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Planned System Maintenance - Limited Service

Sunderland City Council will be carrying out planned system maintenance from 12 noon on Friday 5th June until 7am on Tuesday 9th June. During this period, we will only be able to respond to urgent enquiries. If your enquiry is not urgent, please contact us before or after these times when full services will be available. We apologise for any inconvenience caused and thank you for your understanding.

Allocation of places

The National Offer Days are as follows:

  • Secondary - 2 March 2026
  • Primary - 16 April 2026

If you applied online, log into your account to find out whether your child has been offered a place.

  • You can accept or decline the place online
  • If the place offered is not your first or second preference school, you will receive a letter which explains why it has not been possible to offer a place
  • The letter will also explain about your right of appeal
  • If you submitted a paper application form, a letter will be posted second class on the National Offer Day
  • If your application was received after the closing date, you will NOT receive notification on the relevant Offer Day
  • Late applications will be processed at a later date and you will be notified by letter