Admissions, Waterside House, Waterside, Sale, M33 7ZF), giving your child’s name, Date of Birth and home address and the name of the desired school.

The waiting list is held in strict accordance with Altrincham College’s over-subscription criteria and not on a first come, first served basis. This waiting list will be held in accordance with our admissions policy, which can be found at the bottom of this page.

2. You may also choose to appeal against the decision not to allocate your child a place.

If you are choosing to appeal against the decision, you must lodge your intention to do so directly to Mr D Wakefield at Altrincham College. 
You can do this via email: admissions@altrinchamcollege.com or if you do not have email access, by telephone on 0161 980 7173.

When lodging your intention to appeal, please ensure you provide the following details:

• Child's name
• Child's date of birth
• Child's current school
• Parent's name
• Parent's email address
• Postal address and contact number

For further information about the appeals process, please click here to read the statutory guidance.