Making changes and late applications

Make changes to an application you have already submitted or apply for a school place if you have missed the deadline.

Making changes to your application

If you are applying online and have not submitted your application yet, you can still make changes including the choice of school. Please use the account management section of your parent account to change your information.

If you have already submitted your application, you cannot make more changes through your parent account. You must complete and return a changes form:

What should I do if I have changed address?

You can use the  changes to a submitted school application form (pdf / 331 KB) to let us know if you have changed address after you submitted your application. 

You will also need to send us proof of residency to update your application address once you have moved into your new property. See our proof of address protocol for information about suitable documents to use as proof of address.

Change of address for starting secondary school applications

If you tell us about a change of address for a starting secondary school application after 30 November 2023, we will consider the application from ten working days after National Offer Day on 1 March 2024. 

Change of address for starting primary or infant school, or transferring from infant to junior school applications

If you tell us about a change of address for a starting primary or infant school, or transferring from infant to junior school application after 18 February 2024, we will consider the application from ten working days after National Offer Day on 16 April 2024.

What if I want to change the schools I have applied for?

You must complete the  changes to a submitted school application form (pdf / 331 KB) to:

  • change the schools you have applied for
  • change the order of your preferences

Changing preferences for starting secondary school applications

If you want to change your starting secondary school application preferences after 31 October 2024, you must give an acceptable reason to the admission authority.

You cannot make preference changes to a starting secondary school application after 30 November 2024. Any late changes received after 30 November 2024 will be considered from ten working days after National Offer Day on 3 March 2025. 

Changing preferences for starting primary or infant school, or transferring from infant to junior school applications

If you want to change your starting primary or infant school, or transferring from infant to junior school application preferences after 15 January 2025, you must give an acceptable reason to the admission authority.

You cannot make preference changes to a starting primary or infant school, or transferring from infant to junior school application application after 18 February 2025. Any late changes received after 18 February 2025 will be considered from ten working days after National Offer Day on 16 April 2025.

Other changes in your circumstances

You must email us at schooladmissions@northyorks.gov.uk as soon as possible if there are any other changes in your circumstances that will affect your application.

Changes you need to let us know about include:

  • if your child's sibling has left, or joined, a school you have applied for
  • if a parent is no longer a member of staff at a school you have applied for

If you are not sure if a change affects your application, please email us at schooladmissions@northyorks.gov.uk.

Late applications

Applications received on time will be considered before late applications.

Closing dates

The closing dates for late applications are: 

  • 31 October 2024 for starting secondary school applications
  • 15 January 2025 for starting primary or infant school, or transferring from infant to junior school applications

After the closing dates

You can still apply online after the closing dates until:

  • 30 November 2024 for starting secondary school applications
  • 18 February 2025 for starting primary or infant school, or transferring from infant to junior school applications

We will consider your application late unless you have provided an acceptable reason to us as the admission authority. If we agree your reason for a late application, your application will be considered along with applications received on time.

Email us at schooladmissions@northyorks.gov.uk with your late reasons. 

Please do not forget to include your child's name and date of birth in all your emails to us. 

After the final dates for changes

You will no longer be able to apply online after the final dates for changes. You will need to contact the admissions team to ask for a paper application form.

Any applications we get after these dates will only be processed from ten working days after the relevant National Offer Day. This will be either:

  • 3 March 2025 for starting secondary school
  • 16 April 2025 for starting primary or infant school or transferring from infant to junior school

Please note: if you make a late application or change, you may still be allocated a place at your preferred school, if the school is undersubscribed and there are still places available. Otherwise, the normal oversubscription criteria will apply. Remember to make several preferences in case this happens.

Changes and late applications after National Offer Days

You can still make changes to your application after a school place has been offered using the  changes to a submitted school application form (pdf / 331 KB).

Please note: we will not withdraw an offered school place until alternative provision has been secured. 

Applications received on or after the National Offer Days will be co-ordinated using the same arrangements and criteria as previous applications. Offers for school places will be made according to our published scheme