Our payment system will be unavailable on Tuesday 20 May between 9:30am and 4:30pm for an essential upgrade. During this time, you cannot make payments on our website or over the phone. Payments by bank transfer, standing order and Direct Debit are unaffected.
Council telephone systems
We are moving to a new telephone system. This may cause some initial issues and disruption to calls while it is being set up. If you have any issues, you may wish to call back at another time. We appreciate your patience whilst the new system is implemented and apologise for any disruption that you may experience.
Apply for a school place
How to apply for a place at junior, infant, primary or secondary school in Brighton & Hove.
If you apply late for a school place it's less likely that you will be offered a place at one of your preferred schools and you may have to wait to get an offer of a school place after the National Offer Day.
If you have a good reason why your school application is late, like moving house, we'll consider it on time if we receive it by:
22 January 2025 for secondary school
8 March 2025 for infant and primary school
You must provide independent supporting evidence of a good reason, or your application will be treated as late.
When you’ll hear from us
If you apply online or give an email address on your application, we'll send you an email on the national offer day to let you know which school place has been offered to your child.
If you apply by post and don’t give an email address, we will send you a letter in the first class post on the same day.