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 2025 until the end of the spring term 2026 will be placed on a waiting list until 31 July 2026.
Applications received from the start of the summer term 2026 to the end of the academic year will be placed on a waiting list until 31 July 2027, with the exception of the following schools where summer term applications remain on the waiting list until 31 July 2026:
- 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.
Waiting lists for new intakes for September 2026
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When to contact us
Email the Admissions team immediately if:
- you no longer require the place allocated for your child
- 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 child – your child's name will then be removed from the waiting list of any school(s) you have specified as a lower preference
- you 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
- you want to requests for details of your child’s position on a waiting list