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OPEN EVENINGS 2026

Joining Year 7 in 2027?

Our 2026 Open Evening will be on Monday 28th September. The evening will run from 17:30 to 20:00 with the Headteacher’s speech at 19:30. Please note there is no parking inside the school, other than for Blue Badge holders. 

Joining Sixth Form in 2027?

Our 2026 Open Evening date will be Thursday 8th October. The evening will run from 17:45 to 20:00 with speeches at 18:00. Please note there is limited parking inside the school, but we do have dedicated spaces for Blue Badge holders. 

Apply For All Year Groups

Thank you for your interest in East Barnet School. Whether you are applying through secondary school transfer, looking for a place in other year groups, or joining our Sixth Form, we are delighted that you feel EBS is the right school for you. Below are all the details that you will need to apply for all different stages at EBS. We are happy to answer any queries you may have but please be aware that the London Borough of Barnet Admissions Team processes all of our admissions in Years 7 – 11.

Secondary School Transfer

Secondary school transfer is for all students that are currently in Year 6 and are looking to start in September in Year 7. These admissions are processed by the London Borough of Barnet.

In-Year Admissions

For places that are available throughout the school year, for Years 7 – 11, applications can be made through in-year applications. These admissions are processed by the London Borough of Barnet. 

Sixth Form Applications

Applications for Sixth Form are processed directly by the school. Applications must be made whether students are internal or external, i.e. current EBS students or those from another educational facility.

Special Educational Needs Applications

If your child has an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP), arrangements for your child’s transfer will be processed by the London Borough of Barnet SEN Team, who can be contacted via email: SENadmin@barnet.gov.uk. The EHCP replaces the Statement of Special Educational Needs. If EBS is seen as a viable option, we will invite the family into the school to meet with our SENCO to ensure we have the correct support in place before your child starts.

The school is fully accessible for students with physical disabilities.

Secondary School Transfer

Places in the new Year 7 are open for application to all students that are currently in Year 6, and will be starting on the first day of term in September. Any differing applications will be classed as an in-year admission.

Admissions Criteria

Our Admissions Criteria can be found below. This displays the current admission criteria for secondary school transfer and the allocation of spare places made during the school year, and is for students who joined EBS in the previous September and the criteria for admissions in the current school year and subsequent school year.

Last Year:Admissions Criteria 2024 - 2025

The school has an agreed admission number of 220 students for the Year 7 cohort 2024/25 and all Year 7 thereafter. For Years 9-11 it is 210. There are an agreed 350 places in Years 12 and 13. When the school is oversubscribed, priority for admission will be given to those children who meet the criteria set out below, in order:

  1. A child whose Education, Health and Care (EHC) Plan names East Barnet School.
  2. A ‘looked after child’ or a child who was previously looked after but immediately after being looked after became subject to an adoption, residence, or special guardianship order. ‘A looked after child is a child who is (a) in the care of a local authority, or (b) being provided with accommodation by a local authority in the exercise of their social services functions, or (c) a child who appears to the admission authority to have been in state care outside of England and was adopted. Pursuant to paragraph 2.5 of the School Admissions Code, admission authorities are permitted to request evidence that demonstrates that the child was in state care outside of England prior to being adopted.
  3. A child with a sibling attending the school at the time of application. Sibling is defined in these arrangements as a child who lives as brother or sister in the same house, including natural, adopted, step and foster brother and sister.
  4. A child of an East Barnet School member of staff, providing that the member has been employed for a minimum of two years at the time of application or is recruited to fill a vacant post for which there is a demonstrable skill shortage. ‘Staff Child’ is defined in these arrangements as a child who lives as the staff member’s son or daughter in the same house, including natural born, adopted, step and foster son or daughter.
  5. Other children by distance from the school, with priority for admission given to children who live nearest to the school. Distances are measured in a straight line from the main gate of the school to the address point of the child’s main home, as supplied by the Ordnance Survey. The distance between these points is calculated using Barnet Council’s computerised geographical information system (GIS); those living closest to East Barnet School having the highest priority.
  6. Applicants from the same block of flats, or applicants who live the same distance from the school will be selected in random order using Barnet Council’s computerised system and places will be offered accordingly.

Note: When the over-subscription criteria are applied to applications made on behalf of twins, triplets and other multiple-births, they will be selected in random order and places will be offered accordingly. This could result in not all children in a family being offered a place. Where relevant, the remaining child(ren) would be retained automatically on the school’s waiting list and would have priority should any vacancies arise at the school.

This Year:Admissions Criteria 2025 - 2026

The school has an agreed admission number of 220 students for the Year 7 cohort 2025/26 and all Year 7 thereafter. For Years 10-11 it is 210. There are an agreed 350 places in Years 12 and 13. When the school is oversubscribed, priority for admission will be given to those children who meet the criteria set out below, in order:

  1. A child whose Education, Health and Care (EHC) Plan names East Barnet School.
  2. A ‘looked after child’ or a child who was previously looked after but immediately after being looked after became subject to an adoption, residence, or special guardianship order. ‘A looked after child is a child who is (a) in the care of a local authority, or (b) being provided with accommodation by a local authority in the exercise of their social services functions, or (c) a child who appears to the admission authority to have been in state care outside of England and was adopted. Pursuant to paragraph 2.5 of the School Admissions Code, admission authorities are permitted to request evidence that demonstrates that the child was in state care outside of England prior to being adopted.
  3. A child with a sibling attending the school at the time of application. Sibling is defined in these arrangements as a child who lives as brother or sister in the same house, including natural, adopted, step and foster brother and sister.
  4. A child of an East Barnet School member of staff, providing that the member has been employed for a minimum of two years at the time of application or is recruited to fill a vacant post for which there is a demonstrable skill shortage. ‘Staff Child’ is defined in these arrangements as a child who lives as the staff member’s son or daughter in the same house, including natural born, adopted, step and foster son or daughter.
  5. Other children by distance from the school, with priority for admission given to children who live nearest to the school. Distances are measured in a straight line from the main gate of the school to the address point of the child’s main home, as supplied by the Ordnance Survey. The distance between these points is calculated using Barnet Council’s computerised geographical information system (GIS); those living closest to East Barnet School having the highest priority.
  6. Applicants from the same block of flats, or applicants who live the same distance from the school will be selected in random order using Barnet Council’s computerised system and places will be offered accordingly.

Note: When the over-subscription criteria are applied to applications made on behalf of twins, triplets and other multiple-births, they will be selected in random order and places will be offered accordingly. This could result in not all children in a family being offered a place. Where relevant, the remaining child(ren) would be retained automatically on the school’s waiting list and would have priority should any vacancies arise at the school.

Next Year:Admissions Criteria 2026 - 2027

The school has an agreed admission number of 220 students for the Year 7 cohort 2026/27 and all Year 7 thereafter. For Year 11 it is 210. There are an agreed 350 places in Years 12 and 13. When the school is oversubscribed, priority for admission will be given to those children who meet the criteria set out below, in order:

  1. A child whose Education, Health and Care (EHC) Plan names East Barnet School.
  2. A ‘looked after child’ or a child who was previously looked after but immediately after being looked after became subject to an adoption, residence, or special guardianship order. ‘A looked after child is a child who is (a) in the care of a local authority, or (b) being provided with accommodation by a local authority in the exercise of their social services functions, or (c) a child who appears to the admission authority to have been in state care outside of England and was adopted. Pursuant to paragraph 2.5 of the School Admissions Code, admission authorities are permitted to request evidence that demonstrates that the child was in state care outside of England prior to being adopted.
  3. A child with a sibling attending the school at the time of application. Sibling is defined in these arrangements as a child who lives as brother or sister in the same house, including natural, adopted, step and foster brother and sister.
  4. A child of an East Barnet School member of staff, providing that the member has been employed for a minimum of two years at the time of application or is recruited to fill a vacant post for which there is a demonstrable skill shortage. ‘Staff Child’ is defined in these arrangements as a child who lives as the staff member’s son or daughter in the same house, including natural born, adopted, step and foster son or daughter.
  5. Other children by distance from the school, with priority for admission given to children who live nearest to the school. Distances are measured in a straight line from the main gate of the school to the address point of the child’s main home, as supplied by the Ordnance Survey. The distance between these points is calculated using Barnet Council’s computerised geographical information system (GIS); those living closest to East Barnet School having the highest priority.
  6. Applicants from the same block of flats, or applicants who live the same distance from the school will be selected in random order using Barnet Council’s computerised system and places will be offered accordingly.

Note: When the over-subscription criteria are applied to applications made on behalf of twins, triplets and other multiple-births, they will be selected in random order and places will be offered accordingly. This could result in not all children in a family being offered a place. Where relevant, the remaining child(ren) would be retained automatically on the school’s waiting list and would have priority should any vacancies arise at the school.

Secondary Transfer Application Process

1

Look at the Schools Available

The London Borough of Barnet issue a digital booklet each year which details the application process and information about all the secondary schools, including their Open Evenings/Days.

2

Visit the EBS Open Evening

Our Open Evening is usually at the end of September, and we challenge you to find a more fun Open Evening event to attend! With inspirational talks from staff and students, tours by our Year 7s, Kitchen tasters and competitions, it is not to be missed!

3

Fill in The Barnet Form

All secondary school transfer applications MUST be made through the London Borough of Barnet and by filling in the form on their website.

4

Make Sure You Apply

You can apply for up to six schools on your application, in order of preference. Even if you think you live too far away from the school, it is still worth listing EBS as a preference; if you don’t, you definitely won’t get a place!

5

Don't Miss the Closing Date

Applications usually close on 31st October of the year you are applying, but please check the closing date with the London Borough of Barnet. You will usually hear if your application has been successful at the beginning of March.

6

Let the Excitement Begin

If you are successful in securing a place for your child in Year 7, you will receive an information pack from the school, which includes all important information, and digital forms that will need to be filled in.

7

Getting to Know You

EBS staff will visit the schools of successful students to learn more about them, and they will also be invited to an introduction day in the summer term. There will also be an evening for parents in the summer term, where we can provide any further information and answer any questions.

Appeals

If you have not been offered a place at East Barnet School, the law entitles you to appeal against that decision to an Independent Appeal Panel. This panel is completely independent of the school and the Local Authority. All appeals will be heard online which has the advantage that your appeal can be heard from your home or place of work.

Please note: you can only appeal if you have been refused a place in writing after making a formal application. The links below are NOT application forms.

Appeals Form

If you wish to appeal, please click this link for the Online Appeal Form. Please do not use any other appeal form or send your form to your Local Authority. It is suggested that you download the explanatory booklet about appeals which you should read before you complete the appeal form.

You should include any evidence or supporting material with your appeal form and you must give the grounds for your appeal at the time you lodge your appeal form. Your appeal form will not be accepted unless you state the grounds for your appeal. You may appeal for more than one school, but on different forms.

Any letters or reports that you wish the panel to see should be uploaded at this time. You are asked to bear in mind that if you send additional information later, the closing date is 12pm (noon) 5 working days before the Stage 1 hearing. All appointed panels have agreed not to take any late letters or reports after the 5 working day deadline. This will be strictly enforced. For secondary transfer appeals, the hearing will take place at least TWO months after the refusal letter. This gives you plenty of time to get your evidence together if you act early and take account of school holidays.

Please note that the online form will ask you to upload two utility bills dated in the last three months. If you do not have access to a scanner, please take two photographs with a mobile phone and upload the photographic files. Any evidence or supporting material can be uploaded, but the online form will only accept, Word, PDF and JPEG documents.

Full details about the hearing will be sent to you with your invitation to the hearing.

If you wish to contact the clerk, please email: clerk@educationappeals.com

Stages Deadline Date
Last day for lodging appeal forms for a place in Year 7 to start in September 2026. 4pm on Thursday 2nd April 2026 to guarantee that your appeal will be heard in the first tranche of appeals. Appeals lodged later may not be heard until the second tranche which could be in September 2026. You MUST state the reasons for your appeal and supply any documentary evidence at this stage.
The stage 1 part of the hearing (with other parents present) will take place online. Monday 15th June 2026, time TBC.
Part 2, the individual private hearings will take place. Monday 15th June 2026
(Depending on the number of appeals)
Invitation letter giving details about your hearing will be sent by the Clerk to the Independent Appeal Panel. At least 10 school days before the stage 1 hearing.
Any additional supporting evidence. Closing date is 12pm (noon) Monday 8th June 2026. Additional paperwork received after this date or on the day of the appeal hearing will not be taken into account. Please provide the Clerk with one copy of any new additional evidence by email only to clerk@educationappeals.com
Letter from the Clerk informing you of the decision of the independent appeal panel. Due to the high number of appeals held at this time, this may not be sent until up to 15 school days after the last hearing for the school.

 

In-Year Admissions

If you wish to apply for a place at EBS after the start of the school year, this MUST be done through the London Borough of Barnet who co-ordinate all in-year applications in the borough. You can make an application via the London Borough of Barnet’s webpage for in-year admissions. All applications are duly considered in accordance with our published admission criteria. If we are unable to offer you a place, Barnet will inform you of our decision and that of any other school that you applied for. You will then be placed on the school’s waiting list (which is kept in the order of our published admissions criteria) and be given your statutory right to appeal for a place at the school if you so choose.

Admissions Criteria

Our Admissions Criteria can be found below. This displays the current admission criteria for secondary school transfer and the allocation of spare places made during the school year, and is for students who joined EBS in the previous September and the criteria for admissions in the current school year and subsequent school year.

Last Year:Admissions Criteria 2024 - 2025

The school has an agreed admission number of 220 students for the Year 7 cohort 2024/25 and all Year 7 thereafter. For Years 9-11 it is 210. There are an agreed 350 places in Years 12 and 13. When the school is oversubscribed, priority for admission will be given to those children who meet the criteria set out below, in order:

  1. A child whose Education, Health and Care (EHC) Plan names East Barnet School.
  2. A ‘looked after child’ or a child who was previously looked after but immediately after being looked after became subject to an adoption, residence, or special guardianship order. ‘A looked after child is a child who is (a) in the care of a local authority, or (b) being provided with accommodation by a local authority in the exercise of their social services functions, or (c) a child who appears to the admission authority to have been in state care outside of England and was adopted. Pursuant to paragraph 2.5 of the School Admissions Code, admission authorities are permitted to request evidence that demonstrates that the child was in state care outside of England prior to being adopted.
  3. A child with a sibling attending the school at the time of application. Sibling is defined in these arrangements as a child who lives as brother or sister in the same house, including natural, adopted, step and foster brother and sister.
  4. A child of an East Barnet School member of staff, providing that the member has been employed for a minimum of two years at the time of application or is recruited to fill a vacant post for which there is a demonstrable skill shortage. ‘Staff Child’ is defined in these arrangements as a child who lives as the staff member’s son or daughter in the same house, including natural born, adopted, step and foster son or daughter.
  5. Other children by distance from the school, with priority for admission given to children who live nearest to the school. Distances are measured in a straight line from the main gate of the school to the address point of the child’s main home, as supplied by the Ordnance Survey. The distance between these points is calculated using Barnet Council’s computerised geographical information system (GIS); those living closest to East Barnet School having the highest priority.
  6. Applicants from the same block of flats, or applicants who live the same distance from the school will be selected in random order using Barnet Council’s computerised system and places will be offered accordingly.

Note: When the over-subscription criteria are applied to applications made on behalf of twins, triplets and other multiple-births, they will be selected in random order and places will be offered accordingly. This could result in not all children in a family being offered a place. Where relevant, the remaining child(ren) would be retained automatically on the school’s waiting list and would have priority should any vacancies arise at the school.

This Year:Admissions Criteria 2025 - 2026

The school has an agreed admission number of 220 students for the Year 7 cohort 2025/26 and all Year 7 thereafter. For Years 10-11 it is 210. There are an agreed 350 places in Years 12 and 13. When the school is oversubscribed, priority for admission will be given to those children who meet the criteria set out below, in order:

  1. A child whose Education, Health and Care (EHC) Plan names East Barnet School.
  2. A ‘looked after child’ or a child who was previously looked after but immediately after being looked after became subject to an adoption, residence, or special guardianship order. ‘A looked after child is a child who is (a) in the care of a local authority, or (b) being provided with accommodation by a local authority in the exercise of their social services functions, or (c) a child who appears to the admission authority to have been in state care outside of England and was adopted. Pursuant to paragraph 2.5 of the School Admissions Code, admission authorities are permitted to request evidence that demonstrates that the child was in state care outside of England prior to being adopted.
  3. A child with a sibling attending the school at the time of application. Sibling is defined in these arrangements as a child who lives as brother or sister in the same house, including natural, adopted, step and foster brother and sister.
  4. A child of an East Barnet School member of staff, providing that the member has been employed for a minimum of two years at the time of application or is recruited to fill a vacant post for which there is a demonstrable skill shortage. ‘Staff Child’ is defined in these arrangements as a child who lives as the staff member’s son or daughter in the same house, including natural born, adopted, step and foster son or daughter.
  5. Other children by distance from the school, with priority for admission given to children who live nearest to the school. Distances are measured in a straight line from the main gate of the school to the address point of the child’s main home, as supplied by the Ordnance Survey. The distance between these points is calculated using Barnet Council’s computerised geographical information system (GIS); those living closest to East Barnet School having the highest priority.
  6. Applicants from the same block of flats, or applicants who live the same distance from the school will be selected in random order using Barnet Council’s computerised system and places will be offered accordingly.

Note: When the over-subscription criteria are applied to applications made on behalf of twins, triplets and other multiple-births, they will be selected in random order and places will be offered accordingly. This could result in not all children in a family being offered a place. Where relevant, the remaining child(ren) would be retained automatically on the school’s waiting list and would have priority should any vacancies arise at the school.

Next Year:Admissions Criteria 2026 - 2027

The school has an agreed admission number of 220 students for the Year 7 cohort 2026/27 and all Year 7 thereafter. For Year 11 it is 210. There are an agreed 350 places in Years 12 and 13. When the school is oversubscribed, priority for admission will be given to those children who meet the criteria set out below, in order:

  1. A child whose Education, Health and Care (EHC) Plan names East Barnet School.
  2. A ‘looked after child’ or a child who was previously looked after but immediately after being looked after became subject to an adoption, residence, or special guardianship order. ‘A looked after child is a child who is (a) in the care of a local authority, or (b) being provided with accommodation by a local authority in the exercise of their social services functions, or (c) a child who appears to the admission authority to have been in state care outside of England and was adopted. Pursuant to paragraph 2.5 of the School Admissions Code, admission authorities are permitted to request evidence that demonstrates that the child was in state care outside of England prior to being adopted.
  3. A child with a sibling attending the school at the time of application. Sibling is defined in these arrangements as a child who lives as brother or sister in the same house, including natural, adopted, step and foster brother and sister.
  4. A child of an East Barnet School member of staff, providing that the member has been employed for a minimum of two years at the time of application or is recruited to fill a vacant post for which there is a demonstrable skill shortage. ‘Staff Child’ is defined in these arrangements as a child who lives as the staff member’s son or daughter in the same house, including natural born, adopted, step and foster son or daughter.
  5. Other children by distance from the school, with priority for admission given to children who live nearest to the school. Distances are measured in a straight line from the main gate of the school to the address point of the child’s main home, as supplied by the Ordnance Survey. The distance between these points is calculated using Barnet Council’s computerised geographical information system (GIS); those living closest to East Barnet School having the highest priority.
  6. Applicants from the same block of flats, or applicants who live the same distance from the school will be selected in random order using Barnet Council’s computerised system and places will be offered accordingly.

Note: When the over-subscription criteria are applied to applications made on behalf of twins, triplets and other multiple-births, they will be selected in random order and places will be offered accordingly. This could result in not all children in a family being offered a place. Where relevant, the remaining child(ren) would be retained automatically on the school’s waiting list and would have priority should any vacancies arise at the school.

Viewing The School

Unfortunately, we are unable to allow tours of the school during the school year, however, please view our virtual tour below to get a feel for the building:

Appeals

If you have not been offered a place at East Barnet School, the law entitles you to appeal against that decision to an Independent Appeal Panel. This panel is completely independent of the school and the Local Authority. All appeals will be heard online which has the advantage that your appeal can be heard from your home or place of work.

Please note: you can only appeal if you have been refused a place in writing after making a formal application. The links below are NOT application forms.

Appeals Form

If you wish to appeal, please click this link for the Online Appeal Form. Please do not use any other appeal form or send your form to your Local Authority. It is suggested that you download the explanatory booklet about appeals which you should read before you complete the appeal form.

You should include any evidence or supporting material with your appeal form and you must give the grounds for your appeal at the time you lodge your appeal form. Your appeal form will not be accepted unless you state the grounds for your appeal. You may appeal for more than one school, but on different forms.

Any letters or reports that you wish the panel to see should be uploaded at this time. You are asked to bear in mind that if you send additional information later, the closing date is 12pm (noon) 5 working days before the Stage 1 hearing. All appointed panels have agreed not to take any late letters or reports after the 5 working day deadline. This will be strictly enforced. For secondary transfer appeals, the hearing will take place at least TWO months after the refusal letter. This gives you plenty of time to get your evidence together if you act early and take account of school holidays.

Please note that the online form will ask you to upload two utility bills dated in the last three months. If you do not have access to a scanner, please take two photographs with a mobile phone and upload the photographic files. Any evidence or supporting material can be uploaded, but the online form will only accept, Word, PDF and JPEG documents.

Full details about the hearing will be sent to you with your invitation to the hearing.

If you wish to contact the clerk, please email: clerk@educationappeals.com.

Stage Deadline Date
Last day for lodging appeal forms following a refusal for a place ‘in-year’ or ‘mid-term’ excluding Sixth Form. You must lodge the appeal form within 20 school days upon receipt of your letter of refusal. You must state the reasons for your appeal and supply documentary evidence at this stage. Appeals are held within 30 school days of receipt of the appeal form.

 

Sixth Form Admissions

Sixth Form applications are processed directly by the school. Many factors are taken into consideration when deciding whether or not an applicant is suitable for East Barnet School. If you are unsuccessful in securing a place, you have the option to appeal.

Admissions Criteria

Our Admissions Criteria can be found below. This displays the current Admission Criteria for Sixth Form, and is for students who joined EBS in the previous September and the criteria for admissions in the current school year and the subsequent school year.

Sixth Form Admissions Criteria 2024 - 2025

Admission to the Sixth Form at East Barnet School is not automatic and students will need to have attained the academic requirements for the proposed course of study. Further information about Sixth Form Admissions; the courses on offer; and particular requirements to study will be published in the Autumn Term each year.

The Sixth Form has an agreed capacity of 350 students. Places are offered to both internal and external applicants. Current Year 11 students, if they are predicted to achieve grades in line with the Sixth Form entry criteria, are offered provisional places in January. Firm places are offered to students following the publication of summer results.

Applications received by the closing date from external students will be considered on the following priority basis:

  1. Looked after children and previously looked after children who meet the academic entry criteria.
  2. Students who at the time of admission have a sibling at the school and who are predicted the grades in line with the Sixth Form admissions criteria.
  3. Students who live within a reasonable distance of the school and who are predicted the grades in line with the sixth form admissions criteria.

All offers are subject to students achieving the grades required by subject areas as detailed in the course guide. The closing date for external applications is the end of December. Provisional offers should be made by 1st February.

Students who apply later than the closing date or who are not offered a place on the grounds of distance may request to be placed on a waiting list which will be reviewed following the publication of results when some places may become available.

Oversubscription
In the case of oversubscription, the above priority criteria will be used to allocate places.

Sixth Form Admissions Criteria 2025 - 2026

Admission to the Sixth Form at East Barnet School is not automatic and students will need to have attained the academic requirements for the proposed course of study. Further information about Sixth Form Admissions; the courses on offer; and particular requirements to study will be published in the Autumn Term each year.

The Sixth Form has an agreed capacity of 350 students. Places are offered to both internal and external applicants. Current Year 11 students, if they are predicted to achieve grades in line with the Sixth Form entry criteria, are offered provisional places in January. Firm places are offered to students following the publication of summer results.

Applications received by the closing date from external students will be considered on the following priority basis:

  1. Looked after children and previously looked after children who meet the academic entry criteria.
  2. Students who at the time of admission have a sibling at the school and who are predicted the grades in line with the Sixth Form admissions criteria.
  3. Students who live within a reasonable distance of the school and who are predicted the grades in line with the sixth form admissions criteria.

All offers are subject to students achieving the grades required by subject areas as detailed in the course guide. The closing date for external applications is the end of December. Provisional offers should be made by 1st February.

Students who apply later than the closing date or who are not offered a place on the grounds of distance may request to be placed on a waiting list which will be reviewed following the publication of results when some places may become available.

Oversubscription
In the case of oversubscription, the above priority criteria will be used to allocate places.

Sixth Form Admissions Criteria 2026 - 2027

Admission to the Sixth Form at East Barnet School is not automatic and students will need to have attained the academic requirements for the proposed course of study. Further information about Sixth Form Admissions; the courses on offer; and particular requirements to study will be published in the Autumn Term each year.

The Sixth Form has an agreed capacity of 350 students. Places are offered to both internal and external applicants. Current Year 11 students, if they are predicted to achieve grades in line with the Sixth Form entry criteria, are offered provisional places in January. Firm places are offered to students following the publication of summer results.

Applications received by the closing date from external students will be considered on the following priority basis:

  1. Looked after children and previously looked after children who meet the academic entry criteria.
  2. Students who at the time of admission have a sibling at the school and who are predicted the grades in line with the Sixth Form admissions criteria.
  3. Students who live within a reasonable distance of the school and who are predicted the grades in line with the sixth form admissions criteria.

All offers are subject to students achieving the grades required by subject areas as detailed in the course guide. The closing date for external applications is the end of December. Provisional offers should be made by 1st February.

Students who apply later than the closing date or who are not offered a place on the grounds of distance may request to be placed on a waiting list which will be reviewed following the publication of results when some places may become available.

Oversubscription
In the case of oversubscription, the above priority criteria will be used to allocate places.

The Sixth Form Application Process

1

Visit the EBS Open Evening

The Sixth Form Open Evening is normally in November and will give potential applicants a good idea of the school and what it has to offer. Don’t forget to have a look at our Course Guide for inspiration and the Sixth Form page for the dates and times of Open Evening.

2

Complete The Application Form

Now is the time to complete the application form and put down your course choices. Remember there are two different form for internal/external students.

3

Meet and Greet

If the Sixth Form Team like your application, you will be invited to the school to attend a meet and greet with a member of the Senior Leadership Team. You will have an opportunity to have a chat about your future goals and aspirations.

4

Course Taster Days

Think you know what to expect? Our course taster days are everything you will need to make sure you are happy with your choices and combinations. Sit in a real-life class with one of our amazing teachers and experience learning at EBS.

5

Congratulations

If you are successful, you will receive all the relevant information for the next stages of joining the EBS community, such as enrolment in August upon receiving your results.

6

Appeals

If you were unsuccessful in your application to the school, you will have the opportunity to appeal to an independent board, separate to the school.

Apply

To start the admissions process into Sixth Form, prospective students are required to complete an online application form. One application form is for internal students (those already at EBS), and one for external students (new applicants to the school). All forms must be completed electronically.

Deadline: TBC

Appeals

If you have not been offered a place at East Barnet School, the law entitles you to appeal against that decision to an Independent Appeal Panel. This panel is completely independent of the school and the Local Authority. All appeals will be heard online which has the advantage that your appeal can be heard from your home or place of work.

Please note: you can only appeal if you have been refused a place in writing after making a formal application. The links below are NOT application forms.

Appeals Form

If you wish to appeal, please click this link for the Online Appeal Form. Please do not use any other appeal form or send your form to your Local Authority. It is suggested that you download the explanatory booklet about appeals which you should read before you complete the appeal form.

You should include any evidence or supporting material with your appeal form and you must give the grounds for your appeal at the time you lodge your appeal form. Your appeal form will not be accepted unless you state the grounds for your appeal. You may appeal for more than one school, but on different forms.

Any letters or reports that you wish the panel to see should be uploaded at this time. You are asked to bear in mind that if you send additional information later, the closing date is 12pm (noon) 5 working days before the Stage 1 hearing. All appointed panels have agreed not to take any late letters or reports after the 5 working day deadline. This will be strictly enforced. For secondary transfer appeals, the hearing will take place at least TWO months after the refusal letter. This gives you plenty of time to get your evidence together if you act early and take account of school holidays.

Please note that the online form will ask you to upload two utility bills dated in the last three months. If you do not have access to a scanner, please take two photographs with a mobile phone and upload the photographic files. Any evidence or supporting material can be uploaded, but the online form will only accept, Word, PDF and JPEG documents.

Full details about the hearing will be sent to you with your invitation to the hearing.

If you wish to contact the clerk, please email: clerk@educationappeals.com.

Stage Deadline Date
Last day for lodging appeal

4pm on Thursday 27th August 2026 to guarantee that your appeal will be heard within the first weeks of September. You must state the reasons for your appeal on the online form and supply any documentary evidence at this stage, e.g. a copy of your result sheet.

Please note the timetable is very short to enable those appellants who win appeals to start as early into the school year as possible.

The closing date for appeals to be submitted is Friday 18th September 2026.

Appeal date

The date will be during the month of September 2026.