Secondary school admissions

Contents

  1. Overview
  2. Timetable for secondary school admissions

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.