Offer day for junior school | Oxfordshire County Council

16 April 2026 is National Offer Day.

Applied online by 15 January 2026

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 if your child is eligible for free home-to-school transport.

You need to respond to the offer by 30 April 2026.

Important: No School Required

You are advised not to select this option as it will cancel your application and leave your child without a state-funded school place.

If you select this option, we will assume that you no longer wish for a school place to be provided by the LA and will take no further action.

For information on how to join a waiting list, change an application, or advise us that you are going to leave the county, home educate, or accept a place at an independent school, please see below.

Applied by paper form by 15 January 2026

If we cannot email you, you'll receive an offer letter within three working days after 16 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 30 April 2026.

How places are allocated

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

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 for further information about home educating.

Leaving Oxfordshire

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

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.