Secondary school place offers

Finding out which school your child has been allocated

If you apply for your child's secondary school place by the deadline of  31 October 2025, you will receive an offer of your child’s school place in one of two ways:

• Online application – your child’s allocated school place will be sent via email on 2 March 2026 to the email address used to apply
• Paper application -  your child's allocated school place will be sent via a letter posted on 2 March 2026

From 2 March 2026 this page will contain information for parents about school place offers and what to do next.

I have submitted a late application - when will I find out which school my child has been allocated?

Late applications are applications received after 31 October 2025 and are dealt with in reallocation rounds. The date on which parents submit their late application will determine which round it will be processed in. Each round can take a number of weeks depending on how many applications are received.

Emails will be sent at the end of each round to all late applicants who apply online by the deadline for the round, letting them know which school has been allocated.

Parents of children on a waiting list will only be informed if it has been possible to offer a place. Otherwise, their child's name will remain on the waiting list for the next round.

Parents do not need to contact us after completing a late application form, or on the allocation round’s processing start date. Parents will be contacted once the round of reallocations is complete. 

Applications received after 26 June 2026 will be processed as and when received throughout July and August 2026. From the end of August applications will be processed according to our in-year co-ordination scheme. 

Last updated 31 August 2025