Primary admissions arrangements
We coordinate the admission of school places for all Hull residents. Places are allocated in line with the coordinated schemes and the schools admission arrangements. These are set out by each Admissions Authority. Hull's Academy and Voluntary aided primary schools are responsible for their own admissions arrangements as they are their own Admissions Authority.
Applications for any maintained school should be made to the authority in which you live. This is regardless of where your preferred school is.
If the number of applications received for a school is less than the school's published admission number, all who have applied will get a place. Your child might meet the criteria for entry to more than one of their school preferences. If this is the case, your child is offered a place at the school that you have ranked highest.
The number of applications might be more than the admission number. The admission authority will use its admission arrangements to decide who qualifies for places.
Admission arrangements
The admission arrangements set out how many children the schools admit and the oversubscription criteria that will be used to rank applications if there are more applications than places available.
The governing bodies of voluntary aided schools, and the academy trusts of academy schools, decide the admission arrangements for their schools. A multi-academy trust may publish one set of arrangements for all the primary schools in their trust.
Objections about a school's admissions arrangements can be made to the schools adjudicator. These should be made before 15 May in the year they are set. If you feel that a school's admission arrangements are unlawful or do not follow the school admissions code, contact the School Adjudicator.
You can access the admission policies for 2025 to 2026.
Admission policies for applications for future years must be determined by February each year. You can access the admission policies for 2026 to 2027.
You can also access each school's admission arrangements on the individual school's website.