Applying for a school place

Appeal hearings timetables

The timetables for appeal hearings for most school places in years R, 3 and 7 starting in September 2013 are now available on our appeals timetable page.

Online applications for a school place starting in September 2013 have now closed.

If you wish to apply for a school place for September 2013, or for a school place to start before September 2013, you cannot apply online. To request a paper application form, please contact the Admissions Team using the details at the bottom of the page.

Any applications made now will be treated as late and will be considered after all on-time applications have been processed. It may not be possible to make an offer of a school place to late applicants on the offer day.

Applications for year 10 places at Southampton Studio School are still being accepted. Further information about the new Southampton Studio School and how to apply is available. Please note that you cannot apply online for these places.

If you have recently moved to Southampton, or you are not happy with your child's current school, please see our changing schools page.

When will I know if my child has a place?

For information on the next steps in the process and when you will find out if your child has a place, please see our how school places are allocated page.

If you made your school place application online, you will be able to log in to the system to check your application using the link in the box at the top right of this page.

Please note that you cannot visit the Admissions Team in person. Please contact them using either the telephone number or email address at the bottom of this page.

Admissions policies and useful information

Most Southampton schools follow the Local Authority's (LA) Admissions policy, but some schools follow their own admissions policy and you must apply to the school for a place. For more information please see the following pages:

• Southampton City Council's admissions policy 2013-14
  
  You can download a copy of the LA's admissions policy at the above link, and find out more about terms used in the policy, the Published Admission Numbers (PANs) and estimated Number on Roll (NOR) for each school, catchment areas and the appeals process.

• Other school admissions policies 2013-14
  
  The page linked above lists the admissions policies for schools which do not follow Southampton City Council's admissions policy.

Admissions brochure for 2013-14

A composite prospectus for admission to infant, junior, primary and secondary schools in Southampton for the academic year 2013-14 can be downloaded in the box below.

More information on Southampton schools

For more information on Southampton schools, please see the related links at the bottom of the page.