How to order your school preferences

You can name up to six preferences on your school application.

You should put the schools in the order you want them to be considered e.g. Preference number 1 is the school you'd most prefer your child to go to.

You should name as many schools as possible to give your child the best chance of getting a school place you'll be satisfied with. You can't appeal for a school you haven't named on your application and naming only one school does not guarantee your child a place in that school.

You can't make changes to your preferences after the closing date for applications unless it's for good reason. If you'd like to do this, you must contact us by email to admissions@medway.gov.uk by 10 November 2017.

How school places are offered

All school places are offered based on the oversubscription criteria for each school and not by the order of preference you name a school.  

We won't tell the schools you have named which preference they have been given, as it's not required for them to consider your child's application. The order of your preferences is only between you and us (Medway Council) so we can try our best to offer your child a place at one of your highest preferred schools.