Admissions Arrangements

Applying for a Year 7 place in our September 2027 intake

Please see below, Thamesmead School’s Admission Arrangements for Oversubscription Criteria for September 2027.

If you are applying for your child to enter Thamesmead school under the Performing Arts criterion (Music/Drama), please complete the Performing Arts supplementary application form below and return it to us by 12 noon on Friday 9th October 2026 at the latest. Aptitude tests will take place on Tuesday 13th October 2026 for Drama and on Wednesday 14th October 2026 for Music. For more information, please see the Performing Arts Information sheet below.

If you are applying for your child to enter Thamesmead School under the Child of Staff criterion, please complete the Staff supplementary application form below and return it to us by Friday 16th October 2026 at the latest (before half term).

IMPORTANT: ALL applicants must complete the Local Authority Application Form

Thamesmead Determined Admissions Arrangements 2027-2028 v1

Thamesmead Year 7 September 2027 Performing Arts Information Sheet v1

Thamesmead Determined Year 7 September 2027 Performing Arts Supplementary Application Form v1

Thamesmead Determined 2027-2028 Staff Supplementary Application Form v1

 

Year 7 September 2026 intake

For information on applications and allocations and waiting lists for Year 7 September 2026, please visit: https://www.surreycc.gov.uk/schools-and-learning/schools/admissions/secondary/apply

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Thamesmead – Year 7 September 2026 Performing Arts Information Sheet v1

Thamesmead – Year 7 September 2026 Performing Arts Supplementary Application Form v1

Thamesmead – Staff Supplementary Application Form 2026-2027 v1

Surrey CC Guidance – Secondary School leaflet for 2026 entry

Surrey Appeals Timetable 2026

 

In-Year Admissions to Thamesmead 2025-2026

If you wish to make an in-year application to Thamesmead, please complete and return the In-Year SMA application form (below) to the Admissions Officer. You must return this along with at least two documents providing proof of address, as requested at Question 2h in the application form.

Forms can be returned to: Admissions Officer, Thamesmead School, Manygate Lane, Shepperton TW17 9EE, or admissions@thamesmead.surrey.sch.uk

Please can we request that electronic copies are scanned in to be returned as one complete document.

For guidance on In-Year admissions, please visit: https://www.surreycc.gov.uk/schools-and-learning/schools/admissions/in-year.

For guidance on Appeals, please visit: https://www.surreycc.gov.uk/schools-and-learning/schools/admissions/appeals

In-Year admission appeals will be heard within 30 school days of the appeal being lodged.

Thamesmead Determined Admissions Arrangements 2025-2026 v1

In-Year Application SMA Form 2025-2026

In-Year SMA Guidance Notes 2025-2026

Thamesmead – Staff Supplementary Application Form 2025-2026 v1

 

School Prospectus

https://www.thamesmead.surrey.sch.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Thamesmead-School-Ofsted-Report-2022.pdf