Applying for a Year 7 place for September 2027
If your child will turn 11 between 1st September 2026 and 31st August 2027, they will transfer to secondary school at the start of the new school year in September 2027.
The online application will open on the 12th September 2026.
Before applying for a Y7 place, parents must read the following booklet as it contains important information about the application process.
The closing date for applications is 31st October 2026.
How to apply
You will need to apply online using the Citizen Portal.
If you have previously used the citizen portal to apply for a school place in Wigan, you can log in using the same email and password. If you don’t already have an account on the Citizen Portal, you will need to click on ‘register an account’.
You can make changes to your online application form as many times as you like up to the closing date on 31st October 2026.
The citizen portal may ask for your child’s Unique Identification Number (UID) when you apply, you can ask your child’s primary school for this number (Wigan primary schools only). You can still apply without the UID number. If the Admissions Portal does not ask for your UID it means that your child’s details have automatically been matched to their record and you won’t need to enter it.
If your child has an Education Health Care Plan (EHCP) you must apply directly to the SEND team [email protected].
If you need any help using the online application, please contact the School Organisation Team on 01942 489013.
Moving address
If you move house please tell us immediately, you will need to provide documentary proof of your new address e.g. exchange of contacts or tenancy agreement. For the full list of accepted proof please see page 8 of the 'Applying for a Y7 place' booklet.
If you move house after the closing date for applications, we cannot use your new address to process your application form. We must use your permanent address on the closing date for applications. Once your new address has been confirmed it will be taken into account when operating waiting lists for more information, please see the ‘Applying for a Y7 place’ booklet.
Church schools
If you are naming a voluntary aided (Church) school as a preference on your application, we strongly recommend that you complete and submit the school’s supplementary information form alongside your application form. The school governors will need this extra information so that they can consider your application against their faith criteria.
Supplementary information forms can be downloaded from the school’s website, or you can request one from the school office.
Supplementary information forms must be returned directly to the school. If you have sent any forms by post, it is your responsibility to check they have been received.
Finding out your school place offer
National offer day is 1st March or the next working day if this date falls over a weekend or bank holiday. For 2027 national offer day is 1st March 2027.
If you have applied online before the closing date, you will receive an email from 9:00am on offer day. Emails will be sent to the email address which you provided on the online application for. Online applicants will also be able to view their allocation by logging onto the citizen portal on offer day.
If you applied using a paper application, you will receive a letter. Letters will be sent out by first class post on offer day.
Late applications
It is important that you submit your application before the closing date for application, 31st October 2026. Applications received after the closing date will be classed as late.
Late applications will be processed after those received on time. This also includes if you make any changes to your application after the closing date such as school preferences and/or change of address.
You should be aware that a late application could reduce the chance of gaining a place at your preferred school.
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