It is your responsibility to make yourself aware of all the information relating to school admissions before you apply for your child's school place.
Starting primary, junior and secondary school
For admissions in the normal year of entry, the local authority is the admission authority for all community and voluntary controlled schools in North Yorkshire and makes decisions about the allocation of places for these schools.
For voluntary-aided, foundation, trust schools and academies, admission decisions are made by the governing body or academy trust of the school based on their admission policies. We co-ordinate the allocation of places and make the offers on their behalf.
Headteachers cannot offer your child a place or guarantee that a place at their school will be available.
In-year transfers
For admissions outside the normal year of entry, all maintained schools, and academies - including schools designated with a religious character - that have places available must offer a place to every child who has applied for one, without condition or the use of any oversubscription criteria, unless admitting the child would prejudice the efficient provision of education or use of resources. This does not apply to designated grammar schools.
Where an admission authority is dealing with multiple in-year admissions and does not have sufficient places for every child who has applied for one, they must allocate places based on the oversubscription criteria in their determined admission arrangements.