Admissions
Scalby Academy has a defined admission zone, although parents are entitled to apply to any secondary school of their choice.
A good percentage of students who attend Scalby Academy live outside the traditional admission zone.
Scalby Academy runs our annual Open Day Event in September each year. Check out local press and our website and social media feeds from August for further details.
We have students at Scalby Academy who attended the following Primary Schools:
- Northstead Community Primary School*
- Newby and Scalby Primary School*
- Lindhead School*
- Barrowcliff Community Junior School*
- Wheatcroft Community Primary School
- Friarage Community Primary School
- Martin’s CE Primary School
- Gladstone Road Junior School
- Brompton and Sawdon Community Primary School*
- East Ayton Community Primary School
- Hackness CE Primary School*
- Hinderwell Community Primary School
- Wykeham CE Primary School *
- Snainton CE Primary School*
- Seamer & Irton Community Primary School
- Peter’s RC Primary School*
* within or partly within the traditional admission zone.
Admissions Application Process
Application to register a preference must be made to the local Education Offices. If your child attends a local Primary School and is in his/her final year, the Education Office will contact you and offer you a choice. Follow this link:
School Admission Appeals
Key Dates
12 September 2025 – secondary application round opens for entry in September 2026
You can apply for a secondary school place for children born between 1 September 2014 to 31 August 2015.
31 October 2025 – deadline to apply
31 October 2025 is the closing date for online and paper applications. The closing date for providing evidence of exceptional social or medical reasons is also 31 October 2025.
30 November 2025 – last date for changes
No changes can be made to an application after 30 November 2025. Any change or late application after this date will be actioned after National Offer Day.
2 March 2026 – National Offer Day
2 March 2026 is National Offer Day for secondary school. If you applied online, you can log in to our admissions portal to see your offered school place. You will also get an email during office hours telling you about your offered place. If you made a paper application, you should get a letter telling you about your offered school place.
16 March 2026 onwards – changes made to the allocation
From 16 March 2026 onwards, we will consider any late applications or requests for changes to applications that we have not already processed.
13 April 2026 – deadline for admission appeals
If you want to appeal for a secondary school place, you need to submit your appeal by 13 April 2026.
April 2026 to July 2026 – bulk admission appeal hearings
Main secondary school admission appeals will be heard from April to July 2026.
31 December 2026
All the waiting lists we hold will end on 31 December 2026.