Cognitive Ability Testing (CAT Testing):
Rivers Academy West London’s Admissions Policy states that children joining the Academy in Year 7 (2025) must have undertaken a Cognitive Ability Test (CAT) to be considered for a place at the Academy. See below for details of how to book this.
Admissions to Year 7 at the Academy in September 2025
Admissions Timeline for 2025-26
31st October 2025
The Local Authority Common Admissions Form (CAF: Secondary) must be completed and returned to the Local Authority for all admissions.
http://www.hounslow.gov.uk/admissions
16th January 2026 – All applicants to the Academy will be required to sit a CAT before 16th January 2026.
2nd March 2026 – Notification of Offer of Places.
Parents/Carers will be informed by London Borough of Hounslow by email to which school they have been allocated.
13th March 2026
This is the last date on which parents/carers are asked to confirm their acceptance of the offer with the Local Authority in which they live.
1st April 2026 – Deadline for lodging an on-time admission appeal.
The School’s Admissions Appeal Form can be accessed here.
CLICK HERE FOR: ADVICE FOR PARENTS AND GUARDIANS ON SCHOOL ADMISSION APPEALS
Appeal Timetable
| Offer letters posted to parents/carers on National Offer Day by Local Authority | 2nd March 2026 |
| Deadline for acceptance of offer by parent/carer | 13th March 2026 |
| Deadline for lodging an on-time admission appeal | TBC |
| Appeal Hearing Date: | TBC |
May 2026
Parents/Carers will receive a transition letter outlining the transition process and events.
June/July 2026
Transition events commence.
Please see the Admission Policy below for full guidance
CAT sessions
No Available Dates
In-year admissions
The in-year admissions process will be managed by the Academy. All in year applications for a school place must be made to the Local Authority on their online in-year application form. Supplementary Information forms must be returned to the Academy. The Local Authority will inform the Academy of the application and the Academy will inform the Local Authority of the outcome.
The link to the Local Authority online in-year application form can be found here
Admissions Policies:
To apply for a place in our Sixth Form please click the following link Post 16
Please contact admissions@rivers-aspirations.org if you require any further information.