Admissions

Bristol Metropolitan Academy is a non-selective Academy. All places are free of charge.

Year 7 Applications

For more information on Secondary Applications for a Year 7 place for September 2025, please visit the Bristol City Council admissions website

If you are a parent or carer of a child in Year 6 and wish to apply for a place at Bristol Met for the following September you will need to complete the common application form and return it to the admissions section at Bristol City Council.

Further information about the school can be found on our Open Event page

In Year Applications

If your child is already in secondary education and you wish to apply to Bristol Metropolitan Academy please use the form in the downloads section below.

The Academy has an agreed admission number of 180 pupils for all year groups.

Where the number of applications for admission is greater than the published admissions number, applications will be considered against the criteria set out in our Admissions Policy

Parents will have the right of appeal to an Independent Appeal Panel if they are dissatisfied with an admission decision of the Academy. The Appeal Panel will be independent of the Academy. The arrangements for Appeals will be in line with the Code of Practice on School Admission Appeals published by the Department for Education and Skills as it applies to Foundation and Voluntary Aided schools.

There will be a right of appeal to an Independent Appeals panel for unsuccessful applicants. If you wish to appeal please use the form below.