Malcolm Arnold Academy

When there are more applications than places for 2027-28 (Year 7), places are offered in this order of priority. Meeting a higher criterion beats meeting a lower one.

1. 1Looked after children and all previously looked after children, including those children who appear to have been in state care outside of England and ceased to be in state care as a result of being adopted. See definitions a) and b).
2. 2Group A – Up to 60 places allocated to students who attend Malcolm Arnold Preparatory School at the time of application to Malcolm Arnold Academy.
3. 3Group B - Up to 120 places allocated to those expressing a preference for admission under Faith Grounds (as defined at e) below in the definitions section at the end of this policy), such places being awarded using the following sub- criteria in descending order. Applicants wishing to be considered under this criterion must complete a Supplementary Information Form (SIF) which can be obtained from the academy. The SIF must be returned to the academy by 31 October. — i. Applicants who have demonstrated the required religious allegiance (as certified in a satisfactorily completed Form SIF/B) to the Church of England or any other church that is a member of Churches Together in England and the student is currently attending a designated link school. These following schools are defined as designated link schools: All Saints CEVA Primary School; Collingtree CEVA Primary School; St Andrew’s CEVA Primary School; St James’ CEVA Primary School; St Luke’s CEVA Primary School; Weston Favell CEVA Primary School. ii. Other applicants who have demonstrated the required religious allegiance (as certified in a satisfactorily completed Form SIF/B) to the Church of England or any church that is a member of Churches Together in England. See the Churches Together website for member churches: https://cte.org.uk/about/whos-who/member-churches/. iii. Applicants who have demonstrated the required religious allegiance (as certified in a satisfactorily completed Form SIF/B) to another faith.
4. 4Group C - Up to 24 students who display an aptitude for learning music. A child with aptitude is one who is identified as being able to benefit from the teaching in Music, or who demonstrates a particular capacity to succeed in this subject. The process is as follows: — i. Complete a Common Application Form (CAF) and return it to your local authority by 31 October 2026. ii. Apply for a musical aptitude test by Monday 5 October 2026 iii. Applicants are also encouraged to audition for a Beckwith Scholarship at the same time as applying for a place at the academy. Eligibility for a Beckwith Scholarship does not impact on whether an applicant is offered a place at the academy; scholarships are awarded after a place has been offered. iv. Applications to be made online via https://forms.office.com/e/FJKpyZW4yH v. Aptitude testing will take place at the academy on Wednesday 7 October 2026. vi. There will be no further test days after the application deadline. vii. Parents will be notified of the result of aptitude testing by 19 October 2026. Note: Parents are notified of the results of these tests prior to the Local Authority deadline for return of Common Application Forms (CAF). If on receiving these results, parents decide they wish to apply to the academy, they must list Malcolm Arnold Academy as one of the preferences on the CAF. Parents should be aware that the results of the test does not guarantee a place at the school.
5. 5Group D – remaining places are allocated on Community Grounds as follows with the remaining places being awarded using the following criteria in descending order: — i. admission of students whose siblings currently attend either Malcolm Arnold Preparatory school, or Malcolm Arnold Academy and who will continue to do so on the date of admission ii. Admission of students currently attending a named feeder school. The named feeder schools of Malcolm Arnold Academy are: Briar Hill Primary School, Cedar Road Primary School, Eastfield Academy, Kings Heath Primary School, The Arbours Primary Academy. iii. Children whose parent/carer in all staff groups are employed by the Trust to work at the academy: a) Where the member of staff has been employed to work at the academy for two or more years at the time at which the application for admission to the academy is made; b) The member of staff is recruited to fill a vacant post for which there is a demonstrable skill shortage.
6. 6Other Children. 4. Allocation to PAN

If two applications tie: In the event of oversubscription within any criteria, places will be allocated prioritising children who live closest to the Academy. See definition d) relating to home address. 5. Tie-breaker If two or more applications cannot otherwise be separated and there is only one place available, random allocation will be used to determine who should be allocated the place. This process will be supervised by someone independent of the academy and Trust.

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Published by the admission authority. Meeting a criterion never guarantees a place — it sets the order places are offered in. Full detail, other entry points and previous years are on the Admissions tab.