Manchester school admissions

For a September 2027 start, secondary applications close on 31 Oct 2026 and primary applications on 15 Jan 2027. Always confirm details on the council's own admissions page.

How to apply

Apply online through the council where you live, naming several schools in order of preference — including schools in other council areas. Every preference is considered equally against each school's admission criteria, and you're offered the highest-ranked school that can offer you a place.

Manchester admissions page GOV.UK: School admissions

Council link checked 6 Nov 2026.

Key dates for September 2027

Secondary applications close	31 Oct 2026	School Admissions Code 2021, para 2.24
Primary (reception) applications close	15 Jan 2027	School Admissions Code 2021, para 2.24
Secondary national offer day	1 Mar 2027	1 March or next working day
Primary national offer day	16 Apr 2027	16 April or next working day

Appeals

The council hasn't published a single appeal date we've confirmed. By law you must have at least 20 school days from the date of your refusal letter.

Counting school days from Manchester's term dates, 20 school days after offer day is 31 Mar 2027 (secondary) and 17 May 2027 (primary) — the earliest any deadline can be.

Source: School Admissions Code and School Admission Appeals Code (Open Government Licence v3.0).

Applications and offers by school, 2026/27

Catchment areas and admission decisions are made by the school's admissions authority (the local council or, for academies and many faith schools, the school or trust). Distances and past figures don't guarantee a place.

Secondary schools (32)

School	Places offered	All applications	First preferences	First preferences offered	Applications per offer
Abraham Moss Community School	218	493	142	142	2.3 per offer
Burnage Academy for Boys	200	435	189	168	2.2 per offer
Cedar Mount Academy	99	212	47	47	2.1 per offer
Chorlton High School	286	914	293	245	3.2 per offer
CHS South	222	727	121	121	3.3 per offer
Co-op Academy Belle Vue	222	1019	364	198	4.6 per offer
Co-op Academy Manchester	247	533	177	177	2.2 per offer
Co-op Academy North Manchester	225	636	248	198	2.8 per offer
Dean Trust Ardwick	208	504	144	144	2.4 per offer
Didsbury High School	207	1270	365	198	6.1 per offer
Dixons Brooklands Academy	129	234	79	79	1.8 per offer
Dixons Newall Green Academy	130	266	72	72	2.0 per offer
Eden Boys' Leadership Academy, Manchester	137	383	226	134	2.8 per offer
Eden Girls' Leadership Academy, Manchester	139	373	214	137	2.7 per offer
Levenshulme High School	211	527	222	193	2.5 per offer
Loreto High School Chorlton	136	452	76	76	3.3 per offer
Manchester Academy	151	272	63	63	1.8 per offer
Manchester Communication Academy	287	624	207	207	2.2 per offer
Manchester Enterprise Academy	195	226	99	99	1.2 per offer
Manchester Enterprise Academy Central	199	438	149	149	2.2 per offer
Our Lady's RC High School	202	570	232	178	2.8 per offer
Parrs Wood High School	292	858	249	222	2.9 per offer
Saint Paul's Catholic High School	165	548	300	157	3.3 per offer
St Matthew's RC High School	223	418	170	170	1.9 per offer
St Peter's RC High School	187	774	223	165	4.1 per offer
The Barlow RC High School	169	584	155	142	3.5 per offer
The East Manchester Academy	212	399	133	133	1.9 per offer
The King David High School	87	204	94	81	2.3 per offer
Trinity CofE High School	228	929	288	187	4.1 per offer
Whalley Range 11-18 High School	252	547	187	187	2.2 per offer
William Hulme's Grammar School	167	979	313	141	5.9 per offer
Wright Robinson College	344	869	398	322	2.5 per offer

Primary schools (135)

School	Places offered	All applications	First preferences	First preferences offered	Applications per offer
Abbey Hey Primary Academy	77	165	72	72	2.1 per offer
Abbott Community Primary School	29	115	48	29	4.0 per offer
Abraham Moss Community School	50	174	43	43	3.5 per offer
Acacias Community Primary School	55	155	42	42	2.8 per offer
All Saints C of E Primary School	24	74	24	24	3.1 per offer
All Saints Primary School	29	85	30	28	2.9 per offer
Alma Park Primary School	60	203	70	56	3.4 per offer
Armitage CofE Primary School	59	102	65	58	1.7 per offer
Ashbury Meadow Primary School	53	73	52	52	1.4 per offer
Baguley Hall Primary School	65	112	51	51	1.7 per offer
Barlow Hall Primary School	16	58	16	16	3.6 per offer
Beaver Road Primary School	139	338	131	131	2.4 per offer
Benchill Primary School	40	97	40	40	2.4 per offer
Birchfields Primary School	66	130	59	59	2.0 per offer
Bowker Vale Primary School	45	84	43	43	1.9 per offer
Briscoe Lane Academy	40	81	40	40	2.0 per offer
Broad Oak Primary School	21	59	20	20	2.8 per offer
Brookburn Community School	47	157	47	47	3.3 per offer
Button Lane Primary School	26	78	25	25	3.0 per offer
Cavendish Primary School	59	187	53	53	3.2 per offer
Chapel Street Community Primary School	66	114	58	58	1.7 per offer
Charlestown Community Primary School	47	90	45	45	1.9 per offer
Cheetham CofE Community Academy	46	92	39	39	2.0 per offer
Cheetwood Primary School	16	52	16	16	3.3 per offer
Chorlton CofE Primary School	30	122	30	30	4.1 per offer
Chorlton Park Primary	87	216	82	82	2.5 per offer
Christ The King RC Primary School Manchester	34	79	34	34	2.3 per offer
Claremont Primary School	53	113	52	52	2.1 per offer
Co-op Academy Broadhurst	28	65	26	26	2.3 per offer
Co-op Academy Medlock	24	56	24	24	2.3 per offer
Co-op Academy New Islington	58	99	47	47	1.7 per offer
CofE School of the Resurrection	14	37	14	14	2.6 per offer
Crab Lane Primary School	43	78	43	43	1.8 per offer
Cravenwood Primary Academy	35	112	32	32	3.2 per offer
Cringle Brook Primary School	30	194	42	27	6.5 per offer
Crossacres Primary Academy	90	180	93	87	2.0 per offer
Crosslee Community Primary School	33	56	30	30	1.7 per offer
Crowcroft Park Primary School	30	148	35	30	4.9 per offer
Crown Street Primary School	30	71	42	29	2.4 per offer
Crumpsall Lane Primary School	44	120	41	41	2.7 per offer
Didsbury CofE Primary School	30	182	37	30	6.1 per offer
E-ACT Blackley Academy	40	77	38	38	1.9 per offer
Gorton Primary School	60	153	64	59	2.6 per offer
Green End Primary School	60	151	63	57	2.5 per offer
Haveley Hey Community School	35	82	35	35	2.3 per offer
Heald Place Primary School	36	82	35	35	2.3 per offer
Higher Openshaw Community School	29	90	29	29	3.1 per offer
Holy Name Roman Catholic Primary School Manchester	30	85	31	30	2.8 per offer
Holy Trinity CofE Primary School	48	101	47	47	2.1 per offer
Irk Valley Community School	37	123	32	32	3.3 per offer
King David Primary School	37	58	37	37	1.6 per offer
Ladybarn Primary School	58	145	56	56	2.5 per offer
Lily Lane Primary School	56	110	55	55	2.0 per offer
Longsight Community Primary	30	107	35	29	3.6 per offer
Manchester Communication Primary Academy	44	85	40	40	1.9 per offer
Manley Park Primary School	60	170	71	59	2.8 per offer
Mauldeth Road Primary School	48	109	46	46	2.3 per offer
Moston Fields Primary School	38	89	38	38	2.3 per offer
Moston Lane Community Primary School	49	129	49	49	2.6 per offer
Mount Carmel RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy	60	119	63	60	2.0 per offer
New Moston Primary School	38	73	30	30	1.9 per offer
Newall Green Primary School	51	120	49	49	2.4 per offer
Northenden Community School	29	81	26	26	2.8 per offer
Oasis Academy Aspinal	25	57	24	24	2.3 per offer
Oasis Academy Harpur Mount	44	82	44	44	1.9 per offer
Oasis Academy Temple	60	131	57	53	2.2 per offer
Old Hall Drive Academy	49	119	45	45	2.4 per offer
Old Moat Primary School	46	112	46	46	2.4 per offer
Oswald Road Primary School	79	225	76	76	2.8 per offer
Our Lady's RC Primary School Manchester	15	51	14	14	3.4 per offer
Park View Community Primary Academy	31	56	31	31	1.8 per offer
Peel Hall Primary Academy	12	38	10	10	3.2 per offer
Pike Fold Primary School	52	135	48	48	2.6 per offer
Plymouth Grove Primary School	23	76	21	21	3.3 per offer
Rack House Primary School	45	95	42	42	2.1 per offer
Ravensbury Community School	59	100	59	59	1.7 per offer
Ringway Primary School	42	95	39	39	2.3 per offer
Rolls Crescent Primary School	20	59	19	19	3.0 per offer
Rushbrook Primary Academy	44	88	42	42	2.0 per offer
Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School	30	122	50	30	4.1 per offer
Sacred Heart RC Primary School	45	141	43	41	3.1 per offer
Sandilands Primary School	46	80	43	43	1.7 per offer
Saviour CofE Primary School	13	30	13	13	2.3 per offer
Seymour Road Academy	45	93	44	44	2.1 per offer
Ss John Fisher and Thomas More Catholic Primary School	40	98	40	40	2.5 per offer
St Agnes C of E Primary School	45	121	42	42	2.7 per offer
St Ambrose RC Primary School	14	40	13	13	2.9 per offer
St Andrew's CofE Primary School	41	79	32	32	1.9 per offer
St Anne's RC Primary School	12	60	12	12	5.0 per offer
St Anne's RC Primary School Crumpsall Manchester	46	110	43	43	2.4 per offer
St Anthony's Catholic Primary School	68	139	66	66	2.0 per offer
St Augustine's CofE Primary School	19	43	18	18	2.3 per offer
St Barnabas CofE Primary Academy	28	72	27	27	2.6 per offer
St Bernard's RC Primary School Manchester	7	30	7	7	4.3 per offer
St Brigid's RC Primary School	15	65	15	15	4.3 per offer
St Catherine's RC Primary School	52	135	52	52	2.6 per offer
St Chad's Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy	21	45	21	21	2.1 per offer
St Chrysostom's CofE Primary School	37	66	37	37	1.8 per offer
St Clare's RC Primary School	43	98	41	41	2.3 per offer
St Clement's CofE Primary School	30	87	29	28	2.9 per offer
St Dunstan's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy	24	65	24	24	2.7 per offer
St Edmund's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy	17	49	17	17	2.9 per offer
St Elizabeth's Catholic Primary School	30	97	35	30	3.2 per offer
St Francis RC Primary School, A Voluntary Academy	26	62	25	25	2.4 per offer
St James' CofE Primary School Gorton	60	149	62	59	2.5 per offer
St James' CofE Primary School, Birch-in-Rusholme	30	57	33	30	1.9 per offer
St John Bosco RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy	17	55	15	15	3.2 per offer
St John's CofE Primary School	34	84	34	34	2.5 per offer
St Joseph's RC Primary School Manchester	18	69	18	18	3.8 per offer
St Kentigern's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy	49	89	48	48	1.8 per offer
St Luke's CofE Primary School	39	86	39	39	2.2 per offer
St Margaret Mary's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy	45	82	43	43	1.8 per offer
St Margaret's CofE Primary School	52	130	48	48	2.5 per offer
St Mary's CofE Junior and Infant School	56	97	48	48	1.7 per offer
St Mary's CofE Primary School Moston	28	79	26	26	2.8 per offer
St Patrick's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy	13	41	9	9	3.2 per offer
St Paul's CofE Primary School	41	96	40	40	2.3 per offer
St Peter's Catholic Primary School	30	106	30	28	3.5 per offer
St Philip's Church of England Primary School	17	53	14	14	3.1 per offer
St Richard's RC Primary School	60	126	58	58	2.1 per offer
St Wilfrid's CofE Aided Primary School Northenden	44	89	44	43	2.0 per offer
St Wilfrid's CofE Junior and Infant School	25	56	25	25	2.2 per offer
St Wilfrid's RC Primary School	23	56	23	23	2.4 per offer
St Willibrord's RC Primary School	21	54	20	20	2.6 per offer
St. Aidan's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy	11	41	11	11	3.7 per offer
Stanley Grove Primary Academy	88	167	84	84	1.9 per offer
The Divine Mercy Roman Catholic Primary School	32	75	32	32	2.3 per offer
The Olive School, Manchester	60	205	112	60	3.4 per offer
The Willows Primary School	37	109	36	36	2.9 per offer
Unity Community Primary	36	60	32	32	1.7 per offer
Varna Community Primary School	60	134	61	58	2.2 per offer
Webster Primary School	37	98	36	36	2.6 per offer
West Didsbury CE Primary School	60	220	71	59	3.7 per offer
Wilbraham Primary School	54	122	49	49	2.3 per offer
William Hulme's Grammar School	60	174	74	60	2.9 per offer

Source: DfE secondary and primary school applications and offers (Open Government Licence v3.0).

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Questions

When is the Manchester secondary school application deadline?

31 October for a September start, set nationally by the School Admissions Code. Late applications are usually considered only after on-time ones.

How long do I have to appeal?

Admission authorities must give you at least 20 school days from the date of your refusal letter (usually offer day). Many councils publish a specific date — use the council's date where shown.

Does this page tell me my chance of getting a place?

No. Places depend on each school's oversubscription criteria, which change every year. Only the admissions authority decides.