Contents
- Introduction
- Step 1: Research and choose a school
- Step 2: Before you apply
- Step 3: Complete the application form
- Step 4: Complete any supplementary forms
- Step 5: If your address or preferences change
- Step 6: Applications are assessed
- Step 7: We offer you a place
- Step 8: You accept or decline a place
- Step 9: If you do not get a place at your preferred school
Starting secondary school in September 2025
If your child will reach age 11 between 1 September 2024 and 31 August 2025, they will be due to start secondary school in September 2025.
You can apply from 1 September 2024. The closing date for applications was 31 October 2024.
To apply, follow the steps on this page, starting with Step 1: Research and choose a school.
There is a different application process if you are:
- applying for a school place for a child with an Education Health and Care Plan.
- applying for an in-year admission - your child has already started school but needs to change schools or you have moved to the area outside the normal admission round.
- if you are a late applicant - applying or changing your preference after the closing date.