Admission Criteria

In the Royal Borough of Greenwich, the local authority makes decisions about admitting children to community schools.

If there are more applications than places available at Eltham Hill School, the admission authority will use their admission criteria to decide which applications to accept.  The published admission number for Eltham Hill School is 225.

Most schools in Royal Greenwich including Eltham Hill School use the following admission criteria.

First priority will go to children with an Education, Health and Care (EHC) Plan naming the school. Remaining places will be given in the following priority order: 

1. Looked after and 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. 
2. Children or their immediate family member with a chronic medical condition or social care need  for a place at the school. 
3.  Children who have a sibling or other child living in the same household who, in any of these cases, will be living with them at the same address at the date of their entry to the school.
4. Children of a member of teaching staff employed directly by the school (and not through an agency) for two or more years at the time at which the application to the school is made and/or children of a member of staff recruited to fill a vacant post for which there is a demonstrable skill shortage.
5. Other children based on home to school distance.

For more information on admissions, please visit the Royal Borough of Greenwich website.

Royal Borough of Greenwich - applying for a secondary school placeIf you are interested in a Year 7 place at Eltham Hill School for September 2025, please see link below.
 

Your right to appeal

You have the right to appeal if your child has been refused a place at any school you have applied for. You will need to use the Royal Borough of Greenwich school admission appeal form to make an appeal. On the form, you'll need to detail the reasons you are appealing for a place at the school. You can also submit supporting evidence.

You can find further information, deadlines and how to appeal via the Royal Borough of Greenwich website here: 

How to appeal an unsuccessful school application