School Admissions Terms and Conditions

All parents are advised to read the Parent's Guide to School Admissions on our website. This gives details about how school places are allocated.

Allegations of parents providing false or accommodation addresses when applying for school places shall be fully investigated and, if found to be substantiated, allocated places may be withdrawn. Primary schools check addresses provided by parents of Year 6 pupils on secondary school preference forms against the school register. The Council will also carry out checks as appropriate.

A child's home address is defined as the address at which the child is normally resident or, where a child lives at more than one address, the address at which the child lives for the majority of the time. The home address would normally be the address to which the Child Benefit Allowance is payable.

If you move before your child starts their preferred school, his or her position in the order of priority for places at a particular school may change, depending on where you live now and where you plan to move. You must notify any change of address and would be expected to provide the City Council with clear proof of the move by submitting, for example, a solicitor's letter confirming that contracts have been exchanged on a specified property. Confirmation of intention to buy, or that a contract has been signed, is insufficient proof.

We will aim to offer you a place at your highest ranked school. If we are unable to offer a place at any of your preferred schools stated in your application, a place will be allocated at the nearest appropriate school to your home with a vacancy.

If you are not offered a place at your preferred school, you will have the right of appeal to an independent appeals panel.

For further details, please refer to the Parent's Guide.