Admissions

Local Authority Contact Details:
West Sussex County Council Pupil Admissions Office, County Hall North, Chartway, Horsham, RH12 1XH

Tel: 0330 222 4888
Email: admissions.north@westsussex.gov.uk

Year 7 Admissions for September 2025 (Transition from Primary School)

Admissions Timeline 2024/2025

Monday 2 September 2024
Secondary school applications open for September 2025
Opportunity for parents/carers to start visiting schools.
Thursday 31 October 2024
Closing date for all secondary school applications at 11:59pm
In case of technical issues we strongly recommend you apply online and not delay your application until the last minute. If you choose to apply on a paper form, it is your responsibility to ensure the form arrives before the national closing date. Please ensure you specify your email address if you have one.
Thursday 28 November 2024
Closing date for out of time applications made after the application deadline.
Closing date for receipt of evidence regarding a request to change preferences due to a genuine unforeseeable reason.
Closing date for receipt of evidence for house movers
Monday 3 March 2025
Offer day - on-time online applicants notified which school their child has been offered by email. Applicants who submitted a paper form will be emailed their allocation later this day if an email address was provided in the application. Applicants who do not have an email address will receive a letter by second class post.
Monday 31 March 2025 onwards
Late applications received on or after 29 November 2024 are processed and offers made.
Waiting lists will be established and places offered if they become available.
April to August 2025
Independent appeal panel hear appeals lodged by parents/carers.
September 2025
New term starts

Further Information

West Sussex County Council deals with our Admissions process. The school does not discriminate and welcomes people from all backgrounds. The WSCC webpage on Applying for Secondary School Places contains a great deal of useful information in addition.

You can also find more information about Tanbridge House School in our Welcome Booklet, which is made available to all new THS families each year before you join us:

For Year 7 Transition enquiries please email transitions@ths.uk.net

For any School Admission enquiries please email schooladmissions@ths.uk.net

In Year Admissions

Admission enquiries and applications for school places outside the primary school transfer process should be directed in the first instance to the Local Authority (WSCC). This includes queries regarding Appeals, Waiting Lists and Catchment Areas. Contact details can be found above.

Please see the WSCC webpage on Moving Schools for more information.