Procedure for Entrance into Secondary Education from September 2026
Key Dates 2025-2026
1st September 2025 - Application for secondary Transfer opens
11th September 2025 - Test date for Kent Primary Schools
16th October 2025 - Kent Test Assessment Decisions emailed to Parents after 4pm (letters posted by first class)
31st October 2025 - National Closing Date for Secondary Application Forms (SCAF)
2nd March 2026 - National Offer Day (school places sent to parents - email after 4pm, letters posted by first class)
16th March 2026 - Parents must confirm whether or not they accept or refuse the offer with the school.
30th March 2026 - By this date Parents must lodge an appeal with the Local Authority.
24th April 2026 - Re-allocation takes place - any vacancies filled from waiting lists - parents can make extended preferences direct to schools.