School admissions

In this section you can apply for a school place and find information about admissions for both primary and secondary schools.

Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP)

If your child has an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP), you should not apply through the school admissions team. Please contact the SEND Team instead on SENDteam@slough.gov.uk.

Year 7 secondary school applications – deadline passed.

The deadline to apply for a Year 7 secondary school place for September 2026 was 31 October 2025 and has now passed.

Important: Slough residents only

If your child was born between 1 September 2014 and 31 August 2015 and you missed this deadline, you can still apply using the late application form for secondary school admissions – September 2026 intake.

Please note: late applications submitted after 31 October 2025 will only be considered from 2 March 2026 at the earliest, once all on-time applications have been processed and offers have been made to them.

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