Applying for a place
Choosing a secondary school for your child is an important decision. We want to make that decision as easy as possible and support you every step of the way.
To apply for a place at Stalham High School click on the link for the Norfolk County Council admissions process click here
or email admissions@norfolk.gov.uk
If you have any questions at all about the admissions process, please get in touch and we will be happy to help.
Secondary school offers for September 2025
If you applied online, you can log back into your admissions account online on 3rd March 2025 from 8:30am to view your Secondary School allocation. Additionally, Norfolk County Council will send you the offer by email on 3rd March 2025.
If you completed a paper application form, Norfolk County Council will send your school offer by post. Offer letters will be sent by second-class post on 3rd March 2025.
When you get your school offer
You will need to either accept or decline the offered school place by 17th March 2025.
If you completed a paper application form
Accept or decline the offer made by emailing admissions@norfolk.gov.uk.
If you applied online
Sign in to your admissions account online.
Once you are signed in, go to your Account Management page:
- If you are on a desktop, you can access this by clicking on your initials in the top right hand of the screen then select Account Management.
- If you are using a mobile device, click on the three horizontal lines in the top right hand of the screen. Click on your name and email address and a drop-down menu will appear. Select Account Management.
Click the Applications tab and select Admissions from the drop-down list.
The Admissions page will provide a summary of any applications made where you will be able to respond to your offer.
You will need to either:
Accept the place: You must accept the offered school place within ten school days from the date of the offer (by 17th March 2025). We recommend that parents and carers accept the offered school place, even if they plan to submit an appeal or amend their preferences. If you have not responded by 17 March 2025, we shall assume acceptance.
Or
Decline the place: You must provide information on the educational provision you are making for your child. If you decline a place because you are waiting for a higher preference, or a place following an appeal, you may leave your child without a school place for September 2025. It will be your responsibility to provide suitable education for your child.
The first day of the autumn term 2025 is Wednesday 3rd September and your child should attend on that day unless you are informed otherwise.
If you are not offered a place at one of your preferred school.
If we have been unable to accommodate any of your preferences an alternative school has been offered. This represents the nearest school with a place available to your home address. You will need to either accept or decline the offered school place.
Waiting lists
If Norfolk County Council don't offer your child a place at one of your preferred schools, they will add their name to waiting list for that school in case a place becomes available. They will keep their name on the waiting list until 31st December 2025.
From 10th March 2025, you will be able to view your child's position on the waiting list for any school which had a higher ranked preference than the school offered. Please be aware that positions on waiting lists can change daily and Norfolk County Council will aim to update this information at the beginning of each week.
Appealing the decision
You have the right to appeal the decision if your child is not offered a place at one of your preferred schools.
Please note that not all appeals are successful. Only 55 of the 192 appeals heard in Norfolk for the September 2024 secondary transfer round were successful. w to appeal the decision
When children transfer to secondary school
Secondary schools are for 11 to 16 year olds (Years 7 to 11).
Your child is due to transfer to secondary school when they are in their last year (Year 6) at primary or junior school.
You need to apply for a secondary school place for September 2025 if:
- your child currently goes to a primary or junior school, and
- they were born between 1 September 2013 and 31 August 2014.
Transport and free school meals
Norfolk County Council will tell the transport team which school your child has been offered a place at. The transport team will contact you if your child is entitled to home to school transport.
Find out more about school transport
If your child gets free school meals at their current school, this entitlement will automatically transfer to their new school from September.
Find out more about free school meals
The admissions process in Norfolk
You can find full information and answers to frequently asked questions in the parent's guide to admissions in Norfolk (PDF, 399 KB).
Contact the admissions team
If you need to contact them, you can use the general enquiry form.
Secondary school admissions timetable
Important dates for secondary school admissions for September 2025:
- Applications open - 11 September 2024
- Applications close - 31 October 2024
- National offer day (when you get your school offer) - 3 March 2025
- Appeals closing date - 28 March 2025
- Mini admission round starts (when we consider changes parents have made to their applications since the closing date) - 3 April 2025
- Appeals hearings take place - May/June 2025
- We maintain waiting lists for oversubscribed schools until 31 December 2025
Moving Schools during the School Year?
Information regarding in-year transfers can be found here: https://www.norfolk.gov.uk/movingschools
Other year entry
Please contact Ms Stogneeva on 01692 580281.
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