Key dates
Open date | Close date | Offer date | |
Secondary | 8 August 2022 | 31 October 2022 | 1 March 2023 |
Primary | 7 November 2022 | 15 January 2023 | 17 April 2023 |
Primary
Including children starting school for the first time (reception) and infant (year 2) to junior transfers (year 3).
Stage | Dates | Action |
---|---|---|
1 |
From Monday 7 November 2022 |
Information about applying for a school place available to parents. |
2 |
Sunday 15 January 2023 |
National closing date for applications and any supplementary or supporting information, including any special circumstances. |
3 |
Monday 30 January 2023 |
Exchange of application information between Nottinghamshire County Council and other local authorities for schools in their area. |
4 |
Friday 3 February 2023 |
Last date for exceptional late applications and changes to preference to be received by Nottinghamshire County Council in order for a decision to be made whether the application can be considered as on time. Proof of address to be received where relevant. |
5 |
By Monday 6 February 2023 |
Nottinghamshire County Council sends application information to own admission authority schools within Nottinghamshire. |
6 |
By Monday 6 March 2023 (12 noon) |
Own admission authority schools return all preferences in rank order of priority to Nottinghamshire County Council. |
7 |
Between Tuesday 7 March 2023 and Friday 31 March 2023 |
Nottinghamshire County Council makes provisional decisions taking into account the ranking of preferences and informs other local authorities of these provisional decisions. |
8 |
By Monday 3 April 2023 |
Nottinghamshire County Council informs other local authorities of final allocations. |
9 |
Friday 14 April 2023 |
Nottinghamshire County Council informs all Nottinghamshire schools of final allocations. |
10 |
Monday 17 April 2023 |
Offers communicated to Nottinghamshire parents including offers on behalf of own admission authority schools and schools within other local authorities. Emails sent to Nottinghamshire parents who applied online and opted to receive an email. Letters are posted second class. |
11 |
Tuesday 16 May 2023 |
Deadline for lodging an appeal (at least 20 school days days after offer day). |
12 |
Thursday 8 June 2023 |
Earliest date first appeals can be heard (10 school plus 2 postal days days after deadline for lodging appeals). |
13 |
Tuesday 18 July 2023 |
Last date on-time appeals can be heard. |
Secondary
Including primary (year 6) to secondary transfer (year 7) and transfer to a school with an atypical age of admission (year 9 or year 10).
Stage |
Dates |
Action |
---|---|---|
1 |
From Monday 8 August 2022 |
Information about applying for a school place available to parents |
2 |
Monday 31 October 2022 |
National closing date for applications and any supplementary or supporting information, including any special circumstances. |
3 |
By Friday 11 November 2022 |
Exchange of application information between Nottinghamshire County Council and other local authorities for schools in their area. |
4 |
Monday 28 November 2022 |
Last date for exceptional late applications and changes to preference to be received by Nottinghamshire County Council in order for a decision to be made whether the application can be considered as on time. Proof of address to be received where relevant. |
5 |
By Wednesday 30 November 2022 |
Nottinghamshire County Council sends application information to own admission authority schools within Nottinghamshire. |
6 |
By Friday 20 January 2023 (12 noon) |
Own admission authority schools return all preferences in rank order of priority to Nottinghamshire County Council. |
7 |
Between Tuesday 24 January 2023 and Wednesday 15 February 2023 |
Nottinghamshire County Council makes provisional decisions taking into account the ranking of preferences and informs other local authorities of these provisional decisions. |
8 |
By Friday 17 February 2023 |
Nottinghamshire County Council informs other local authorities of final allocations. |
9 |
Tuesday 28 February 2023 |
Nottinghamshire County Council informs all Nottinghamshire schools of final allocations. |
10 |
Wednesday 1 March 2023 |
Offers communicated to Nottinghamshire parents including offers on behalf of own admission authority schools and schools within other local authorities. Emails sent to Nottinghamshire parents who applied online and opted to receive an email. Letters are posted second class. |
11 |
Wednesday 29 March 2023 |
Deadline for lodging an appeal (at least 20 school days days after offer day). |
12 |
Friday 28 April 2023 |
Earliest date first appeals can be heard (10 school plus 2 postal days days after deadline for lodging appeals). |
13 |
Thursday 15 June 2023 |
Last date on-time appeals can be heard. |