School admissions 2025 to 2026

If you're a parent or carer with a child starting school for the first time, or moving to their next school (junior, middle, secondary or upper school) from September 2025, you can apply from 1 September 2024.

Read our school admissions parents' guide 2025 to 2026 before you submit your application. 

School admissions 2024 to 2025

This is for children moving school part way through the school year.

If you're a parent or carer who wants to move a child to a Dorset school midway through the school year, we advise you to read our school admissions parents' guide 2024 to 2025 before you submit your application to a new school.