Offer day and what happens next

Find out which school place you have been offered, and what to do after the offer.

If your child did not get a place at the school you wanted for September 2026

If your child did not qualify for a place at any of your preferred schools, they will be offered a place at their closest school with available places.

Read an example of how an admissions policy works
Example

Sam applies to Big town Primary as their first preference school. Sam's child is not offered a place there, even though their home is inside the school’s catchment area.

There were more applications than places so the school used their admissions policy to decide who to give places to. Thirty places were available:

  • two places went to children who are fostered (priority 1)
  • twenty places went to children with a brother or sister at the school (priority 2)
  • the remaining eight places went to children who live in the catchment area but live closer to the school than Sam and their child (priority 3)

Instead, Sam was offered a place at their second preference of Small town Primary which had 30 places available:

  • five places went to children who have a brother or sister at the school (priority 2)
  • 20 places went to children who live inside the catchment area (priority 3)
  • the remaining five places went to children who live near the school but outside the catchment area, including Sam’s child (priority 4)

You also have the option to:

Check which primary schools still have places

A list of schools with places for September 2026 as of 16 April:

  • Aberford C of E Primary School
  • Alder Tree Primary Academy
  • Allerton Church Of England Primary School
  • Alwoodley Primary School
  • Armley Park Primary School
  • Ashfield Primary School
  • Asquith Primary School
  • Bankside Primary School
  • Bardsey Primary Academy
  • Barwick In Elmet C of E Primary School
  • Beechwood Primary School
  • Beeston Primary School
  • Blackgates Primary Academy
  • Bracken Edge Primary School
  • Bramham Primary School
  • Bramley Park Academy
  • Bramley St Peter's C of E Primary School
  • Broadgate Primary School
  • Brodetsky Primary School
  • Brudenell Primary School
  • Burley St Matthias' C of E Primary School
  • Carlton Primary School
  • Castleton Primary School
  • Christ Church Upper Armley C of E Primary School
  • Christ The King Catholic Primary School
  • Clapgate Primary School
  • Cobden Primary School
  • Cockburn Haigh Road Academy
  • Cockburn Ingram Road Academy
  • Cookridge Holy Trinity C of E Primary School
  • Co-Op Academy Beckfield
  • Co-Op Academy Brownhill
  • Co-Op Academy Nightingale
  • Co-Op Academy Oakwood
  • Co-Op Academy Woodlands
  • Dixons Trinity Chapeltown - Through School
  • Drighlington Primary School
  • East Ardsley Primary Academy
  • East Garforth Primary Academy
  • Ebor Gardens Primary School
  • Elements Primary Free School
  • Farsley Westroyd Primary School
  • Fieldhead Carr Primary School
  • Five Lanes Primary School
  • Fountain Primary School
  • Gildersome Primary School
  • Grange Farm Primary School
  • Green Lane Primary Academy
  • Greenhill Primary School
  • Guiseley Primary School
  • Harehills Primary School
  • Hawksworth Church of England Primary School
  • Hawksworth Wood Primary School
  • Hillcrest Academy
  • Hollybush Primary School
  • Holy Name Catholic Voluntary Academy
  • Holy Rosary And St Anne's Catholic Primary School
  • Holy Trinity Church Of England Academy, Rothwell
  • Horsforth Newlaithes Primary School
  • Hovingham Primary School
  • Hugh Gaitskell Primary School
  • Hunslet Carr Primary School
  • Hunslet Moor Primary School
  • Ireland Wood Primary School
  • Iveson Primary School
  • Kerr Mackie Primary School
  • Kippax Ash Tree Primary School
  • Kirkstall Valley Primary School
  • Lady Elizabeth Hastings CofE Primary School (Ledston)
  • Lane End Primary School
  • Lift Cottingley
  • Little London Academy
  • Low Road Primary School
  • Manston St James Primary Academy
  • Meadowfield Primary School
  • Methley Primary School
  • Micklefield C Of E Primary Academy
  • Middleton Primary School
  • Middleton St Mary's CofE Primary School
  • Moor Allerton Hall Primary School
  • New Bewerley Community School
  • Ninelands Primary School
  • Otley All Saints CofE Primary School
  • Otley The Whartons Primary School
  • Oulton Primary School
  • Our Lady of Good Counsel Catholic Primary School
  • Park Spring Primary School
  • Parklands Primary School
  • Pool-in-Wharfedale CofE Primary School
  • Primley Wood Primary School
  • Primrose Lane Primary School
  • Pudsey Bolton Royd Primary School
  • Pudsey Waterloo Primary School
  • Quarry Mount Primary School
  • Queensway Primary School
  • Raynville Academy
  • Richmond Hill Academy
  • Robin Hood Primary School
  • Rosebank Primary School
  • Rothwell Primary School
  • Rothwell St Mary's Catholic Primary School
  • Rufford Park Primary School
  • Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School
  • Scholes (Elmet) Primary School
  • Seacroft Grange Primary School
  • Seven Hills Primary School
  • Shadwell Primary School
  • Shakespeare Primary School
  • Sharp Lane Primary School
  • Southroyd Primary and Nursery School
  • Spring Bank Primary School
  • St Augustine's Catholic Primary School
  • St Bartholomew's CofE Primary School
  • St Benedict's Catholic Primary School
  • St Edward's Catholic Primary School, Boston Spa
  • St Francis Of Assisi Catholic Primary School
  • St Josephs Catholic Primary School, Hunslet
  • St Josephs Catholic Primary School, Pudsey
  • St Margaret's CofE Primary School
  • St Marys Church Of England Primary Academy
  • St Matthew's Church of England Primary School
  • St Oswald's Church of England Primary School
  • St Patrick's Catholic Primary School
  • St Paul's Catholic Primary School
  • St Peter's Church of England Primary School
  • St Urban's Catholic Primary School
  • Stanningley Primary School
  • Summerfield Primary School
  • Swarcliffe Primary School
  • Swillington Primary Academy
  • Swinnow Primary School
  • Temple Learning Academy - Through School
  • Templenewsam Halton Primary School
  • Thorner Church Of England Primary School
  • Thorpe Primary School
  • Valley View Primary School
  • Victoria Primary Academy
  • Westbrook Lane Primary School
  • Westgate Primary School
  • Westwood Primary School
  • Wetherby St James' CofE Primary School
  • Whinmoor St Paul's CofE Primary School
  • Whitecote Primary School
  • Windmill Primary School
  • Woodlesford Primary School
  • Wykebeck Primary School
  • Yeadon Westfield Infant School
Check which junior schools still have places

A list of schools with places for September 2026 as of 16 April:

  • Rothwell Victoria Junior School
Check which secondary schools still have places

A list of schools with places for September 2026 as of 2 April:

  • Benton Park School
  • Brigshaw High School and Language College
  • Co-op Academy Priesthorpe
  • Corpus Christi Catholic College
  • Crawshaw Academy
  • Dixons Unity Academy
  • Lawnswood School
  • Leeds East Academy
  • Leeds West Academy
  • Oulton Academy
  • Ralph Thoresby School
  • Temple Learning Academy 
  • Wetherby High School
  • Woodkirk Academy
Automatic waiting lists and how to apply to make or amend an application

You will automatically be added to the waiting list of any Leeds schools you preferenced that are higher on your application list than the place you were offered.
Find out about how to remove your child from a waiting list and how to apply or amend an application.

Make an appeal

If you are unhappy with your offer, you can make an appeal. In the meantime, you should accept the school place you have been offered. This will not affect your appeal.

You can see how places were allocated at each school by finding the 'Last child offered a place' on our check a school's admissions details tool. 

Alternatively, you can:

When is offer day 2026

All schools in England make their offers on the same days.

Reception and junior places

Reception and junior places at primary school (September 2026) are offered on Thursday 16 April 2026.

If you want your child to start Reception part-time or at a later date, you should speak to your school.

Year 7 places

Year 7 places at secondary school (September 2026) are offered on Monday 2 March 2026.

If your child has an EHC plan, they will receive their school place offer when it is named in the final amended plan.

Find out which school place you have been offered

If you applied on our portal, you will be sent an email with your offer. This should arrive by midday on offer day.

You can also log into our online application portal. You will need your email address and password.

If you applied for a school place by paper form, you will receive an offer letter in the post (a few days after offer day).

Accepting your offer

You need to accept your offer with the school directly. You can find their contact details on our school details tool.

You must accept the offer by the deadline given in the offer email or letter. Otherwise, it may be withdrawn and the place given to someone else.

You should accept your offer even if your child is on waiting lists or you decide to appeal (this will not affected either process)

Offer day timeline

Primary school timeline
16 April 2026 Offer day
30 April 2026 First cut off for changes to be made before our first reallocation of places and deadline for accepting offers
15 May 2026 Deadline for submitting an appeal to ensure the appeal hearing will be before September
May to August 2026 Places allocated from waiting lists
June to July 2026 Appeals heard by independent appeal panels
September 2026 Start primary school
Secondary school timeline
2 March 2026 Offer day
20 March 2026 First cut off for changes to be made before our first reallocation of places and deadline for accepting offers
31 March 2026 Deadline for submitting an appeal to ensure the appeal hearing will be before September
April to August 2026 Places allocated from waiting lists
May to July 2026 Appeals heard by independent appeal panels
September 2026 Start secondary school