Education Self-Service: School admissions

Secondary school places

Secondary school pupil sitting at a desk

Applying for a 2025 year 7 secondary school place will be available from 2 September 2024, for children born between 1 September 2013 and 31 August 2014.


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Junior (year 3) places

Junior school pupils working on workbooks

Applying for a 2025 junior (year 3) place will be available from 23 September 2024 for children born between 1 September 2018 and 31 August 2019. 



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Reception places

Reception school children playing on the grass

Applying for a 2025 reception place will be available from 23 September 2024 for children born between 1 September 2020 and 31 August 2021. 


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Nursery places

Nursery school children writing in a book

Applying for a 2025 nursery place will be available from 23 September 2024 for children born between 1 September 2021 and 31 August 2022.



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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.

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