Hounslow secondary schools

Year 7 admissions · September 2027

Chiswick School

A mixed secondary academy in Chiswick with a sixth form.

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September 2027 admissions policy

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AddressBurlington Lane, Chiswick, London, W4 3UN
Funding sectorState-fundedDfE GIAS classification · Snapshot dated
Academic selectionNon-selectiveDfE GIAS classification · Snapshot dated
Religious characterNo religious character recordedDfE GIAS classification · Snapshot dated
GovernanceAcademy converterDfE GIAS classification · Snapshot dated
GenderMixedDfE GIAS classification · Snapshot dated
Age range11 to 18
URN137907
2027 Year 7 places240 places
Official websiteOfficial school website Website link checked .

Admissions summary

How places are prioritised

For September 2027, named EHCPs are admitted first. Chiswick School then prioritises looked-after children, accepted exceptional medical or social need, siblings, and up to 10 Pupil Premium-eligible applicants ranked by its official musical aptitude test before other applicants ordered by Hounslow's walking-route measurement.

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September 2027 entry

Chiswick School Year 7 admissions criteria

Priority order

  1. Children whose EHCP names Chiswick School
  2. Looked-after and previously looked-after children
  3. Children whose exceptional medical or social need is accepted by Chiswick School
  4. Children meeting Chiswick School's sibling criterion
  5. Up to 10 Pupil Premium-eligible applicants ranked highest in Chiswick School's musical aptitude test
  6. All other applicants, ordered by Hounslow's official walking-route measurement

Sibling priority

The sibling must be a blood, half, step, adoptive or foster brother or sister living at the same home address, attending Chiswick School when the application is made and expected to remain there when the applicant starts.

Children of staff

The September 2027 Year 7 policy does not publish a separate children-of-staff priority.

How distance is measured

Hounslow measures the walking route from the property's official LLPG or NLPG seed point to the nearest school gate used by pupils, using Mapx, Synergy and the Ordnance Survey MasterMap Highways Network. SchoolRange cannot reproduce that official route; postcode-centre straight-line distance is indicative only.

Evidence to prepare

  • Proof of the permanent home address used for the application
  • Sibling details on the Common Application Form if claiming sibling priority
  • Compelling professional evidence submitted with the application if requesting exceptional medical or social need priority
  • The school's separate music application and official aptitude test if seeking one of the Pupil Premium music places

Other published rules

  • The music route is capped at 10 places and requires both Pupil Premium eligibility and one of the highest scores in Chiswick School's official aptitude test.
  • Where blocks of flats are treated as one address, the lowest flat number normally has priority.
  • Applicants with an otherwise equal official distance are randomly ordered by Hounslow's database.
  • The waiting list runs until 31 August 2027 and is reordered whenever higher-priority applicants join or leave.

Application deadline

Apply through the council where your child lives, even if the school is in another borough.

What recent offers show

Hounslow published ordinary walking-route cutoffs of 1.323 miles for 2024, 1.576 miles for 2025 and 1.465 miles for 2026. The 2026 outcome separately records nine music-aptitude allocations; earlier outcome rows do not show a separate music category, so this history is context rather than a promise.

Published outcomes

Recent published admissions history

This is historical context, not a prediction for 2027. These are past allocation outcomes, not a forecast or guarantee.