Year 7
How to apply to Year 7 in September 2024
If you are applying for a Year 7 place for September 2024, all applications are made in advance. Offers are made by local authorities on national offer day. The below timetable applies to applications made to Leeds City Council. If you apply to another local authority, they may have different dates.
2nd October 2023 |
Prince Henry’s Open Evening |
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31st October 2023 |
Deadline for applying online or returning forms |
1st March 2024 |
Offers released from 9am onwards |
15th March 2024 |
First cut off for waiting list request |
29th March 2024 |
Deadline for accepting offers and first cut off for appeal forms. Leeds City Council arranges our appeals. All appeals received by this date will be heard before the summer holiday |
April to August 2024 | Places allocated from waiting lists |
May to July 2024 | Appeals heard by independent appeals panels |
September 2024 | Start secondary school |
Parents and carers are encouraged to read the school's Admission Policy alongside the latest information and guidance regarding admissions, provided by our Local Authority Admissions Team in their guidance booklet and published on the council’s website. You can also find our admissions details on their website here.
You must apply to the local authority who empties your bins. If this is Leeds, go to www.leeds.gov.uk/apply.
The link to the Leeds City Council Leeds Secondary School Composite Prospectus is here. The LA website is a composite prospectus for all Leeds schools and includes information about:
- all of the steps you need to go through to make an application
- the key dates
- a search tool to see if your home address gives any higher priority for admission to any school(s)
- an explanation about how places are offered if there are more applications than spaces (oversubscribed)
- the online application portal - apply online and you’ll be sent your offer by email
- a summary of each school’s individual admission policy criteria
- data about who got a place in the last 3 years - this will help you work out if there is a reasonable chance of your child qualifying for a place.
- Information about applying under a specific admission criteria (such as your child being previously looked after). It is really important to ensure you submit all supporting evidence by the deadline to show you meet any such criteria.
You can also watch the Leeds City Council school admissions video for more information.
The council’s social media pages will also tell you about any Q&A sessions where you can ask questions.