School application guides
Applying for a primary or secondary school place in England? These eight guides explain how the application really works, before you press send. Free, with no email and no card.
1How the order really worksThe thing almost every parent gets wrong2Use every slot you are givenAn empty slot is a free chance thrown away3What happens if you get none of themThis is the outcome the whole form exists to avoid4The rules schools use to chooseThey are published. Almost nobody reads them.5Being late is the one you cannot undoLate forms are looked at after every on-time one6Get your address rightIt is the address on the day they decide, not the day you apply7The extra forms some schools needNo form, no rules applied8Before you press sendTen minutes that can save you a year