Admissions
Admissions arrangements
We welcome all prospective students and parents/carers to visit Wetherby High School by appointment. Please contact us if you wish to arrange a visit.
Our admissions arrangements are provided by Leeds City Council through the Children’s Services Department. The criteria is designed to accommodate parental preference to give as many people as possible a place for their child at a preferred school. For further information, please visit the Leeds City Council website or view our policies below.
Year 7 admissions
How to apply for a September 2026 year 7 place
If you are applying for a year 7 place for September 2026, all applications are made in advance. The national closing date is 31 October 2025. Offers are made by the Local Authority on national offer day (2nd March 2026).
Our Published Admission Number (PAN) is 170 and this is the number of places the school can admit in Year 7 in 2026.
You must apply to the local authority who empties your bins.
If this is Leeds Local Authority, go to www.leeds.gov.uk/apply. You can also watch the Leeds City Council school admissions https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRU1SrS7iJE video for more information.
If you live in North Yorkshire County Council, go to https://www.northyorks.gov.uk/education-and-learning/school-admissions
Once you have set up your parent portal, you will need to apply for a place by scrolling down the application page to find apply for a school in another local authority.
If you live in the City of York Council, go to https://synergy.york.gov.uk/Live/SynergyWeb/Parents/default.aspx
Once you have set up your parent portal, you will need to apply for a place by scrolling down the application page to find apply for a school in another local authority.
These websites include:
· All the steps you need to go through to make an application
· The key dates
· A search tool to see if your home address gives a higher priority for admission to any school(s)
· An explanation about how places are offered if there are more applications than spaces (oversubscribed)
· The online application portal – apply online to be sent your offer day letter by email
· A summary of each school’s individual admission policy criteria
· Data about who got a place in the last 3 years – this will help you work out if there is a reasonable chance of your child qualifying for a place
· Information about applying under a specific admission criteria (such as your child being previously looked after). It is really important to ensure you submit all supporting evidence by the deadline to show you meet any such criteria.
You can also see information about our school, including previous admission data, on our school page on the Leeds City Council’s website Wetherby High School | Leeds.gov.uk
Application timetable
The below timetable applies to applications made to Leeds City Council. If you apply to another local authority, they may have different dates
| Children born between 1 September 2014 and 31 August 2015 are due to start year 7 in September 2026 | |
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| 1 September 2025 | Applications open. You can apply online at www.leeds.gov.uk/apply |
| 31 October 2025 |
National deadline for applying for year 7 2026 places |
| 28 November 2025 | Deadline for making changes that will be considered as being on-time by our school |
| 31 December 2025 |
Final date Leeds City Council uses for adding late applications or receiving change of address evidence. Any new applications received by Leeds City Council after this date will not be offered a school place until the first round of reallocations in April |
| 2 March 2026 |
National offer day (first working day after 1 March) |
| 17 March 2026 |
Deadline for
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| 1 April 2026 |
Any year 7 appeals received by this date will be heard before the summer holiday Leeds City Council arranges our appeals. |
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April to end of August 2026 |
Any available year 7 places are automatically allocated from waiting lists by Leeds City Council Lower preference school offers are also withdrawn automatically (even if accepted) |
| May to July 2026 | Appeals heard by independent appeal panels |
| September 2026 | Start secondary school |
Transition
We believe that transition to high school should be an exciting time for children. At Wetherby High School, we work really hard to make the process smooth and enjoyable. Transition starts months before students join us in September.
Our team visit schools to meet with students and discuss with their primary teachers the strengths and areas of development for each individual child. We invite students and parents to various events to answer questions, address concerns and allow students to make new friends.
Our ‘Day in the Life of a High School Student’ events have proven to be very popular with both students and parents. They give children a chance to meet new friends, explore the school buildings, get involved in lessons and meet their new coaching groups.
In-Year Applications
If you are moving into Leeds or want to change schools in Leeds, you need to make a school transfer – often called an in-year application.
This includes
- Applications for a place in year 7 after the start of term in September
- Applications for a place in all other year groups (year 8-11)
Moving schools can be a difficult experience for a child. You should always speak to your child’s current school before trying to move to see what support they can offer you.
How to apply for an in-year place
We are part of the Leeds coordinated in-year application scheme.
You can apply for a place online using the Leeds in-year application form at Before you move schools (leeds.gov.uk). You can apply for places at our school and other Leeds schools.
If you have moved house, you’ll need to submit evidence of the house move at the same time you make your online application. You can find out what you need to provide on the above website. If you have moved house, you’ll need to submit evidence of the house move at the same time you make your online application. You can find out what you need to provide on the above website.
We have to offer places by applying our admission policy criteria to your child’s application. Leeds City Council will contact you with our decision no later than 15 school days from when you apply. If they cannot offer your child a place at our school, they will
- Add your child to our waiting list in case a place becomes available during the
- Send you a letter to explain the reasons we cannot offer a place (usually that we are full) and tell you how you can appeal
Our waiting lists are kept until the end of each school year. You will need to make a new application if you want to be on the waiting list for the following school year.
Appeals
If we cannot offer you a place, you will have the right of appeal. The appeal panel is independent of the school and council and their decision is legally binding. Before you appeal you:
- Should accept any place that you have been offered in case your appeal is not successful
- Should think about why you are appealing and check if it is likely to be successful
- Could read the advice for appealing school places on GOV.UK
- Could get independent advice on making an appeal from a charity
Leeds City Council arranges our appeals, and you can find the appeal form at School appeals (leeds.gov.uk)
If you are appealing for a year 7 place for September 2026, you need to submit your appeal form by any deadline set out on the above page to ensure the appeal will be heard before the summer holidays.
You can appeal because you want your child to attend a particular school. These are successful if the panel agree that the reasons for your appeal outweigh the school’s decision not to admit any more children.
Wanting your child to go to a school because you think it is the best one in the area is not likely to convince the panel that your child should get a place there.
