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Planned System Maintenance - Limited Service

Sunderland City Council will be carrying out planned system maintenance from 12 noon on Friday 5th June until 7am on Tuesday 9th June. During this period, we will only be able to respond to urgent enquiries. If your enquiry is not urgent, please contact us before or after these times when full services will be available. We apologise for any inconvenience caused and thank you for your understanding.

Apply for a secondary school place - September 2026

If your child's date of birth falls between 01/09/2014 and 31/08/2015, you will need to apply for a secondary school for September 2026

  • Application period - 8 September 2025 until 31 October 2025
  • If your application is received after 31 October 2025, it will reduce your chance of being offered your preferred school
  • Apply online and you will receive an email confirmation, once your application has been received
  • National Offer Day - 2 March 2026
  • If you apply online, you will receive an email confirmation about your child's school place sooner than if you apply by paper application form

Apply for a Secondary School Place - September 2026

You can request a paper application by emailing [email protected] or by contacting our Life and Family team.  Alternatively, your child's current primary school may have a copy of the application form.

We would strongly encourage parents/carers to view the admissions to secondary school booklet before completing their application. Secondary schools hold open evenings where parents/carers can visit with their children. Find out the dates of open evenings for prospective year 7 pupils.

Please note that the open evening for Academy 360 will now take place between 3.45pm and 7pm.