Secondary Transfer 2026
National Allocation Day - 2 March 2026
Your home Local Authority will inform you of the school you have been allocated.
Depending on the method used in applying for a school place, you will receive either an email during the afternoon of 2 March 2026 or a letter will be sent on 2 March from your Local Authority notifying you of the school place your child has been allocated for September 2026.
If your application to Chancellor's School has been successful, you will receive a letter from the school confirming the offer of the place by 6 March 2026. You will need to accept or decline your child's place with your Local Authority (not with Chancellor's School) by 9 March 2026.
If you have not been successful in your application to this school, you can email the school regarding your child's position on the continuing interest list at admin@chancellors.herts.sch.uk.
Continuing Interest
Following National Allocation Day, all applicants who listed Chancellor's School higher than the school they have been allocated will automatically be rolled onto the continuing interest list. Please inform the Local Authority if you do not wish to remain on the list.
You will not remain on this school's continuing interest list if you have been allocated a school you ranked higher than this school.
First continuing interest applicants allocated a different school at this time will be contacted by the Local Authority between 23 - 27 March 2026.
Second (and final) Round of Continuing Interest
If you are allocated a different school you will be contacted by the Local Authority between 27 April - 1 May 2026. If further vacancies occur they will be filled as they occur from the continuing interest list. The continuing interest list will continue until the end of the Summer term (23 July 2026) at which time if applicants wish to remain on the list they will need to complete an in-year application form on your Local Authorities website.
It is worth noting that the school receives few withdrawals at this stage and it is therefore important that you make alternative arrangements for your child by accepting a place at another secondary school. There is no statistical information from one year to the next, as to how many places will be accepted or declined by applicants.
Appeals
All unsuccessful applicants are entitled to appeal.
If you wish to appeal against the decision not to offer your child a place you will need to set up an appeals account. The online appeals portal is the same for all parents and is found here: School Admission Appeal/Hertfordshire County Council
In order to set up an account, the following codes are needed:
- Application Reference Number
- Child ID
Hertfordshire parents can access the codes they need in order to set up an appeals account via their admissions account. Parents who live out-of-county or who applied on paper will need to contact Hertfordshire County Council Customer Service Centre on 0300 123 4043 in order to obtain their registration details to gain access. These will be sent via automated email.(Any in-county parents having difficulty finding their codes in their admissions account can also do this if they need to.)
Appeals resulting from secondary transfer applications for admission in September 2026 will be heard according to the following timetable:
|
Allocation day |
Appeals lodged by |
Appeals to be heard between |
|---|---|---|
|
2 March 2026 |
4:00pm on 27 March 2026 |
29 April - 15 June 2026 (excl 4 May, 25 - 29 May) |
Hertfordshire Local Authority are organising all of Chancellor's School appeals. From the above information you will note that the Authority will require your completed Appeal Form to be returned to them by 4:00pm on 27 March 2026.
- Appeals lodged after these dates will be heard within 40 school days of the appeal deadline or 30 school days of being lodged, whichever is the later date.
- Appellants will be sent notification of their appeal hearing at least 10 clear working days in advance of the hearing.
- Appellants will be sent a copy of the school's case 7 working days in advance of the hearing.
Additional supporting information
Any appellant wishing to submit supporting evidence after they have lodged their appeal will need to get that to the Appeals Team at least 7 working days before the hearing.
Please remember that any confidential medical/social evidence submitted to the Admission Authority (AA) in support of an application will not be provided to an appeal panel. Any appellant who wishes to rely on this in support of an appeal will need to submit it separately to the Appeals Team.
A short document (like a doctor’s letter which was not previously available) will be accepted up to 4 working days before the hearing. Any additional evidence received after this deadline will be accepted only at the panel’s discretion.
It is possible for you to remain on the Continuing Interest list without lodging an appeal.
Summary of Allocations
Here are detailed summaries of our allocations on Allocation Days.
