After offer day in Kingston upon Thames
The dates we hold for replies, appeals and waiting lists in Kingston upon Thames, for Reception and Year 7, and what happened at each school last year.
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Rules checked 19 October 2026 against the current codes on gov.uk
The dates
From the council: its admissions booklet (PDF).
Reception, September 2026 entry
| Date | What | What to do | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 31 December 2026 | Reception: waiting lists kept until | Waiting lists for this intake are kept until at least this date. Keep in touch with the council if you are on one. | School Admissions Code 2.15 |
Reception, September 2027 entry
| Date | What | What to do | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 February 2027 | Reception: late applications cut-off | The last day the council takes a late application before offer day, usually only with a good reason. | Kingston upon Thames council |
| 16 April 2027 | Primary offer day | Offers arrive by email from your home council. Check which school you were offered. | Kingston upon Thames council |
| 30 April 2027 | Reception: reply to your offer | Accept or decline the place you were offered, and ask to stay on the waiting list for schools you ranked higher. | Kingston upon Thames council |
| 28 May 2027 | Reception: appeal deadline | If you want to appeal for a school you were refused, lodge the appeal with the school's admission authority by this date. | Kingston upon Thames council |
| 31 December 2027 | Reception: waiting lists kept until | Waiting lists for this intake are kept until at least this date. Keep in touch with the council if you are on one. | School Admissions Code 2.15 |
Year 7, September 2026 entry
| Date | What | What to do | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 31 December 2026 | Year 7: waiting lists kept until | Waiting lists for this intake are kept until at least this date. Keep in touch with the council if you are on one. | School Admissions Code 2.15 |
Year 7, September 2027 entry
| Date | What | What to do | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7 December 2026 | Year 7: late applications cut-off | The last day the council takes a late application before offer day, usually only with a good reason. | Kingston upon Thames council |
| 1 March 2027 | Secondary offer day | Offers arrive by email from your home council. Check which school you were offered. | Kingston upon Thames council |
| 15 March 2027 | Year 7: reply to your offer | Accept or decline the place you were offered, and ask to stay on the waiting list for schools you ranked higher. | Kingston upon Thames council |
| 19 April 2027 | Year 7: appeal deadline | If you want to appeal for a school you were refused, lodge the appeal with the school's admission authority by this date. | Kingston upon Thames council |
| 31 December 2027 | Year 7: waiting lists kept until | Waiting lists for this intake are kept until at least this date. Keep in touch with the council if you are on one. | School Admissions Code 2.15 |
How each step works, and the national rules: After offer day.
What happened at each school last year
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SourcePlaces offered and first preferences: DfE, Primary and secondary school applications and offers (school level, Open Government Licence).
Applicants refused: Kingston upon Thames's own offer-day tables, where we hold them.
How it is worked out"Put it first, not offered it" is DfE's number of first preferences less its number of first-preference offers.
- "Not held" means we do not have the figure, not that it was nought.
- The published figures from last year's offers describe what happened then, school by school. They are not a forecast, and they say nothing about any one family's case.
- Waiting lists are kept in the order of each school's admission criteria (School Admissions Code 2021, 2.15).
The published figures from last year's offers, school by school.
Reception, September 2026 entry
- DfE's figures cover 31 schools for September 2026 entry. At 19 of them, every family who put the school first was offered a place there. At 12, some families who put the school first were not offered it.
Every school (31)
Year 7, September 2026 entry
- DfE's figures cover 11 schools for September 2026 entry. At 2 of them, every family who put the school first was offered a place there. At 9, some families who put the school first were not offered it.
Every school (11)
| School | Places offered | Put it first | Put it first, not offered it | Applicants refused |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chessington School | 147 | 108 | 0 | not held |
| Coombe Boys' School | 194 | 119 | 8 | not held |
| Coombe Girls' School | 252 | 198 | 28 | not held |
| Richard Challoner School | 150 | 234 | 96 | not held |
| Southborough High School | 173 | 77 | 0 | not held |
| The Hollyfield School and Sixth Form Centre | 193 | 202 | 57 | not held |
| The Holy Cross School | 157 | 165 | 37 | not held |
| The Kingston Academy | 210 | 306 | 155 | not held |
| The Tiffin Girls' School | 189 | 445 | 258 | not held |
| Tiffin School | 195 | 479 | 294 | not held |
| Tolworth Girls' School and Sixth Form | 255 | 229 | 33 | not held |
Moving to Kingston upon Thames mid-year
Apply to the council, for any school. Run by Achieving for Children (AfC), the council-owned company that delivers Kingston's (and Richmond's) children's services, on kr.afcinfo.org.uk, linked from kingston.gov.uk. Kingston primary and secondary in-year forms (up to four schools, including academies and free schools); AfC confirms the place. No Kingston schools named as running their own in-year admissions; faith schools may need a SIF sent to the school.
- Decision: "We will contact you to confirm your child's school place as soon as possible, which may take a number of weeks."
From Kingston upon Thames's own in-year admissions page (2026/27 (forms and brochures labelled 2026/27)): read it there before you apply, as arrangements change each year.
How in-year applications work everywhere: Moving mid-year.
Also: All Kingston upon Thames admission dates · Moving mid-year
Sources
The rules on this page are from these, checked on gov.uk on 19 October 2026. Where a paragraph number is given, it is the paragraph of that code.
- School Admissions Code 2021: in force since 1 September 2021; the current version.
- School Admission Appeals Code 2022: for appeals lodged from 1 October 2022; the current version.
- gov.uk: School admissions: the government's guide for parents, updated 8 January 2025.
- Fair Access Protocols: guidance (DfE, August 2021): published with the School Admissions Code; the current version.
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