1 November 2024

Online system opens for you to apply online.

Nov 2024 - Jan 2025

Open events at schools. 

Find individual school details in the schools directory.

15 January 2025

Deadline to apply for a school place.

3 February 2025

Last date to submit a written explanation giving reasons why your application was late, for your application to be agreed as ‘on time’.

If you move house, this is the last date for you to provide evidence of your new address and for it to be considered ‘on time’ in the allocation process.

3 March 2025

Last date to make an application to be considered for allocation day.

16 April 2025

National allocation day

Herts County Council will email you the school you've been allocated, if you applied online and confirmed your email address. The online allocation system will be updated with allocations and be available only after allocation emails have been sent.

Notification letters will be posted first class only to parents or carers who applied on paper.

If you applied online, you can use online facilities including appeals and continuing interest.

16 – 23 April 2025

Continuing interest applications open.

You can add new school preferences for some Hertfordshire schools for the first continuing interest run. 

16 April – 1 May 2025

Continuing interest lists are created.

Applicants with unmet higher preferences will automatically go on the list for those schools.

Parents or carers should confirm this with schools responsible for their own admissions.

2 May 2025

Last date for accepting the place offered.

Online applicants must accept the place online.

Paper applicants should return their response form to the Admissions and Transport team.

12 – 16 May 2025

First continuing interest run.

Herts County Council will contact you with an offer of a new school place, if you're successful at the first continuing interest run.

20 May 2025 (4pm)

Last date to register an appeal.

19 – 26 May 2025

Continuing interest applications open for the second run.

You can add new school preferences for any school for the second continuing interest run.

28 May 2024

Last date to register a change of preferences or for new applications to be added for the second continuing interest run.

16 – 20  June 2025

Second (and final) continuing interest run.

Herts County Council will contact you with an offer of a new school place, if you're successful at the second continuing interest run.

June – July 2025

If school vacancies occur, places will be filled from remaining continuing interest lists.

13 June – 19 July 2025

School place appeals take place during this period.

24 July 2025

Continuing interest lists (waiting lists) for primary schools close on 23 July 2025.

To retain your continuing interest for a Hertfordshire primary school, you'll need to make an in year application from 24 July 2025