If you applied for a primary school place for September 2026, you will receive an email with the outcome of your application by 11am on Thursday 16 April 2026. You can also log into your portal account.
In your portal account, you can accept your offer and apply for waiting lists.
Accepting or declining the offer
You are strongly advised to accept the offer you receive on 16 April. This means you can always be sure you have a school place. If you accept the offer we have made, it does not stop you from joining a waiting list or submitting an appeal for another school.
If you want to decline the offer because you have made other arrangements, such as attending an independent school or choosing to home educate, you can tell us this in the portal.
Waiting lists
If you have been refused admission to a preferred school, you can add your child’s name to the waiting list/s via the portal.
If you want to add a school that you have not previously applied for, or that was listed as a lower preference than your allocated school, email school.admissions@trafford.gov.uk and we will do this for you.
Waiting lists are not run on a first-come, first-served basis. Waiting lists must be run until the end of December. Places must be allocated in line with the oversubscription criteria for that school.
Your right to appeal
Admission authorities must offer the parents’ preferred school whenever possible, but this can only be done when there are enough places for everyone.
Where the number of applications received is more than the number places available at a school, then the oversubscription criteria must be applied.
This may mean that all of the available places are offered to applicants with a higher priority than your child. This is the only reason your application can be refused. If this happens, you have the right to appeal to an independent appeal panel. You can also view the admission outcomes for each school.
You can find more information about Primary school admission appeals.