September 2025 school allocations

When to apply

If your child is due to start school for the first time or, due to start junior, middle, secondary or upper in September 2025 you can apply from the 1 September 2024. 

The closing date for on-time applications was:

• 31 October 2024 for children who were due to start secondary or upper school
• 15 January 2025 for children starting school for the first time or due to start junior or middle school 

If you applied after the relevant closing date, your application will be classed as late.

View your child's school offer

If you applied online, you will be able to view your child's offer by logging into your account on:

• 3 March 2025 for children due to start secondary or upper school
• 16 April 2025 for children starting school for the first time or due to start junior or middle school 

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If you applied online or gave us an email address on your paper application, we'll also send your school place outcome by email.

We'll send you a separate email with a link for you to view and download your offer letter. This is also where we tell you about your transport entitlement.

If you did not provided an email address on your application, we will send your offer letter in the post.

How we've allocated school places

We provide information on how school places have been allocated for schools which are full and oversubscribed:

For September 2025:

On Time Secondary and Upper Allocations

• Beaminster School
• Budmouth Academy
• Ferndown Upper School
• Lytchett Minster School
• The Gryphon School

2024:

On Time Secondary and Upper Allocations

• Budmouth Academy
• The Gryphon School 
• Gillingham School
• Lytchett Minster School
• Ferndown Upper School
• The Thomas Hardye School

Late Secondary and Upper Allocations

• Beaminster School
• Budmouth Academy
• Ferndown Upper School
• Gillingham School
• Lytchett Minster School
• The Gryphon School 
• The Purbeck School
• The Thomas Hardye School

On Time Middle School Allocations

• Emmanuel Middle School
• Ferndown Middle School
• St Michael's Middle School
• St Osmund's Middle School

On Time Primary and First School Allocations

• All Saints Primary School
• Colehill First School
• Damers First School
• Milldown Academy
• Pamphill First School
• Parley First School
• Puddletown First School
• Rushcombe First School
• Sherborne Primary School
• Southill Primary School
• St Augustine's Primary School
• St George's Primary School, Portland
• St George's School, Bourton
• St Ives Primary School
• St John's First School, Wimborne
• St John's Primary School, Weymouth
• St Mary's Catholic First School, Dorchester
• The Abbey Primary School, Shaftesbury
• The Prince of Wales First School
• Wyke Regis Infant School

Late Middle School Allocations

• Emmanuel Middle School
• St Michael's Middle School
• St Osmund's Middle School

Late Primary and First School Allocations

• Chickerell Primary Academy
• Colehill First School
• Damers First School
• Parley First School
• Radipole Primary School
• Sherborne Primary School
• Southill Primary School
• St Augustine's Primary School
• St George's Primary School, Portland
• St Ives Primary School
• St John's First School, Wimborne
• St John's Primary School, Weymouth
• St Mary's Catholic First School, Dorchester
• St Mary the Virgin Primary School, Gillingham
• St Nicholas & St Laurence Primary School, Weymouth
• The Abbey Primary School, Shaftesbury
• The Prince of Wales First School
• Wimborne First School
• Wyke Regis Infant School

Find school allocation information from previous years by area