Apply for secondary school places online

Secondary school admissions for September 2019 open on Monday 22 October, and for the first time it will be possible for applications to be made online.

Parents and carers will have the option of applying for their child’s place using an online form available in the ‘My Account’ section on the council’s website.

To be able to fill in a secondary school admission application online, residents simply need to sign up to ‘My Account’ at www.bridgend.gov.uk by supplying an email address.

If you are in any doubt about catchment areas, then please check the catchment maps on the school admission pages of our website first before you apply.

Bridgend County Borough Council Leader, Councillor Huw David

Once the secondary school applications open, parents and carers of primary school pupils who are currently in year six will have until Friday 11 January 2019 to submit their application. They will then be notified of the outcome of their application on Friday 1 March 2019.

Please note that a separate application process is followed for admissions to Archbishop McGrath Catholic High School. Parents and carers should contact the school directly for an application form.

Councillor David added: “The ‘My Account’ feature was developed for our new website following feedback from residents who said that they wanted the local authority to provide better, faster, more interactive online services.

“Through ‘My Account’, residents can already manage their council tax and housing benefit accounts, and they will gradually be offered more opportunities to access council services whenever they want without having to queue or wait on the telephone.

“Over the next few months it will also be possible to use ‘My Account’ to make online applications for nursery, infant, junior and primary school places.”

Further details about school admissions, including catchment maps, can be found on the school admissions section of the council website.