Nottinghamshire 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.

Nottinghamshire 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's published appeal deadline is 13 Apr 2027 (source). Academies and voluntary-aided schools may set their own.

Counting school days from Nottinghamshire's term dates, 20 school days after offer day is 13 Apr 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 (44)

School	Places offered	All applications	First preferences	First preferences offered	Applications per offer
Alderman White School	149	581	185	142	3.9 per offer
All Saints' Catholic Voluntary Academy	188	521	267	186	2.8 per offer
Arnold Hill Spencer Academy	264	722	238	238	2.7 per offer
Ashfield Comprehensive School	406	730	408	399	1.8 per offer
Bramcote College	144	507	149	128	3.5 per offer
Carlton Academy	257	662	296	257	2.6 per offer
Carlton le Willows Academy	350	622	290	290	1.8 per offer
Chilwell School	176	419	148	144	2.4 per offer
Christ The King Voluntary Academy	154	439	142	139	2.9 per offer
Colonel Frank Seely Academy	166	492	158	158	3.0 per offer
East Leake Academy	206	337	184	183	1.6 per offer
George Spencer Academy	270	567	260	257	2.1 per offer
Hall Park Academy	143	240	132	132	1.7 per offer
Magnus Church of England Academy	140	197	97	97	1.4 per offer
Meden School	194	300	182	182	1.5 per offer
Outwood Academy Kirkby	75	164	65	65	2.2 per offer
Outwood Academy Portland	295	567	301	290	1.9 per offer
Outwood Academy Valley	295	536	293	290	1.8 per offer
Quarrydale Academy	196	369	195	195	1.9 per offer
Queen Elizabeth's Academy	171	432	124	122	2.5 per offer
Redhill Academy	265	871	272	256	3.3 per offer
Retford Oaks Academy	174	520	150	150	3.0 per offer
Rushcliffe Spencer Academy	358	1057	363	337	3.0 per offer
Selston High School	151	282	144	143	1.9 per offer
Serlby Park Academy	56	114	49	49	2.0 per offer
Sherwood Church Academy	176	528	181	164	3.0 per offer
South Nottinghamshire Academy	177	561	159	159	3.2 per offer
Sutton Community Academy	118	380	114	114	3.2 per offer
The Becket School	171	751	229	167	4.4 per offer
The Brunts Academy	215	649	183	183	3.0 per offer
The Dukeries Academy	118	193	104	104	1.6 per offer
The Elizabethan Academy	236	591	276	234	2.5 per offer
The Garibaldi School	208	451	197	197	2.2 per offer
The Holgate Academy	229	353	177	177	1.5 per offer
The Joseph Whitaker School	243	570	296	240	2.3 per offer
The Kimberley School	239	448	249	227	1.9 per offer
The Manor Academy	213	453	196	196	2.1 per offer
The National CofE Academy	207	487	261	202	2.4 per offer
The Newark Academy	207	485	224	191	2.3 per offer
The South Wolds Academy & Sixth Form	168	660	178	156	3.9 per offer
The Suthers School	149	405	162	143	2.7 per offer
The West Bridgford School	267	1078	331	264	4.0 per offer
Toot Hill School	281	636	231	231	2.3 per offer
Tuxford Academy	243	530	249	228	2.2 per offer

Primary schools (257)

School	Places offered	All applications	First preferences	First preferences offered	Applications per offer
Abbey Gates Primary School	28	86	28	28	3.1 per offer
Abbey Hill Primary & Nursery	22	43	21	21	2.0 per offer
Abbey Primary School	53	177	53	53	3.3 per offer
Abbey Road Primary School	42	205	41	41	4.9 per offer
Albany Infant and Nursery School	43	73	42	42	1.7 per offer
Alderman Pounder Infant and Nursery School	37	96	37	37	2.6 per offer
All Hallows CofE Primary School	16	103	15	15	6.4 per offer
All Saints Anglican/Methodist Primary School	14	22	14	14	1.6 per offer
Annesley Primary and Nursery School	25	73	25	25	2.9 per offer
Archbishop Cranmer Church of England Academy	37	73	39	37	2.0 per offer
Arnbrook Primary School	12	34	12	12	2.8 per offer
Arnold Mill Primary and Nursery School	41	108	41	41	2.6 per offer
Arnold View Primary School	26	140	26	26	5.4 per offer
Asquith Primary School	27	55	27	27	2.0 per offer
Awsworth Primary and Nursery School	31	43	31	31	1.4 per offer
Bagthorpe Primary School	18	76	21	18	4.2 per offer
Barnby Road Academy Primary and Nursery school	67	146	67	67	2.2 per offer
Beardall Fields Primary and Nursery School	40	138	39	39	3.5 per offer
Beckingham Primary School	10	28	10	10	2.8 per offer
Beeston Fields Flying High Academy	46	125	46	46	2.7 per offer
Berry Hill Primary School	45	169	44	44	3.8 per offer
Bilsthorpe Flying High Academy	31	39	30	30	1.3 per offer
Bingham Primary School	23	105	23	23	4.6 per offer
Birklands Primary School	39	95	39	39	2.4 per offer
Bishop Alexander L.E.A.D. Academy	25	34	25	25	1.4 per offer
Bleasby Church of England Primary School	19	43	19	19	2.3 per offer
Blidworth Oaks Primary School	47	86	47	47	1.8 per offer
Bracken Lane Primary Academy	27	75	27	27	2.8 per offer
Bramcote CofE Primary School	24	88	24	24	3.7 per offer
Bramcote Hills Primary School	65	165	68	65	2.5 per offer
Brierley Forest Primary and Nursery School	30	54	28	28	1.8 per offer
Brinsley Primary and Nursery School	20	38	18	18	1.9 per offer
Brookside Primary School	48	118	50	48	2.5 per offer
Bunny CofE Primary and Nursery School	13	68	13	13	5.2 per offer
Burntstump Seely CofE Primary Academy	9	28	9	9	3.1 per offer
Burton Joyce Primary School	38	104	34	34	2.7 per offer
Butler's Hill Infant and Nursery School	60	113	62	58	1.9 per offer
Carnarvon Primary School	47	99	47	47	2.1 per offer
Carr Hill Primary and Nursery School	19	36	19	19	1.9 per offer
Caunton Dean Hole CofE Primary School	0	6	0	0	Not published
Chetwynd Spencer Academy	64	157	65	64	2.5 per offer
Christ Church C of E Primary School	30	82	31	30	2.7 per offer
Church Vale Primary School and Foundation Unit	27	48	27	27	1.8 per offer
Chuter Ede Primary School	82	163	82	82	2.0 per offer
Clarborough Primary School	26	64	26	26	2.5 per offer
Coddington CofE Primary and Nursery School	48	113	48	48	2.4 per offer
Colwick St John the Baptist CofE Primary Academy	24	62	23	23	2.6 per offer
Coppice Farm Primary School	28	82	28	28	2.9 per offer
Costock CofE Primary School	6	73	6	6	12.2 per offer
Cotgrave Candleby Lane School	59	84	59	59	1.4 per offer
Cotgrave Church of England Primary School	11	54	11	11	4.9 per offer
Crescent Primary School	58	120	59	58	2.1 per offer
Croft Primary School	20	103	20	20	5.2 per offer
Cropwell Bishop Primary School	25	78	25	25	3.1 per offer
Crossdale Primary School	30	88	30	30	2.9 per offer
Cuckney CofE Primary School	15	24	9	9	1.6 per offer
Dalestorth Primary and Nursery School	36	122	35	35	3.4 per offer
Dunham-on-Trent CofE Primary School	13	23	13	13	1.8 per offer
East Bridgford St Peters Church of England Academy	30	77	30	30	2.6 per offer
East Markham Primary School	16	40	16	16	2.5 per offer
Edgewood Primary and Nursery School	34	100	36	34	2.9 per offer
Edwalton Primary School	61	218	65	61	3.6 per offer
Elkesley Primary and Nursery School	10	11	10	10	1.1 per offer
Ernehale Infant School	36	129	35	35	3.6 per offer
Everton Primary School	10	32	10	10	3.2 per offer
Fairfield Spencer Academy	49	115	49	49	2.3 per offer
Farnsfield St Michael's Church of England Primary School	47	95	48	47	2.0 per offer
Flintham Primary School	3	17	3	3	5.7 per offer
Forest Glade Primary School	36	132	39	36	3.7 per offer
Forest Town Primary School	14	64	14	14	4.6 per offer
Gamston St Peter's CofE Primary School	15	54	16	15	3.6 per offer
Gateford Park Primary School	27	114	27	27	4.2 per offer
Gilthill Primary School	36	128	37	36	3.6 per offer
Gotham Primary School	24	39	24	24	1.6 per offer
Greasley Beauvale Primary and Nursery School	51	115	51	51	2.3 per offer
Greenwood Primary and Nursery School	59	122	60	59	2.1 per offer
Greythorn Primary School	46	187	46	45	4.1 per offer
Gunthorpe CofE Primary School	9	27	9	9	3.0 per offer
Haddon Primary and Nursery School	19	69	19	19	3.6 per offer
Haggonfields Primary and Nursery School	7	10	7	7	1.4 per offer
Halam Church of England Primary School	9	53	9	9	5.9 per offer
Hallcroft Infant and Nursery School	19	33	19	19	1.7 per offer
Harworth Church of England Academy	35	78	37	35	2.2 per offer
Hawthorne Primary and Nursery School	29	43	28	28	1.5 per offer
Healdswood Infants' and Nursery School	27	46	27	27	1.7 per offer
Heatherley Primary School	33	111	33	33	3.4 per offer
Heathlands Primary School	14	47	14	14	3.4 per offer
Hetts Lane Infant and Nursery School	34	82	34	34	2.4 per offer
Heymann Primary and Nursery School	60	229	59	59	3.8 per offer
High Oakham Primary School	69	165	69	69	2.4 per offer
Hillocks Primary Academy	21	55	21	21	2.6 per offer
Hillside Primary and Nursery School	51	157	45	45	3.1 per offer
Holgate Primary and Nursery School	35	118	31	31	3.4 per offer
Holly Hill Primary and Nursery School	22	50	22	22	2.3 per offer
Holly Primary School	35	138	35	35	3.9 per offer
Hollywell Primary School	27	85	25	25	3.1 per offer
Holy Cross Primary Catholic Voluntary Academy	26	63	26	26	2.4 per offer
Holy Family Catholic Primary School	24	52	24	24	2.2 per offer
Holy Trinity Catholic Voluntary Academy	17	43	17	17	2.5 per offer
Holy Trinity CofE Infant School	8	66	8	8	8.3 per offer
Horsendale Primary School	31	70	36	31	2.3 per offer
Hucknall Flying High Academy	59	141	70	59	2.4 per offer
Hucknall National Church of England Primary School	67	162	69	67	2.4 per offer
Huthwaite All Saints Church of England Infant and Nursery School	30	61	30	29	2.0 per offer
Intake Farm Primary School	20	72	20	20	3.6 per offer
Jacksdale Primary and Nursery School	16	31	16	16	1.9 per offer
James Peacock Infant and Nursery School	81	112	81	81	1.4 per offer
Jesse Gray Primary School	55	278	55	55	5.1 per offer
John Blow Primary School	22	36	22	22	1.6 per offer
John Clifford Primary School	35	116	35	35	3.3 per offer
John Hunt Academy	32	89	32	32	2.8 per offer
John T Rice Infant and Nursery School	48	82	48	48	1.7 per offer
Keyworth Primary and Nursery School	18	79	17	17	4.4 per offer
Kimberley Primary School	19	82	19	19	4.3 per offer
King Edward Primary School & Nursery	44	109	44	44	2.5 per offer
King Edwin Primary and Nursery School	49	112	49	49	2.3 per offer
Kingston Park Academy	31	48	31	31	1.5 per offer
Kingsway Primary School	25	80	25	25	3.2 per offer
Kinoulton Primary School	7	23	7	7	3.3 per offer
Kirkby Woodhouse School	47	93	46	46	2.0 per offer
Kirklington Primary School	9	48	8	8	5.3 per offer
Kneesall CofE Primary Academy	16	47	16	16	2.9 per offer
Lady Bay Primary School	45	111	44	44	2.5 per offer
Lake View Primary and Nursery School	25	69	25	25	2.8 per offer
Lambley Primary School	26	101	25	25	3.9 per offer
Langar CofE Primary School	11	29	11	11	2.6 per offer
Langold Dyscarr Community School	34	56	34	34	1.6 per offer
Lantern Lane Primary and Nursery School	52	110	50	50	2.1 per offer
Larkfields Infant School	43	106	41	41	2.5 per offer
Lawrence View Primary and Nursery School	32	85	33	32	2.7 per offer
Leamington Primary and Nursery Academy	64	109	63	63	1.7 per offer
Leen Mills Primary School	27	152	27	27	5.6 per offer
Leverton Church of England Academy	5	17	5	5	3.4 per offer
Linby Cum Papplewick CofE Primary School	21	77	22	21	3.7 per offer
Lowdham CofE Primary School	20	94	19	19	4.7 per offer
Lowe's Wong Infant School	45	80	45	45	1.8 per offer
Manor Park Infant and Nursery School	39	78	37	37	2.0 per offer
Mansfield Primary Academy	23	59	23	23	2.6 per offer
Mapperley Plains Primary and Nursery School	52	177	60	52	3.4 per offer
Mapplewells Primary and Nursery School	50	131	54	50	2.6 per offer
Mattersey Primary School	0	13	0	0	Not published
Maun Infant and Nursery School	34	75	34	34	2.2 per offer
Millside Spencer Academy	30	113	30	30	3.8 per offer
Misson Primary School	13	28	13	13	2.2 per offer
Misterton Primary and Nursery School	15	30	15	15	2.0 per offer
Mornington Primary School	35	75	33	33	2.1 per offer
Morven Park Primary and Nursery School	43	83	43	43	1.9 per offer
Mount CofE Primary School	15	40	15	15	2.7 per offer
Muskham Primary School	23	44	22	22	1.9 per offer
Netherfield Infant School (Welbeck Federation of Schools)	26	35	26	26	1.3 per offer
Netherfield Primary School	49	93	43	43	1.9 per offer
Nettleworth Infant and Nursery School	59	111	58	58	1.9 per offer
Newark Flying High Academy	12	30	12	12	2.5 per offer
Newstead Primary and Nursery School	7	21	7	7	3.0 per offer
Norbridge Academy	39	162	39	39	4.2 per offer
Normanton-On-Soar Primary School	2	12	2	2	6.0 per offer
North Clifton Primary School	3	6	3	3	2.0 per offer
North Wheatley Church of England Primary School	11	29	11	11	2.6 per offer
Northfield Primary and Nursery School	32	75	32	32	2.3 per offer
Norwell CofE Primary School	13	35	13	13	2.7 per offer
Oak Tree Primary School	26	40	26	26	1.5 per offer
Orchard Primary School and Nursery	41	134	40	40	3.3 per offer
Ordsall Primary School	57	90	57	57	1.6 per offer
Parkdale Primary School	52	102	52	52	2.0 per offer
Peafield Lane Academy	28	85	28	28	3.0 per offer
Phoenix Infant and Nursery School	31	78	28	28	2.5 per offer
Pierrepont Gamston Primary School	27	112	26	26	4.1 per offer
Pinewood Infant and Nursery School	46	88	43	43	1.9 per offer
Priestsic Primary and Nursery School	44	128	44	44	2.9 per offer
Prospect Hill Infant and Nursery School	38	97	38	38	2.6 per offer
Queen Eleanor Primary School	4	8	4	4	2.0 per offer
Radcliffe-on-Trent Infant and Nursery School	54	83	54	54	1.5 per offer
Rampton Primary School	9	16	9	9	1.8 per offer
Ramsden Primary School	18	75	18	18	4.2 per offer
Ranby CofE Primary School	17	41	17	17	2.4 per offer
Ranskill Primary School	14	41	14	14	2.9 per offer
Ravenshead CofE Primary School	33	84	33	33	2.5 per offer
Redlands Primary and Nursery School	25	76	25	25	3.0 per offer
Richard Bonington Primary and Nursery School	45	98	45	45	2.2 per offer
Rivendell Flying High Academy	43	116	53	43	2.7 per offer
Robert Mellors Primary Academy	26	64	26	26	2.5 per offer
Robert Miles Infant School	28	98	28	28	3.5 per offer
Rosecliffe Spencer Academy	56	152	56	56	2.7 per offer
Round Hill Primary School	61	205	61	61	3.4 per offer
Samuel Barlow Primary Academy	36	59	36	36	1.6 per offer
Selston Church of England Infant and Nursery School	22	52	19	19	2.4 per offer
Serlby Park Academy	51	82	47	47	1.6 per offer
Sir Edmund Hillary Academy	27	67	27	27	2.5 per offer
Sparken Hill Academy	57	116	57	57	2.0 per offer
Springbank Academy	27	56	29	27	2.1 per offer
St Andrew's CofE Primary and Nursery School	48	101	48	47	2.1 per offer
St Edmund Campion Catholic Primary School	30	64	30	30	2.1 per offer
St Edmund's CofE (C) Primary & Nursery School	42	105	45	42	2.5 per offer
St John's CofE Academy	63	177	63	63	2.8 per offer
St Joseph's Catholic Primary and Nursery School	30	58	30	30	1.9 per offer
St Luke's CofE (Aided) Primary School	33	56	33	32	1.7 per offer
St Mary Magdalene CofE Primary School	27	83	28	26	3.1 per offer
St Mary's Church of England Primary School, Edwinstowe	13	56	13	13	4.3 per offer
St Matthew's CofE Primary School	8	13	8	8	1.6 per offer
St Patrick's Catholic Primary School	17	54	18	17	3.2 per offer
St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy	29	68	30	29	2.3 per offer
St Peter's CofE Primary Academy, Mansfield	27	44	27	27	1.6 per offer
St Peter's CofE Primary and Nursery School	18	27	18	18	1.5 per offer
St Peter's Crosskeys CofE Academy	22	37	22	22	1.7 per offer
St Philip Neri With St Bede Catholic Voluntary Academy	59	112	59	59	1.9 per offer
St Swithun's Church of England Primary Academy	8	13	8	8	1.6 per offer
St Wilfrid's CofE Primary School	31	80	33	31	2.6 per offer
St. Joseph's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy	23	50	23	23	2.2 per offer
Standhill Infants' School	29	77	28	28	2.7 per offer
Stanhope Primary and Nursery School	22	52	22	22	2.4 per offer
Sturton CofE Primary School	7	19	7	7	2.7 per offer
Sunnyside Spencer Academy	22	67	22	22	3.0 per offer
Sutton Bonington Primary School	17	33	17	17	1.9 per offer
Sutton Road Primary School	45	78	44	44	1.7 per offer
Sutton-Cum-Lound CofE School	10	29	10	10	2.9 per offer
Sutton-On-Trent Primary and Nursery School	18	32	18	18	1.8 per offer
The Bramble Academy	9	36	7	7	4.0 per offer
The Carlton Infant Academy	42	93	42	42	2.2 per offer
The Florence Nightingale Academy	25	87	25	25	3.5 per offer
The Flying High Academy	43	93	43	43	2.2 per offer
The Good Shepherd Catholic Primary, Arnold	69	151	71	69	2.2 per offer
The King's Church of England Primary Academy	18	47	18	18	2.6 per offer
The Lanes Primary School	73	224	73	73	3.1 per offer
The Parkgate Academy	43	85	43	43	2.0 per offer
The Primary School of St Mary and St Martin	14	28	14	14	2.0 per offer
The Priory Catholic Voluntary Academy	20	42	20	20	2.1 per offer
The Python Hill Academy	38	71	38	38	1.9 per offer
The Sacred Heart Primary Catholic Voluntary Academy	19	44	19	19	2.3 per offer
The Sir Donald Bailey Academy	49	69	48	48	1.4 per offer
The St Augustine's Academy	33	69	33	33	2.1 per offer
The West Park Academy	26	43	26	26	1.7 per offer
Thoresby Vale Primary Academy	35	116	36	35	3.3 per offer
Thrumpton Primary Academy	20	66	20	20	3.3 per offer
Tollerton Primary School	23	99	22	22	4.3 per offer
Toton Banks Road Infant and Nursery School	30	99	30	30	3.3 per offer
Trent Vale Infant School	35	60	35	35	1.7 per offer
Trowell CofE Primary School	22	41	22	22	1.9 per offer
Tuxford Primary Academy	19	44	19	19	2.3 per offer
Underwood Church of England Primary School	25	67	26	24	2.7 per offer
Wadsworth Fields Primary School	31	99	30	30	3.2 per offer
Wainwright Primary Academy	38	93	38	38	2.4 per offer
Walesby CofE Primary School	9	19	8	8	2.1 per offer
Walkeringham Primary School	7	23	7	7	3.3 per offer
West Bridgford Infant School	72	259	72	72	3.6 per offer
Westdale Infant and Nursery	42	142	37	37	3.4 per offer
Westwood Infant and Nursery School	12	27	13	12	2.3 per offer
Whipman Woods Flying High Academy	32	101	33	32	3.2 per offer
William Lilley Infant and Nursery School	23	65	23	23	2.8 per offer
Willoughby Primary School	6	18	5	5	3.0 per offer
Willow Brook Primary School	33	92	36	33	2.8 per offer
Willow Farm Primary School	44	156	49	44	3.5 per offer
Winthorpe Primary School	15	41	15	15	2.7 per offer
Wood's Foundation CofE Primary School	35	87	37	35	2.5 per offer
Woodland View Primary and Nursery School	19	48	18	18	2.5 per offer
Woodthorpe Infant School	57	177	56	56	3.1 per offer
Worksop Priory Church of England Primary Academy	30	50	30	30	1.7 per offer
Wynndale Primary School	30	122	30	30	4.1 per offer

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

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Questions

When is the Nottinghamshire 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.