Why join CCF?

CCF School Prospectus

Sixth Form Prospectus

Admissions

Christ's College Finchley is a high-achieving, mixed 11-18 comprehensive school. Barnet LA manages the transfer and entry to Christ's College Finchley. 

Please see below for information regarding admissions to join Year 7 and for in-year admissions. 

Admission Arrangements September 2026

Admission Arrangements September 2026

Transfer at age 11

Applications should be made via the eAdmissions website 

www.eadmissions.org.uk/eAdmissions/app 

Criteria

Where the school is over-subscribed, places will be allocated in the following order

 (i) Internationally adopted previously looked after children (IAPLAC), children who appear (to the admission authority) to have been in state care outside of England and ceased to be in state care as a result of being adopted.

(ii) Children applying who are in the care of a UK local authority (LAC) or who were previously in care (Post LAC) but who have since been adopted or made the subject of a residence or special guardianship order.

(iii) Children who, at the time of admission, have a sibling living at the same address in Years 7-13 at the school. Siblings will include step siblings, foster siblings and adopted siblings. It will not include other children living permanently at the same address.

(iv) Children of members of staff at Christ’s College Finchley provided they have been directly employed at the school for a minimum of two years or have been recruited to fill a post where there is a demonstrable skills shortage (The definition of a direct employee is an employee holding a contract of employment with the school.)

(v) Remaining places will be offered on a geographical basis (the basis of distance from the school) measuring the shortest distance in a straight line from the front door of the child’s home to the main gate of the school on East End Road using the Council’s geographical information system. Places will be offered to the child/ren living nearest the school.

(vi) Where a child lives with parents with shared responsibility, (with each parent for part of a week), the child’s home address will be taken to be the address of the main parent/carer eligible to receive Child Benefit and/or Child Tax Credit.

Later or mid-year admissions

All later or mid-year admissions into Years 7-11 will be processed by the Local Authority where the school is situated

Parents who live in the Borough of Barnet and wish to apply for places at Barnet schools should apply online at www.barnet.gov.uk/school-admissions. Where parents live outside of the Barnet Local Authority they should contact their relevant Local Authority to obtain information about the application process.  Contact details of neighbouring local authorities can be found on London Borough of Barnet’s website.

For further information please call 020 8349 3581.

Appeal Dates and Information

If you have not been offered a place at Christ’s College School, the law entitles you to appeal against that decision to an Independent Appeal Panel. This panel is completely independent of the school and the Local Authority. All appeals will be heard online which has the advantage that your appeal can be heard from your home or place of work.

If you wish to appeal, please use this link to complete your appeal online. Please do NOT use ANY other appeal form or send your form to your local authority. It is suggested that you download the explanatory booklet about appeals which you should read before you complete the appeal form – Booklet Link .

You should include any evidence or supporting material with your appeal form and you MUST give the grounds for your appeal at the time you lodge your appeal form. Your appeal form will not be accepted unless you state the grounds for your appeal. You may appeal for more than one school, but on different forms.

Any letters or reports that you wish the panel to see should be uploaded at this time.  You are asked to bear in mind that if you later send additional information, the closing date is 12 noon, 5 working days before the STAGE 1 hearing.  All appointed panels have agreed NOT to take any late letters or reports after the 5 working day deadline.  This will be strictly enforced.  For secondary/primary transfer appeals, the hearing will take place at least TWO months after the refusal letter.  This gives you plenty of time to get your evidence together if you act early and take account of school holidays.

Please note that the online form will ask you to download two utility bills dated in the last THREE months.  If you do not have access to a scanner, please take two photographs with a mobile phone and upload the photographic files.

Full details about the hearing will be sent to you with your invitation to the hearing.

If you wish to contact the clerk – email:  clerk@educationappeals.com

The timetable for appeals is as follows: 

Timetable for appeals for mid-term applications is as follows:

Timetable for appeals for the 6th form is as follows