Important dates for secondary school admissions

Applications

• Schools open for visits: September/October 2022 (please check on school websites for up to date open day/evening information)
• Applications open (apply online): Thursday 1 September 2022
• Closing date for applications: Monday 31 October 2022 (we recommend that you submit your online application by Monday 24 October 2022)
• Closing date for supplementary forms (if required) to be returned to the school directly: Monday 31 October 2022

Offers

• Results for online applications: Wednesday 1 March 2023 (you will get an email in the evening telling you where your child has been offered a place)
• If you applied by post, or if you haven’t been offered a place: we will send you the results by first class post on Wednesday 1 March 2023 (first class post does not guarantee next-day delivery)
• Deadline for accepting your offer: Wednesday 15 March 2023 (if you applied online, you must accept the offer online – you should keep a record of your login details)

Appeals

• Closing date for appeals for community schools in the borough: Wednesday 29 March 2023 (admissions authorities of other schools may set the same or a later deadline)
• Appeal hearings: June/July 2023 (if you submit an appeal after 29 March 2023, it may not be heard until the start of the academic year in September 2023)