Secondary school offers in Haringey: offer day 2027
National Offer Day Monday 1 March 2027 · 12 secondary schools · first-choice odds, waiting lists and appeals
How likely is a first choice here?
For September 2026 entry, 76.8% of families living in Haringey were offered their first-choice secondary school, against 83.6% across England. 70 families (3.1%) were offered none of the schools they named. Haringey ranks 39 of 150 councils in England, hardest first (see every council).
3 of its 12 secondary schools had more first-choice applications than places.
The most sought-after, by first-choice applications per place offered: Alexandra Park School (2.3 per place), Harris Academy Tottenham (1.3 per place), St Thomas More Catholic School (1.1 per place), Highgate Wood Secondary School (0.9 per place), Heartlands High School (0.8 per place).
If you didn't get your first choice
- Accept the place you were offered by the date in your offer letter. Accepting it does not affect a waiting list or an appeal, and a place that isn't accepted can be withdrawn.
- Get on the waiting lists you want. Every school must keep one until at least 31 December of the year your child starts. It is ranked by the school's admission rules, not by when you joined, so a family moving closer can go above you. Some councils add you automatically for schools you ranked higher than the one offered; your offer letter says which.
- Decide whether to appeal. You can appeal for every school that refused your child. You get at least 20 school days from the offer to lodge it, and on-time appeals must be heard within 40 school days of that deadline. The figures below show how often appeals succeed here.
- Look at schools that took lower preferences. These are the likeliest to have room now.
Schools that took children who ranked them lower
For September 2026 entry these 9 schools offered more places than they had first-choice applications, so some went to families who put them second or lower. They are the likeliest to have room after offer day; ask Haringey or the school.
- Duke's Aldridge London
- Fortismere School London
- Gladesmore Community School London
- Greig City Academy London
- Heartlands High School London
- Highgate Wood Secondary School London
- Hornsey School for Girls London
- Mulberry Academy Woodside London
- Park View School London
Every secondary school: demand for 2026 entry
Sorted by first-choice applications per place, the most contested first.
| School | Places offered | First choices per place | First choices offered | Last distance offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alexandra Park School London |
220 | 2.3 | 42% | 0.48 mi (2026) |
| Harris Academy Tottenham London |
157 | 1.3 | 68% | – |
| St Thomas More Catholic School London |
182 | 1.1 | 82% | 0.22 mi (2026) |
| Highgate Wood Secondary School London |
232 | 0.9 | 78% | 1.17 mi (2026) |
| Heartlands High School London |
199 | 0.8 | 84% | 1.19 mi (2026) |
| Greig City Academy London |
191 | 0.8 | 92% | 1.96 mi (2026) |
| Gladesmore Community School London |
231 | 0.8 | 100% | – |
| Duke's Aldridge London |
116 | 0.8 | 100% | – |
| Park View School London |
176 | 0.8 | 100% | – |
| Mulberry Academy Woodside London |
220 | 0.7 | 100% | – |
| Fortismere School London |
257 | 0.7 | 79% | 1.23 mi (2026) |
| Hornsey School for Girls London |
79 | 0.6 | 100% | – |
Places offered is the number of offers made on national offer day, and first choices offered the share of families who put the school first and got it (Department for Education, September 2026 entry). Last distance offered is published by Haringey, in a straight line from home to school: distance of the last child offered a place under the distance criterion. It moves every year with who applies, and siblings and other priority groups are offered places first.
Appeals in Haringey
| Year | Appeals lodged | Heard by a panel | Upheld | Share of heard appeals upheld |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 88 | 65 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 2024/25 | 96 | 65 | 3 | 4.6% |
| 2023/24 | 144 | 120 | 9 | 7.5% |
Secondary school appeals across all of Haringey, from the Department for Education. Appeals are not published school by school. Across England in 2025/26, 19.5% of 27,084 secondary appeals heard were upheld. How appeal odds differ between councils.
More for Haringey
- Every school in Haringey, with catchment areas and Ofsted
- Starting school in Haringey
- Map of schools near your home, with your chance of a place where we have the data
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