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Secondary school admissions - September 2025

If you applied before 31st October 2024, you will be able to log back into your portal on the 03rd of March 2025 to view your Secondary allocation.
Applications made 1st November 2024 onwards must be submitted via the late form and be received by 31st March 2025.
Cambridgeshire residents will be sent their allocations via post on the 25th of April 2025.
Applications received from 01st April 2025 – 31st August 2025 will be considered in date order only and offers sent via email.

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.

Late Secondary form is situated on Page 3