Year 7 Admissions

Transfer to secondary school

Secondary school applications for September 2025 entry opened on the 11th September 2024 and close on the 31st October 2024. If you applied, the Local Authority will offer you a school place on the 3rd March 2025 (National Offer Day).

To apply for a place at Jane Austen College, your child will need to:

  1. Complete an online application form with Norfolk County Council to request a place at Jane Austen College

  2. Complete a banding assessment. If your child attends Charles Darwin Primary or Norwich Primary Academy, then they will complete their assessment in school. The date will be confirmed shortly. For all other applicants, then the assessment will be sat at Jane Austen College on the following dates: 
    Saturday 16th November
    Saturday 23rd November

Find out more information about the assessment here.

Any applicants who have not taken the banding assessment will only be considered after children who have sat the banding assessment (unless they have an Education Health and Care (EHC) plan or are Looked After Children).

Late applications:

If your child is due to transfer to secondary school in September 2024 and you haven’t applied, you can make a late application by completing a paper application form. Request a paper application form by using the Local Authority general enquiry form. 

 

When children transfer to secondary school:

Secondary schools are for 11- to 16-year-olds (school Years 7 to 11). Your child is due to transfer to secondary school when they are in their last year (Year 6) at primary or junior school.

You need to apply for a secondary school place for September 2025 if

  • your child currently goes to primary or junior school and
  • they were born between 1st September 2013 and 31st August 2014

 

When you get your school offer:

If you applied for transfer to secondary school for September 2025, the Local Authority will offer you a school place on the 3rd March 2025 (National Offer Day).

  • If you applied online, you will be able to see the offer in your admissions account online from 8.30am on the 3rd March 2025. The Local Authority will also send you the offer by email.
  • If you completed a paper application form, the Local Authority will send your school offer by post. The Local Authority send offer letters by 2nd class post on the 3rd March 2025.

The Local Authority will inform the Principal of the school that your child has a place. The school will contact you with further information.

 

Waiting lists:

If your child is not offered a place, their name will be added to a waiting list for the school in case a place becomes available. Waiting lists are maintained for oversubscribed schools until the 31st December 2025.

 

Secondary school admission timetable for September 2025 entry

  • Applications open – 11th September 2024
  • Applications close – 31st October 2024
  • National Offer Day (when you get your school offer) – 3rd March 2025
  • Appeals closing date - 28th March 2025
  • Appeal hearings take place – May/June 2025

 

Further Information:

Norfolk County Council Admissions

 

Admission Policy 2024

Admission Policy 2025