Secondary school admissions
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Overview
The deadline to accept / decline a school place, request to go on a waiting list, or to request an appeal has now passed.
If you need to speak to someone about school admissions, please contact the School Admissions team at school.admissions@southtyneside.gov.uk.
For more information, read the information for parents booklet.
Timetable for secondary school admissions
- Week commencing Monday 2 September 2024
Letter sent to Primary schools. - Friday 6 September 2024
Letters handed out to parents. - Friday 6 September 2024
Online system available up until closing date - Monday 9 September to Friday 5 October 2024
Open evenings with prospective year 7 pupils - 4:30pm on Thursday 31 October 2024
Closing date for Secondary applications. Online applications are not available after the closing date. - Friday 8 November 2024
Details of preference data to be sent to VA and Academy Secondary Schools. - Friday 8 November 2024
Exchange preference data with other Local Authorities. - Friday 22 November 2024
Details received from other Local Authorities to be sent to VA and Academy Secondary Schools. - Monday 6 January 2025
VA and Academy schools provide the Authority with list of offers / refusals. - Wednesday 15 January 2025
Authority exchanges offers / refusals with other Local Authorities. - Friday 24 January 2025
Local Authorities to match the provisional offers of places against each parent's ranking. - By Friday 21 February 2025
Schools will be notified which pupils have been allocated places at their schools. - Monday 3 March 2025
Secondary 'Offer Day' notification sent to parents. - Friday 14 March 2025
Initial deadline for parents to return acceptance slip for oversubscribed schools only (reminder letters to be sent). - Friday 14 March 2025
Deadline for parents to request to place their child's name on a waiting list. - Friday 14 March 2025
Deadline for parents to request an appeal form for Secondary Schools. - Tuesday 18 March 2025
Authority will allocate any places that have become available for oversubscribed schools. - Monday 17 March 2025
Appeal forms sent out where requested. - Friday 28 March 2025
Where parents have not returned their acceptance slip for oversubscribed schools the Authority may withdraw the offer of the school place (Community Schools only). - Friday 25 April 2025
Deadline for appeal forms to be returned. - By Monday 12 May 2025
Appeal hearing notice sent to parents. - From week commencing 2 June 2025
Appeals to be heard. - 31 December 2025
No waiting list available after this date.