Step 1: Check if you can apply for in-year admission

Summary of this step

You must check if you can apply for in-year application, or if you should apply during the normal admissions round instead.

You can make an in-year application if you need to join a school outside of the normal admissions round.

You do not need to apply for in-year admission if your child is:

currently in year 2 at infant school and you want to apply for them to move in September to junior school or a primary school with a year 3 intake – you should apply for a primary school place.
currently in year 6 at primary or junior school and you want to apply for them to move to year 7 at secondary school in September – you should apply for a secondary school place.
currently looked after by a local authority. You should not complete the in-year application form. Instead their social worker should complete our in-year admission for children in care form in order to apply for a school place.

You can apply for in-year admission if:

you are moving house to Surrey, or within Surrey, and your child cannot continue at their current school.
your child is being educated at home and you want them to attend a mainstream school instead.
your child is currently in year 2 at infant school and you want to apply for them to move in September to a primary school that doesn't have a year 3 intake.
your child is already at school, but you want to move them to a different school.