The admissions policies, published admission numbers and related documents for schools in the City of York area advise how admissions applications and decisions will be made for the 2023 to 2024 school year.
Some documents will apply to more than one school where the policy applies to Community and Voluntary Controlled schools and schools within a Multi Academy Trust. The schools to which the policy applies are listed in the policy.
Coordinated Admissions Schemes
There are 3 Coordinated Admissions Schemes.
Each Scheme explains how the Local Authority will coordinate applications for entry into Reception, Year 3 and Year 7 for all schools (including key dates on coordinating with other local authorities):
- Primary and Infant Schools for Reception - 2023-2024 entry
- Junior Schools for Year 3 - 2023-2024 entry
- Secondary Schools for Year 7 - 2023-2024 entry
Admissions policies
Community and Voluntary Controlled schools
These admissions policies apply to Community and Voluntary Controlled (CVC) schools within the City of York area (that is, where the City of York Council is the admissions authority):
- Primary and Infant Schools for Reception - 2023-2024 entry
- Secondary Schools for Year 7 - 2023-2024 entry
Note: A policy is not required for Year 3 this year, as we don't currently have any CVC junior schools.
Academy and Voluntary Aided schools
These are the admissions policies for Academy or Voluntary Aided Schools. If any Academy policy is missing below, please check the Academy or school website
All Academy and Voluntary Aided Schools have amended their admission policies in line with the School Admissions Code 2021.
- All Saints RC School 2023-2024
- Archbishop Holgate's School 2023-2024
- Ebor Academy Trust 2023-2024
- Heworth CE School 2023-2024
- Hope Sentamu Learning Trust 2023-2024
- Huntington Primary School 2023-2024
- Manor Church of England Academy 2023-2024
- Our Lady Queen of Martyrs 2023-2024
- Pathfinder MAT 2023-2024
- South Bank MAT 2023-2024
- South York MAT 2023-2024
- St Aelred's RC School 2023-2024
- St Lawrence's CE School 2023-2024
- St.Georges RC School 2023-2024
- St. Wilfrid's RC School 2023-2024
Some schools have their own admissions policy, and some share a policy - for example, non-church schools within the same Academy trust (it's apparent from each policy which school(s) are covered).
Note: Recently converted academies may not be listed here, as they'll be covered by the Community and Voluntary Controlled policy in place before they became an academy.
Year 12
There are 5 admissions policies for Post-16/Year 12 entry.
Each school has a separate admissions policy:
- All Saints' Roman Catholic School 2023-2024
- Archbishop Holgate's Church of England School 2023-2024
- Fulford School 2023-2024
- Huntington School 2023-2024
- The Joseph Rowntree School 2023-2024
Published Admission Numbers
See the published 2022-2023 schools admission numbers for state-funded schools in the City of York area:
- infant
- junior
- primary
- secondary
These schools admit children at the start of either Reception, Year 3, Year 7 or Year 12 as the normal year of entry.
Supplementary Information Forms
You'll require a Supplementary Information Form (SIF) when you need to apply for a specific type of school place, for example:
- a place in a ballot
- on the grounds of religion or belief
If the Supplementary Information Form is not listed below please contact the school directly.
- All Saints RC School - 2023-2024 SIF
- Archbishop Holgate's School - 2023-2024 SIF
- Heworth CE School - 2023-2024 SIF
- Our Lady Queen of Martyrs - 2023-2024 SIF
- St Aelred's RC School - 2023-2024 SIF
- St Lawrence's CE School - 2023-2024 SIF
- St. George's RC School - 2023-2024 SIF
- St. Wilfrid's RC School - 2023-2024 SIF
Other related documents
The following documents don't only relate to the 2023-2024 school year, but have been recently updated:
- Delayed and Deferred Admission to Primary School
- In Year Coordinated Admissions Scheme
- In Year Admissions Policy for Community and Voluntary Controlled Schools
- Out of Cohort - guidance for schools
- Primary Fair Access Protocols 2021 to 2022
- Secondary Fair Access Protocols 2021 to 2022
- Elective Home Education Policy 2021 onwards
School admissions Determination Notice
Following consultation, all admission authorities must formally set ('determine') their admission arrangements by 28 February 2022 in line with the School Admissions Code 2021 (GOV.UK).
The Determination Notice contains details of the decision made by the Director of Prevention Commissioning and Education to determine the arrangements for Community and Voluntary Controlled schools.