Applying for a secondary school place (Year 7)

If your child is currently in year 6 of a primary or junior school, you will need to apply for a Year 7 place in a secondary school for September 2027. You can name up to three schools on your application.

Preparation

• Key dates
• Find schools in Hampshire
• Check your catchment school
• Decide which schools to apply for

Application guidance

• How applications are processed
• Address information
• Applying to a school on medical or social grounds
• Applying to a church school on faith grounds
• Definition of displaced children and displaced siblings
• Advice for UK service families
• Travel to school
• Changing your application after the deadline/making a late application

Apply Online

Receiving the outcome

The national notification date for on-time applicants is 1 March 2027

You will be sent an e-mail confirming the outcome of your application on the notification date. Online applicants can also log into the online system to view the outcome.

If you did not provide an email address with your application, you will be sent a letter on the notification date by post. Please allow 2 to 3 working days for your letter to arrive.

What happens next

There is no need for you to accept the place offered to your child at any Hampshire school. Acceptance is assumed. However, we do ask that you let us know in writing if you no longer need the place so that it can be offered to another child.

If you are not offered a place at your preferred school, your child will be added to the waiting list. You also have a right of appeal against the refusal.