Dear Prospective Parent/Carer,


I hope that you are all keeping well. We are excited to be able to share with you now the Admissions Form for the new school – making the step towards opening even more of a reality. The Admissions Policy being non-selective and inclusive supports the broad, enriching curriculum we have planned for students to cater for students of all abilities. 

As promised in our last bulletin at the end of April, the Admissions Policy and Admissions Form are now available for prospective parents to apply for a place for your son or daughter for our first intake in September 2022. To be eligible your son/daughter will currently be in Year 5. Please click here for a link to the Online Application Form for Admission to Year 7 in September 2022.

2022 Admission


For our first intake in September 2022, we will admit 120 students which will be four forms of entry. The Admissions process for the new school in the first year is a separate process to that coordinated by the Local Authority and applications will be handled directly by ElmWey Learning Trust. In addition, parents should also complete the Local Authority Admission’s Form in September to apply for a place in other Surrey Secondary Schools. This is to ensure if for any reason you are not allocated a place at Heathside Walton-on-Thames, Surrey will allocate you a school place at one of your other preference schools. In subsequent years of operation, Heathside Walton-on Thames’ admissions will be fully within Surrey’s Local Authority admissions system.

When you read the Admissions Policy, you will see that, for the first year of entry, there is a nodal point operating; this is to ensure that the school provides an equal number of places for children living in both Walton and West Molesey. The reason this is necessary is because geographically some children living in Walton live closest to the school so rather than have a policy that prioritises places on distance alone, we have devised a policy to ensure students living in both areas will have equal priority.
The closing date for making an application for your son or daughter to join the school in September 2022 is 31st October 2021 and offers will be made on 1st March 2022.
The Admissions Policy and the Online Application Form for Admission to Year 7 in September 2022 can also be found on ElmWey Learning Trust’s website www.elmwey.org
We look forward to receiving your application, but should you have any queries please do contact me via the email address below.

If you know of other prospective parents who may wish to be added to our mailing listing for our monthly updates, please ask them to complete this online form.
A L Cullum

Executive Principal
ElmWey Learning Trust
acullum@heathside.surrey.sch.uk