This page relates to children born between 1 September 2014 and 31 August 2015.
If your child's date of birth does not fall on or between these dates please see our when your child can start school page.
Make sure you read all the information below before starting your application.
This process is for Bracknell Forest residents only. If you are not a Bracknell Forest resident, you must apply to your home local authority. This applies no matter what school you wish to apply for.
If your child is in year 6 you can now apply for them to transfer to secondary school.
The application process to start secondary school (year 7) from September 2026:
- opens on Friday 12 September 2025
- closes on Friday 31 October 2025
Before applying you must read The Guide to Secondary Education 2026 to 2027.
By submitting your application, you are signing to say you have read and understood this guide.
If you are considering schools outside Bracknell Forest you should read the admissions arrangements for the relevant local authority.
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How to apply
You can apply from Friday 12 September online using the Citizens Portal.
Unless you have applied previously for an older sibling you will need to make an account.
It is important to note:
- the online site (Citizens Portal) is down every day between midnight and 2am
- for any technical issues such as password resets please email application.support@bracknell-forest.gov.uk - School Admissions cannot reset your account
- the online site will close on Friday 31 October 2025
Apply for a secondary school place
Supporting documents
These can be uploaded to your online application or emailed to School Admissions school.admissions@bracknell-forest.gov.uk.
Birth certificates and proof address
Birth certificates and proof of address documents must be submitted with your application to Bracknell Forest School Admissions.
Do not send birth certificates and proof of address documents to schools or other local authorities.
Supplementary forms for Bracknell Forest schools
Bracknell Forest School Admissions will only forward documents to the relevant admission authority for Bracknell Forest schools if they are part of the school’s admission arrangements.
Supplementary forms for Bracknell Forest schools can be found below.
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Supplementary forms for schools outside Bracknell Forest
You must send any documents which are part of their admission arrangements directly to the admission authority. Bracknell Forest School Admissions will not send these to schools outside Bracknell Forest.
This does not apply to birth certificates and proof of address documents. These are only to be sent to Bracknell Forest School Admissions.
It is your responsibility to make sure you have read the relevant admission arrangements and submitted any additional information required directly to that admission authority.
What happens next
On time applications
Received between Friday 12 September 2025 and Friday 31 October 2025.
After submitting your application
Make sure all your supporting documents are submitted before the closing date.
Check your emails regularly. School Admissions may contact you for more information to verify your application.
Receiving your offer
You will receive your offer of a school place by email on 2 March 2026.
School Admissions will not confirm offers over the phone.
After receiving your offer
When you receive your offer, you need to finalise your application by accepting or refusing the school place offered. This must be done by Monday 16 March 2026. Failure to do so may result in the school place offered being withdrawn.
More details will be provided with your offer.
After responding to your offer
When School Admissions have received responses from all our residents, and have co-ordinated with other local authorities, information will begin to be sent to schools. Schools will begin to make contact to arrange your child's start.
Late applications
Received after Friday 31 October 2025.
After submitting your application
Make sure all your supporting documents are submitted alongside your application.
Check your emails regularly. School Admissions may contact you for more information to verify your application.
Receiving your offer
If you have applied before 16 March 2026, your outcome letter will be sent to you shortly after 23 March 2026. School Admissions will not confirm offers over the phone.
After receiving your offer
When you receive your offer, you need to finalise your application by accepting or refusing the school place offered. More details will be provided with your offer. Failure to do so may result in the school place offered being withdrawn.
After responding to your offer
When we have received responses from all our residents and have co-ordinated with other local authorities, information will begin to be sent to schools. Schools will begin to make contact to arrange your child's start.