Admissions
Key Information
Admissions
Reception Tours
If you are interested in sending your child to Western House Academy please contact the admissions officer, Miss Dukes via email: admissionswha@theparkfederation.org to find out more information about the school.
Western House Academy is busy working on admissions for our 25/26 intake.
Reception Entry
How to apply for Reception 2025 entry.
If you have a child who was born between 1st September 2020 and 31st August 2021, you can now apply for a Reception school place for September 2025.
To apply for a Reception place at Western House Academy and providing you live within the Slough borough, you must apply for a school place via the Slough Citizen Portal. The Admissions criteria can be found below.
Parents / Carers must apply for a school place. Please be advised that there is no automatic entry into Western House Academy even if your child currently attends the attached nursery.
If you live within another borough, this must be done via their admissions' portal.
Once a school place for Western House Academy has been allocated to you by your local authority, our admissions officer will be in contact to request some more details about your child and to give you all the information needed for a successful transition.
The entry for applications is now closed.
In-Year Admissions
If you would like your child to attend our school, please contact Slough borough council to apply and complete an application form for in-year admissions.
The Local Authority will allocate school places for Reception to Year 6 on the school's behalf.
Western House Academy will comply with the Schools Admissions and Appeals Codes. We are an inclusive school with no religious faith affiliations.
Admission Appeals
If you have not been offered a place following an in-year application, the law entitles you to appeal to an
Independent Appeal Panel. This panel is completely independent of the school and the Local Authority. In
accordance with the 2022 School Admission Appeals Code Appeals, the admission authority and appeal panels
have elected for all admissions appeals to be held online.
If you wish to appeal, please use the links below to complete your appeal online.
| Years Reception, Year 1 and year 2 | Link |
| Years 3, 4, 5 and 6 | Link |
Please do NOT use ANY other appeal form or send your form to your local authority. It is highly recommended
that you download the explanatory booklet about appeals which you should read before you complete the appeal
form. Booklet Link If your appeal is for years Reception, year 1 or year 2, you are strongly advised to read the
section on Key Stage 1 appeals on page 18.
You should include any evidence or supporting material with your appeal form and you MUST state the grounds
of your appeal at the time you lodge your appeal form. Your appeal form will not be accepted unless you give the
grounds of your appeal. You may appeal for more than one school but please complete a separate appeal form
for each school you wish to appeal. No photographs of your child will be accepted.
Please note that the online form will ask you to download two utility bills dated in the last THREE months. If you
do not have access to a scanner, please take two photographs using a mobile phone and upload the photographic
files.
If you wish to contact the clerk – email: clerk@educationappeals.com
Information about Primary Transfer appeals will be posted on this website before 28 February 2026.
The timetable for ‘in-year’ appeals |
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| Last day for lodging appeal forms |
20 School days after the decision letter informing you that you had not been offered a place. |
| Invitation letter giving details about your hearing will be sent by the Clerk to the Independent Appeal Panel |
At least 10 school days before the hearing. This MAY be All in year appeal will be heard within 30 school days of |
| Closing date for any additional supporting evidence |
FIVE working days before your hearing. You are advised that additional paperwork received on the day of the appeal hearing will not be taken into account. Please email to clerk@educationappeals.com
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| Letter from the Clerk informing you of the decision of the independent appeal panel | Due to the high number of appeals, an e-mail is sent a few working days after your hearing with the decision of the panel. This is followed up around 10 working days later with a letter outlining the panel’s reasons. |
Admission To Nursery
Western House Academy manage and allocate nursery places. All applications need to be made directly to the school office. Children can attend nursery the term after their 3rd birthday.