All admissions for year 7 are handled by Surrey County Council unless they are after the academic year has started.

All admissions for other year groups and year 7 applications after the  year has started should be directed to the school.

Please write to or email Epsom and Ewell High School with the following information:

1. Prospective student's full name
2. Date of birth
3. Postal address
4. Current school
5. Reason for school transfer
6. For Years 10 and 11, chosen options

Mark your correspondence for the attention of Chris Kebble, Headteachers PA

Please download the following general information for students and parents (information booklet) and the stakeholder contract.

EPSOM AND EWELL HIGH SCHOOL ADMISSION CRITERIA FOR 2012 - 13

The Governors of Epsom and Ewell High School are committed to a continuing policy of open admission to the School without selection or discrimination on grounds of pupils' academic abilities, other abilities or aptitudes or (for example) financial or other personal or family circumstances. The admission number for entry to the School at age 11+ in September 2012 will be 210. Places will be considered under the equal preference system. If more than 210 applications are received (“oversubscription”), then the Governors’ Admissions criteria will operate in the following order:

A   Looked after children; (in the care of a Local Authority or provided with accommodation by that Authority)

B  Children who will have an older sibling attending the school at the date of admission; (sibling refers to brother or sister, half brother or sister, adopted brother or sister, step brother or sister or the child of the carer’s partner where the child for whom the school place is sought is living in the same family unit at the same address)

C  Children with major medical or social grounds, supported by certification from a Doctor or a senior practitioner in social work, which indicates grounds why Epsom & Ewell High School would be the most appropriate for the child to attend; (This evidence should set out the particular reasons why this school is the most suitable and the difficulties that would be caused if he/she had to attend another school. The school may feel it appropriate to consult its own medical advisor. It is expected that all mainstream schools and not just the school of your first preference will support children with the more common medical illnesses or stress- related symptoms - or both.)

D  The remaining places will be allocated to children living nearer to the school who will be assigned a place before those living further away.

If there is “oversubscription” in any category, places will be offered to those who live nearer to the school. A waiting list will be maintained up to 10 school days after the start of the autumn term.

Distances are measured in a straight line from the address of the pupil’s home, as set by the Ordnance Survey, to the nearest school gate available for pupils to use. This is calculated using the Surrey Local Authority Geographical Information System. For blocks of flats, apartments or buildings where there are multiple addresses with only one address point (where two or more applicants would have the same distance measurement), priority will be given to those with the lowest property number or letter.

Applications received after the published closing date will be assessed when they are received. If the school is not “oversubscribed”, the pupil will be offered a place. If the school is “oversubscribed”, the application will be assessed and the pupil’s name will be placed at the appropriate point on the waiting list

In the event that parents are refused a place for their child at Epsom and Ewell High School, those parents may appeal. Parents wishing to appeal against a decision to refuse a place should write to the Clerk to the Governors, Epsom and Ewell High School, Ruxley Lane, West Ewell, Surrey KT19 9JW. A hearing by an Admission Appeal Panel, comprising three people who are independent of the School, will be arranged in accordance with the Regulations current at the time.

As provided in the Government Code of Practice on special educational need, children having a Statement of special educational need will, if the School can meet the need, be admitted to one of the 210 places after the appropriate discussions with the parents and local authority. This will include the admission of children with hearing impairment to the School’s specialist unit.