Consultation for school admission arrangements 2025/2026
School Admission arrangements
Admission Arrangements outline how school places will be allocated at each school setting. This includes the school’s over-subscription criteria which is used when schools receive more applications than places available.
For all community and voluntary controlled schools arrangements are determined by the Local Authority. For all other schools this is the responsibility of the individual school or academy trust.
We are consulting on the proposed arrangements for all Bristol community and voluntary controlled primary schools and the admission arrangements for selected Bristol infant to junior school transfers for 2025/2026.
- pdf Infant to Junior School transfer admission arrangements, 2025/2026(118 KB)
- pdf Admission arrangements for Primary Schools, 2025/2026(165 KB)
Co-ordinated Schemes
Local Authorities are responsible for setting the process by which applications and offers of school places in their area are managed. Bristol City Council are required to co-ordinate the normal admissions round and late applications for all primary, secondary and some in year places for the city.
We are consulting on the proposed co-ordinated schemes for 2025/2026.
The consultation feedback is summarised in pdf Supporting Evidence Determined Admission Arrangements 2025-2026(208 KB)
The decision was taken on 15 February 2024. There were no changes to the policy documents, or to relevant Published Admission Numbers (PAN).
The admission arrangements are published on our website.
Key dates
- Start date: 1 December 2023
- End date: 31 January 2024