Apply for a primary, infant or junior school place

Contents

  1. Overview
  2. Apply for a place
  3. Timetable for primary, infant and junior school admissions

Overview

Applications for September 2025 primary, infant and junior school places are now open and will close on Wednesday 15 January at 4:30pm.

We will send an acknowledgement email to confirm that we have received and are processing your application. If you completed a paper application, you will receive an acknowledgement letter through the post. 

If you need to speak to someone about school admissions, please contact the School Admissions team on 0191 424 7704 or school.admissions@southtyneside.gov.uk. 

For more information please read the information for parents booklet.  

Apply for a place

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.