Guide to starting school or moving up to junior school

If you have missed the application deadline you’ll need to submit a late application.

Information about deadlines are available on our later allocation rounds page.

If an application is late for the first round of allocations we will not look at it until after all those that we received on time. The application will therefore be ranked at the bottom of each school list. The only exception would be if we received your application by 29 January 2025 and you have included independent professional evidence which we agree shows why you could not apply on time.

For example, you may have been ill for a long time or there may have been a family bereavement, which prevented you from applying by the deadline. Moving into the area is not an exceptional reason for applying late.

See the moving home section if you are a Service or Crown Servant families. If we receive your application and supporting evidence by 9 February 2025 we will treat your application as timely.