Admission arrangements

All schools and academies in Northumberland must formally agree their admission arrangements for the 2024/2025 academic year.

All schools and academies in Northumberland must formally agree their admission arrangements for the 2025/2026 academic year.

Northumberland County Council's admission arrangements for community and voluntary controlled schools and the co-ordinated admission scheme that applies to all schools and academies in Northumberland can be viewed here:
 
Any person or body has a right to object to admission arrangements. 

You can only object if a school's number of places available has been reduced. 
However, governing bodies of community or voluntary controlled schools can also make an objection if the number of places for their school has not changed, or has increased.

Objections should be sent to:

Office of the Schools Adjudicator
Mowden Hall
Staindrop Road
Darlington
DL3 9BG
 
 
It is not a statutory requirement for local authorities to consult upon their home to school transport policy, however, in Northumberland we believe it is good practice to seek the views of all stakeholders. 

A consultation of the School Transport Policy for Children of Compulsory School Age - September 2024 can be found here. This consultation period will run from 4 November 2024 until 16 December 2024. If you would like to express any views regarding this policy, please send them to the School Admissions mailbox: schooladmissions@northumberland.gov.uk
 
.Whitley Memorial CE Primary School s consulting on changing its admissions arrangements for application for places in Reception for September 2023.  Follow the links below for further information:

Admissions Consultation
School Admissions Policy 2023/2024

Link to further information




 
Tritlington First School is consulting on on its current admissions policy. Please see details of this below:

Letter to parents
Admission Arrangements - September 2026
 
WISE Academies are consulting on their admissions policies for Croftway Academy, Malvin's Close Academy and Morpth Road Academy. Please see details below:

Croftway Academy
Malvin's Close Academy
Morpeth Road Academy
St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School are consulting on changing its admissions arrangements for application for places in Reception for September 2026. Further information can be found below:

St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School - admission consultation letter