Apply to change school during the academic year (in-year transfer)

You'll need to make an ‘in-year application’ if you want your child to move schools during the school year.

This includes:

• changing schools if your child already attends a Buckinghamshire school
• moving to Buckinghamshire from another county or from abroad
• moving to Buckinghamshire and wanting your child to be considered for a grammar school

Currently our schools in Aylesbury (primary and secondary) and High Wycombe (secondary) are receiving a large number of applications and are oversubscribed.

In most cases we will not be able to offer you a place at your preferred school.

We may need to offer places at different schools for children in the same family.

School places we offer may not be close to your new home.

Some schools manage their own admission process.

For example, if a school is an academy they will do their own admission process (or they may ask us to do this for them).

Use our online application checker to see who you need to apply to for an in-year application.

You can choose up to 3 schools to include in your application.

To help make your decision, we advise you:

• use our online service to find schools to apply for
• read the admission rules for the schools you choose (so you know how your child’s application will be considered)

To be considered for free school transport, you must include your nearest school in your application.

View our transport policy for further information.

You can only apply for a school place up to six weeks in advance before you wish your child to start.

If you are applying for immediate entry between May and July, we will only consider this for pupils moving into Buckinghamshire. All other applications will be considered for September 2025 entry.

If you wish your child to move school to start in September 2025 you can make an application from 12 May 2025.

View when you'll hear back about your application on our offers and appeals page.