Admissions and transfers

How to contact the admissions team. Open events for secondary schools. Take part in research for submitting document evidence to the council

Information about the common priority criteria for school admissions, including home to school distance, medical/social needs, siblings and looked after children

Individual school admissions information including supplementary information forms

What to do if you have already applied and have been refused a school place

Consultation about the admission arrangements for schools in Hackney for the academic year starting in September 2026 and finishing in July 2027

Information about University Technical Colleges (UTCs) and Studio Schools

Information about school place planning and school organisation

The protocol to ensure children without a school place are found one as quickly as possible

Information about delaying or deferring your child’s start at primary school