Year Six parents - the deadline has now passed for applications to secondary school. The deadline was Thursday 31st October.
Applications must have been submitted to the local authority by this date to be considered as ‘on time’ along with all supporting evidence.
Please read the following information, taken from https://www.blackburn.gov.uk/schools-and-education/school-admissions/apply-secondary-school
Applications received after 31 October 2024 but on or before 27 January 2025 may be accepted and included in the main process in time for offers to be made on 3 March 2025, but only if they are late for a good reason. Evidence of the reason for lateness must be included in writing with the application. Each case is decided on its own merits.
Where the reason given for lateness is judged not to be a good reason, or the application is received after 27 January 2025 but before 3 March 2025, it will be processed only after the allocations procedure for all ‘on-time’ applications has been completed. If a place cannot be offered at one of the preferred schools, a place will be allocated at the nearest school, or one within a reasonable travelling distance to the child’s home with a vacancy.