Transferring to secondary school September 2022

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If your child was born between 1 September 2010 and 31 August 2011, they will transfer to secondary school in September in 2022.

Key dates for your application

  • applications open 1 September 2021
  • deadline for applications 31 October 2021
  • school place offers (National Offer Day) 1 March 2022  

Preparing to make your application

Apply for a transfer to year 7 school place with eAdmissions 

Late applications

  • the closing date for applications was 31 October 2021
  • applications received after 31 October 2021 will be treated as late and will only be considered after school places have been allocated to all on-time applicants
  • if there is an exceptional reason as to why your application is late, it may be given 'on-time' priority providing you submit it by 9 December 2021
  • please submit your late application on the eadmissions website and tell us the reason for your late application

Reason for Late Application

Your address

You must use your child's permanent address on 31 October 2021

Don't use the address of a relative or someone who provides temporary care for your child, a business address or a childminders address.

A temporary address will not be accepted if you still own a property that was previously used as a home address.

Providing false information to secure a school place is a criminal act.

Please check our secondary admissions guide (PDF) for more information about how we determine your home address.

School preferences

You can apply for up to 6 schools:

  • list schools in order of preference
  • check the admissions criteria in the secondary admissions guide to see if your child meets their admissions criteria
  • you can include schools outside Barnet on your application
Check how school places were offered last year (PDF)

Change your preference

You can add more schools to your application or change the order of your preferences on your application.

If you live outside Barnet, contact your local authority for their policy on making changes to school preferences.

Evidence

Proof of address

Put your council tax number on the application form and upload a copy of either your:

  • tax credit documentation
  • a recent bank statement showing Child Benefit payments
  • utility bill dated within the last 3 months
  • your most recent rent, mortgage statement or tenancy agreement

If you don’t have a council tax number you must upload 2 documents from the proof of address list.

Faith, foundation and academy school applications

Faith schools, some foundation schools and academies will ask you to complete a supplementary information form (SIF) or Certificate of Religious Practice (CRP).

These can be downloaded from school websites and should be returned to the school you are applying to.

Evidence needed for exceptional social or medical reasons

You may be asked to provide written evidence to support your application.

You will be told what to do when you select the school on the application form.

Looked after children and previously after children

You will have to provide evidence of the child's looked after status, this is normally a letter from the social worker.

For previously looked after children, you must provide a copy of the:

  • child arrangements order
  • special guardianship order
  • proof of adoption

School place offers 

You will find out  which school you have been offered, by email, on the evening of 1 March 2022.

Select the reply button on the bottom of the email and log into your eAdmissions account to accept or decline your offer.

If we are unable to offer you any of the schools you applied for we will offer you a place at the nearest school that does have school places.

Your child will stay on the waiting lists for the schools you listed higher in preference than the school you have been offered.

You have the right to appeal against the decision not to offer your child a place. 

Find out more about appeals

Contact

School Admissions Team
2 Bristol Avenue
Colindale
NW9 4EW

Telephone: 020 8359 7651

Enquiries: Contact us online