If your child is in Year 6, you will be starting to plan for their move to Secondary School.
Summary of admission procedures for Year 7 September 2024 to August 2025 – MAIN ROUND:
Enquiries regarding application for Main Round admission to Year 7 for September 2024 should be made directly to the County Admissions Team in the first instance.
The Closing Date for Admission Application for Sept 2024 is on 31st October 2023.
Contact details can be found at www.hants.gov.uk.
To find out if you are in our catchment area please click here (link opens in a new window).
Bay House School Catchment Area Map (PDF)
An address in the catchment area does not guarantee your child a place and so it’s advisable to also make contact with some of the other schools in Gosport.
If you are applying for a place for your child between Years 7 and 11, you can apply online by clicking here (link opens in a new window).
For any general admissions enquiries regarding your application, please phone the County admissions directly on 0300 555 1377 or contact them via admissions.team@hants.gov.uk.
You can download a copy of our current admissions policy from the GFM website admissions page here (link opens in new window), or from the links below.
- Admissions Policy 2025-26 (PDF)
- Admissions Policy 2024-25 (PDF)
- Admissions Policy 2023-24 (PDF)
Ethos
Admissions appeals
If your child has been refused admission to a school you have the right to appeal to an independent appeal panel. For more information, please click the link below:
Admission Timetable for Year 7 in September 2024
| Notification date for on-time applicants | March 1st 2024 |
| Deadline date for parents/ carers wishing to lodge an appeal (returning completed appeal papers to the school) |
Thursday 28th March 2024 |
| Year 7 appeal hearings to be held | From 13th – 24th May 2024 |
| Decision letters to be sent | Within 5 school days of hearing |
Please note:
(i) Appeals for admission into Year 7 entry in September will be heard from May onwards. A timetable for these appeals is published on our GFM Website. For in year admissions, we will endeavour to hear these within 30 school days of the appeal being lodged. For appeals lodged after 20th June, hearings will be scheduled from two weeks after the start of the autumn term in September.
(ii) Following the lodging of an appeal, additional evidence papers may be submitted to the GFM Admissions Officer – deadline dates for this will be advised during the appeal process. Evidence submitted after the date advised may not be considered in your case.
If you have any questions about the appeals process, please do not hesitate to contact the GFM Admissions Team on 02392 505207 or via email: admissions@gfmat.org.
Transport to School
Please click here for the link to Hampshire County Council’s website, which provides information for parents who wish to apply for transport to school. Applications should be submitted to the Passenger Transport Group as soon as possible. This is to allow time for the applications to be processed by the beginning of the autumn term. Applications received after the end of JUNE may be subject to delay. Parents will normally be notified of transport arrangements during the summer holidays.
