Admissions

Admissions Information

Admissions arrangements from September 2027

The Governing Body has agreed the arrangements for admission to the school from September 2027. If you consider that these are not in compliance with the current School Admissions Code or the law relating to admissions, you can object to the Schools Adjudicator. Objections must be referred to the Adjudicator by 15th May 2026. Details of how to object can be found on the Office of the Schools Adjudicator website at www.education.gov.uk/schoolsadjudicator

Applicants to the school are required to complete both the Common Application Form supplied by their home Local Authority and also the Ranelagh School Supplementary Information Form if they wish their application to be considered against the following oversubscription criteria

Christian faith (categories 4-6)
‘Looked After Children’
staff children
significant social and medical need
sibling connection

Please download information from the links below:

Admissions Policy 2027 Admissions_Policy_2027.pdf

Supplementary Information Form 2027 Supplementary_Information_Form_2027.pdf

(to be used by applicants applying for Year 7 from 12th September 2026)

Supplementary Information Form in-year 2027-2028 Supplementary_Information_Form_in-year_2027-2028.pdf

(to be used by applicants applying after 1st July 2027)

Application may be made at any time after the start of the year for admission to Ranelagh. The In-Year Application Form must be returned to Bracknell Forest and the In-Year Supplementary Information Form (if appropriate) to Ranelagh School. In appropriate cases the Governors will have full regard to the BFC Fair Access Protocol. Ranelagh complies with Bracknell Forest’s timeline for admissions and therefore an application for the next academic year can be made no earlier than the date set out in Bracknell Forest’s Guide to In-Year Applications

Admissions arrangements from September 2026

The Governing Body has agreed the arrangements for admission to the school from September 2026. If you consider that these are not in compliance with the current School Admissions Code or the law relating to admissions, you can object to the Schools Adjudicator. Objections must be referred to the Adjudicator by 15^th May 2025. Details of how to object can be found on the Office of the Schools Adjudicator website at www.education.gov.uk/schoolsadjudicator

Christian faith (categories 4-6)
‘Looked After Children’
staff children
significant social and medical need
sibling connection

Please download information from the links below:

Admissions Policy 2026

Supplementary_Information_Form_2026.pdf

(to be used by applicants applying for Year 7 from 12^th September 2025)

Supplementary_Information_Form_in-year_2026-2027.pdf

(to be used by applicants applying after 1^st July 2026)

Sixth Form Admissions

Please download information from the links below:

Sixth_Form_Course_Guide_2026.

Admissions arrangements from September 2025

The Governing Body has agreed the arrangements for admission to the school from September 2025. If you consider that these are not in compliance with the current School Admissions Code or the law relating to admissions, you can object to the Schools Adjudicator. Objections must be referred to the Adjudicator by 15 May 2024. Details of how to object can be found on the Office of the Schools Adjudicator website at www.education.gov.uk/schoolsadjudicator

Admissions_Policy_2025.pdf

Christian faith (categories 4-6)
‘Looked After Children’
staff children
those who can demonstrate a significant social and medical need
sibling connection

Please download information from the links below:

Supplementary_Information_Form_2025.pdf

(to be used by applicants applying for Year 7 from 12^th September 2024)

Supplementary_Information_Form_in-year_2025-2026.pdf

(to be used by applicants applying after 1^st July 2025)

Application may be made at any time after the start of the year for admission to Ranelagh. The Common Application Form must be returned to Bracknell Forest and the In-Year Supplementary Information Form (if appropriate) to Ranelagh School. In appropriate cases the Governors will have full regard to the BFC Fair Access Protocol. Ranelagh complies with Bracknell Forest’s timeline for admissions and therefore an application for the next academic year can be made no earlier than the date set out in Bracknell Forest’s Guide to In-Year Applications.

Sixth Form

(to be used by students studying in Year 11 at Ranelagh)

Sixth_Form_Course_Guide_2026.

Internal application form External application form

External_Sixth_Form_External_Reference_2026_

Deanery Maps

Please use the link below

Deanery Maps

APPEALS TIMETABLE FOR YEAR 7 ADMISSIONS:

Offers made: 2^nd March 2026
Deadline for appeals to be lodged: 31^st March 2026. Appeals will be accepted after this date, but may be heard at a later date with all late applications
Date for appeals to be heard: usually held in May [to be confirmed in due course]

Late application allocation days – these appeals will be heard according to the School Admission Appeals Code. Appellants will be given 20 school days to return the completed appeal form from the date of notification that their application was unsuccessful. Their appeal will then be heard within 40 school days from the date given to return their appeal form.

Appeal forms must be returned directly to the school.