Please see the 2025-26 timetable below or refer to the school admission pages on the Norfolk County Council (NCC) website for more information.

For Transfer to Secondary School, Transfer to Junior School and First Admission to Reception if you do not live in Norfolk you must apply to your home local authority, even if you want to apply for a place at a Norfolk school.

To make your application please go to the NEO Applications box and click on Apply for a School Place.

If you need to move your child to a different school at another time, please refer to the 'in-year transfer' section' on the NCC website.

Contact us

If you have questions about school admissions, please use the general enquiry form to get in touch.

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You can find full information and answers to frequently asked questions in the parent's guide to admissions in Norfolk too.

TRANSFER TO SECONDARY SCHOOL 2025 - Applications can be made online from 11 September 2024. The closing date for applications is 31 October 2024.

ADMISSION TO RECEPTION CLASSES 2025/26 - Applications can be made online from 23 September 2024. The closing date for on time applications is 15 January 2025.

TRANSFER TO JUNIOR SCHOOL 2025 (YEAR 3) - Applications can be made online from 6 November 2024. The closing date for on time applications is 15 January 2025.

If you do not live in Norfolk you must apply to your home local authority, even if you want to apply for a place at a Norfolk school.

• You may already have an account, if you have previously applied for funded childcare or free school meals

• Existing account holders must verify and confirm account details before selecting or adding your child details.

• Your email address is your username

If you have problems logging in

If you have forgotten your username, it is the email address you used to create your account. If you are still unable to login, please create a new account. If you have a problem with making your application or any questions about admissions please email: admissions@norfolk.gov.uk

If your child holds an Education Health & Care Plan, this will be reviewed shortly to recognise that your child is moving or starting school. You will receive further information from your child’s Education Health & Care Plan Co-ordinator. You should not complete an application for the Admissions Team.

You can find information on the transfer process and admission arrangements at www.norfolk.gov.uk/admissions

You can check your nearest school to your home address at Norfolk Schools and Learning Providers - Schoolfinder and check your catchment area at www.whereilive.norfolk.gov.uk

Information on home to school transport can be found at: https://www.norfolk.gov.uk/education-and-learning/school-and-college-transport/home-to-school-transport

Transport is only provided to your nearest or nearest catchment school subject to distance. If you do not include your nearest or nearest catchment school as one of your preferences, you will not be entitled to home to school transport to any alternative school offered by the Local Authority, even if a place is not offered at one of your preferred schools. If your child is offered a place at a preferred school which is not your nearest or nearest catchment school, you will be responsible for transport to that school for the duration of the child's time at that school.