Hamilton Academy

Admissions and Appeals

Thank you for your interest in applying for a school place at Hamilton Academy. Please note the information below, and view our prospectus for an introduction to the school.

Early Years (Nursery and Reception) admissions for September 2025

We have a dedicated page with specific information about how to apply for Nursery or Reception 

In-Year admissions / transfers, Reception – Year 6

We have a dedicated page with specific information about In-Year admissions (joining the school at any point after the initial Reception September intake, eg transferring between schools midway through primary school)

Class sizes and oversubscription advice

The published admission number for each year group at Hamilton is 90 (Nursery is a separate admissions procedure and has a different admission number). Between Reception and Year 2, the government has set a maximum class size of 30 children to 1 qualified teacher and extra children are not admitted under normal circumstances. 

Allocations are made according to the in-year oversubscription criteria in Hamilton Academy’s Admissions Policy. For a Supplementary Form to accompany applications under criterion 4 of Hamilton’s Admissions Policy, "Children with exceptional medical or social needs, supported by written evidence from a medical doctor, social worker, education welfare officer or other appropriate person" please contact the school office on 01494 522231.

If the relevant year group is fully subscribed an applicant’s details will be added to the school’s waiting list and ranked in order against the published admissions criteria. If your child is not offered a place you have the statutory right of appeal.

Statutory Right of Appeal

If you are a parent and you have applied for a school place for your child and the admission authority has refused your application, you have the right to make an admission appeal to an Independent Appeal Panel.

The governors of Hamilton Academy have arranged for the Appeals Team in Legal and Democratic Services of Buckinghamshire Council to hear our admission Appeals. If you have made an unsuccessful application for a place at Hamilton and wish to make an appeal, please follow the guidance in the Appeals section of the Buckinghamshire Council Website.

The Appeals Team will arrange for an Independent Appeal Panel (I.A.P.), made up of three people to consider an appeal. Both the Appeals Team and the I.A.P. are independent of the Admission Authority, the Academy Governing Body.

Useful links on the Buckinghamshire Council Website 

School Admissions

Starting school or moving up to junior school

Moving up to secondary school

Changing school in year

Admissions policies

Find my child a school place

Admissions appeals 

Additional information

• Catchment area map
• Hamilton Academy follows Buckinghamshire Council's Fair Access Protocol
• Information about the admission of children of Crown Servants