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After offer day in Northumberland

The dates we hold for replies, appeals and waiting lists in Northumberland, 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.By 1 May 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

From the council: Northumberland's school admissions page.

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
14 February 2027Reception: late applications cut-off
Late applications submitted before 14 February 2027 with exceptional reasons may be considered with on-time ones		The last day the council takes a late application before offer day, usually only with a good reason.Northumberland council
16 April 2027Primary offer day
16 April 2027: National Offers Day		Offers arrive by email from your home council. Check which school you were offered.Northumberland council
1 May 2027Reception: reply to your offer
1 May 2027: deadline for refusing the school place offered		Accept or decline the place you were offered, and ask to stay on the waiting list for schools you ranked higher.Northumberland council
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 until
31 December 2027: no waiting lists are held by the local authority after this date		Waiting lists for this intake are kept until at least this date. Keep in touch with the council if you are on one.Northumberland council

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
22 November 2026Year 7: late applications cut-off
Late applications submitted before 22 November 2026 with exceptional reasons may be considered with on-time ones		The last day the council takes a late application before offer day, usually only with a good reason.Northumberland council
1 March 2027Secondary offer day
National offer day 1 March 2027		Offers arrive by email from your home council. Check which school you were offered.Northumberland council
16 March 2027Year 7: reply to your offer
Deadline for parents to refuse school place: 16 March 2027		Accept or decline the place you were offered, and ask to stay on the waiting list for schools you ranked higher.Northumberland council
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 until
Waiting lists will no longer be held by the local authority: 31 December 2027		Waiting lists for this intake are kept until at least this date. Keep in touch with the council if you are on one.Northumberland council

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 127 schools for September 2026 entry. At 99 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 (127)
SchoolPlaces offeredPut it firstPut it first, not offered itApplicants refused
Abbeyfields First School50511not held
Acomb First School660not held
Adderlane Academy13130not held
Allendale Primary School14140not held
Amble Links Primary School19190not held
Beaconhill Community Primary School30388not held
Beaufront First School15161not held
Bede Academy74731not held
Bedlington Station Primary School22200not held
Bedlington West End Primary School29345not held
Bedlington Whitley Memorial Church of England Primary School18170not held
Belford Primary School10111not held
Bellingham Primary School880not held
Belsay Primary School1070not held
Berwick St Mary's Church of England Primary School14140not held
Branton Primary School and Nursery550not held
Broomhaugh (VA) Church of England First School11100not held
Broomhill Primary School1090not held
Broomley First School23230not held
Burnside Primary School608121not held
Cambo First School770not held
Cambois Primary School10100not held
Chollerton Church of England Aided First School440not held
Choppington Primary School14151not held
Corbridge (VA) Church of England First School30344not held
Cragside CofE Controlled Primary School51401not held
Cramlington Northburn Primary School30211not held
Cramlington Shanklea Primary School36320not held
Cramlington Village Primary School11110not held
Croftway Academy45450not held
Darras Hall Primary School58635not held
Eastlea Primary School29347not held
Ellingham Church of England Primary School770not held
Ellington Primary School21211not held
Embleton Vincent Edwards Church of England Primary School12120not held
Felton Church of England Primary School14184not held
Glendale Primary School (Prev. Wooler First School)16160not held
Grange View Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School15150not held
Greenhaugh Primary School (2025)000not held
Greenhead Church of England Nursery and Primary School550not held
Haltwhistle Primary Academy30290not held
Harbottle Church of England First School110not held
Hareside Primary School57520not held
Heddon-on-the-Wall, St Andrew's Church of England Primary School29270not held
Henshaw Church of England Primary School671not held
Hexham First School980not held
Hipsburn Primary School13141not held
Holy Island Church of England Primary School (2025)110not held
Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School16160not held
Holywell Village First School26250not held
Horton Grange Primary School72721not held
Hugh Joicey Church of England Primary School, Ford550not held
Humshaugh Church of England First School11110not held
Kielder Primary School and Nursery (2025)110not held
King Edwin Primary School14140not held
Linton Primary School110not held
Longhorsley St Helen's Church of England Aided First School16160not held
Longhoughton Church of England Primary School770not held
Lowick Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School440not held
Malvin's Close Academy48502not held
Meadowdale Academy22221not held
Mickley First School990not held
Morpeth All Saints Church of England First School33330not held
Morpeth First School41410not held
Morpeth Road Academy26260not held
Morpeth Stobhillgate First School20200not held
Mowbray Primary School18170not held
NCEA Bishop's Primary School43430not held
NCEA Duke's Secondary School (2018)1911932not held
NCEA Grace Darling CofE Primary School35361not held
Ncea Harry Hotspur Church of England Primary School880not held
NCEA James Knott CofE Primary School24230not held
NCEA Thomas Bewick C of E Primary School28292not held
NCEA Warkworth Church of England Primary School16160not held
NCEA William Leech CofE Primary School880not held
New Delaval Primary School19190not held
New Hartley First School18180not held
Newbrough Church of England Primary School770not held
Newsham Primary School46450not held
Norham St Ceolwulfs CofE Controlled Primary School (2024)220not held
Otterburn Primary School660not held
Ovingham Church of England First School11121not held
Pegswood Primary School14140not held
Ponteland Community Primary School20170not held
Ponteland Primary School587014not held
Prior Park Primary School13130not held
Prudhoe Castle First School15150not held
Prudhoe West Academy32320not held
Red Row Primary School19190not held
Richard Coates Church of England Primary School30280not held
Ringway Primary School29280not held
Rothbury First School14140not held
Scremerston First School330not held
Seahouses Primary School660not held
Seaton Delaval First School29280not held
Seaton Sluice First School27303not held
Seghill First School14130not held
Shaftoe Trust Academy990not held
Shilbottle Primary School15150not held
Slaley First School550not held
Spittal Community Primary School22220not held
Ss Peter and Paul's Catholic Primary Academy26260not held
St Aidan's Catholic Primary School, Ashington28291not held
St Bede's Catholic Primary School20200not held
St Cuthberts Catholic Primary School, Berwick990not held
St Mary's Catholic First School, Hexham1090not held
St Matthew's Catholic Primary School, Prudhoe13130not held
St Paul's Catholic Primary School, Alnwick24230not held
St Roberts Catholic First School, Morpeth28280not held
St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School25250not held
Stakeford Primary School20200not held
Stamfordham Primary School880not held
Stannington First School27270not held
Stead Lane Primary School30290not held
Swansfield Park Primary School43430not held
Swarland Primary School970not held
The Sele First School58591not held
Thropton Village First School440not held
Tritlington Church of England First School770not held
Tweedmouth West Primary School24240not held
Wark Church of England Primary School770not held
Whalton Church of England Aided Primary School660not held
Whitfield CofE Primary School330not held
Whitley Chapel Church of England First School440not held
Whittingham Church of England Primary School880not held
Whittonstall First School770not held
Wylam First School22220not held

Year 7, September 2026 entry

  • DfE's figures cover 15 schools for September 2026 entry. At 6 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 (15)
SchoolPlaces offeredPut it firstPut it first, not offered itApplicants refused
Ashington Academy2032041not held
Bede Academy13117443not held
Bedlington Academy1581581not held
Berwick Academy (2018)1211210not held
Coquet Community School88880not held
Cramlington Learning Village3403436not held
Haydon Bridge High School40390not held
NCEA Duke's Secondary School1701712not held
Ponteland High School23527340not held
Queen Elizabeth High School (2018)2702701not held
Seaton Valley High School (2018)1211150not held
St Benet Biscop Catholic Academy1341280not held
The Blyth Academy1711351not held
The Duchess's Community High School1881891not held
The King Edward VI School (2018)3153150not 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: Northumberland'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 Northumberland mid-year

Apply to the council, for any school. Online application to the council only (School Application Form on the citizen portal), for moves between Northumberland schools or into the county. School websites say the council's admissions team coordinates transfers for all schools including academies, voluntary aided and trust schools; the council page names no exceptions.

  • Decision: "When we have received a valid application, along with the appropriate documentary evidence, we aim to process it within 15 school days." Apply up to 30 school days ahead; current-year applications processed only until 28 June.
  • Proof of address: Documentary evidence required; proof of the new address needed for home moves.

From Northumberland's own in-year admissions page (Not stated.): read it there before you apply, as arrangements change each year.

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

Also: All Northumberland 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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