If your child currently attends secondary school or if your child is transferring from primary school to secondary school, to apply to Beamont Collegiate Academy, you should follow the same procedures as applying for any other state funded school, through the local authority. Please note that all admission enquiries and applications must be made via Warrington Borough Council and not the Academy directly.
To apply: https://www.warrington.gov.uk/secondary-school-admissions
Admission Policies
Beamont Collegiate Academy is a member of The Challenge Academy Trust (TCAT) which is a multi-academy Trust with 12 academies within the Warrington local authority area. Legally, TCAT is the Admissions Authority for all its member academies and has developed Admission Arrangements which ensures all academies within the Trust have a unified approach to admissions whilst ensuring the individual character of each academy is maintained.
All state-funded schools have a set of admissions rules, published admission number and oversubscription criteria to help them process school applications consistently, transparently and fairly in accordance with the 2021 School Admissions Code. The Trust is consulting on the unified policy for the Trust’s Warrington academies.
Full details are given in the consultation document and policy
Admissions Consultation 2026-27
The consultation is open from 6 December 2024 to 31 January 2025. We would like to hear what you think about the proposed admission arrangements for these academies. If you have any comments, queries or concerns about the school admission arrangements, please email admissions@tcat.uk.com.
Any comments or queries can also be sent to academy trusts direct via their general enquiries form but please include the words ‘Admissions Consultation 2026/27’ in the subject header. Feedback provided through the admission consultation will be treated confidentially and will be considered by the Trust Board in deciding the final arrangements.
Admissions Consultation 2025-26
Beamont Collegiate Academy is a member of The Challenge Academy Trust (TCAT) which is a Warrington -based multi-academy Trust. Legally, TCAT is the Admissions Authority for all its member academies and has developed Admission Arrangements which ensures all academies within the Trust have a unified approach to admissions whilst ensuring the individual character of each academy is maintained.
All state-funded schools have a set of admissions rules, published admission number and oversubscription criteria to help them process school applications consistently, transparently and fairly in accordance with the 2021 School Admissions Code.
The Admissions Consultation for the Admission Arrangements for 2025-26 has now closed. The Trust Board has considered all responses and their response to the consultation is attached here. Having considered all responses, the Trust board have determined the published Admission Arrangements for 2025-2026 for the Trust’s Warrington primary and secondary academies as attached below.
TCAT Determined Admissions Arrangements 2025-26
In-Year Admissions
For information on mid-year admissions, please visit https://www.warrington.gov.uk/year-transfers
School Admission Appeals Information
If your child is refused a place at any school, you have the right to appeal to an independent school appeals panel. Please follow the procedure outlined on the Local Authority website by following this link:
https://www.warrington.gov.uk/school-admission-appeals
