School admissions

Find schools near you

Schools distance admission criteria and distance calculator.

Apply for a school place

How to apply for a school place for primary, secondary, junior, sixth form and schools for 14 to 19 year olds.

Waiting lists for school places

Check your child's position on the waiting list, how your child is positioned on the list and add or remove your child from the list.

How school place offers were made

Statistics and maps showing how offers were made each year, and appeal statistics.

School places for children with social or medical needs

Who can apply under social medical criterion, evidence you must provide, how to apply, and what happens after you apply.

Appeal for a school place

Your right to appeal for a school place, how to appeal, secondary transfer appeals to year 7, primary appeals, and information for all appeals.

Summer born children and starting school later

When your child is normally expected to start school, children born September to December, children born January to March and children born April to August – summer born children.

School admission arrangements and consultations

What admission arrangements are, current consultation, admission arrangements for the past 3 years.

Children with special educational needs and disabilities

See our Local Offer pages for children with special education needs and disabilities (SEND).

False addresses on school applications

How to report a school place application that's using a false address, and what happens if you put a false address on your application.

Faith school admissions and supplementary information forms

Faith schools that ask you to fill in a supplementary information form when you apply for a place.

Children with an education, health and care plan (EHCP)

Contact the SEND Local Offer team for information on children with an EHCP starting or moving school.

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