Policies for the 2018/19 school year

The following documents relate to the 2018/19 school year. Please note that some documents found below may be in their draft (pre-determined) form. Some documents will apply to more than one school, and where this is the case, it is clearly stated.

Coordinated Admissions Schemes

There are 3 Coordinated Admissions Schemes - each scheme provides details of how applications for entry into Primary (Reception), Junior (Year 3) and Secondary (Year 7) schools will be coordinated for all schools by the Local Authority, including key dates on coordinating with other local authorities.

Admissions policies

Community and Voluntary Controlled schools

The following admissions policies apply to those schools where the City of York Council is the admissions authority - that is all Community and Voluntary Controlled schools within the City of York area.

Academy and Voluntary Aided schools

There are 16 Admissions Policies for Academy or Voluntary Aided Schools - some schools have their own admissions policy, and some share a policy. For example, non-church schools within the same Academy trust. Each policy will make clear to which school(s) it applies.

Year 12

There are 5 Admissions Policies for Post-16/Year 12 entry - each school has a separate admissions policy.

Other documents

Published Admission Numbers

The following file contains published admission numbers for all state-funded primary, infant, junior and secondary schools in the City of York area who admit children at the start of either Reception, Year 3, Year 7 or Year 12 as the normal year of entry.

Catchment areas

Many admissions policies refer to catchment areas. You can find details of Primary and Secondary catchment areas in our online maps or in the Guide to School Catchment Areas.

Application Forms

Where an application is for a specific type of place, for example a place in a ballot, or on the grounds of religion or belief, a Supplementary Information Form will be required.

View all policies, schemes and forms

Consultation

Following consultation between October and December 2016, the admissions policies, published admission numbers and related documents for schools in the City of York area have now been determined. These documents relate to how admissions applications and decisions will be made for the 2018-2019 school year.

The consultation was a joint exercise between all admissions authorities in York, including:

  • the City of York Council on behalf of community and voluntary controlled schools
  • the governing bodies of voluntary aided schools
  • the academy trusts of (single) academies
  • the trust board of multi-academy trusts

The closing date for comments was Friday 16 December 2016. Admissions authorities will have determined their arrangements by 28 February 2017. View all policies, schemes and forms.

The City of York Council determined its admission arrangements on 24 January 2017. The determination notice provides further details of the admission arrangements for which the council is the admissions authority.

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