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After offer day in Manchester

The dates we hold for replies, appeals and waiting lists in Manchester, for Reception and Year 7, and what happened at each school last year.

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Accept the offerAccept by the reply date on your offer, even if you want a school you ranked higher: you keep your place while you wait.About 30 April 2027
Join waiting listsLists go by each school's admission rules, not by when you joined. Kept until at least 31 December.Until at least 31 December 2026
AppealAt least 20 school days from the refusal to lodge it; heard within 40 school days of the deadline.17 May 2027 at the earliest
No school you named?The council offers another school with a place, usually the nearest. You can still join waiting lists and appeal.Call the council

Rules checked 19 October 2026 against the current codes on gov.uk

The dates

We do not hold Manchester's own dates after offer day yet, so these are the national rules every council works to. The council's own dates are on its offer and its admissions pages.

We do not hold a link to Manchester's admissions page yet.

Reception, September 2026 entry

DateWhatWhat to doSource
31 December 2026Reception: waiting lists kept untilWaiting 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

DateWhatWhat to doSource
16 April 2027Primary offer dayOffers arrive by email from your home council. Check which school you were offered.National rule (School Admissions Code)
30 April 2027Reception: reply to your offer (about)Accept or decline the place you were offered, and ask to stay on the waiting list for schools you ranked higher.Usual practice: about two weeks; your offer letter gives the date
17 May 2027Reception: appeal deadline (earliest)If you want to appeal for a school you were refused, lodge the appeal with the school's admission authority by this date.School Admission Appeals Code: at least 20 school days after offers
31 December 2027Reception: waiting lists kept untilWaiting 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

DateWhatWhat to doSource
31 December 2026Year 7: waiting lists kept untilWaiting 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

DateWhatWhat to doSource
1 March 2027Secondary offer dayOffers arrive by email from your home council. Check which school you were offered.National rule (School Admissions Code)
15 March 2027Year 7: reply to your offer (about)Accept or decline the place you were offered, and ask to stay on the waiting list for schools you ranked higher.Usual practice: about two weeks; your offer letter gives the date
31 March 2027Year 7: appeal deadline (earliest)If you want to appeal for a school you were refused, lodge the appeal with the school's admission authority by this date.School Admission Appeals Code: at least 20 school days after offers
31 December 2027Year 7: waiting lists kept untilWaiting 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

The published figures from last year's offers. They 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).

Reception, September 2026 entry

  • DfE's figures cover 134 schools for September 2026 entry. At 106 of them, every family who put the school first was offered a place there. At 28, some families who put the school first were not offered it.
Every school (134)
SchoolPlaces offeredPut it firstPut it first, not offered itApplicants refused
Abbey Hey Primary Academy77720not held
Abbott Community Primary School294819not held
Abraham Moss Community School50430not held
Acacias Community Primary School55420not held
All Saints C of E Primary School24240not held
All Saints Primary School29302not held
Alma Park Primary School607014not held
Armitage CofE Primary School59657not held
Ashbury Meadow Primary School53520not held
Baguley Hall Primary School65510not held
Barlow Hall Primary School16160not held
Beaver Road Primary School1391310not held
Benchill Primary School40400not held
Birchfields Primary School66590not held
Bowker Vale Primary School45430not held
Briscoe Lane Academy40400not held
Broad Oak Primary School21200not held
Brookburn Community School47470not held
Button Lane Primary School26250not held
Cavendish Primary School59530not held
Chapel Street Community Primary School66580not held
Charlestown Community Primary School47450not held
Cheetham CofE Community Academy46390not held
Cheetwood Primary School16160not held
Chorlton CofE Primary School30300not held
Chorlton Park Primary87820not held
Christ The King RC Primary School Manchester34340not held
Claremont Primary School53520not held
Co-op Academy Broadhurst28260not held
Co-op Academy Medlock24240not held
Co-op Academy New Islington58470not held
CofE School of the Resurrection14140not held
Crab Lane Primary School43430not held
Cravenwood Primary Academy35320not held
Cringle Brook Primary School304215not held
Crossacres Primary Academy90936not held
Crosslee Community Primary School33300not held
Crowcroft Park Primary School30355not held
Crown Street Primary School304213not held
Crumpsall Lane Primary School44410not held
Didsbury CofE Primary School30377not held
E-ACT Blackley Academy40380not held
Gorton Primary School60645not held
Green End Primary School60636not held
Haveley Hey Community School35350not held
Heald Place Primary School36350not held
Higher Openshaw Community School29290not held
Holy Name Roman Catholic Primary School Manchester30311not held
Holy Trinity CofE Primary School48470not held
Irk Valley Community School37320not held
King David Primary School37370not held
Ladybarn Primary School58560not held
Lily Lane Primary School56550not held
Longsight Community Primary30356not held
Manchester Communication Primary Academy44400not held
Manley Park Primary School607112not held
Mauldeth Road Primary School48460not held
Moston Fields Primary School38380not held
Moston Lane Community Primary School49490not held
Mount Carmel RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy60633not held
New Moston Primary School38300not held
Newall Green Primary School51490not held
Northenden Community School29260not held
Oasis Academy Aspinal25240not held
Oasis Academy Harpur Mount44440not held
Oasis Academy Temple60574not held
Old Hall Drive Academy49450not held
Old Moat Primary School46460not held
Oswald Road Primary School79760not held
Our Lady's RC Primary School Manchester15140not held
Park View Community Primary Academy31310not held
Peel Hall Primary Academy12100not held
Pike Fold Primary School52480not held
Plymouth Grove Primary School23210not held
Rack House Primary School45420not held
Ringway Primary School42390not held
Rolls Crescent Primary School20190not held
Rushbrook Primary Academy44420not held
Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School305020not held
Sacred Heart RC Primary School45432not held
Sandilands Primary School46430not held
Saviour CofE Primary School13130not held
Seymour Road Academy45440not held
Ss John Fisher and Thomas More Catholic Primary School40400not held
St Agnes C of E Primary School45420not held
St Ambrose RC Primary School14130not held
St Andrew's CofE Primary School41320not held
St Anne's RC Primary School12120not held
St Anne's RC Primary School Crumpsall Manchester46430not held
St Anthony's Catholic Primary School68660not held
St Augustine's CofE Primary School19180not held
St Barnabas CofE Primary Academy28270not held
St Bernard's RC Primary School Manchester770not held
St Brigid's RC Primary School15150not held
St Catherine's RC Primary School52520not held
St Chad's Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy21210not held
St Chrysostom's CofE Primary School37370not held
St Clare's RC Primary School43410not held
St Clement's CofE Primary School30291not held
St Dunstan's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy24240not held
St Edmund's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy17170not held
St Elizabeth's Catholic Primary School30355not held
St Francis RC Primary School, A Voluntary Academy26250not held
St James' CofE Primary School Gorton60623not held
St James' CofE Primary School, Birch-in-Rusholme30333not held
St John Bosco RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy17150not held
St John's CofE Primary School34340not held
St Joseph's RC Primary School Manchester18180not held
St Kentigern's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy49480not held
St Luke's CofE Primary School39390not held
St Margaret Mary's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy45430not held
St Margaret's CofE Primary School52480not held
St Mary's CofE Junior and Infant School56480not held
St Mary's CofE Primary School Moston28260not held
St Patrick's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy1390not held
St Paul's CofE Primary School41400not held
St Peter's Catholic Primary School30302not held
St Philip's Church of England Primary School17140not held
St Richard's RC Primary School60580not held
St Wilfrid's CofE Aided Primary School Northenden44441not held
St Wilfrid's CofE Junior and Infant School25250not held
St Wilfrid's RC Primary School23230not held
St Willibrord's RC Primary School21200not held
St. Aidan's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy11110not held
Stanley Grove Primary Academy88840not held
The Divine Mercy Roman Catholic Primary School32320not held
The Olive School, Manchester6011252not held
The Willows Primary School37360not held
Unity Community Primary36320not held
Varna Community Primary School60613not held
Webster Primary School37360not held
West Didsbury CE Primary School607112not held
Wilbraham Primary School54490not held
William Hulme's Grammar School607414not held

Year 7, September 2026 entry

  • DfE's figures cover 32 schools for September 2026 entry. At 15 of them, every family who put the school first was offered a place there. At 17, some families who put the school first were not offered it.
Every school (32)
SchoolPlaces offeredPut it firstPut it first, not offered itApplicants refused
Abraham Moss Community School2181420not held
Burnage Academy for Boys20018921not held
Cedar Mount Academy99470not held
Chorlton High School28629348not held
CHS South2221210not held
Co-op Academy Belle Vue222364166not held
Co-op Academy Manchester2471770not held
Co-op Academy North Manchester22524850not held
Dean Trust Ardwick2081440not held
Didsbury High School207365167not held
Dixons Brooklands Academy129790not held
Dixons Newall Green Academy130720not held
Eden Boys' Leadership Academy, Manchester13722692not held
Eden Girls' Leadership Academy, Manchester13921477not held
Levenshulme High School21122229not held
Loreto High School Chorlton136760not held
Manchester Academy151630not held
Manchester Communication Academy2872070not held
Manchester Enterprise Academy195990not held
Manchester Enterprise Academy Central1991490not held
Our Lady's RC High School20223254not held
Parrs Wood High School29224927not held
Saint Paul's Catholic High School165300143not held
St Matthew's RC High School2231700not held
St Peter's RC High School18722358not held
The Barlow RC High School16915513not held
The East Manchester Academy2121330not held
The King David High School879413not held
Trinity CofE High School228288101not held
Whalley Range 11-18 High School2521870not held
William Hulme's Grammar School167313172not held
Wright Robinson College34439876not held

Places offered and first preferences: DfE, Primary and secondary school applications and offers (school level, Open Government Licence). "Put it first, not offered it" is DfE's number of first preferences less its number of first-preference offers. Applicants refused: Manchester's own offer-day tables, where we hold them; "not held" means we do not have the figure, not that it was nought.

Moving to Manchester mid-year

We do not hold Manchester's in-year arrangements yet: its admissions page sets them out.

How in-year applications work everywhere: Moving mid-year.

Also: All Manchester 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.

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