Waiting list and process for high schools
Your child’s name will be placed on the waiting list for schools you have specified as a higher preference.
There is no guarantee that it will be possible to offer places to pupils on waiting list(s), in the future. Places at oversubscribed school(s) have been allocated up to their admission limit. Opportunities for those on the waiting lists will only occur if pupils already allocated a place decide not to take up the place offered.
Waiting lists are organised in the order of priority of the relevant school's admission criteria. Waiting lists are not based on the date the application was added to the list. The position of your child on a waiting list may change as pupils are added to or deleted from the list(s).
Email the Admissions team immediately if:
- you no longer require the place allocated for your child or,
- you are happy with the school that has been allocated to your child and do not wish to remain on the waiting list for any higher preference school(s)
- your child is offered a place via the waiting list process, the original place offered will be immediately reallocated to another pupil. Your child's name will then be removed from the waiting list of any school(s) you have specified as a lower preference.
- want to remove your child’s name from the waiting list(s) for any higher ranked school if you are content with the school offered to your child – this is because waiting lists are often activated between May and August
- your child has a brother or sister who is on the waiting list for the school offered, you must contact the Admissions team to ensure the brother or sister's details are re-ranked on the waiting list contact the Admissions team
Request details on your child's position on a waiting list
Requests for details of your child’s position on a waiting list should be made in writing to the Admissions team.
Waiting lists
For all of the schools below, parents or carers can apply for their child's name to be held on a waiting list following the expiry date. The following shows how long your child’s name will be held on the waiting lists.
No waiting list expiry
There is no waiting list expiry date for the following school:
- Cardinal Newman Catholic School (Academy)
Waiting list expiry date 31 December 2026
Waiting list expiry date is 31 December 2026 for the following school:
- Queen Elizabeth School (Foundation)
Waiting list expiry date 31 July 2027
Waiting list expiry date is 31 July 2027 for the following schools:
- Challney High School for Boys (Academy)
- Challney High School for Girls (Academy)
- Chiltern Academy (free school)
- Denbigh High School (Academy)
- Icknield High School (Academy)
- Lealands High School (Foundation)
- Lea Manor High School (Academy)
- Putteridge High School (Academy)
- Stopsley High School (Academy)
- The Chalk Hills Academy (Academy)
- The Stockwood Park Academy (Academy)
Parents or carers can apply for their child’s details to be held on the waiting list following the expiry date, with the exception of Cardinal Newman Catholic School.
Parents or carers must apply to Advantage Schools Central Admissions for The Chalk Hills Academy and The Stockwood Park Academy.
For all of the other schools, parents or carers must apply to the Admissions team.