Moving to secondary school

Apply online for a school place

If you child is in Year 6 of their primary education and will be moving to year 7 in September 2027, you will need to apply for a secondary school place.

If your child was born between 1 September 2015 and 31 August 2016, they will start a secondary-phase school in September 2027.

This move is not an automatic process; you must apply for a place at the schools you would like your child to go to. To apply please use the green Apply online for a school place button above or visit eadmissions.org.uk.

Open evenings for parents and students to visit secondary schools

If you wish to see when the open evening dates are being held, please click on the button.

Dates for open evenings

Changes to the application

If want to make any changes to your application (like your list of school or the order of your school preferences) after submitting your application, you can make the changes on e-admissions, as many times as you wish up until 12 midnight on 31 October 2026.

Please ensure that you have your Application Reference number which starts 301-2027-09-E- xxxxxx.

Once the applications close after midnight of 31 October 2026 until 1 March 2027 you cannot make changes.

After National Offer Day from the evening of 1 March 2027. From 3 March 2027, you will be able to amend your school preferences on this Change my School Preference form which is will be available on this webpage and not on E-admissions website.

All the information you need for when your child moves to secondary school can be found in our moving to secondary school e-booklet below.

Making an application

The online closing date is midnight on 31 October 2026. Applications received after this date are considered as 'late' and your child is not likely to get a place at an oversubscribed school.

Do not put your application at risk. You must read the admissions e-booklet Moving to Secondary School in 2027 (PDF, 3.22 MB)

Missing address or school

If you try to apply online and you cannot see your exact address in the list, or the schools you want to apply for are not listed, you must contact the School Admissions Team before 5pm on 31 October 2026 or your application will be considered as ‘late’.

Watch our presentation about the admissions process on YouTube.

Technical difficulties

If you have any technical difficulties when making your application online, the 'Online admissions helpdesk’ is available Monday to Friday from 9.30 am to 5.30 pm. Call 020 8215 3004 and select option 1.

If you still need help after calling the helpdesk, please email or phone us - our details are below.

Results

Results will be posted on the evening of 2 March 2027.

Please ensure that you check your email account that you originally submitted your application with eAdmissions on for the results as well as your junk email.
Please do not contact the School Admission team after 31 October 2026 until 3 March 2027 concerning your preferences of school places, new addresses, change of school preferences, as we cannot amend any details on your application. You will need to wait until 3 March 2027, and you will need to complete a change my school preference form. Which will be available from 3 March 2027 on the link you can find above on this page under 'Changes to the application'.

Once the forms have been completed and sent to us, we will then process your change of preferences. Please note that we have very high volume of emails from 2 March 2027 onwards. You will receive an acknowledgement email to say that we have received it. Please wait for us to respond to you with what action we have taken.