School Admissions

School admissions are open each year for you to apply online for both primary and secondary attendance for the following year. Secondary applications can be made from 1st September, Primary applications can be made from 1st October.

Primary School - Reception Intake Information

Is it time for your little one to go to school? What you need to know before you apply for a place, how and when to apply and further information on Primary School admissions including accepting/declining offers and appeals. The online application system has now CLOSED. You will need to contact the Admissions Service if you wish to make a late application.

Secondary School - Year 7 Intake Information

What you need to know before you apply for a place, how and when to apply and further information on Secondary School admissions including accepting/declining offers and appeals. The online application system has now CLOSED. You will need to contact the Admissions Service if you wish to make a late application.

Changing Schools (In-year admissions)

If you are new to the area, have just moved house, or want to request a change or transfer of school for your child find out everything you need to know here.

Nursery Schools

If you would like further information regarding nurseries, funding, provision, childminders visit our Early Years pages.

The Admissions Policy for Community and Voluntary Controlled Maintained Nursery Schools at the bottom of this page sets out how the available places will be allocated for local authority run nursery units. You will need to contact private run nurseries direct for their admission arrangements.

Admissions Policy for community and voluntary controlled maintained nursery schools. (PDF 289.89KB)

Admission Arrangements

School admission arrangements set out how schools will admit pupils.

The arrangements include the published admission number (the maximum number of pupils intended to be admitted to the relevant year group), the oversubscription criteria and information on the waiting list for the school.

Admission Arrangements

Supplementary Information Forms

There are a number of schools that require Supplementary Information Forms (SIF's).

Supplementary Information Forms

Education outside their chronological year group (Delaying, Deferring)

Guidance is available for parents, carers and schools, when considering requests for children to be educated out of their chronological year group. The guidance relates children being educated in the year group below, or the year group above their chronological age. It does not relate to situation where pupils are in mixed-age classes.