If your child did not get a place at the school you wanted for September 2025
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
Primary schools with reception spaces or a short waiting list as of 9 May 2025:
Aberford Church of England Primary School
Adel St John The Baptist Church of England Primary School
Alder Tree Primary Academy
All Saints Richmond Hill C Of E Primary School
Allerton Bywater Primary School
Allerton Church Of England Primary School
Armley Park Primary School
Ashfield Primary School
Asquith Primary School
Bankside Primary School
Barwick In Elmet Church Of England Primary School
Beechwood Primary School
Beeston Primary School
Birchfield Primary School
Bracken Edge Primary School
Bramham Primary School
Bramley Park Academy
Bramley St Peter's Cof E Primary School
Broadgate Primary School
Brodetsky Primary School
Brudenell Primary School
Burley St Matthias' CofE Primary School
Calverley Church of England Primary School
Carlton Primary School
Castleton Primary School
Christ Church Upper Armley CofE Primary School
Christ The King Catholic Primary School
Churwell Primary School
Clapgate Primary School
Cobden Primary School
Cockburn Haigh Road Academy
Cookridge Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School
Co-Op Academy Beckfield
Co-Op Academy Brownhill
Co-Op Academy Nightingale
Co-Op Academy Oakwood
Co-Op Academy Woodlands
Corpus Christi Catholic Primary School
Cottingley Primary Academy
Dixons Trinity Chapeltown
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
Fountain Primary School
Gildersome Primary School
Gledhow Primary School
Grange Farm Primary School
Green Lane Primary Academy
Greenhill Primary School
Grimes Dyke 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
Hovingham Primary School
Hugh Gaitskell Primary School
Hunslet Carr Primary School
Hunslet Moor Primary School
Immaculate Heart Of Mary Catholic Primary School
Ingram Road Primary School
Ireland Wood Primary School
Iveson Primary School
Kippax Ash Tree Primary School
Kirkstall Valley Primary School
Lady Elizabeth Hastings CofE Primary School, Thorp Arch
Lane End Primary School
Little London Academy
Low Road Primary School
Manston Primary School
Manston St James Primary Academy
Micklefield C Of E Primary Academy
Middleton Primary School
Middleton St Mary's Church of England Primary School
Moor Allerton Hall Primary School
Morley Newlands Academy
New Bewerley Community School
Ninelands Primary School
Otley All Saints Church of England Primary School
Otley The Whartons Primary School
Oulton Primary School
Our Lady of Good Counsel Catholic Primary School
Park Spring Primary School
Park View Primary Academy
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
Rawdon Littlemoor Primary School
Rawdon St Peter's Church of England Primary School
Raynville Academy
Richmond Hill Academy
Robin Hood Primary School
Rosebank Primary School
Rothwell St Mary's Catholic Primary School
Rufford Park Primary School
Ryecroft Academy
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
St Augustine's Catholic Primary School
St Bartholomew's Church of England Primary School
St Benedict's Catholic Primary School
St Edward's Catholic Primary School, Boston Spa
St Francis Catholic Primary School, Morley
St Francis Of Assisi Catholic Primary School
St Josephs Catholic Primary School, Hunslet
St Josephs Catholic Primary School, Otley
St Josephs Catholic Primary School, Pudsey
St Josephs Catholic Primary School, Wetherby
St Margaret's Church of England Primary School
St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Horsforth
St Mary's CofE Primary School, Boston Spa
St Marys Church Of England Primary Academy
St Matthew's Church of England Primary School
St Nicholas' Catholic Primary School
St Oswald's Church of England Primary School
St Paul's Catholic Primary School
Stanningley Primary School
Strawberry Fields Primary School
Summerfield Primary School
Swarcliffe Primary School
Swillington Primary Academy
Swinnow Primary School
Temple Learning Academy
Thorner Church Of England Primary School
Tranmere Park Primary School
Valley View Primary School
Westerton Primary Academy
Westgate Primary School
Westwood Primary School
Wetherby St James' Church of England Primary School
Whinmoor St Paul's Church of England Primary School
White Laith Primary School
Whitecote Primary School
Woodlesford Primary School
Wykebeck Primary School
Yeadon Westfield Infant School
Check which junior schools still have places
Junior schools with year 3 spaces or a short waiting list as of 9 May 2025:
- Rothwell Victoria Junior School
- Yeadon Westfield Junior School
Check which secondary schools still have places
Secondary schools with year 7 spaces or a short waiting list as of 9 May 2025:
Benton Park School
Bishop Young Church Of England Academy
Brigshaw High School and Language College
Bruntcliffe Academy
Corpus Christi Catholic College, A Voluntary Academy
Crawshaw Academy
Dixons Unity Academy
John Smeaton Academy
Lawnswood School
Leeds City Academy
Leeds West Academy
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.
When is offer day 2025
All schools in England make their offers on the same days.
Reception and junior places
Reception and junior places at primary school (September 2025) are offered on Wednesday 16 April 2025.
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 2025) are offered on Monday 3 March 2025.
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've 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.
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 2025 |
Offer day |
| 30 April 2025 |
First cut off for changes to be made before our first reallocation of places and deadline for accepting offers
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| 20 May 2025 |
Deadline for submitting an appeal to ensure the appeal hearing will be before September
|
| May to August 2025 |
Places allocated from waiting lists
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| June to July 2025 |
Appeals heard by independent appeal panels
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| September 2025 |
Start primary school
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Secondary school timeline
3 March 2025
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Offer day |
| 17 March 2025 |
First cut off for changes to be made before our first reallocation of places and deadline for accepting offers
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| 1 April 2025 |
Deadline for submitting an appeal to ensure the appeal hearing will be before September
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| April to August 2025 |
Places allocated from waiting lists
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| May to July 2025 |
Appeals heard by independent appeal panels
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September 2025
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Start secondary school
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