As soon as your child starts their final year of primary school (Year 6) you will need to apply for secondary school.

Preparing for the secondary transfer process in your child’s year five will give you extra time to think over all your options, visit the secondary schools you are considering so you can talk to the teachers and make the necessary arrangements by the required deadlines.

In September your child’s primary school will give you a copy of the Transfer from Primary to Secondary School Brochure or you can download it from www.croydon.gov.uk.

Read the brochure carefully as it contains all the information you need to apply.

Find out about the schools; collect their prospectuses, visit their websites and read their Ofsted reports or school profiles online at http://schoolsfinder.direct.gov.uk

It is very important that you also visit the schools on their open evenings or open days - the dates and times will be available from August/September.

  Study the school’s admissions criteria published in the brochure or available online at www.croydon.gov.uk

This explains how they decide which pupils will be offered places if they receive more applications than they have places available, these vary from school to school. If you can’t meet the criteria then you’re not likely to get a place.

  Complete either the local authority paper application form OR an online application at www.eadmissions.org.uk

  List the schools in the order you prefer them.

If you are applying for a school outside the borough of Croydon you must include this school on your Croydon application form.  See Neighbouring Local Authorities for further details.

  Complete and return supplementary forms for all of the schools that require them, available from www.croydon.gov.uk

  Deadlines for supplementary forms and the local authority application form may be different.

  Ensure that your application forms are handed in by the deadlines!

  You will be advised of the outcome of your application in the following March.  For more information click here 

Remember…

You must still apply even if you already have another child attending your preferred school.

You should apply for at least four schools, six if you can, to improve your chances of getting an offer at one you prefer.

You should also apply for a school in which you are likely to qualify for a place, even if it is not your first or second choice.

Putting the same school more than once will not raise your chances of being allocated that school.

Putting only one school will seriously limit your child’s chances of being allocated a school.

Applications for twins, triplets and other multiple births must be made separately and there is no guarantee that the children will be offered the same school.

Croydon secondary schools, including their contact details and websites 

The school’s websites should contain their admissions policy, school brochure, special needs and disability policy, bullying policy, uniform policy and times of the school day. 

It should also include information on their specialism if they are a Specialist School

Nearest Croydon Schools Map

Croydon non-community schools admission arrangements and supplementary forms (applies to starting school September 2011).

Croydon community schools admission arrangements (applies to starting school September 2011).

London Borough of Croydon Pan-London Co-ordinated Admission Schemes, Primary and Secondary 2011 (applies to starting school September 2011).

Ofsted reports for Croydon secondary schools (Reports are displayed in date order)

School profiles and performance and value-added data for Croydon schools