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Junior Year 3 transfer

Apply to transfer from infant to junior school for September 2023.

Offer day for junior school

17 April 2023 is National Offer Day.

Applied online by 15 January 2023

You can log in to see your offer and then accept or reject it online. 

You'll receive an email with the details of your child's offer. We may send a letter if we have not offered your first preference.

You need to respond to the offer by 2 May 2023.

If you emailed your application form to us, we treated it as a paper application. Read the guidance for paper applications.

Respond to your offer

Forgotten your password?

You can reset your password for the online application portal on the forgotten password page.

Applied by paper form by 15 January 2023

You'll receive an offer letter within three working days after 17 April. We cannot give you this information over the phone, so wait for your letter.

You'll receive a paper response form with your offer. Scan or photograph the completed form and attach it to an email. Send it to schoolofferresponse@oxfordshire.gov.uk.

Or you can return it in the post to:

School Admissions Team
County Hall
New Road
Oxford
OX1 1ND

You need to respond to the offer by 2 May 2023.

How places are allocated

See our school pages for information about how places were allocated at individual schools. Our allocation report page lists schools with places available on 1 March 2023. 

Independent school

If your child will attend an independent school, you must provide us with the school's name in writing as soon as possible.

Home educating

If you are going to educate your child at home, please let us know in writing as soon as possible. Contact the Elective Home Education Team.

Leaving Oxfordshire

If you are leaving the area and no longer require a school place in Oxfordshire, let us know as soon as possible.

Continued interest lists 

Lists for most schools will start on 24 May 2023 and will be maintained until 30 June 2024. If a place becomes available, we'll write to you if we can offer that place to your child. We recommend that you accept the offered school to ensure a place for your child in September.

Find out how to add your child to a continued interest list.

Free home to school travel

If your child is eligible, you'll receive a paper transport form by post. Scan or photograph the completed form and attach it to an email. Send it to schooltransportresponse@oxfordshire.gov.uk.

Or you can return it in the post to:

School Admissions Team
County Hall
New Road
Oxford
OX1 1ND

Free travel will not be arranged if you do not return the completed form, and there may be a delay if you send it back late.

If your child is not eligible, you can learn more on our school travel assistance page.

Late applications

Applications made between 17 April 2023 and May 2023 will be considered later in the year. If you haven't applied yet, find out how to make a late application.

Change of preference

We recommend that you accept the offered school to ensure a place for your child in September. You can make a late application for the school you want if you have an offer but have:

  • moved address
  • changed your mind.

Appeal a decision

If your child has not been offered the school place you want, you can make an appeal.