Contents
- Introduction
- Step 1: Check if you can apply for in-year admission
- Step 2: Research and choose a school
- Step 3: Before you apply
- Step 4: Complete the appropriate application form
- Step 5: Complete any supplementary forms
- Step 6: Outcome of your in-year application
- Step 7: You accept or decline a place
- Step 8: If you do not get a place at your preferred school
Important - waiting lists for 2025 to 2026
To keep your child's name on the waiting list for September 2025, for a school managed by Surrey County Council, you must complete the Continuing Interest form. The form is in step 8 below.
Form closes 31 August 2025
If you do not complete the form by 31 August, you will need to submit a new in-year application.
You can make an in-year application if your child needs to join a school outside the normal admissions round, for example, if your child has moved and can no longer attend their current school.
There is a different application process if you are applying for a school place:
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