Year 7 - secondary school applications

Applied online by 31 October 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 or your child is eligible for free home-to-school transport.

You need to respond to the offer by 13 March 2024.

Applied by paper form by 31 October 2023

You'll receive an offer letter in three working days after 1 March. 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 13 March 2024.

How places are allocated

See our school pages for information about how places were allocated at individual schools. 

Independent school

If your child is going to attend an independent school, you must provide us with the name of the school in writing as soon as possible. Send the details to us using this contact form.

Home educating

If you are going to educate your child at home, please let us know in writing as soon as possible by contacting the Admissions Team. Contact the Elective Home Education Team for further information about home schooling.

Leaving Oxfordshire

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

Continued interest lists 

Lists for most schools will start on 17 May 2024 and will be maintained until 30 June 2025. We will write to you if a place becomes available and 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 find out more on our school travel assistance page.

Late applications

Applications made between 1 November 2023 and 13 March 2024 will be processed on 8 May 2024. Late applications have less chance of success than applications received on time.

Change of preference

If you applied on time but want to change your application after 31 October you may do so. Changes to applications made between 1 November 2023 and 13 March 2024 will be processed in the second allocation round on 5 May 2024.

We recommend that you accept the offered school in the meantime to ensure a place for your child in September.

Appeal a decision

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