Admissions
In-Year Admissions
Any requests for an in-year transfer should be made to the school via the Admissions Office at Samuel Ryder Academy. Please email admissions@samuelryderacademy.co.uk to request an application form.
In-year places will be allocated to students in accordance with our admissions criteria and the Admissions code.
Admissions Policy
Admissions Policy 2025-2026
School Admission Appeals Timetable
- September 2025 entry
Appeals resulting from applications for admission to Reception, Year 7 and Year 12 in September 2025 will be heard according to the following timetable: -
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Application deadline |
Allocation day |
Appeals lodged by |
Appeals to be heard between |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Primary (Reception) Entry |
15 January 2025 |
16 April 2025 |
4pm on 20 May 2025 |
13 June - 22 July 2025 |
|
Secondary (Year 7) Transfer |
31 October 2024 |
3 March 2025 |
4pm on 31 March 2025 |
2 May - 18 June 2025 (excluding 5 May and 26 May – 30 May 2025) |
|
Sixth Form (Year 12) |
24 February 2025 |
GCSE Results day |
- |
- |
Appeals lodged after these dates will be heard within 40 school days of the appeal deadline or 30 school days of being lodged, whichever is the later date.
Appellants will be sent notification of their appeal hearing at least 10 clear school days in advance of the hearing.
Appellants will be sent a copy of the school's case 7 working days in advance of the hearing.
- In-year admission appeals
Appeals resulting from in-year admission applications will be heard within 30 school days of the appeal being lodged.
- Additional supporting information
If an appellant wishes to submit any supporting evidence after lodging an appeal, they will need to get that to the Appeals Team at least 7 working days before your hearing, (not counting the day of postage or the hearing date).
Please remember that any confidential medical/social evidence submitted to the Admission Authority (AA) in support of your application will not be provided to an appeal panel. If you wish to rely on this in support of your appeal you will need to submit this documentation to the appeals team.
Only a short document, such as a doctor’s letter not previously available, will be accepted up to 4 clear working days prior to the hearing. Any additional evidence or information received after this deadline will not be circulated and may not be considered at the hearing.
Primary Admissions
Thank you for your interest in the Primary phase of Samuel Ryder Academy.
It is our aim to be a school where the children feel valued, confident and happy and our work begins by building upon the many skills you have fostered in your child at home.
We have New to EYFS Tours scheduled. These are an opportunity for you to come in to look at our amazing facilities and get to know Samuel Ryder Academy.
Please click here to book onto our New to EYFS Tours 2024-2025
We are holding New to EYFS Tours on several dates from December to January.
The Tours will involve a tour of our primary phase and give you time to ask questions.
The New to EYFS Tours, from 9:15am - 10:15am, are available as follows:
- Monday 9th December
- Wednesday 11th December
- Wednesday 8th January
- Friday 10th January
- Monday 13th January
Please book your place on the link above.
We look forward to welcoming you to our school.
Secondary Admissions
Thank you for your interest in the secondary phase of Samuel Ryder Academy.
Open Evening Information
On Thursday 26th September 2024, we opened our doors to prospective students' families and welcomed them to our Secondary Transfer Open Evening. We thank all that braved the rain and joined us for a wonderful evening here at Samuel Ryder Academy. There was an incredible atmosphere; it was especially inspiring to see our remarkable students interacting with the younger children.
For those wishing to book a morning secondary tour, please contact Reception on 01727 859382.
The secondary tours, from 9:00am - 10:00am, are available as follows:
- Monday 30th September
- Wednesday 2nd October
- Friday 4th October
- Monday 7th October
- Wednesday 9th October
- Friday 11th October
* Please kindly allow extra time ahead of a tour to park off-site *
Faculty Information Booklet 2024
Sixth Form Admissions
We are delighted to announce that our Post-16 Information Evening will take place on Thursday 30th January 2025, 6:00pm - 7:30pm.
The Post-16 Open Morning will take place on Friday 7th February, 9:00am - 10:00am.
Further details of both events will be available in due course.
We look forward to welcoming students and families to our school.
Post-16 Curriculum Booklet 2024-2026
Course Entry Requirements for 2024
Transfer Appeals
All parents now need to set up an appeals account in order to appeal. The online appeals portal is the same for all parents and is found here: School Admission Appeal | Hertfordshire County Council
In order to set up an account, the following codes are needed:
- Application Reference Number
- Child ID
Transfer appeals
Hertfordshire parents can access the codes they need in order to set up a Primary or Secondary transfer appeal account via their admissions account. They can see them on the page where they are told their allocation.
Parents who live out-of-county or who applied on paper will need to contact our Customer Service Centre on 0300 123 4043 in order to obtain their registration details to gain access. These will be sent via automated email.
