The School Admissions Guide explains the admission arrangements for primary and secondary schools in Middlesbrough.
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This year's Admissions Guide
View the School Admissions Guide for Parents 2023-2024
This guide is for the academic year 2023-2024. It covers applications for Reception and Year 7 for the September 2023 intake, and gives information about mid-year school transfers during 2022-2023.
You may also want to know about school admission zones.
Admissions Guides from previous years
The Admission Guides for previous years are available below for reference only. They include statistics on Reception and Year 7 intakes for previous years, which may be of interest. This year's Admission Guide is for 2023-2024 and can be found above.
View the:
- School Admissions Guide 2022-2023 - covering applications for Reception and Year 7 for the September 2022 intake
- School Admissions Guide 2021-2022 - covering applications for Reception and Year 7 for the September 2021 intake
- School Admissions Guide 2020-2021 - covering applications for Reception and Year 7 for the September 2020 intake
- School Admissions Guide 2019-2020 - covering applications for Reception and Year 7 for the September 2019 intake
- School Admissions Guide 2018-2019 - covering applications for Reception and Year 7 for the September 2018 intake
Supplementary form for Roman Catholic primary school applicants
You should complete this form if you're applying to Middlesbrough Council for a Reception place in September 2022 at a Roman Catholic primary school in Middlesbrough. You'll also need to provide copies of this form to every Roman Catholic school you're applying to.
Download the supplementary form in PDF format if you need to print the document. You'll then need to complete the form and post a copy to every Roman Catholic school you're applying to.
Download the supplementary form in DOCX (Microsoft Word) format. You can save this document to your computer, complete it, and send it by email to the Roman Catholic schools you're applying to. Email addresses for schools can be found on their websites.
Please remember that Roman Catholic schools will need to see copies of baptism certificates or letters from ministers of religion, which should be sent with the supplementary form.