Fairfield Academy - Admissions Policy for Academy Year 2027/28: Admissions Policy Consultation

Fairfield Academy is consulting on the Academy’s admission arrangements. These arrangements are for students who will be starting in September 2027.

The consultation is taking place for a period of six weeks, between 17 November 2025 – 5 January 2026.

The Trust must set (‘determine’) admission arrangements annually. Where changes are proposed to admission arrangements, the Trust must first publicly consult on those arrangements. If no changes are made to admission arrangements, they must be consulted on at least once every 7 years.

Fairfield Academy is not proposing any changes to its admissions arrangements for 2027 however is consulting in accordance with the requirement to consult on a 7-year cycle.

You are invited to review the admission arrangements and to ask yourself the following questions:

• are the arrangements reasonable?
• are the arrangements clear?
• are the arrangements objective?
• do the arrangements comply with the school admissions code 2021 and the school admissions appeals code 2022, and the laws and regulations behind them?
• will the arrangements cause disadvantage or discrimination?
• could changes be made that would improve the arrangements?

Responses to this consultation should be sent to DRETadmissions@dret.co.uk.  The closing date for responses is 5 January 2026.

On conclusion of the consultation all responses received will be collated and presented to the Trust Board in February 2026 for full consideration.

fair admission policy 2027nf2.pdf