Current Year 6 Transition timeline 2023:

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15 December 2023

Exceptional circumstances deadline

Only in exceptional circumstances such as those listed here will a late application be considered at the same time as applications received by the deadline of 31 October 2023.

1. where there has been a change of family circumstances after the deadline date which has a significant effect on the preferences given on the original application. (If this is a house move this must have been completed with an exchange of contracts before 15 December 2023)

2. a move into Wiltshire from outside the county after the deadline date but before 15 December 2023. Confirmation of the new address (in the form of an exchange of contracts or a tenancy agreement) must be provided before 15 December 2023

3. service personnel moving to a Wiltshire address after the deadline date. A posting notice must be provided before 15 December 2023

4. where a common application form has not been received by the local authority, but the parent can provide proof of posting.

Such late applications can only be considered if they are received by the local authority on, or before, 15 December 2023.

Documentary evidence should be provided with the application (or at the latest by 15 December 2023) to verify the circumstances which caused the late application to be made. If evidence cannot be provided, the application will not be treated as an exception.

Applications received after the deadline without exceptional reasons are not considered until all the applications received on time have been allocated. You are less likely to secure a place at your preferred school and you will not receive an offer of a place until 26 April 2024.

November 2023 - February 2024

The School Admissions Team

• will liaise with schools and other authorities to make sure that, where possible, parents get a single offer for the highest preference school able to offer a place

1 March 2023

Offer day

• Letters are posted to all parents who applied by the 31 October 2023 deadline offering them a place at one school

• Parents who apply online will be able to log back on to the online system on national offer day to view the outcome of their application

• You will require your username and password which was created at the time of application.

• It is important that you keep these details safe as the school admissions team are not able to send duplicate emails to you confirming these details.

• You will also receive confirmation of the offer by letter.

15 March 2024

Deadline

• For parents to accept the place they have been offered

• If you have been refused a place at your preferred school you can appeal and request that your child's name is added to the waiting lists

Further information will be contained in the decision letter that will be posted out to you on national offer day

26 April 2024

Second round offers

• Late applicants (second round applications received between 1 November 2023 and 8 March 2024 ) will be considered alongside any applicants who were refused in the first round

• All applications will be considered in line with the schools individual over subscription criterion and any spare place and places that have become available after the 1 March offer day, will be reallocated

For further information about the process for allocation places please view 'Determined Co-ordinated Scheme for Primary Schools' which can be found by clicking on (forms, guides and policy document).

17 May 2024

Third round offers

• Late applicants (third round applications received after 08 March 2023 ) will be considered alongside any applicants who were refused in the first and second round

• All applications will be considered in line with the schools individual over subscription criterion and any spare place and places that have become available after the 1 March offer day, will be reallocated

For further information about the process for allocation places please view 'Determined Co-ordinated Scheme for Primary Schools' which can be found by clicking on (forms, guides and policy document).

May -July 2024

Appeals are heard

31 August 2024

Deadline

• Any applications received after this date will be considered as in-year transfer applications

September 2024Your child starts secondary school

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