Sheffield 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.

Sheffield 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 Sheffield'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 (28)

School	Places offered	All applications	First preferences	First preferences offered	Applications per offer
All Saints' Catholic High School	205	426	211	174	2.1 per offer
Astrea Academy Sheffield	165	240	184	158	1.5 per offer
Bradfield Secondary School	232	429	213	213	1.8 per offer
Chaucer School	158	233	122	122	1.5 per offer
E-Act Parkwood Academy	179	270	157	157	1.5 per offer
Ecclesfield School	364	631	370	351	1.7 per offer
Fir Vale Academy	194	190	115	115	1.0 per offer
Forge Valley School & Sixth Form	268	541	274	259	2.0 per offer
Handsworth Grange Community Sports College	204	427	231	202	2.1 per offer
High Storrs School	244	795	302	242	3.3 per offer
Hinde House 2-16 Academy	209	386	234	202	1.8 per offer
King Ecgbert School	258	625	253	221	2.4 per offer
King Edward VII School	240	793	204	162	3.3 per offer
Lift Firth Park	173	279	137	137	1.6 per offer
Meadowhead School Academy Trust	339	586	345	315	1.7 per offer
Mercia School	194	1060	385	187	5.5 per offer
Newfield Secondary School	225	439	193	192	2.0 per offer
Notre Dame High School	210	488	260	199	2.3 per offer
Oasis Academy Don Valley	148	254	153	139	1.7 per offer
Outwood Academy City	237	327	191	191	1.4 per offer
Sheffield Park Academy	238	403	208	204	1.7 per offer
Sheffield Springs Academy	237	340	168	168	1.4 per offer
Silverdale School	239	859	219	190	3.6 per offer
Stocksbridge High School	141	331	137	137	2.3 per offer
Tapton School & Sixth Form	267	832	337	246	3.1 per offer
The Birley Academy	226	335	211	211	1.5 per offer
Westfield School	270	392	284	270	1.5 per offer
Yewlands Academy	179	311	172	169	1.7 per offer

Primary schools (117)

School	Places offered	All applications	First preferences	First preferences offered	Applications per offer
Abbey Lane Primary School	68	151	61	61	2.2 per offer
Abbeyfield Primary Academy	46	78	39	39	1.7 per offer
Acres Hill Community Primary School	19	32	19	19	1.7 per offer
Angram Bank Primary School	17	33	16	16	1.9 per offer
Anns Grove Primary School	59	111	58	58	1.9 per offer
Arbourthorne Community Primary School	60	110	85	59	1.8 per offer
Astrea Academy Sheffield	22	34	16	16	1.5 per offer
Athelstan Primary School	89	147	80	80	1.7 per offer
Ballifield Primary School	60	125	57	55	2.1 per offer
Bankwood Primary School	35	49	33	33	1.4 per offer
Beck Primary School	84	111	82	82	1.3 per offer
Beighton Nursery Infant School	74	95	69	69	1.3 per offer
Birley Primary Academy	56	85	52	52	1.5 per offer
Birley Spa Primary Academy	25	43	23	23	1.7 per offer
Bradfield Dungworth Primary School	13	39	13	13	3.0 per offer
Bradway Primary School	56	122	52	52	2.2 per offer
Brigantia Hill Fort Academy	43	55	42	42	1.3 per offer
Brightside Nursery Infant School	60	88	58	58	1.5 per offer
Broomhill Infant School	28	111	25	25	4.0 per offer
Brunswick Community Primary School	57	90	51	51	1.6 per offer
Byron Wood Primary Academy	29	49	28	28	1.7 per offer
Carfield Primary School	47	106	44	44	2.3 per offer
Charnock Hall Primary Academy	59	117	63	56	2.0 per offer
Clifford All Saints CofE Primary School	9	29	9	9	3.2 per offer
Coit Primary School	30	83	29	28	2.8 per offer
Dobcroft Nursery Infant School	90	195	101	89	2.2 per offer
Dore Primary School	55	138	50	50	2.5 per offer
E-ACT Pathways Academy	34	54	29	29	1.6 per offer
Ecclesall Primary School	74	214	70	70	2.9 per offer
Ecclesfield Primary School	49	98	48	48	2.0 per offer
Emmaus Catholic and CofE Primary School	41	68	40	40	1.7 per offer
Fox Hill Primary	17	34	16	16	2.0 per offer
Gleadless Primary School	47	89	46	46	1.9 per offer
Greengate Lane Academy	20	30	20	20	1.5 per offer
Greenhill Primary School	65	121	63	63	1.9 per offer
Grenoside Community Primary School	50	100	58	50	2.0 per offer
Halfway Nursery Infant School	48	90	39	39	1.9 per offer
Hallam Nursery & Primary School	90	173	92	90	1.9 per offer
Hartley Brook Primary School	53	96	52	52	1.8 per offer
Hatfield Academy	45	87	43	43	1.9 per offer
High Green Primary School	30	62	32	30	2.1 per offer
High Hazels Nursery Infant Academy	82	115	82	82	1.4 per offer
Hillsborough Nursery & Primary School	36	85	35	35	2.4 per offer
Hinde House 2-16 Academy	51	87	50	50	1.7 per offer
Holt House Infant School	48	113	43	43	2.4 per offer
Hucklow Primary School	60	86	63	60	1.4 per offer
Intake Primary School	52	94	47	47	1.8 per offer
Lound Infant School	33	89	33	33	2.7 per offer
Lowedges Primary Academy	29	56	28	28	1.9 per offer
Lower Meadow Primary School	30	42	28	28	1.4 per offer
Lowfield Community Primary School	35	94	35	35	2.7 per offer
Loxley Primary School	30	117	35	30	3.9 per offer
Lydgate Infant School	78	196	74	74	2.5 per offer
Malin Bridge Primary School	75	174	74	73	2.3 per offer
Manor Lodge Community Primary and Nursery School	59	100	49	49	1.7 per offer
Mansel Primary	41	64	37	37	1.6 per offer
Marlcliffe Community Primary School	48	117	47	47	2.4 per offer
Meersbrook Bank Primary School	30	96	30	29	3.2 per offer
Meynell Nursery & Primary School	44	73	43	43	1.7 per offer
Monteney Primary School	47	72	47	47	1.5 per offer
Mosborough Primary School	61	163	82	61	2.7 per offer
Mundella Primary School	60	154	66	57	2.6 per offer
Nether Edge Primary School	60	150	65	58	2.5 per offer
Nether Green Infant School	52	161	49	49	3.1 per offer
Netherthorpe Primary School	30	70	46	29	2.3 per offer
Norfolk Community Primary School	47	84	35	35	1.8 per offer
Norton Free Church of England Primary School	30	84	37	28	2.8 per offer
Oasis Academy Don Valley	40	81	40	40	2.0 per offer
Oasis Academy Fir Vale	35	49	34	34	1.4 per offer
Oasis Academy Watermead	51	75	47	47	1.5 per offer
Oughtibridge Primary School	60	101	64	60	1.7 per offer
Owler Brook Primary School	28	39	28	28	1.4 per offer
Parson Cross Church of England Primary School	23	40	20	20	1.7 per offer
Phillimore Community Primary School	32	62	31	31	1.9 per offer
Pipworth Community Primary School	48	73	42	42	1.5 per offer
Porter Croft Church of England Primary Academy	21	49	21	21	2.3 per offer
Prince Edward Primary School	60	130	65	54	2.2 per offer
Pye Bank CofE Primary School	46	65	45	45	1.4 per offer
Rainbow Forge Primary Academy	34	57	33	33	1.7 per offer
Reignhead Primary School	20	38	20	20	1.9 per offer
Rivelin Primary School	30	101	28	28	3.4 per offer
Royd Nursery and Infant School	47	68	46	46	1.4 per offer
Sacred Heart School, A Catholic Voluntary Academy	22	37	22	22	1.7 per offer
Shortbrook Primary School	12	18	12	12	1.5 per offer
Southey Green Nursery & Primary School	78	98	71	71	1.3 per offer
Springfield Primary School	30	62	25	24	2.1 per offer
St Ann's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy	10	20	10	10	2.0 per offer
St Catherine's Catholic Primary School	60	126	78	60	2.1 per offer
St John Fisher Primary, A Catholic Voluntary Academy	30	47	33	29	1.6 per offer
St Joseph's Primary School	30	75	39	28	2.5 per offer
St Marie's School, A Catholic Voluntary Academy	30	71	39	30	2.4 per offer
St Mary's Church of England Primary School	14	41	12	12	2.9 per offer
St Mary's Primary School, A Catholic Voluntary Academy	19	36	18	18	1.9 per offer
St Patrick's Catholic Voluntary Academy	31	65	30	30	2.1 per offer
St Theresa's Catholic Primary School	30	69	41	29	2.3 per offer
St Thomas More Catholic Primary, A Voluntary Academy	30	67	35	30	2.2 per offer
St Thomas of Canterbury School, a Catholic Voluntary Academy	22	43	21	21	2.0 per offer
St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School	30	70	31	29	2.3 per offer
Stannington Infant School	59	97	59	59	1.6 per offer
Stocksbridge Nursery Infant School	43	67	42	42	1.6 per offer
Stradbroke Primary School	58	101	56	56	1.7 per offer
Tinsley Meadows Primary School	82	82	81	81	1.0 per offer
Totley All Saints Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School	30	102	31	27	3.4 per offer
Totley Primary School	60	155	69	60	2.6 per offer
Walkley Primary School	60	98	60	59	1.6 per offer
Watercliffe Meadow Community Primary School	60	97	72	57	1.6 per offer
Waterthorpe Infant School	31	48	31	31	1.5 per offer
Westways Primary School	65	139	62	62	2.1 per offer
Wharncliffe Side Primary School and Nursery	18	41	17	17	2.3 per offer
Whiteways Primary School	33	53	31	31	1.6 per offer
Windmill Hill Primary School	33	74	32	32	2.2 per offer
Wisewood Nursery & Primary School	24	64	23	23	2.7 per offer
Woodhouse West Primary School	35	51	34	34	1.5 per offer
Woodlands Primary School	53	79	48	48	1.5 per offer
Woodseats Primary School	41	108	39	39	2.6 per offer
Woodthorpe Primary School	41	59	35	35	1.4 per offer
Wybourn Community Primary & Nursery School	51	77	51	51	1.5 per offer

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

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Questions

When is the Sheffield 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.