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Primary Admissions Guide

Useful information about choosing a school and applying for a school, all in one place

Introduction

Welcome to the primary admissions guide for junior, middle and starting school place applications for September 2027. Please read this set of pages before making your application.

The important dates

The online form for junior, middle and starting school applications opens on 28 September 2026

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Closing date for school place applications – 15 January 2027

Closing date for exceptional circumstance applications and supplementary information – 5 February 2027

Outcome emails will be sent to those who applied online. Outcome letters will be sent out by second class post to those who applied using a paper form – 16 April 2027

Closing date for receipt of appeal applications from parents who were notified of their outcome on 16 April 2027 – 14 May 2027

Places becoming available

For every over-subscribed school, a ranked waiting list will be held in order of over-subscription criteria by the Admissions Authority until at least 31 December.

For VC and C schools, please make a written request to us for your child to remain on the waiting list after this time. For own admission authority schools, you will need to check the individual school or academy’s admission arrangements on their website.

If places subsequently become available within the PAN they will be reallocated to the highest ranked child on the waiting list. The waiting list will include all applications refused, whether they were on time or late and will be ranked according to the school’s over-subscription criteria.

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You must make sure that you submit your appeal but the published appeal application closing date (14 May 2027).

If you submit your appeal late, then it may not be considered until all ‘on time’ appeals have been heard.

Last updated: August 31, 2026

Next review due: March 3, 2027

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