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Secondary school admissions - September 2025

Try to visit or watch virtual tours, talk to school staff, and make an informed decision for your child. Do not make your decision based on other’s opinions, your situation will be different.

If your child was born between 01.09.13 - 31.08.14 you can apply for a Yr 7 Secondary 2025 placement using the Citizen portal box.

Admissions process starts

  • 11 September 2024 - Applications open
  • 31 October 2024 (midnight) - deadline for applications (national closing date)
  • 3 March 2025 - Offers sent out to applicants who submitted application by 31 October 2024

Late applications (second round)

  • 1 November 2024 - Second round applications open
  • 31 March 2025 (midnight) - deadline for second round applications
  • 28 April 2025 - Offers sent out to applicants who submitted applications from 1 November 2024 to 31 March 2025.

Late applications (as received)

  • 28 April 2025 to 31 August 2025 - Applications received after 31 March 2025 will not be considered until the second round of offers have been sent out. They will be processed in order of date from when we receive them.

Appeals

  • April 2025
    Secondary school appeals take place (check website for further information)

Contact us

Please use our enquiry form if you need to contact us. Select 'School admissions' as the service you require from the drop down menu.

We organise the admissions to all maintained (state) schools and academies in the county. We aim to make the process fair and transparent for everyone. We follow the School Admissions Code and fair access protocols.

If you are:

  • unhappy with our service,
  • unsure about the information you have received, and you
  • cannot resolve an issue with the information on our website,

please contact us using the enquiry form above. We will endeavour to resolve your query. If this is not to your satisfaction you can follow the complaints procedure.

Please see our page for appealing an offer of a school place.

If your application is incomplete, or incorrect, it will be delayed. It could also be cancelled. You will need to confirm you have read and understood all three secondary admissions webpages when submitting your application form.

The application form is on the third page.