Welcome to the South Bank University Academy Admissions information page.
Please view our admissions policy here.
Academy and Sixth Form Admissions Contact Details
For the Year 7 admissions team please contact
Corrine Owens
Telephone: 020 7277 3000
Email: admissions@southbankua.org.uk
For the Year 12 -13 admissions team please contact
Amoz Rodney
Telephone: 020 7277 3035
Email: amoz.rodney@southbankua.org.uk
Address: Trafalgar Street, London, SE17 2TP
Year 7 Applications
The Academy has an admission number of 150 in Year 7.
For admission into the next year’s Year 7, Parents and Carers are required to complete an online application form (known as the “Common Application Form” -CAF) which can be found at http://www.eadmissions.org.uk No applications direct to the Academy can be accepted for the September 2023 intake.
If the deadline for submitting your child’s secondary application has now passed but you would still like to make an application to our school, please contact Southwark admissions; admissions@southbankua.org.uk.
http://www.2.southwark.gov.uk school admissions team from Southwark council (School admissions team (4th floor), Hub 2, children’s services, Southwark Council, PO Box 64529, London SE1P 5LX
Tel: 020 7525 5337
Email: schools.admissions@southwark.gov.uk) as well providing an expression of interest by emailing us at admissions@southbankua.org.uk
Years 12-13 Applications
South Bank University Academy has an agreed Published Admissions Number (PAN) of 85 students in Year 12 & 13.
Where there is space within Year 13 (i.e. where there are fewer than 85 students in the year group) the Academy will admit additional students up to this number using the oversubscription criteria below into this year group. However, the Academy will prioritise Year 12 applications during the recruitment process.
To determine eligibility criteria for admissions, the Academy has published specific criteria in relation to minimum entrance requirements for Year 12 based on GCSE grades or other measures of prior attainment and these criteria are the same for internal and external transfers and have been published on our website, please refer to the admissions policy.
There will be right of appeal to an Independent Appeals Panel for internal Students refused transfer and external applicants refused admission.
In-Year Applications
If you are looking for a place in South Bank University Academy because you have recently moved into the area, or your child is at another school and you feel that a change of school would benefit their education and/or general well-being, you are entitled to apply for a school place.
Since September 2013, the law allows you to apply directly to South Bank University Academy. Please contact Admissions at the Academy, (admissions@southbankua.org.uk) to request an in-year admission form, or download here.
Please note that there is no guarantee that a place will be available, but you have the right of appeal if you are refused a place.
For Parents/Carers who Wish to Appeal
Parent(s) wishing to appeal against the Academy’s decision on admissions, for any year group, should complete an Appeal Form (please click here to download the appeal form) stating the reason for the appeal, based on the published Admissions Criteria.
If you wish to appeal you must contact Admissions at the Academy (admissions@uaesouthbank.org.uk) and we will send you an appeal form to complete.
Completed forms should be sent to the Clerk to the Appeal Panel at South Bank University Academy, Trafalgar street, SE17 2TP
The Appeal Hearing
The Academy will arrange for an Independent Appeals Panel to consider the Academy’s reasons for refusal and your reasons for wanting to attend the Academy.
The Panel will consist of 3 people (2 will have education experience and one will be an independent person with no education experience).
The Panel will consider the case put forward by you and the Academy. They must consider the admission arrangements for the Academy and the reasons why you want to attend that particular school.
The Panel must exercise its discretion by balancing the weight of your argument (for wanting to attend) against the Academy’s reasons for refusal i.e. the prejudice that one more student would cause to the education of the students already offered and the Health and Safety of all the students already attending the Academy, also taking into account the Academy’s published admission arrangements.
The decision of the Independent Appeals Panel is binding on the admissions authority and the parents.
