Please read these important notes before making your online
application at the bottom of the page.
Suffolk County Council's website has lots of useful information
about applying for a school place in the school year starting
September 2009. We recommend that you read this information
before making your online application, as it contains details about
how we offer places and what our admissions oversubscription
criteria are, as well as statistical information about schools in
Suffolk. All this information can also be found in the
booklets:-
'Schools in Suffolk - Your guide to primary, junior and middle
school admissions for 2009-2010' (PDF 2355kb)
and
'Schools in Suffolk - Your guide to upper/high school admissions
for 2009-2010 (PDF 3832kb)
You may also wish to look at
DCSF EduBase for details
of all schools in England and Wales and the
Ofsted website for school
inspection reports.
Who can use the online application?
Parent/carers wishing to apply for a place for their
child in the NORMAL ENTRY YEAR of a school
can use the online facility. For applications outside the
normal admissions round please refer to our
main admissions page.
Primary, Junior and
Middle school applications - Parents/carers,
regardless of where they live can apply for a Suffolk school using
this facility. If you want to apply for a place at an
Infant, Primary or Middle school outside
Suffolk, you should make an online application to the
council responsible for schools in that area by that council's
closing date.
Upper and High school
applications - Parents/carers with children who are
'ordinarily resident' in, or moving to Suffolk, should use this
facility to apply both for schools in Suffolk and schools located
outside Suffolk. If you do not live in Suffolk and wish to
apply for a Suffolk school, please apply through your home
council. All councils liaise with each other
regarding upper/high school applications under the
co-ordinated scheme.
When can I use the online application?
| School |
Online application facility
open |
Offer date |
| Upper and High |
Between 1 September 2008 and 7 November 2008 |
2 March 2009
|
| Primary, Junior and Middle |
Between 1 September 2008 and 30 January 2009 |
21 April 2009 |
|
|
|
PLEASE NOTE ON THE CLOSING DATES OF 7 NOVEMBER 2008 AND 30
JANUARY 2009 THE ONLINE FACILITY WILL CLOSE AT 10
P.M.
If we receive two applications before the closing date, the
application submitted nearest to the closing date will be taken as
your final decision.
If you submit an online application please do not make an
additional paper CAF1 application before the closing date.
You will be able to amend your online application up to 10 p.m. on
the relevant closing date. Any changes after the closing date
will have to be made on a paper CAF1 application and sent to your
local area admissions team. These will be regarded as second
applications and will be processed in the same way as late
applications. Download
CAF 1 (PDF 1101kb) here.
Notes to help you complete the online application
You may have received a unique identifier (UID) for your child
in a letter sent via your child's current school.
If you have a UID, please use it. It will save you
time. By using the UID much of your child's personal
information will already be completed for you.
Don't worry if you do not have a UID. Just click on the No
UID? box to continue.
If you require information on schools please contact your local
area admissions team.
Contact details.
Once you have submitted your online application you will receive an
e-mail confirmation by return.
You may submit, or make changes to, applications up to the
published closing dates.
However, any changes made may result in the application
becoming unsubmitted (even if you decide you do not want to save
your changes). Please ensure that you click on the 'RESUBMIT'
button so that the applications remains submitted. You will
receive an email confirmation every time you submit or resubmit an
application.
Please refer to our
Guidance Notes (PDF 691kb) for more information.
The outcome of your application will be emailed to you (if you have
asked to receive notification by email) and your offer of a school
place will be sent to you by first class post on the offer dates
above.
Make online application here
Please note that the online application facility may be
unavailable from 10pm each evening for routine overnight
maintenance.