Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council

What happens if I cannot get a place at my preferred school when applying for a Reception or Secondary place?

If we cannot agree to your preference, we will write and tell you. We will then enter the name of the pupil on a school admissions waiting list for any community schools. You will need to check if the VA/Academy are operating a waiting list. This does not affect your right of appeal. You can find more information about your rights of appeal in the next section. If we accept a pupil at a school as a result of an appeal, we will take their name off the admissions waiting list.
If a place becomes available at the school of your choice, we will give places to children on the admissions waiting list in line with the admission conditions.
Your child will remain on this list for the rest of the academic year, after which they will be taken off.

We will offer your child a place at another school. Wherever possible this will be your second preference or third preference.