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Secondary school admissions

Starting school in September 2013 (year 7)

Further information on the process of applying for secondary school can be found in the Secondary School Admission Booklet (2013 entry)

11+ test registration forms are now available (2013 entry)

Timetable for 2013 entry

Important Dates
Week commencing 28 May 2012 Application packs sent to year 5 children in Warwickshire schools, including Stratford Preparatory School, The Croft School, Bilton Grange, Milverton House and Crescent School
25 June 2012 Online admissions website opens
11 July 2012 Closing date for 11+ registration forms
8 September 2012 Main 11+ testing session
15 September 2012 and
18 September 2012		 Supplementary dates for 11+ testing
By 13 October 2012 (TBC) 11+ results released to parents/carers
31 October 2012 Closing date to apply for a place at a secondary school
4 February 2013 Final date for families moving into the area
(proof of address must be provided by this date)
1 March 2013 National Offer Day for applications to secondary school
  • Parents must apply for a school place through their Local (Home) Authority
  • Non-Warwickshire schools can be listed on the Warwickshire application form
  • Warwickshire residents are encouraged to apply online from 25 July
  • Warwickshire residents can apply for up to seven schools. These schools must be listed in order of preference on your application form.
  • The Headteacher can tell you about the admission arrangements and the opportunities to visit the school
  • Places are offered according to the admissions criteria

You must comply with the deadlines set by your Local (Home) Authority

For more general advice on the issues involved in the move up to secondary school, see the Moving to Secondary School Booklet- General Advice (pdf, 278Kb) made by the Family Information Service.

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Finding a Warwickshire school

You can contact School Admissions to find out which Warwickshire schools are closest to your address or for advice on school priority areas.

Secondary schools (Year 7 to year 11) for children aged 11 - 16

Academy schools

Some of these school may have a sixth form attached. If you click on the school's name, you can see the age ranges that the school admit.

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11+ tests and grammar schools

Registering your child for the 11+ selection tests is optional. It is only necessary if you wish your child to apply for a grammar school. The closing date to register for the 11+ test is 11 July 2012.

Registration forms are now available for the 11+ test (2013 entry)

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Secondary school priority areas

The way in which priority areas are described can be confusing. If you are unsure as to which priority area your address falls in or you reside on the boundary of a priority area and wish to have clarification, please contact the Admissions Service.

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Moving house and applying for a school place

If your move involves the purchase of a property, you will need to provide appropriate written evidence in the form of a letter from your solicitors detailing your exchange of contracts and the actual completion date. A letter of intention to purchase is not sufficient

If your move involves the renting of a property, you will need to provide appropriate independent written evidence (e.g. from an Estate Agent or Solicitor) of the tenancy agreement or lease including the start and end dates. You will also need to provide appropriate written evidence (in the form of a letter from your Solicitor or Estate Agent) confirming the sale of your existing property. Any tenancy agreement needs to have an end date later than the start of the appropriate Autumn Term.

If your move involves you returning to live in a property that you already own, you will need to provide appropriate written evidence of the date that you will resume living in the property and that you intend to remain living there for the foreseeable future. If you have rented this property out, please provide evidence that you have given your tenants notice to leave If your move involves you residing with a member of your family, we will need to see your child benefit book, showing that the child is resident at the relevant address.

Please note that unless the written evidence provided proves, to the satisfaction of the Authority, that you have moved or will move to the address that you indicate, we will not be able to consider your application from your new address. Please talk with the Admissions Service about your specific case.

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Children living at more than one address

When a child lives with both mother and father of separate addresses, the address used for allocating school places would be where the child sleeps for the majority of the school week (for example, if a child is resident with mother Monday-Thursday and with father Friday-Sunday, the mother's address would be used as the child's normal place of residence).

Where the care is split equally between mother and father, parents must nominate one address for the purpose of allocating school places.

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Starting school in September 2012 (year 7)

Offers have now been sent to all Warwickshire parents who applied for a secondary school place. You will find some useful information below.

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