Admissions

Admissions

Thank you for your interest in Charters School. 

In-Year Transfer Admissions for 2024-25 are now closed.

To make an In-Year Transfer application for Years 7, 8, 9, 10 or 11 for the academic year 2025-26 you must now complete an In-Year Transfer form on the RBWM website.

The portal on the RBWM website will open on Monday 18th August 2025 and applications will be processed from 1st September 2025.  

RBWM School Admissions will handle all enquiries relating to in-year transfer applications.

 

Please contact the AfC RBWM Admissions Team directly on rbwm.admissions@achievingforchildren.org.uk or 01628 683870.

You may find these Frequently Asked Questions helpful.

For Sixth Form admissions, please refer to the Sixth Form section of our website.

ADMISSION IN SEPTEMBER 2025

Charters School does not process any Year 7 applications for the cohort joining us in September.  This is managed and places allocated by RBWM School Admissions.  Further information on what happens next can be found HERE.

For information on life in Year 7, you can visit our Year 7 page.

Students with an EHCP must apply via their Case Officer and Local Authority. 

  • Charters is an Academy School and the Board of Trustees is the Admissions Authority for the School.
  • Planned Admission number for each year group is 270
  • Admissions to Year 7 for the start of the academic year are administered by the School Admissions Department at The Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead.
  • Full details of the admissions process for a Year 7 place for the start of the academic year are published on the RBWM website.
  • The closing date for applications for a Year 7 place at the start of an academic year is 31 October in the year preceding entry to Charters School. There is no deadline for In-Year Transfer applications. 
  • Children with an Educational Health & Care Plan (EHCP), where Charters is named as the preferred school, are allocated places ahead of applicants who fall within lower admissions categories.
  • In-Year applications to Charters School (current Years 7 to 11) are administered by the School. Please complete the online In-Year Transfer Application Form on this page.  
  • If a place is not available at the time of In-Year Transfer application, you will join the waiting list.  Your position is based on the Admission criteria set out in our School Admission Policy.
  • Charters School has a Designated Catchment Area.

In-Year Transfer Information Booklet 25-26

APPEALS FOR YEARS 7 - 11

  • To make an application to appeal, please see the RBWM appeals information or contact the Democratic Services Department at The Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead tel: 01628 796319.
  • The appeal process takes several weeks and appeals are heard by an independent Appeals Panel which considers each case on its own merit.

For any questions relating to In-Year Transfers, please refer to our Frequently Asked Questions.

Admissions to the Sixth Form are administered by the Sixth Form Administrator at the school, Mrs Anna Boxall.