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Transfer to Junior School Admissions
Transfer to junior school for September 2025 Entry
Junior school applications for September 2025 open on the 6th November 2024 and close on the 15th January 2025. If you applied, the Local Authority will offer you a school place on the 16th April 2025 (National Offer Day).
Late Applications:
If your child is due to start junior school in September 2025 and you haven’t applied, you can make a late application by completing a paper application form. Request a paper application form by using the Local Authority general enquiry form.
When children transfer to junior school:
Junior schools are for 7 to 11 years old (school years 3 to 6). Your child is due to transfer to junior school when they are in their last year (year 2) at infant school. You need to apply for a junior school place for September 2025 if:
- Your child currently goes to an infant school, and
- They were born between 1st September 2017 and 31st August 2018
Children in year 2 at a primary school are not ‘due to transfer’ to a junior school. However, you can still apply for transfer to junior school if your child is in year 2 at a primary school. Your application will be given lower priority than applications from children at infant schools.
When you get your school offer:
If you applied for transfer to a junior school for September 2025, the Local Authority will offer you a school place on the 16th April 2025 (National Offer Day).
- If you applied online, you will be able to see the offer in your admissions account online from 8.30am on the 16th April 2025. The Local Authority will also send you the offer by email.
- If you completed a paper application form, the Local Authority will send your school offer by post. The Local Authority send offer letters by 2nd class post on the 16th April 2025.
The Local Authority will inform the Principal of the school that your child has a place. The school will contact you with further information.
Waiting lists:
If your child is not offered a place, their name will be added to a waiting list for the school in case a place becomes available. Waiting lists are maintained for oversubscribed schools until the 31st December 2025.
Transfer to junior school admission timetable for September 2025 entry
- Applications open – 6th November 2024
- Applications close - 15th January 2025
- National Offer Day (when you get your school offer) - 16th April 2025
- Appeals closing date - 26th May 2025
- Appeal hearings take place - June/July 2025
Further Information: Norfolk County Council Admissions
