In Year
Admissions

Occasionally places become available in other year groups over the course of the academic year. The School keeps a waiting list and should a place become available, we invite all students on the waiting list for that year group to take a vacancy test. Please note vacancies are rare as they rely upon a student leaving the School. If you wish to add your child to our waiting list please register online: https://kevihandsworthgirls.applicaa.com/inyear2026

Waiting List Procedure

If a vacancy were to arise for your daughter’s year group, your daughter along will all other students on the waiting list for that year group would be invited to sit a vacancy test consisting of Mathematics and English. The test will last approximately 2hrs and will include a small break. After roughly 1-2 weeks, once all completed tests have been marked by the appropriate departments, parents will be informed on whether or not their daughter was successful. Successful candidates will be contacted by phone; unsuccessful candidates will be contacted via email. We recommend adding the waiting list email address (waitinglist@han.kevibham.org) to your contact list, to avoid emails from us mistakenly being marked as SPAM.

Year 7 (first term)

If you applied for a place in our school in year 6 and your child achieved 205 or higher in their 11+ then they have already been automatically placed in our centrally held waiting list and you should contact our foundation office (admissions@kevibham.org) for more information. If you didn’t apply for our school or your child scored below 205 then you can be added to our in-year admissions waiting list, but this list will not open until January 2027 and places becoming available before January will be given from the centrally held waiting list. In January, the centrally held waiting list closes and merges with the in-year admissions waiting list, at this point should a place become available then our normal procedure of a vacancy test will occur.

In-year 7 – 11

At any point from January after the pupil starts Year 7, parents may apply for a place at the school. In-year vacancies only become available if a current pupil has left the school. Any applicant who cannot be offered a place will be added to the school’s waiting list and parents will be informed of their right of appeal. If a vacancy arises, candidates on the waiting list will be invited to take a test and the place will be awarded to the highest scoring candidate above a minimum standard.

Policies

The Academy will provide details of places available to the Local Authority (LA) within two school days of a request for the information. This enables the LA to monitor availability of academy places in Birmingham and supports Keeping Children Safe in Education. The Academy will notify the LA of an In-Year application and its outcome as soon as reasonably practicable, aiming to do so within two school days. The Academy aims to notify parents/carers of the outcome of their in-year application within 10 school days, and we will notify parents/carers in writing within 15 school days. Parents/carers will need to reapply at the start of each academic year if they want their child to be included on the waiting list, where a place cannot be offered.