If you return your application after 31 October 2018 your application will be considered as ‘Late’ unless exceptional circumstances exist. You should be aware that this will reduce your chance of gaining a place at your preferred school.  Parents returning their application after 31 October 2018 must give a reason why their application was ‘Late’. The Admission Authority will consider your reasons and if they are exceptional will consider your application along with those received on time. Applications received before 9 January 2019 for a good reason or in exceptional circumstances may be considered.  Examples of what may be considered as a good reason or exceptional circumstances include when a family has just moved into the North Tyneside area (proof of ownership or tenancy agreement will be required). Other cases may be considered and each case decided on its own merits. Applications which are not deemed to be exceptional will not be processed until after 1 March 2019.  However, parents will receive an offer of a school place on 1 March 2019 at their catchment area school if a vacancy exists or at the nearest appropriate school.. Most parents who were refused a place last year had made a late application. We do not reserve places for applicants who already have an older child/children attending the preferred school.

If you return your application after 15 January 2019 your application will be considered as ‘Late’ unless exceptional circumstances exist. You should be aware that this will reduce your chance of being allocated a place at your preferred school.  Parents returning their application after 15 January 2019 must give a reason why their application was ‘Late’. The Admission Authority will consider your reasons and if they are exceptional will consider your application along with those received on time. Applications received before 1 March 2019 for a good reason or in exceptional circumstances may be considered.  An example of what may be considered as a good reason or exceptional circumstance include when a family has just into the  North Tyneside area (proof of ownership or tenancy agreement will be required). Other cases may be considered and each case decided on its own merits.  Applications which are not deemed to be exceptional will not be processed until after16 April 2019.  However, parents will receive an offer of a school place on 16 April 2019 at their catchment area school if a vacancy exists or at the nearest appropriate school. Most parents who were refused a place at the school of their choice last year were as a result of applying late.  We do not reserve places for late applicants who already have an older child/children at the school