Hundreds still need to apply for school place

Parents of pupils in the final year (Year 6) of all the city’s primary schools need to apply for a secondary school place for their child by November 27 this year.

Applications opened at the end of September and already 1,300 families have applied for a school place for their child.

Cllr Jennifer Raynor, Cabinet Member for Education, said: “I am pleased that parents and carers are using our online admissions system which makes it much easier and less time consuming for families to submit their bid for a place on time and enables places to be allocated in the most efficient and fair way.

“The transfer from primary to secondary school education can be an anxious enough time for parents without having to fill out complex paper forms and send them off.

Families without web access or who they think they may need support to make an application online should contact their primary school, local library, or at the Contact Centre by calling 01792 637366 for an appointment, and help will be provided if needed.

More than 2,500 children in Swansea will be heading to secondary school in September 2016.

Last year over 95 per cent of applications for secondary school were done on line and in time so Swansea Council is enabling parents to do the same this year.

Parents can get more information about the applications process and about schools by going to www.swansea.gov.uk/admissions. Parents will find the Information for Parents booklet on this website which includes essential information about the admissions process.

Families were sent letters with a unique identification number (UID) for their child to help make the process easier but parents are also able to apply for a school place without a UID.

Applications must be submitted by end of the day on November 27th.

Applicants will be notified of place offers on March 1, 2016.