Admissions information
Year 6 into Year 7 Admissions for entry September 2026
To apply for a place in our Year 7 cohort for September 2026, please visit the Croydon Council Website. There are only 120 spaces available. The deadline for applications is 31st October 2025.
What happens next?
On the 2nd March 2026, National Offer Day, all parent/carers of a child in Year 6 should be sent an offer letter from their Local Council such as Croydon Local Authority. You will usually receive an email from Croydon Council. If you applied online, you may also receive a notification from Eadmissions or the ParentComms app.
If you have been offered a place at Meridian High School, we will also follow up this communication with our own Welcome Letter to the parent/carer and child.
Please accept your place with us before the 13th March 2026.
If you have been allocated a place via the Central Allocations process, we will also invite you in to visit the school so that you can see the school in action and ask any questions before you make your decision.
Once you have confirmed the acceptance of the place at Meridian High School, later in March we will issue an Online Enrolment Form. We will ask for this to be completed complete before the end of April. This information will provide the basis of the records we set up for the student when they start in September and will allow you to confirm any SEND or Medical needs.
May 2026
Once we receive the completed online enrolment forms, we will set about putting in the students into form groups ready for the Transition days on 2nd and 3rd of July. During this time frame, we will also endeavour to visit each primary school to find out more about them and ensure that the transition to secondary school is as smooth as possible.
June 2026
Families will be sent the arrangements about the upcoming transition day on the 2nd and 3rd of July and also any thing that the student may need to bring with them for both days.
July 2026
Students attend the Transition days on the 2nd and 3rd July and parents are invited to the parent evening on the 2nd July.
Where students have opted to attend the Summer School, they will be sent further information and attend the day
Summer 2026
Families will be sent log in infomation to our Parent Pay system to pay for any school lunches alongside information about the start of the school year nearer to the time the students will be starting at Meridian High School.
Admissions to Meridian High School
At Meridian High School we hope to make your transition from primary to secondary school, or later on as an in-year transfer, as smooth as possible. Below you will find some useful information about the admissions process and links to relevant websites and contacts.
If you are stilll looking for a school space to join our school in September 2026, please do get in contact on 020 3943 1328 or g.watson@meridianhigh.london or apply through Croydon Council's Admissions Department as we do still have a handful of spaces available in some of our year groups.
All in year applications for Years 7-11 must be made through Croydon Council's Admissions Department. To find up to date information about the school's admission arrangements and details on how to apply, either as part of the normal intake or during the school year, please click on the below link which will take you to the Croydon Council School Admissions website. Alternatively, you can contact Croydon Council School Admissions at school.admissions@croydon.gov.uk or by telephone on 020 8726 6400 for any queries or a copy of the application form.
https://www.croydon.gov.uk/schools-and-education/schools/school-admissions
To visit the specific secondary application section of Croydon's website please follow the following link where you will also find the most recent secondary school prospectus.
Find secondary schools near you | Croydon Council
In 2015, Meridian High School became an Academy within the GLF Schools Multi Academy Trust; GLF Schools, is the Admissions Authority, with Croydon Admissions acting as the coordinating body for the area.
Please click on the Admissions Policies link below for further information regarding our Admissions Criteria. If you require admissions policies relating to previous years please contact info@meridianhigh.london
Applications for all other year groups and mid year entrants are also made via Croydon Council: https://www.croydon.gov.uk/education/schools-new/school-admissions/in-year-admissions/in-year-secondary
Admissions arrangements information for students with special educational needs can be found here: https://www.croydon.gov.uk/education/special-educational-needs
