Secondary School September 2027

If your child was born between 1 September 2015 and 31 August 2016, they will be due to start secondary school in September 2027.

The application process for starting secondary school in September 2027 opens on Tuesday 1 September. From this date, you will be able to submit your application online.

How to apply

To give your child the best possible chance of being offered their preferred school place, ensure your application is received on time. 

The closing date for on-time applications is Saturday 31 October.

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Before you apply 

• Read the school admissions brochure. This contains a lot of useful information on making your application, choosing your schools, frequently asked questions and all of the schools' individual criteria and contact details.

Please note:

• Information on how to create and complete your application can be found on the Home | eAdmissions website.
• Information on how to apply online for a school place with eAdmissions.
• If you have difficulties making an application online, get additional support on how to create and complete an online application. 
• If you choose to apply online, you must not complete a paper application as well. 

Key dates
You must accept your offer by Monday 15 March 2027 to secure your child's school place.

Online applications

If you applied online:

• you will receive an email advising you to log back into your eAdmissions account to view and accept your offer
• you will not receive an offer letter in the post
• all relevant information will be available on the eAdmissions website.
  
  If you have changed your email address or do not receive an email, you can still log into your eAdmissions account to view your offer.

Late online applications

If you applied online after Saturday 31 October, you will not be able to view your outcome online. An offer letter will be sent via email in accordance with our late application timetable.

Paper applications

If you submitted a paper application, your offer letter will be emailed with full instructions on how to accept your school offer.

Application outcomes

For data protection reasons, our school placement and admissions team cannot advise parents/guardians of the outcome of their application over the telephone.

Please note: If you submitted an application after Saturday 31 October, you will receive an outcome following the late application rounds. For further details and late allocation timescales, please contact our office via email on admissions@hillingdon.gov.uk.

After accepting your offer

Once you have accepted the offer, we will advise the school, who will contact you directly between April and July, with all the relevant admission information. If you have accepted an offer from a school in another local authority, then we will still notify them on your behalf.

If you do not respond to the offer by Monday 15 March 2027, you will be contacted again for a response. At that time if you do not reply, we will withdraw the offer we have made, and offer it to another child.

Declining your offer

If you applied online, you can decline the offer online. Please ensure you state the reason(s) for the decline, for example if you have moved out of the area. If you are unhappy with the school offer, you are strongly advised to accept it. This will not affect any of your higher preferences and your child will be placed on the waiting list for all schools you named as a higher preference. The local authority has a duty of care to provide an alternative offer for a suitable school with a current vacancy.

Waiting lists

All Hillingdon secondary schools holds their own waiting lists. If the school is outside of the Hillingdon borough, please contact the borough in which the school is located, to query whether the waiting list is provided by the school or the local authority. Please do not contact schools in Hillingdon any sooner than 4 weeks from national offer day, as waiting lists will not be available.

Please note: Any child who is not offered a place at their preferred school in Hillingdon, will automatically be added onto the waiting list.

Appeals

You have the right of appeal under the School Standards and Framework Act 1998, against the refusal of a place at any of the schools for which you have applied.

You must contact the school directly to obtain all relevant information. If the school is outside of Hillingdon, please contact the school's borough to obtain the procedure and the date by which an appeal must be received by.

Appeals are heard by an independent panel and have no connection with the school concerned. Please contact the school directly for all appeal information, the process and any deadlines.

If your appeal is submitted before the appeals deadline then your appeal will be heard before the end of term.

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