Admissions

School Admissions Consultation

Tadcaster Grammar School Admission Process 

Welcome to Tadcaster Grammar School. Applications for admissions for September 2025 need to be made online via your local authority website school admission page by 31st October 2024. The national offer day for secondary school places is 1st March 2025.

How to Apply

If you live in North Yorkshire you can find more information here and use this link: Starting secondary school | North Yorkshire Council. 

If you live in the City Of York you can find more information here and use this link: School admissions – City of York Council

Once you have set up your parent portal, you will need to apply for a place by scrolling down the application page to find apply for a school in another local authority from this drop down  pick North Yorkshire – Tadcaster Grammar School. (Although Copmanthorpe Primary, Archbishop of York Junior School and St Mary’s Askham Richard are all catchment primary schools for TGS, if your child attends one of these schools you will still need to do this.)

If you live in the Leeds Local Authority area you can find more information here and use this link: Apply for a secondary school. Once you have set up your parent portal, you will need to apply for a place by scrolling down the application page to find apply for a school in another local authority from this drop down pick North Yorkshire – Tadcaster Grammar School.

If you live outside of these areas you can of course still apply. If you require any support with this North Yorkshire Admissions Team will be able to help – School admissions | North Yorkshire Council or contact the school directly for additional support.

Admissions Statement

If you need any support in accessing school admissions please contact Ms N Clarke (Year 7) n.clarke@tgs.starmat.uk and Ms R Knapton (Year 12) r.knapton@tgs.starmat.uk at the school, who can help guide you through the process.

Our school PAN (published admission number) for the following years:

2023/24: 262 into Year 7 / 180 into Year 12

2024/25: 262 into Year 7 / 180 into Year 12

2025/26: 262 into Year 7 / 180 into Year 12

This is the Published Admission Number (PAN) for every year group into which pupils can be admitted, including Year 12 when there is a 6th form. The PAN is the maximum number of pupils that the admission authority will admit to each year group.