Join a waiting list

You can add your child to a waiting list for any of the schools in your original application. 

If a space becomes free, the school uses its admissions policy to decide who they can take. 

That means: 

• it will look at things like how close your child lives and other individual factors 
• it won’t decide on a first-come-first-served basis

Waiting list for primary, junior or secondary schools in September 2025

We are responsible for the waiting lists for all local authority-controlled schools and manage the waiting list for some academies. A full list of academies we manage the lists for  can be found at the bottom of the page.

For all other own-admissions authority schools, please contact the school directly.

To join a waiting list, please email your child's

• name
• date of birth
• address
• relevant siblings and
• the name(s) of the schools whose waiting list you wish to join

to wlphase@eastsussex.gov.uk

You need to renew the request  to keep your child on a waiting list in December. If you don’t renew, we’ll remove your child’s name.

Waiting list for in-year applications

To join(or renew) a waiting list  for a community controlled school or an academy we hold the waiting list for  please email your child’s:

• name
• date of birth
• address
• relevant siblings and
• the name(s) of the schools whose waiting list you wish to join

to  wlinyear@eastussex.gov.uk

Waiting lists need to be renewed over the Christmas, Easter and Summer holidays. If you don't email us to renew this your child will be removed from the list.

What happens if your application is successful

Before your child starts school: 

• we’ll automatically withdraw your original allocation and replace it with the new school 
• we’ll let you know in writing that we’ve changed your child’s school 

After your child starts school: 

• we’ll give you 10 school days to accept or refuse the place 

If you wish to withdraw from a waiting list at any time, you must do so in writing to the Admissions and Transport team

Academies we manage the waiting list for

We manage the waiting list for the following academies:

Primary:

• Breakwater Academy
• Burfield Academy
• Chantry Community Primary School
• Christ Church CE Primary and Nursery Academy
• Churchwood Primary Academy
• Dudley Infant Academy
• Hawkes Farm Academy
• High Cliff Academy
• Hollington Primary Academy
• Hurst Green CE Primary School
• Langney Primary Academy
• Little Common School
• Newick CE Primary School
• Ninfield CE Primary School
• Northiam CE Primary School
• Ocklynge Junior School 
• Parkland Infant School
• Peacehaven Heights Academy
• Phoenix Academy
• Robsack Wood Primary Academy
• St Andrew's CE Infants
• St John's Meads CE Primary School
• St Leonards CE Primary Academy
• St Paul's CE Academy
• Sedlescombe CE Primary School
• Shinewater Primary School
• Silverdale Primary Academy
• Telscombe Cliffs Academy
• Tollgate Community Junior School 
• The Baird Primary Academy
• The Haven Voluntary Aided CE Methodist Primary School
• West St Leonards Primary Academy
• White House Academy

Secondary:

• Robertsbridge Community College
• The Hastings Academy
• The St Leonards Academy
• The Turing School.