School applications

Apply for school, learn about the application process and what happens once you're offered a place.

Apply for a place

Apply for a school place
How to apply for a place at junior, infant, primary or secondary school in Brighton & Hove.
Apply to start school during the year
How and when you need to apply if you're changing schools or want your child to start school during the year.
Important dates for infant, junior and primary school applications
When you need to apply, when school place offers are sent out and when children start school.
Important dates for secondary school applications
When you need to apply, when school offers are sent out and when children start school.
School application guides
How to apply for a school place at an infant, junior, primary or secondary school in Brighton & Hove. Read our guides before you apply online for a place.
Download school application forms

If you're not able to apply online, you can complete and return school application forms by post, or in person.
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Help with applying

What happens if you apply late for a school place
What you need to do if you miss the deadline to apply for a school place and what happens to your application.
Agreed school admission arrangements for September 2024

Find out the determined school admission for pupils entering school in the 2024 to 2025 academic year. How admission arrangements are agreed for the council's schools, church voluntary aided schools and academies.
How community primary school places are decided
What happens if more children apply for a school place at a community school or an academy than there are places available
How community secondary school places are decided
What happens if more children apply for a school place at a community school than there are places available.
How church voluntary aided, academy and free school places are decided
Download school admission priorities for this school year, supplementary information forms and draft admission priorities.
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After you apply

What you need to do when you get a school place offer
How to accept a school place and what you can do if you are not happy with the school place offered.
Appeal a school place decision
How to appeal if you’re not happy with the school place your child has been offered
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Contact us

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Get in touch with one of our teams for help and information.
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