School admission arrangements
Important notice
Reception school place allocations for September 2026
On-time applicants will receive notification of their child’s primary school place by email (for online Portal submissions) on National Offer Day, 16th April. Non-Portal on-time applicants will receive notification by letter, posted out on National Offer Day. Please allow five working days for this to be delivered. The School Admissions team will not be able to advise of any allocation decisions otherwise in this time.
If you wish to submit a late application or change of preference, please do so via the Parent Portal for applications. For any related application queries, please email [email protected]with your child’s name, date of birth, home address and the nature of your query.
North East Lincolnshire Council is responsible for the admission arrangements for the community and voluntary controlled primary schools.
The admission authorities for primary and secondary voluntary aided schools and academies are the governors or academy trust of the individual schools and academies. Some academies have their own admission policy however some academies follow the North East Lincolnshire Admission Policy for community schools.
Admission Arrangements must be set annually by 28th February and published by 15th March. Once all arrangements have been determined, arrangements can be objected to and referred to the School’s Adjudicator. Objections to admission arrangements must be referred to the Adjudicator by 15th May in the school year before those arrangements are to apply (the determination year).
Please click through the tabs below to find the relevant year of information and guidance.
Admission schemes
Community and voluntary controlled primary schools
We are the admission authority for North East Lincolnshire’s community and voluntary controlled primary schools, listed below:
These community and voluntary controlled schools follow North East Lincolnshire LA Admission Policy 2025-2026 (PDF, 109KB) .
Church of England primary schools
Academies following North East Lincolnshire admission policy
The admission authorities for primary and secondary voluntary aided schools and academies are the governors of the individual schools and academies. Some academies have their own admission policy however the following academies follow the North East Lincolnshire LA Admission Policy 2025-2026 (PDF, 109KB) .
Enquire Learning Trust academies
The following academies are part of The Enquire Learning Trust and follow their own admissions policy.
The Enquire Learning Trust Admissions Policy 2025-2026 (PDF, 1MB) .
David Ross Education Trust
Lincolnshire Gateway Academies Trust
Other primary and secondary academies
Admission schemes
Community and voluntary controlled primary schools
We are the admission authority for North East Lincolnshire’s community and voluntary controlled primary schools, listed below:
These community and voluntary controlled schools follow North East Lincolnshire LA Admission Policy 2026-2027 (PDF, 108KB)
Church of England primary schools
Academies following North East Lincolnshire admission policy
The admission authorities for primary and secondary voluntary aided schools and academies are the governors of the individual schools and academies. Some academies have their own admission policy however the following academies follow the North East Lincolnshire LA Admission Policy 2026-2027 (PDF, 108KB)
Enquire Learning Trust academies
The following academies are part of The Enquire Learning Trust and follow their own admissions policy.
The Enquire Learning Trust Admissions Policy 2026-2027 (PDF, 866KB)
David Ross Education Trust
Lincolnshire Gateway Academies Trust
Other primary and secondary academies
Admission schemes
Community and voluntary controlled primary schools
We are the admission authority for North East Lincolnshire’s community and voluntary controlled primary schools, listed below:
These community and voluntary controlled schools follow North East Lincolnshire LA Admission policy 2027-2028 (PDF, 113KB)
Church of England primary schools
Academies following North East Lincolnshire admission policy
The admission authorities for primary and secondary voluntary aided schools and academies are the governors of the individual schools and academies. Some academies have their own admission policy however, the following academies follow the North East Lincolnshire LA Admission policy 2027-2028
Enquire Learning Trust academies
The following academies are part of The Enquire Learning Trust and follow their own admissions policy.
The Enquire Learning Trust Admissions Policy 2027-2028 (PDF, 1MB)