Admissions

orion COOPERs SCHOOL ADMISSIONS INFORMATION

If you are interested in your child being considered for a place at Coopers School it is essential that you complete the expression of interest form so that your child is invited to the banding test.

Main school admissions

Orion education admissions consultation 2027-28

The Trust has presented the 2027-28 Admissions Policy for consultation and can be viewed via the link listed below:

Orion Education Trust Admissions Policy 2027-28 Secondaries (under Consultation)

The Trust and its family of schools will consult on our school admissions policies between 12th December 2025 and 30th January 2026.

Should you wish to respond to the consultation, you may do so in either of the following ways:

1. Via this QR Code

2. Via our online consultation form link here

3. By email to admissionsconsult@orionedu.co.uk with the title Admissions Consultation.

4. By writing to Admissions Consultation, Central Team, Mansion House, c/o Coopers School, Hawkwood Lane, Chislehurst, Kent, BR7 5PS marked for the attention of Rachel Gulyas, Governance Professional.

Admissions Consultation QR Code

After the consultation, our Trust Board will determine the policy at a meeting of the admissions authority held before the end of February 2026. Once determined, the policy will be updated online by 15 March 2026 and any objections can be made up to 15 May 2026 to the Office of the Schools' Adjudicator.

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The Trust reviews the Admission Policies annually and may make changes if it is felt needed in the best interests of the school and our community.

The proposed changes for consultation in the 2027-2028 Admission Policy are:

· All primary and secondary school’s oversubscription criteria to include

o Students entitled to the Pupil Premium Grant or Service Premium Grant (up to 20% of the total places on offer) as a priority after Children Looked After (CLA)

o Children of staff at school, to recognise the demonstrable skills shortage for recruiting to the newly opened school-based nurseries and therefore give a priority to have a child place in the school when needed as a priority after siblings.

o Children with medical or social needs to take priority over proximity to the school

Children attending an Orion Education Primary School-based nursery (Bromley): Priority will be given to children who are on roll in Orion Education trust school-based nursery class at the time of application for a Reception place in the primary school and who continue to attend the feeder nursery up to the point of admission.

Feeder School based nurseries: Orion Blenheim, Orion Ravensworth, Orion Scotts Park

Primary School over subscription criteria to include places for children who are on roll in the primaries school-based nursery class at the time of application for a Reception place and who continues to attend the nursery up to the point of admission
Bromley Secondary School over subscription criteria to include places for children who are on roll in a Bromley Orion Education Trust primary school at the time of application for a Year 7 place and continues to attend the primary school up to the point of admission: Orion Blenheim, Orion Mead Road, Orion Ravensworth, Orion Scotts Park.
Orion Eden Park are consulting on reducing the number of pupils they accept each year (their Published Admission Number or PAN) from 240 to 180.
Orion Coopers will remove the banding process from his admissions criteria.

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