Admissions
How to apply for a September 2026 place
If you are applying for a reception place for September 2026, all applications are made in advance. Offers are made by local authorities on national offer day.
Our Published Admission Number (PAN) is 45 places, and this is the number of places the school can admit in reception in 2026.
You must apply to the local authority who empties your bins. If this is Leeds, go to www.leeds.gov.uk/apply. The LA website is a composite prospectus for all Leeds schools and includes information about:
- all the steps you need to go through to make an application
- the key dates
- a search tool to see if your home address gives any higher priority for admission to any school(s)
- an explanation about how places are offered if there are more applications than spaces (oversubscribed)
- the online application portal - apply online and you will be sent your offer by email
- a summary of each school’s individual admission policy criteria
- data about who got a place in the last 3 years - this will help you work out if there is a reasonable chance of your child qualifying for a place.
- Information about applying under a specific admission criteria (such as your child being previously looked after). It is important to ensure you submit all supporting evidence by the deadline to show you meet any such criteria.
You also need to make an application to the local authority asking for a place at our school. You do this online at the above link. If you do not send the application to the local authority, you will not have made a valid application for a place at our school.
You can also watch the Leeds City Council school admissions video for more information.
The council’s social media pages will also tell you about Q&A sessions where you can ask questions.
Application Timeline
1st November 2025 - Applications open. You can apply online at www.leeeds.gov.uk/apply
15th January 2026 - National deadline for applying
12th February 2026 - Deadline for late applications and changes (for schools which follow Leeds coordinated scheme)
16th April 2026 - National offer day
In-year applications.
If you are moving into Leeds or want to change schools in Leeds, you need to make a school transfer – often called an in-year application.
This includes
- applications for a place in reception after the start of term in September
- and applications for a place in all other year groups (year 1-6)
Moving schools can be a difficult experience for a child. You should always speak to your child's current school before trying to move to see what support they can offer you
How to apply for an in-year place
Leeds City Council has delegated the decision-making for in-year applications to our Governing Body.
You can apply for a place online using the Leeds in-year application form before you move schools (leeds.gov.uk). You can apply for places at our school and any other Leeds schools which are part of the centralised Leeds in-year application scheme at the same time.
If you have moved house, please upload evidence of the house move with the online application. You can find out what you need to provide on the above website.
We have to offer places by applying our admission policy criteria to your child’s application, and we will contact you with our decision about offering you a place. We will tell you our decision no later than 15 schooldays from when you apply.
If we cannot offer you a place, we will
- Write to you to explain the reasons
- Explain how you can appeal and
- Add your child to our waiting list in case a place becomes free.
Our waiting lists are kept until the end of each school year. You will need to make a new application if you want to be on the waiting list for the following school year.
Appeals
If we cannot offer you a place, you will have the right of appeal. The appeal panel is independent of the school and council and their decision is legally binding.
Before you appeal:
- You should accept any place that you have been offered in case your appeal is not successful.
- You should think about why you are appealing and check if it is likely to be successful.
- Could read the advice for appealing for school places on GOV.UK
- Could get independent advice on making an appeal from a charity
Leeds City Council arranges our appeals, and you can find the appeal form at School appeals (leeds.gov.uk)
If you are appealing for a reception place for September 2026, you need to submit your appeal by the deadline to ensure the appeal will be heard before the summer holidays.