Primary school (starting reception class)
Your child will be eligible for a place from September 2025, if they were born between:
- 1st September 2020;
- and 31st August 2021.
Offers of a place are made on 16th April 2025.
If you applied online
You will receive an email to tell you which school your child has been offered. (Unless you opted out of this service.)
If you applied late
You will be sent a letter to tell you which school has been offered.
Please note: Offer information will not be given out over the phone.
Reallocations
If you are not happy with the place offered you can request to go on the waiting list.
To do this, see: Reallocation.
Appeals
If you have been refused a place at your preferred schools, you have the right of appeal.
To appeal, please email the Admissions Team right away: cyps.admissions@calderdale.gov.uk.
- Give your child’s full name;
- their Date of Birth;
- and the names of the schools you wish to appeal for.
If you need more help:
- chat online with one of our dedicated customer care advisers;
- or contact the School Admissions Team.
Secondary school (starting year 7)
Your child will be eligible for a place at secondary school from September 2025, if they were born between:
- 1st September 2013;
- and 31st August 2014.
Offers of places for September 2025 were made on 3rd March 2025.
If you are not happy with the place offered
You can add your child to the waiting list and request an appeal if you complete a reallocation form:
Apply for a school place during the school year
You will need to do this if you:
- have moved house and would like to apply to change school during the school year.
- would like to apply for your child to go to a different school. (At any time, other than a transfer from nursery to primary or primary to secondary).
For more about this, please see: In-year transfers.
Early years admissions
Some schools provide early years education and childcare. For more about this, please read:
Appeals and late applications
Appeals
If your child is not offered a place at your preferred school you have the right to appeal. This will be to an independent appeals panel.
For more details, please see: Appeals for school admissions.
Re-allocations
Are you unhappy with the school place you have been offered? You can ask for your child to be put on a list to be re-allocated.
For more about this, please see: Reallocations.
Late applications
These will only be looked at after applications we received before the closing date are processed.
For more about this, please see: Late applications.
If you need help, chat online with one of our dedicated customer care advisers or contact the School Admissions Team.