Admissions
Mid-School Entry: Y7, Y8, Y9 & Y10 only
An ‘In Year admission’ is the process whereby you apply for a place at a school if your child is already attending school and you wish to move them to another school. Should you require an ‘in year’ secondary school place for your child at Barton Manor School, please complete and return an ‘In Year Casual Admissions Form’ to the School. Please submit this form to admissions@bartonmanor.org. Please note the School opened in September 2022 to Year 7 students. We now have Year 7, Year 8, Year 9 and Year 10 ONLY. All year groups are full and there is a substantial waiting list for each year group.
We will add your child to the relevant waiting list and send an email to confirm that we have done so.
Waiting List
Barton Manor School will keep and maintain an up to date waiting list for Year 7, Year 8, Year 9 and Year 10. The waiting list has been compiled according to the School’s Over-subscription Criteria.
Places will be allocated to students on each waiting list as they become available. The School's Waiting List will be re-ranked, in line with the published over-subscription criteria, every time a child is added.
Unfortunately, we cannot give any indication as to how long your child could be on our waiting list or when a place may become available.
Entry for Year 7 September 2026
Important Dates
Monday 1 September - Online application process opens. Go to www.kent.gov.uk/secondaryadmissions to register and apply.
Monday 6 October: Open Morning 9am – 11am (last tour at 10.30am)
Tuesday 7 October: Open Evening 5pm – 8pm – find out more here
Wednesday 8 October – No Open Morning or Evening
Thursday 9 October: Open Morning 9am – 11am (last tour at 10.30am)
Friday 10 October: Open morning 9am – 11am (last tour at 10.30am)
Friday 31 October - Online application process closes for the main round. Any amendments after this date must be emailed to kentonlineadmissions@kent.gov.uk
Monday 2 March 2026 - Offers of school places sent to parents/carers via email by KCC after 4pm
Monday 16 March 2026 - Parents/Carers should contact the school to accept/refuse the place that has been offered and can use the link in the offer email to ask for their child to be added to the waiting list of eligible schools named on the original application.
Monday 30 March 2026 - Appeals need to be lodged by this date to be heard before September 2026 – appeals information can be found at www.kent.gov.uk/schoolappeals. You can only appeal for schools that were named on the application form.
Appeals
Parents have a statutory right of appeal, should an application for a place be refused, by writing to:
The Clerk to the Governors
Barton Manor School Admissions
Barton Manor School
Spring Lane
Canterbury
Kent, CT1 1SU
For information relating to the appeals process, please scroll down this page and download and read the ‘BMS Appeals Guidance for Parents 2026’, the ‘BMS Appeals Information 2026’ and the ‘BMS Secondary School Appeals Form 2026’.
Appeals should be submitted to: clerk@bartonmanor.org
For any other queries or information, please contact: admissions@bartonmanor.org or call to speak to the Admissions Officer on 01227 532140.
Admissions Summary
The following is a summary of the places allocated according to our over-subscription criteria:
|
Rank |
Category |
1 March 2022 |
1 March 2023 Number of students |
1 March 2024 |
1 March 2025 Number of students |
|
0 |
EHCP |
7 |
12 | 6 | 6 |
|
1 |
Looked after children |
1 |
2 | 1 | 0 |
|
2 |
Sibling |
16 |
22 | 44 | 46 |
|
3 |
Staff |
0 |
0 | 0 | 0 |
|
4 |
Medical/social need |
1 |
0 | 0 | 0 |
|
5 |
Distance |
125 (up to 2.79 miles) |
114 (up to 3.49 miles) | 100 (up to 1.701 miles) | 98 (up to 7.7 miles) |
