Apply for a PLACE IN Year 7 (September 2024)

The local authority, the LA, is the admitting authority for all community schools (schools funded and maintained entirely by LAs) in the area. The school has no part to play in deciding which pupils are admitted. Each child about to transfer from primary to secondary education will be invited to apply for a place at a school maintained by the LA. Parents/carers can either apply on-line for a place at the catchment school or express a preference for a placement at an alternative school. Support can be provided for parents who need assistance if necessary.

Requests for a place will be granted unless to do so would:

  • prejudice the provision of efficient education or the efficient use of resources

    and

  • for voluntary aided schools, be incompatible with the admission arrangement agreed between the governing Body and the LA.

2 OCTOBER 2023

Any parent with a child eligible to start in year 7 in September 2024 may begin the process of applying for a place. The local authority will write to all parents who have a child registered in a year 6 class in a Swansea primary school inviting them to apply for a year 7 place for their child.

24 NOVEMBER 2023

Deadline for parents to apply and complete the application form online. You should complete one application only with your first, second and third choice of schools clearly stated. Places are allocated in accordance with the over subscription criteria. There is no guarantee of a catchment place.

1 MARCH 2024

Parents who have applied on time will be notified about whether or not they have been allocated a place at the school of their choice and if not, where there is a place available.