Primary, infant or junior school offer day
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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 primary, infant and junior school admissions
- Week commencing Monday 2 September 2024
Letters to nurseries / schools. - Friday 6 September 2024
Letters handed out to parents. - Friday 6 September 2024
Online system available up until closing date. - Wednesday 15 January 2025, 4:30pm
Closing date for Primary applications. Online applications not available after this date. - Monday 20 January 2025
Details of preference data sent to VA and Academy Primary Schools. - Tuesday 28 January 2025
Exchange preference data with other Local Authorities. - Wednesday 12 February 2025
Details received from other Local Authorities to be sent to VA and Academy Primary Schools. - Tuesday 25 February 2025
VA and Academy Schools provide the Authority with list of offers / refusals. - Friday 14 March 2025
Authority exchanges offers / refusals with other Local Authorities - Monday 24 March 2025
Local Authority to match the provisional offers of places against each parent's ranking. - By Thursday 10 April 2025
Schools will be notified which pupils have been allocated places at their schools. - Wednesday 16 April 2025
Primary 'Offer Day' notification sent to parents. - Tuesday 22 April 2025
Initial deadline for parents to return acceptance slip for oversubscribed schools only (reminder letters to be sent) - Tuesday 22 April 2025
Deadline for parents to request to place their child's name on a waiting list. - Tuesday 22 April 2025
Deadline for parents to request an appeal form for Primary Schools. - Wednesday 23 April 2025
Appeal forms sent out where requested. - Friday 25 April 2025
Authority will allocated any places that have become available for oversubscribed schools. - Thursday 1 May 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). - Tuesday 20 May 2025
Deadline for appeal forms to be returned. - By Friday 23 May 2025
Appeal hearing notice sent to parents. - From week commencing Monday 16 June 2025
Appeals to be heard. - 31 December 2025
No waiting list available after this date.