Key dates in the Transfer process

Application process opens online for 2026/27

Closing date for all applications to be received by the LA

Last date for any late applications to be submitted and be considered as exceptions

National offer day for transfer places. Primary schools will be notified of leaver destinations

Deadline for late applications and late changes to be considered in late waiting list process

Date for parents to accept or refuse the offer from offer day

Deadline for appeal forms to be submitted for them to be heard in the first round of appeals

Late offer process will be run to allocate places that have become available. Late applicants and late changes will be included

Late offers made recurrently

Your child starts school. If your child was not offered a place in your first preference school, they will remain on waiting lists for any higher preference schools that you have requested until at least 31 December. If the school clears the waiting list after this date, they will contact you. If you want to change your school preferences from 1 September, you must complete an in-year application