Admissions

As an 11 – 18 Academy, Ashton on Mersey School has overall responsibility for its own Admissions, working within the School Admissions Code of Practice.

Further details and to submit an in-year transfer request please visit www.trafford.gov.uk/admissions

Please click here for advice for parents and carers on school admission appeals from the DfE.

Appeals Process Year 7 Intake September 2026

If you have not been successful in securing a place for your child at Ashton on Mersey School you have the right to appeal against this decision.

Please click here to submit your intention to appeal by no later than Friday 27^th March.  

Any request received after this date may not be heard in the main round of Appeal Hearings.

Please see the table below for relevant dates/information.

In-Year Transfers

Parents of children who are already of secondary school age and wish to transfer to Ashton on Mersey School must apply directly to Portal Home (trafford.gov.uk).

Please note this application form is for in year transfer admission for Years 7 to 11 only.  For applications to the Sixth Form, please contact the sixth form team on 0161 973 1179 *2606 or email: sixthform@aom.trafford.sch.uk.

Please read and familiarise yourself with the following information before making your application:

• Ashton on Mersey School is currently full in all year groups and oversubscribed (i.e. there is a waiting list of applicants for each year group).
• Make sure you provide all the information requested on the form and that this information is factually correct. Any offer made will be withdrawn if it is found that parents or carers have given false information.
• Applications for an in-year transfer will normally be processed within 10 school days of receipt.
• The school will consider applications in strict accordance with the relevant published admissions policy.
• Waiting lists are ranked in accordance with our published over subscription criteria (details of which can be found in our admissions policy).
• Where no place is available, you will be notified of this in writing and your child’s name will be added to the waiting list for the relevant year group (that is, the one which corresponds to their date of birth, at the time of your application).
• Where a vacancy is available, and your child’s name is first on the waiting list for the relevant year group, you will be contacted by letter (to your home address) offering your child a place.

For many years Ashton on Mersey School has been oversubscribed meaning that places for in-year transfers are very limited indeed. Where a place is available, a written offer will be made to include arrangements for admission to the school. Allocated places must be taken up by the date specified in the offer letter.

If you wish to appeal for a place for you child please email admissions@aom.trafford.sch.uk stating your child’s full name, date of birth and year group.

Once you have read the above information, and are satisfied with our Admissions Policy, please submit your in-year transfer via Trafford School Admissions Portal Home (trafford.gov.uk).