Starting school or moving up to Junior school
10. What if I miss the application deadline?
It is very important that you make your application on time. This table below shows how we manage applications we get on time, and any that are late
| Date we receive your application | Do you think you have exceptional reasons for your late application? | Will your application be treated as on time? | When you will know which school your child has been offered |
| By 15 January 2019 | N/A | Yes | 16 April 2019 |
| By 29 January 2019 | Yes - Evidence included and agreed * | Yes | 16 April 2019 |
| By 29 January 2019 | Yes - Evidence included and not agreed | No | 16 April 2019 |
| By 29 January 2019 | No | No | 16 April 2019 |
* For example, you may have been ill for a long time, or there may have been a family bereavement, which prevented you from applying by the deadline. Moving into the area is not an exceptional reason for applying late.
If an application is late we will not look at it until after all those that we received on time. The only exception would be if we received your application by 29 January 2019 and you have included independent professional evidence which we agree shows why you could not apply on time.
Please also see section 9 if you are a Service or Crown Servant family. If we receive your application and supporting evidence by 12 February 2019 we will treat your application as timely.
Last updated: 5 October 2018