If you would like your child to attend our school, we have open days available before the application cut off date.  Please contact the school office on 01254 701616 for further details

Important dates

Secondary school admissions timetable 2023/24

• 1 September 2022: Round opens for secondary school applications. Parents/carers can apply for a school place
• 31 October 2022: Closing date for secondary school applications. Applications must be submitted to the local authority by this date to be considered as ‘on time’ along with all supporting evidence.
• 27 January 2023: Deadline for notification of exceptional change in circumstances. Any information received by this date will be considered for the initial allocation of school places, for example, change of address, change in circumstances, and reasons for the local authority to consider a late application/change of preference as on time. Any information received after this date cannot be included in the initial allocation of school places, however it will be considered later in the process following the 1 March 2023.
• 1 March 2023: National offer day for secondary school places. Parent/carers who applied online can view their offer on the online parent portal. Letters notifying parent/carers of the school at which a place has been offered will be emailed out to those who applied online or sent by post to parents/carers who applied using the paper application form.
• 15 March 2023: Deadline for parents/carers to accept or decline their offer of a place. Parent/carers who applied online will need to log onto the online parent portal to accept their offer of a school place. Those who applied by post will need to call the School Admissions Team.
• 31 March 2023: Closing date for appeals. Appeals received by this date will take place in May/June 2023.

Primary school admissions timetable 2023-24

• 1 September 2022: Round opens for primary school applications. Parents/carers can apply for a school place
• 15 January 2023: Closing date for primary school applications. Applications must be submitted to the local authority by this date to be considered as ‘on time’ along with all supporting evidence.
• 10 March 2023: Deadline for notification of exceptional change in circumstances. Any information received by this date will be considered for the initial allocation of school places, for example, change of address, change in circumstances, reasons for the local authority to consider a late application/change of preference as on time. Any information received after this date cannot be included in the initial allocation of school places, however it will be considered later in the process following the 17 April 2023.
• 17 April 2023: National offer day for primary school places. Parent/carers who applied online can view their offer on the online parent portal. Letters notifying parent/carers of the school at which a place has been offered will be emailed out to those who applied online or sent by post to parents/carers who applied using the paper application form.
• 28 April 2023: Deadline for parents/carers to accept or decline their offer of a place. Parent/carers who applied online will need to log onto the online parent portal to accept their offer of a school place. Those who applied by post will need to call the School Admissions Team.
• 26 May 2023: Closing date for appeals. Appeals received by this date will take place in June/July 2023