If you applied for a secondary school place for September 2026, you will receive an email with the outcome by 11am on Monday 2 March 2026.
The email will contain a link to log in to your Portal account to accept your offer and/or apply to join waiting list/s.
Accepting or declining the offer
You are strongly advised to accept the offer you receive on 2 March. 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 decline the place you have been offered, and your appeals are unsuccessful, we will only be able to offer you a place at a school which is undersubscribed. In previous years, this has been:
- Broadoak School (Partington)
- Lostock High School (Stretford)
- Wellacre Academy (Flixton)
If you want to decline the offer because you have made other arrangements, tell us in the Portal. This may be attending an independent school or choosing to home educate.
Waiting lists
If you have been refused admission to your preferred school, you can add your child’s name to the waiting lists on the Portal.
Waiting lists are not run on a first come first served basis and must be run until the end of December. Places must be allocated in line with the oversubscription criteria for that school.
Join the waiting list of another school
If you want to add a school you have not previously applied for, or one that was listed as a lower preference than your allocated school, email school.admissions@trafford.gov.uk.
Please do not submit another application on the Portal.
Your right to appeal
Admission authorities must offer your preferred school whenever possible. However, this can only be done when there are enough places for everyone.
When there are more applications received than places available, the oversubscription criteria must be applied.
This may mean that all of the available places are offered to applicants with a higher priority. 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 read more about appealing.