School admissions guides and policies

These guides explain the admissions process and how decisions are made.

• Guide to starting school or moving up to junior school
• Guide to moving up to secondary school
• Guide to grammar schools and the Secondary Transfer Test

Find information about school place offers and available vacancies.

• Check school place allocation statistics
• List of in-year school vacancies

Guidance for situations outside the standard admissions process.

• Guide to delaying a school start date
• Applying under the exceptional medical or social needs admission rule (EMSAR)
• Legal guidance note on parental disputes and school admissions

Policies and independent reports relating to school admissions.

• Fair Access Protocol (vulnerable pupils)
• Office of the Schools Adjudicator reports