New school admissions system to be implemented

From September, parents and carers will now be able to make applications for the academic year starting September in 2025, using a new Education Self-Service system. 

The new system will cover Nursery, Reception, Junior, and Year 7 school places, and will help streamline the application process, allowing parents and guardians to have a central and accessible way to easily view applications. 

To be able to use this system, users will need to setup a secure account and provide relevant details such as: 

1. Their details.
2. The details of their children.
3. The schools they wish to select. 

 

This change will make it easier for parents and carers to track their applications from start to finish, with future outcome notifications also provided in the system. 

Admission Phase	Admission forms available from	Consideration period	Closing date	Offer Date
Secondary	02/09/2024	02/09/2024   -   04/11/2024	04/11/2024	03/03/2025
Junior	23/09/2024	23/09/2024  –  18/11/2024	18/11/2024	16/04/2025
Reception	23/09/2024	23/09/2024  –  18/11/2024	18/11/2024	16/04/2025
Nursery	23/09/2024	23/09/2024  –  17/02/2025	17/02/2025	06/05/2025

 

Applications must be received before the closing dates shown above in order to be considered.  

For applications for September 2025, pupils must be of the following age:

 

	Child must be born between:
Nursery	1 September 2021 & 31 August 2022
Reception	1 September 2020 & 31 August 2021
Junior (year 3)	1 September 2017 & 31 August 2018
Secondary (year 7)	1 September 2013 & 31 August 2014

 

* Parents and guardians can set up an account through this link: www.denbighshire.gov.uk/education-self-service

Geraint Davies, Head of Service for Education at Denbighshire County Council said: “This new online facility will allow parents and carers to access and track their applications from start to finish more easily. Having the applications in one place also helps if there are a number of applications pending at one time."

Councillor Diane King, Lead Member for Education, Children and Families said: “It is great that we are making our school applications system easier to use and more accessible. I’d like to thank all involved for all of their hard work in developing and implementing this new system.”