Secondary admissions
Overview
From 12.30am on Monday 3rd March, you can view your secondary 2025 application outcome for applications submitted on or before 31st October 2024. If your application was submitted after 31st October, please refer to the late applications timeframes.
Outcome emails will be sent during the course of Monday 3rd March 2025.
Please note: if your child has an EHCP, your outcome will be sent from the SEN team, not the admissions team.
To view your outcome:
(If using a mobile device, you may need to scroll up to see the correct page)
- Sign in to your Parent Portal account
- Click on your name/email address from the menu
- Select Account Management
- Select Applications
- Select Applications Home from the drop down
- View your application
If you missed the application window, you will need to submit a late application for 2025 as soon as possible.
It is advised that parents and carers arrange to visit the preferred schools prior to making an application, as once the place is offered, it may not be possible to accommodate a change of preference later in the process.
Applying for a school place
As required by law, we make arrangements for parents and carers to express their preference for the school where they wish their child to be educated and an opportunity to give reasons for their preference before any places are offered. The co-ordinated admissions process provides a way for ensuring that as far as it is practical, every parent living in an English local authority area receives a single offer of a school place on the same day. All English local authorities are required to provide a common application form (CAF), which allows for at least three school preferences, for parents and carers resident within an authority. All school preferences must be included on the home authority’s form.
- you will be asked to provide some personal information (such as name, address) in order to process your application. Where required, your data will be forwarded to schools, other local authorities and relevant Council departments to consider and/or verify the information you provide
- if you reside in the borough, you can express up to three preferences for any English authority schools on your application
- if you reside in Wales, Scotland, Ireland or abroad and are wishing to apply for a Chester West and Chester School you will need to apply directly to us
- you cannot express a preference for a school in Wales, Scotland, Ireland or abroad
- in addition, you cannot apply for a place at an independent (private) school. If you wish to do so you will need to contact the school directly
- if you reside in another English authority, you will need to apply directly to your home authority, even if the school you wish to apply for is in Cheshire West and Chester
- the address stated on your application must be the address the child resides at the time of application and not a future address. Further information on moving house can be found on our general information page.
- the address used must be the child's home address and not the address used for child care purposes
- we will only discuss details of the application with the applicant unless an additional contact is named on the application
