Admissions & Transition
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We ask parents and carers applying for a place to complete a School Information Form (SIF):
All parents and carers who would like a place at Holy Trinity will need to apply to Hertfordshire County Council. Further information is available at: http://ow.ly/RBYSy
Admissions Consultation.
We are consulting on our Proposed Admissions Arrangements for 2026/2027:
Key dates for primary admissions from Hertfordshire Local Authority
| 1 November 2024 | Online system opens for you to apply online. |
| Nov / Dec 2024 | Open events at schools.
Find individual school details in the schools directory. |
| 15 January 2025 | Deadline to apply for a school place. |
| 3 February 2025 | Last date to submit a written explanation giving reasons why your application was late, for your application to be agreed as ‘on time’.
If you move house, this is the last date for you to provide evidence of your new address and for it to be considered ‘on time’ in the allocation process. |
| 3 March 2025 | Applications received after this date will not be offered a school place until the week commencing 16 June 2025. |
| 16 April 2025 | National allocation day We will email you the school you’ve been allocated, if you applied online and confirmed your email address. The online allocation system will be updated with allocations and be available only after allocation emails have been sent.If you applied on paper, we will send you a notification letter and response form by first class post.If you applied online, you can use online facilities including appeals and continuing interest. |
| 16 – 23 April 2025 | Continuing interest applications open.
You can add new school preferences for some Hertfordshire schools for the first continuing interest run. Information will be available online on 16 April 2025. |
| 17 April – 2 May 2025 | Continuing interest lists are created.
Applicants with unmet higher preferences will automatically go on the list for those schools. Parents or carers should confirm this with schools responsible for their own admissions. |
| 2 May 2025 | Last date for accepting the place offered.
Online applicants must accept the place online. Paper applicants should return their response form to the Admissions and Transport team. |
| 12 – 16 May 2025 | First continuing interest run.
We’ll contact you with an offer of a new school place, if you’re successful at the first continuing interest run. |
| 20 May 2025 (4pm) | Last date to register an appeal. |
| 19 – 26 May 2025 | Continuing interest applications open for the second run.
You can add new preferences for any school for the second continuing interest run. |
| 26 May 2025 | Last date to register a change of preferences or for new applications to be added for the second continuing interest run. |
| 16 – 20 June 2025 | Second (and final) continuing interest run.
We’ll contact you with an offer of a new school place, if you’re successful at the second continuing interest run. |
| June – July 2025 | If school vacancies occur, places will be filled from remaining continuing interest lists. |
| 13 June – 22 July 2025 | School admission appeals take place during this period. |
| 20 June 2025 | Continuing interest lists (waiting lists) for junior and middle schools close on 19 June 2025.
To retain your continuing interest for a Hertfordshire junior or middle school, you will need to make an in year application from 20 June 2025. |
| 24 July 2025 | Continuing interest lists (waiting lists) for primary schools close on 23 July 2025.
To retain your continuing interest for a Hertfordshire primary school, you’ll need to make an in year application from 24 July 2025. |
In Year Admissions
We ask parents and carers applying for a place to complete a School Information Form (SIF):
All parents and carers who would like a place at Holy Trinity will need to apply to Hertfordshire County Council. Further information is available at: http://ow.ly/RBYSy