Your child’s name will be placed on the waiting list for schools you have specified as a higher preference.
Waiting lists are organised in the order of priority of the relevant school's admission criteria and not based on the date the application was added to the list.
The position of your child on a waiting list may change as children are added to or deleted from the list(s).
There is no guarantee that it will be possible to offer places to children 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 children already allocated a place decide not to take up the place offered.
Waiting lists for in-year admissions
Unsuccessful in-year applications received from the start of the autumn term 2026 until the end of the spring term 2027 will be placed on a waiting list until 31 July 2027.
Applications received from the start of the summer term 2027 to the end of the academic year will be placed on a waiting list until 31 July 2028, with the exception of the following schools where summer term applications remain on the waiting list until 31 July 2027:
- Dallow Primary School
- Challney High School for Boys
- Challney High School for Girls
- Chiltern Academy
- Denbigh High School
- Lea Manor High School
- Putteridge High School
- Queen Elizabeth School
Parents and/or carers can apply for their child’s name to be held on the waiting list following the expiry date by completing a new in-year application.