Education Self-Service: School admissions

Secondary school places

Secondary school pupil sitting at a desk

The closing date for secondary school place applications for children born between 1 September 2013 and 31 August 2014 was 4 November 2024.If you've already applied, we'll let you know the outcome by 3 March 2025.
If you make any amendments to an on-time application after the closing date, we will consider this as a new application which will replace anything previously received and will be recorded as late.

Nursery places

Nursery school children writing in a book

Applying for a 2025 nursery place is now available
The closing date for nursery place applications is 17 February 2025 and we'll let you know the outcome by 6 May 2025.

Reception places

Reception school children playing on the grass

The closing date for reception place applications for children born between 1 September 2020 and 31 August 2021 was 18 November 2024. If you've already applied, we'll let you know the outcome by 16 April 2025. If you make any amendments to an on-time application after the closing date, we will consider this as a new application which will replace anything previously received and will be recorded as late

Junior (year 3) places

Junior school pupils working on workbooks

The closing date for Junior place applications for children born between 1 September 2017 and 31 August 2018 was 18 November 2024. If you've already applied, we'll let you know the outcome by 16 April 2025. If you make any amendments to an on-time application after the closing date, we will consider this as a new application which will replace anything previously received and will be recorded as late. 

Changing an application after it has been submitted

After submitting a school admissions application, if you’d like to make a change there will be a short period where you can unsubmit your application through account management.

If the option to unsubmit an application is not displayed, you will need to complete an online form to let us know about a change.

Find out how to make a change to an admissions application if the option to unsubmit an application is not displayed.

Transferring schools

You do not need an Education Self-Service account if you would like to apply for your child to transfer from one school to another.

Find out more about transferring schools