You should read our webpage: Before you apply before completing the application form.

Which form to complete

If you wish to submit a new in year application, you must fill in the appropriate application form and return it.

This will depend on the school(s) you are applying for. There are two different application forms available:

• The Centrally Managed Application (CMA) form for schools that Surrey receives applications for
• The School Managed Application (SMA) form for schools that receive applications direct.

You must use the correct application form. You can find out which form to use by:

• looking up the school in the Directory of Surrey schools, clicking on 'Apply for a place at this school' and then scroll down to the heading 'In year admission', and click on the second link to go to the relevant application form, or
• checking our primary schools list or secondary schools list.

Complete the Centrally Managed Application form (schools that we receive applications for)

• You can express a preference for up to three schools.
• You must name the schools in the order you prefer them, with your most preferred school first. This information is not shared with the schools and will not disadvantage your application.

Apply online

We encourage parents to apply online:

Use our in-year online portal

This will enable you to:

• See all application information in one place.
• Make applications for multiple children, although you must complete a separate application for each child.
• Send scanned or electronic documents in support of your application.
• Make changes to your application before submitting.

Please note: Applying online is the quickest and easiest way to apply for a school. Please only apply on a paper CMA form if you are unable to use our online form, as it will take longer for your application to reach us. If you require a paper form, please contact us.

Using the online application

You will need an email address to complete the application online and regular access to your emails as you will be sent emails to confirm that we have received your application and to let you know the outcome.

You can upload any supporting information online at the time of making your application, such as proof of address, professional evidence to support an exceptional medical or social claim, a change of address or proof of arrival in the United Kingdom.

If the school requires you to complete a supplementary form for the criterion you are applying under and is a school we manage admissions for, you can attach the supplementary form to your online form. If, however, the school manages their own applications, you should return it to the address on the form.

After completing the application

Make sure you click submit after completing your application online. You will receive a confirmation email (check both your inbox and junk folders) listing your preferences and an application reference number. Please check this confirmation email carefully to make sure your application details are correct.

Complete the School Managed Application form (schools that receive applications direct)

• Download and complete application form SMA (PDF). Read the guidance notes for SMA schools (PDF) to help you complete your form.
• You can express a preference for only one school on this form. However you can complete more than one form if you want to apply to more than one school.
• Return the completed form directly to the school you are applying for.
• If the school named on your form requires you to complete a supplementary form (check the Directory of Surrey schools or the school's own website), you must complete the supplementary form as well, and return it directly to the school.

If you change address after applying

If your child moves after applying, you must let us or the school know immediately confirming the date they moved and providing evidence of their new address, for example, a copy of your signed tenancy agreement or confirmation of exchange with the date of completion.

A new address can only be considered once a move has taken place and we reserve the right to seek further verification from you.

If your child is offered a school place based on where they live, it is conditional on them living at that address on the date the offer is made.

If you do not tell the school or us about a move, or about a declared move that has failed to take place we may withdraw any offer of a school place we have made.

Files available to download

• Centrally Managed Application for in year admission to a school - Guidance notes (PDF)
  Guidance notes to help you complete the Centrally Managed Application form for in year applications
• School Managed Application (SMA) for in year admission to a school - Application form (PDF)
  Applying for an in year admission place at a school that manages its own applications.
• School Managed Application for in year admission to a school (SMA) - Guidance notes (PDF)
  Guidance notes to help you complete the School Managed Application form for in year applications