| Step | League/Division | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Conference National (Blue Square Premier League) | ||||||
| Promoted to League Two of The Football League: Champion and winner of 2nd-5th playoff. Relegated to either Conference North or Conference South: 4 clubs. | |||||||
| 2 | Conference North (Blue Square North) | Conference South (Blue Square South) | |||||
| Promoted to Conference National: Champions of each division; the winners of a 2nd-5th playoff in each division will also be promoted. Relegated to Step 3 leagues: 3 clubs from each division. | |||||||
| 3 | Northern Premier League (UniBond League) Premier Division | Southern League (Zamaretto League) Premier Division | Isthmian League (Ryman League) Premier Division | ||||
| Promoted to Conference North or South: Champion and winner of 2nd-5th playoff for each league. Relegated to Step 4 leagues: 4 clubs from each league. | |||||||
| 4 | Northern Premier League (UniBond League) Division One North | Northern Premier League (UniBond League) Division One South | Southern Football League (Zamaretto League) Division One Midlands | Southern Football League (Zamaretto League) Division One South & West | Isthmian League (Ryman League) Division One South | Isthmian League (Ryman League) Division One North | |
| Promoted to Step 3 leagues: Champion and winner of 2nd-5th playoff for each league. Relegated to Step 5 leagues determined by NLS Committee: 2 clubs from each league. | |||||||
| 5 | Combined Counties League Premier Division | Eastern Counties League Premier Division | Essex Senior League | Hellenic League Premier Division | Kent LeaguePremier Division | Midland Football Alliance | Northern Counties East League Premier Division | Northern League Division One | North West Counties LeaguePremier Division | Spartan South Midlands League Premier Division | Sussex County League Division One | United Counties League Premier Division | Wessex League Premier Division | Western League Premier Division | ||||||
| Promoted to Step 4 leagues determined by NLS Committee: Total of 12 League champions. Relegated: Arranged according to separate agreements with Step 6 leagues. | |||||||
| 6 | Combined Counties League Division One | East Midlands Counties League | Eastern Counties League Division One | Hellenic League Division One East | Hellenic League Division One West | Midland Combination Premier Division | Northern Counties East Division One | Northern League Division Two | North West Counties League Division One | South West Peninsula League Premier Division | Spartan South Midlands League Division One | Sussex County League Division Two |United Counties League Division One | Wessex League Division One | West Midlands (Regional) League Premier Division | Western League Division One | ||||||
| Promotion and relegation: Arranged according to separate agreements with appropriate leagues. | |||||||
| 7 | Anglian Combination Premier Division | Bedfordshire Football League Premier Division | Brighton Hove and District League Premier Division | Cambridgeshire League Premier Division | Central Midlands League Supreme Division | Cheshire Football League Division One | Crawley and District League Premier Division |Dorset Premier League | East Berkshire League Premier Division | East Sussex Football League Premier Division | Essex & Suffolk Border League | Essex Olympian Football League Premier Division | Gloucestershire County League | Hampshire Premier League | Herts Senior County League Premier Division | Kent County League Premier Division | Leicestershire Senior League Premier Division | Liverpool County Premier League | Manchester Football League Premier Division | Mid-Sussex Football League Premier Division | Middlesex County Football League Premier Division | Midland Combination Division One | North Berks Football League Division One | Northamptonshire Football Combination Premier Division | Northampton Town Football League Premier Division | Northern Football AlliancePremier Division | Oxfordshire Senior Football League Premier Division | Peterborough and District Football League Premier Division | Reading Football LeagueSenior Division | Somerset County Football League Premier Division | South West Peninsula League Division One East | South West Peninsula League Division One West | Spartan South Midlands League Division Two | Staffordshire County Senior League Premier Division | Suffolk and Ipswich Football League Senior Division | Sussex County League Division Three | Wearside Football League | West Cheshire Amateur Football League Division One | West Lancashire Football League Premier Division | West Midlands (Regional) League Division One | West Sussex Football League | Wiltshire Football League Premier Division | Worthing and District Football League Premier Division | ||||||