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 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 16 May 2025:

  • Aberford 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 Church of England Primary School
  • Broadgate Primary School
  • Brodetsky Primary School
  • Brudenell Primary School
  • Burley St Matthias' Church of England 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
  • 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
  • Meadowfield Primary School
  • 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 Church of England 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
  • Spring Bank Primary School
  • SS Peter and Paul Catholic Primary 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 16 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 16 May 2025:

  • Benton Park School
  • Bishop Young Church Of England Academy
  • Brigshaw High School and Language College
  • Bruntcliffe Academy
  • Corpus Christi Catholic College
  • 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.

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, download: 

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.

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 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
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
June to July 2025 Appeals heard by independent appeal panels
September 2025 Start primary school
Secondary school timeline
3 March 2025
 Offer day
17 March 2025 First cut off for changes to be made before our first reallocation of places and deadline for accepting offers
1 April 2025 Deadline for submitting an appeal to ensure the appeal hearing will be before September
April to August 2025 Places allocated from waiting lists
May to July 2025 Appeals heard by independent appeal panels
September 2025
 Start secondary school