Introduction
An in-year admission is when you are applying for a school place outside of the ‘normal admissions rounds’.
(Normal admissions rounds are a statutory process where all parents/carers must apply for a place for their child to start school in the school’s 'year of entry' at Primary, or Secondary school).
- An in-year admission could be a move between Cambridgeshire schools, or a move to a Cambridgeshire school from a school in a different county or country.
- To apply for a place at a school outside of Cambridgeshire you will need to apply to the local authority of the new school.
When you can apply
- You can submit an application for a school place up to 30 school days before the intended start date.
- Please allow 10 school days before you enquire about the progress or status of your application.
- We will email your offer when it has been processed, we aim to process applications within 10 school days.
- If we have not received a valid application, or the correct documentary evidence, we will contact you - this will delay your offer of a place.
Cambridge City trial
From 1 September until 14 October 2022 the schools within the Cambridge City area as identified in the First Steps Booklet 2022/23 are taking part in a trial to ensure there is a swift take up of school places.
This is due to the increasing demand for school places within the city. If you receive an allocation for a school place within the city you will need to contact the school to accept or decline your place. You will then need to start on the date offered to you by the school. If you are unable to start on this date without a valid reason, then the school will notify School Admissions and we will make further contact with the applicant to determine the reason for the delay.
During the trial no school places will be withdrawn but School Admissions, with support from the city schools will be determining how many places could potentially be withdrawn and we will then use this evidence to support a change in the Admissions policy from September 2023.
Before applying please ensure you have read both this page and our Researching schools and catchment area page.
Help with choosing and applying for a school is available to all parents from our Parents' School Preference Adviser.