Apply online and changes of preferences for September 2026
Applications for primary school entry in September 2026 open at 9:00am on 1 October 2025. The statutory closing date is at 11:59pm on 15 January 2026.
Applications for primary school entry received after 15 January 2026 will only be considered after applications received on time have been processed. Late applications will be processed after 16 April 2026.
Late applicants are less likely to get a place at one of their preferred schools for their child as most schools in Birmingham fill to their published admissions numbers with on time applicants that met their admissions criteria.
List three different primary schools in order of preference.
Ensure you include details of any siblings attending your preferred school(s) in the field (box) provided for sibling details. Sibling details included in the wrong field (box), such as reasons for preference will not be counted and may prevent you from gaining a place at your preferred school. If you fill in the online application incorrectly, you are liable for not completing the form correctly, not School Admissions and Fair Access Service.
Make sure you have read the admission arrangements fully for the schools you are interested in and know how likely it is that your child will be offered a place there. It is important that you include at least one realistic preference for a school that your child would have met the criteria for in previous years.
If you have included preferences for any schools that require you to complete a supplementary information form or includes social and medical needs in the criteria and require you to send evidence, you must send the supplementary information form and/or any required supporting medical evidence directly to the school. Failure to do this may mean that your child’s application is assessed by the school under a lower criterion, and they may not be offered a place.
Do not use this application form if your child has an Education Health Care Plan (EHCP). For children with an EHCP, visit the SENAR Local Offer website.
Before you submit your application
Read the guidance below before submitting your online application.
Download Parent’s guidance to submit online application, change of preferences and password resets
Apply online
Apply online from 1 October 2025
You will receive email confirmation that you have submitted your application form. Please check this to make sure everything is correct.
Change your preferences
You can change your order of preferences right up to 11:59pm on 15 January 2026.
If you amend your preferences, you must re-submit your application form before the closing date. If you do not re-submit the form, your application will not be processed.
We will take your final submission as the application to process.
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Page last updated: 10 September 2025
