Joining at 11+

Our Open Events (for students in Year 6 and their parents/carers)

Every year, we hold two open events where students in Year 6 and their parents/carers are warmly invited to view our excellent facilities and meet subject teachers  The dates and times of our open events this year can be found below.  Please register for these events using the link below. 

Register here for our open events

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Harrogate Grammar School is part of Red Kite Learning Trust, a Multi Academy Trust made up of 16 schools from Reception to Year 13 of their education.

Students in Years 7 to 11 at HGS are currently organised in 10 forms of entry per year group.  We also have a Sixth Form of about 650 students. Academies are their own admission authority and admissions to Harrogate Grammar in Years 7-11 are co-ordinated by North Yorkshire Local Authority on behalf of the school.

Harrogate Area Education Office – 0300 131 2131   schooladmissions@northyorks.gov.uk

Key Dates

For secondary school places for children born between 1 September 2014 to 31 August 2015. Information below supplied by North Yorkshire Council Admissions.

31 October 2025	Deadline to Apply (online and paper applications).  All applications should be submitted to North Yorkshire Council
30 November 2025	Last Date for Changes.  Any changes or late applications after this date will be actioned after National Offer Day.
2 March 2026	National Offer Day.  If you applied online, you should log on to the North Yorkshire admissions portal to see your offered school place.  You will also receive an email from the admissions team (during office hours) advising you of your offered place.  If you made a paper application, you will receive a letter from the North Yorkshire admissions team telling you about your offered place.
16 March 2026 onwards	Changes Made to the Allocation.  North Yorkshire admissions will consider any late applications or requests for changes to applications that they have not already processed.
13 April 2026	Deadline for admission appeals
April to July 2026	Main secondary school admission appeals will be heard

Link: North Yorkshire Admissions Website

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For further information regarding our admissions policy please click on the links below:

School admissions statistics tables

You can view and download the yearly data and statistics for school admissions via the North Yorkshire School Admissions website.

This includes details of:

• which schools has appeals
• published admission numbers
• whether your preferred school was oversubscribed

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Appeals Procedure

Parents and carers may appeal against the Trust’s decision not to offer their child a place at the school. The appeals are arranged by North Yorkshire Council.  Appeals submitted for a Year 7 place, for a child to start school at the beginning of the academic year in September, will need to be received by North Yorkshire Council’s deadline to guarantee being heard before the new school year starts (see below link).

Appeal for a School Place - North Yorkshire Council

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Transport

All queries regarding transport are dealt with by Integrated Passenger Transport. 

Home to School Travel - important changes (information from North Yorkshire Council School Transport)

Please be aware that the home to school eligibility criteria changed from 1 September 2024.  One of the main changes is that transport is now provided to the nearest school to a home address, subject to the statutory walking distance.  This will impact some children where the catchment school for admissions purposes is not the nearest school.  To help parents identify the nearest schools to their home address there is a distance calculator available on the North Yorkshire Council website.

The Home to School Travel Policy can also be located on the North Yorkshire Council website.

School transport for reception to year 11 children | North Yorkshire Council