Apply for a secondary school place
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September 2022 school admissions
The deadline to accept / decline a school place, request to go on a waiting list, or to request an appeal has now passed.
If you need to speak to someone about school admissions, please contact the School Admissions team on 0191 424 7767 / 7706 / 7705 or school.admissions@southtyneside.gov.uk
For more information read the information for parents booklet.
COVID-19 update
Appeals for most schools in South Tyneside have restarted.
Appeal hearings are taking place remotely.
Coronavirus (COVID-19): School admissions and appeals for school places
Timetable for secondary school admissions
- Friday 10 September 2021, 8.30am
Applications are available. We recommend that you apply online. - Monday 1 November 2021, 4.30pm
Deadline date for applications to be received. Any applications received after this date will be considered as 'late' applications. Online system is not available after this date. - By the end of December 2021
If you completed your application, you will be sent an acknowledgement to confirm that we have received and are processing your application. If you applied online, you will receive an acknowledgement to your email address. If you completed a paper application, you will be sent an acknowledgement letter through the post. - Tuesday 1 March 2022, 8.30am
'Offer Day' - You will be told which school your child has been offered. If you applied online, you will get an email. If you completed a paper application, a letter will be sent to you by 2nd class post. - Friday 11 March 2022, 4.30pm
Deadline for you to:- accept the school place offered (for oversubscribed schools only)
- request to put your child's name on a waiting list
- request an appeal form
- Wednesday 16 March 2022
Any places that have become available will be allocated from the waiting list in criteria order. - Thursday 17 March 2022
Appeal forms sent out where requested. - Thursday 31 March 2022
Where parents have not accepted the school place offered for oversubscribed schools, we will withdraw the offer of the school place. - Friday 29 April 2022
Deadline for appeal forms to be returned. - June 2022
Appeals to be heard.