kinplaceWhere your family goes next
Start free
New to this? Read:Offer day, and what to do nextSchool appeals: how they work and how to prepareAll guides

After offer day in Oxfordshire

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

Add to my calendar

Refused a place? Find the school

What happened there last year, your council's dates, and what to do next.

Don't miss a date

A free account emails you before each reply, appeal and waiting-list date, or adds them to your calendar.

Get remindersYour plan →
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

From the council: Oxfordshire'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
15 January 2027Reception: late applications cut-off
Applications received after 15 January are processed later in the year		The last day the council takes a late application before offer day, usually only with a good reason.Oxfordshire council
16 April 2027Primary offer day
Applications received by 15 January processed for National Offer Day 16 April 2027		Offers arrive by email from your home council. Check which school you were offered.Oxfordshire council
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 day
National offer day: online, email, letters second class where needed		Offers arrive by email from your home council. Check which school you were offered.Oxfordshire council
15 March 2027Year 7: reply to your offer
Closing date to respond to offer, to join waiting list, and to submit late application		Accept or decline the place you were offered, and ask to stay on the waiting list for schools you ranked higher.Oxfordshire 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 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

i

SourcePlaces offered and first preferences: DfE, Primary and secondary school applications and offers (school level, Open Government Licence).
Applicants refused: Oxfordshire's own offer-day tables (https://www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/schools/list/2000/admissions; https://www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/schools/list/2001/admissions; https://www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/schools/list/2002/admissions; https://www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/schools/list/2003/admissions), 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.

Things to know
  • "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 245 schools for September 2026 entry. At 178 of them, every family who put the school first was offered a place there. At 67, some families who put the school first were not offered it.
  • Oxfordshire's own offer-day table, held for 242 schools, shows 177 that refused nobody who applied and 65 that refused at least one applicant.
Every school (245)
SchoolPlaces offeredPut it firstPut it first, not offered itApplicants refused
Abbey Woods Academy880nobody
All Saints Church of England Primary School43380nobody
Appleton Church of England (A) Primary School1190nobody
Ashbury With Compton Beauchamp Church of England Primary School440nobody
Aston and Cote Church of England Primary School27371010
Aston Rowant Church of England Primary School151722
Aureus Primary School56782323
Badgemore Primary School17150nobody
Bampton CofE Primary School30240nobody
Barley Hill Primary School46430nobody
Barton Park Primary School26260nobody
Bayards Hill School19190nobody
Beckley Church of England Primary School540nobody
Benson Church of England Primary School43360nobody
Bishop Carpenter Church of England Primary School15110nobody
Bishop Loveday Church of England Primary School606566
Bladon Church of England Primary School1080nobody
Bletchingdon Parochial Church of England Primary School550nobody
Blewbury Church of England Primary School22190nobody
Bloxham Church of England Primary School24220nobody
Botley School14130nobody
Brightwell-Cum-Sotwell Church of England Primary School22210nobody
Brize Norton Primary School192688
Brookside Primary School28270nobody
Buckland Church of England Primary School151622
Bure Park Primary School59580nobody
Burford Primary School17170nobody
Caldecott Primary School44420nobody
Carswell Community Primary School30290nobody
Carterton Primary School22210nobody
Chadlington Church of England Primary School151611
Chalgrove Community Primary School303444
Charlbury Primary School11110nobody
Charlton Primary School57520nobody
Charlton-on-Otmoor Church of England Primary School13120nobody
Checkendon Church of England (A) Primary School14130nobody
Cherry Fields Primary School303999
Chesterton Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School29250nobody
Chilton County Primary School33280nobody
Cholsey Primary School51500nobody
Christopher Rawlins Church of England Primary School303011
Church Cowley St James Church of England Primary School60701010
Clanfield CofE Primary School151411
Clifton Hampden Church of England Primary School420nobody
Combe CofE Primary School17281111
Cropredy Church of England Primary School33300nobody
Crowmarsh Gifford Church of England School283799
Cumnor Church of England School (Voluntary Controlled)28280nobody
Cutteslowe Primary School23220nobody
Dashwood Banbury Academy54500nobody
Deddington Church of England Primary School293455
Didcot Primary Academy58832727
Dorchester St Birinus Church of England School990nobody
Dr Radcliffe's Church of England Primary School303333
Dr South's Church of England Primary School161711
Drayton Community Primary School293344
Dry Sandford Primary School770nobody
Ducklington Primary School19190nobody
Dunmore Primary School40400nobody
East Oxford Primary School24210nobody
Edith Moorhouse Primary School444666
Edward Feild Primary School27260nobody
Enstone Primary School18180nobody
Europa School UK9011424not held
Ewelme CofE Primary School131544
Eynsham Community Primary School46460nobody
Finmere Church of England Primary School1080nobody
Finstock Church of England Primary School650nobody
Fir Tree Primary School22220nobody
Five Acres Primary School34330nobody
Folly View Primary58450nobody
Freeland Church of England Primary School1090nobody
Fringford Church of England Primary School15140nobody
Fritwell Church of England Primary School29270nobody
Gagle Brook Primary School18180nobody
Garsington Church of England Primary School28270nobody
Gateway Primary School444844
Glory Farm Primary School39390nobody
Goring Church of England Aided Primary School20200nobody
Graven Hill Primary School33330nobody
Great Milton Church of England Primary School25210nobody
Great Rollright Church of England (Aided) Primary School10100nobody
Great Tew County Primary School151722
Grove Church of England School970nobody
Hagbourne Church of England Primary School30371010
Hailey Church of England Primary School13110nobody
Hanborough Manor CofE School34290nobody
Hanwell Fields Community School596588
Hardwick Primary School and Nursery283466
Harriers Banbury Academy37360nobody
Harwell Primary School302811
Heyford Park School50490not held
Hill View Primary School45390nobody
Holy Trinity Catholic School, Chipping Norton25240nobody
Hook Norton Church of England Primary School27250nobody
Hornton Primary School11100nobody
Horspath Church of England Primary School202011
John Blandy Primary School43420nobody
John Hampden Primary School606333
John Henry Newman Academy51410nobody
Kidmore End Church of England Primary School21170nobody
King's Meadow Primary School51430nobody
Kingham Primary School292911
Kirtlington Church of England Primary School15150nobody
Ladygrove Park Primary School56440nobody
Langford Village Community Primary School45450nobody
Larkrise Primary School59671010
Launton Church of England Primary School13130nobody
Leafield Church of England Primary School13130nobody
Lewknor Church of England Primary School12110nobody
Little Milton Church of England Primary School530nobody
Long Furlong Primary School25250nobody
Long Wittenham (Church of England) Primary School11110nobody
Longcot and Fernham Church of England Primary School20321212
Longfields Primary and Nursery School33330nobody
Longford Park Primary School60530nobody
Longworth Primary School990nobody
Madley Brook Community Primary School303111
Manor Primary School28150nobody
Marcham Church of England (Voluntary Controlled) Primary School303333
Marsh Baldon CofE Primary School1090nobody
Middle Barton Primary School15140nobody
Mill Lane Community Primary School282822
Millbrook Primary School586255
Nettlebed Community School202466
New Hinksey Church of England Primary School141311
New Marston Primary School21200nobody
North Hinksey Church of England Primary School23230nobody
North Kidlington Primary School29301nobody
North Leigh Church of England School24220nobody
Northbourne Church of England Primary School34270nobody
Orchard Fields Community School41400nobody
Orchard Meadow Primary School20190nobody
Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School, Witney25240nobody
Our Lady's Roman Catholic Primary School26250nobody
Pegasus School59580nobody
Peppard Church of England Primary School1490nobody
Queen Emma's Primary School20180nobody
Queensway School60540nobody
Radley Church of England Primary School29250nobody
RAF Benson Community Primary School17160nobody
Rose Hill Primary School292811
Rush Common School56520nobody
Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, Henley-on-Thames990nobody
Sandhills Community Primary School15150nobody
Shellingford Church of England (Voluntary Aided) School1580nobody
Shenington Church of England Primary School11110nobody
Shiplake Church of England School27230nobody
Shrivenham Church of England School37340nobody
Sibford Gower Endowed Primary School13130nobody
Sires Hill Primary Academy293788
Sonning Common Primary School293566
South Moreton Primary School13110nobody
South Stoke Primary School110nobody
Southwold Primary School36360nobody
St Aloysius' Catholic Primary School11100nobody
St Amand's Catholic Primary School19170nobody
St Andrew's Church of England Primary School, Chinnor605911
St Andrew's Church of England Primary School, Oxford283355
St Barnabas' Church of England Aided Primary School1090nobody
St Blaise CofE Primary School30280nobody
St Christopher's Church of England School221722
St Christopher's Church of England School, Cowley24220nobody
St Ebbe's Church of England Aided Primary School293455
St Edburg's Church of England (VA) School871072020
St Edmund's Catholic Primary School13120nobody
St Francis Church of England Primary School19190nobody
St Frideswide Church of England Primary School27250nobody
St James Church of England Primary School, Hanney24210nobody
St John Fisher Catholic Primary School, Littlemore303122
St John the Evangelist CofE VA Primary School57470nobody
St John's Catholic Primary School31300nobody
St John's Primary School28270nobody
St Johns CofE Academy52460not held
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Banbury11110nobody
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Carterton540nobody
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Oxford51470nobody
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Thame24180nobody
St Kenelm's Church of England (VC) School20180nobody
St Laurence Church of England School151733
St Leonard's Church of England Primary School454611
St Mary and St John Church of England Primary School616477
St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Bicester33280nobody
St Mary's Church of England (Aided) Primary School, Chipping Norton13130nobody
St Mary's Church of England Infant School22220nobody
St Mary's Church of England Primary School, Banbury26230nobody
St Michael's CofE Primary School, Oxford City313877
St Michael's CofE Primary School, Steventon Village28270nobody
St Nicholas CofE Primary School151722
St Nicholas CofE Primary School , Wallingford26230nobody
St Nicholas' Primary and Nursery School33320nobody
St Nicolas Church of England Primary School, Abingdon59580nobody
St Peter's Church of England Primary School, Cassington880nobody
St Peter's Church of England School, Alvescot142066
St Philip and James' Church of England Aided Primary School Oxford54480nobody
St Swithun's CofE Primary School57560nobody
St Thomas More Catholic Primary School, Kidlington27270nobody
Stadhampton Primary School1290nobody
Standlake Church of England Primary School1090nobody
Stanford In the Vale CofE Primary School303999
Stanton Harcourt CofE Primary School15140nobody
Stephen Freeman Primary School57430nobody
Stockham Primary School28260nobody
Stoke Row CofE Primary School880nobody
Stonesfield Primary School14110nobody
Sunningwell Church of England Primary School151611
Sutton Courtenay Church of England Primary School20160nobody
Tackley Church of England Primary School770nobody
Tetsworth Primary School880nobody
Thameside Primary School20200nobody
The Batt Church of England Primary School440nobody
The Blake Church of England Primary School26260nobody
The Elms Primary School273499
The Grange Community Primary School43420nobody
The Hendreds Church of England School182133
The Ridgeway Church of England (C) Primary School12100nobody
Thomas Reade Primary School21200nobody
Tower Hill Community Primary School16160nobody
Trinity Church of England Primary School35300nobody
Tyndale Community School24210nobody
Uffington Church of England Primary School1050nobody
Valley Road School30401111
Wantage Church of England Primary School45430nobody
Wantage Primary Academy61751414
Watchfield Primary School14130nobody
Watlington Primary School302911
West Kidlington Primary and Nursery School27270nobody
West Oxford Community Primary School26260nobody
West Witney Primary School & Nursery60570nobody
Wheatley Church of England Primary School22220nobody
Whitchurch Primary School16160nobody
William Fletcher Primary School26260nobody
William Morris Primary School30391212
Willowcroft Community School586044
Windale Primary School20200nobody
Windmill Primary School79750nobody
Windrush Church of England Primary School444622
Witney Community Primary School283688
Wolvercote Primary School455055
Wood Farm Primary School58570nobody
Woodcote Primary School21210nobody
Woodstock Church of England Primary School55530nobody
Wootton St Peter's Church of England Primary School11100nobody
Wroxton Church of England Primary School540nobody
Wychwood Church of England Primary School28270nobody

Year 7, September 2026 entry

  • DfE's figures cover 40 schools for September 2026 entry. At 15 of them, every family who put the school first was offered a place there. At 25, some families who put the school first were not offered it.
  • Oxfordshire's own offer-day table, held for 39 schools, shows 14 that refused nobody who applied and 25 that refused at least one applicant.
Every school (40)
SchoolPlaces offeredPut it firstPut it first, not offered itApplicants refused
Aureus School1421481717
Bartholomew School2072021213
Blessed George Napier Catholic School and Sixth Form1721863334
Burford School2262452525
Carterton Community College1071010nobody
Cheney School26022877
Chipping Norton School1791801717
Didcot Girls' School2632803131
Europa School UK (2025)000not held
Faringdon Community College1741650nobody
Fitzharrys School1672518989
Gillotts School1732226060
Gosford Hill School110950nobody
Greyfriars Catholic School96710nobody
Heyford Park School36431515
Icknield Community College18015822
John Mason School180650nobody
King Alfred's2221670nobody
Langtree School1091514848
Larkmead School1641915757
Lord Williams's School30127911
Maiden Erlegh Chiltern Edge79160nobody
Matthew Arnold School1921410nobody
North Oxfordshire Academy1712195353
Oxford Spires Academy2132101717
St Birinus School2351960nobody
St Johns CofE Academy1021484747
The Bicester School2331840nobody
The Cherwell School243396154154
The Cooper School1841200nobody
The Henry Box School105930nobody
The Marlborough Church of England School19319488
The Oxford Academy138920nobody
The Swan School1751654747
The Warriner School2632623636
Wallingford School2262907171
Wheatley Park School17616888
Whitelands Academy1041454747
Wood Green School21821777
Wykham Park165740nobody

Moving to Oxfordshire mid-year

Apply to the council, for any school. Apply on the council's online in-year form (or paper), up to four preferences, for any Oxfordshire school except 18 named schools that process their own in-year transfers and must be contacted directly (mostly primaries, plus Futures Institute Banbury, Tyndale Community School and UTC Oxfordshire).

  • Decision: "We aim to process in-year transfers within 15 school days." Fair access panel cases take an additional 20 school days.

From Oxfordshire's own in-year admissions page (2026/27 ("In-year transfers for the 2026/27 academic year")): read it there before you apply, as arrangements change each year.

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

Also: All Oxfordshire 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.

Add this to your plan

Add your children and your council, and kinplace works out which of these dates are yours, puts them in your calendar and can email you before each one. Free.

Add these dates to your plan
Add these dates to your plan
Add your children and your council: we work out which dates are yours, put them in your calendar and can email you before each one. Free.Add these dates to your plan

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Sources and methods: tap the (i) on each section. How we know · All sources.