Admissions
Admissions Arrangements for 2025
Admissions Policy
In the event of oversubscription the following criteria, in the order given, will be applied:
1. Looked After Children and previously looked after children (as defined in the Secondary Education in Essex 2025/2026 booklet); 2. children with a sibling* attending the school at the time of application;
3. children of staff employed by the school. Any member of school staff who has been employed for a minimum of 2 years, or to fulfil a vacancy in an area in which it is difficult to recruit;
4. proximity of the child’s home to the school by straight line distance, those living nearest being accorded higher priority. Straight line distances are calculated by the LA as described in the Secondary Education in Essex 2025/2026 booklet.
In the event of a ‘tie’ between applications in any criterion, the straight line distance from the school to the child’s home will be used as a tie-break mechanism.
* The sibling link is defined as:- • An older sibling must be attending the Cornelius Vermuyden School at the time the application for the younger child is submitted and there must be a reasonable expectation that the older child will still be at that school at the time the younger child is admitted.
• A sibling includes a child living in the same family unit in the family household and address. This includes brothers and sisters and stepbrothers and sisters. Additionally, biological siblings are treated as siblings irrespective of residence.
Waiting list held until: at least the end of the autumn term.
ecc secondary schools brochure 2025 26 02 09 24.pdf
Mid-Term Admissions
For mid term admissions please fill out pages 1 and 2 on the below form and ask the current school to complete page 3 then send the entire form to hgladwin@corneliusvermuyden.com or drop it off to reception.
Once the completed form has been received you and your child will be invited into the school to meet the Head of Year and Deputy Headteacher in charge of admissions for a tour of the school and a chance to ask any questions you may have.
essex county council secondary school mid year admission form.pdf
