Admission Info

Admission to Reception at Primary School/Year 3 Junior School & Lower to Middle school places for September 2025

Letters confirming the results of the second round of admissions have now been sent. If you have not received your letter by 16 May 2025, please contact us.

To submit a response to your allocated school or to request for your child’s name to be placed on the waiting list for any school of your choice, please complete the  online primary reply form  to respond to the offer made.

However, if you are:

  •         A Gloucestershire resident applying for the first time
  •       An Out of County applicant requiring a Gloucestershire School (even if you have previously applied but want your child’s name added to a waiting list)

Please complete the Waiting List Common Application Form.

All new reception/junior school requests for September 2025 entry will be processed on a weekly basis starting from the week commencing the 2 June 2025, with requests received by midnight on the Friday of each week receiving the outcome within the following week.  Parents will be notified of the outcome by email or by post.

Please Note:

·         If you have moved address since 15th January 2025, please confirm and provide proof of the new address.

·         If we are able to offer your child a place from any of the waiting lists, then your original offer will be withdrawn and the new school allocated in its place. 

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For those parents who are happy with the school they have been allocated, the schools will be in touch with you either by email or letter.

·     Appeals

If you feel you would like lodge an appeal and have your case heard by an Appeal Panel that is independent of the school’s admission authority, please  click on the attached link below which will direct you the appeals page.

Appeals Information

Key dates

From November 2024Letters sent out to Gloucestershire residents explaining how to apply for a school place
From 4 November 2024 to Midnight 15 January 2025Application Window.
Closing date for school applications is Midnight on 15 January 2025
Wednesday 16 April 2025Allocation Day
Wednesday 23 April 2025Closing date to return reply form accepting the School/Academy place or requesting to be put on waiting list/s
After Wednesday 14 May 2025Outcome of Waiting List Requests
Midnight Wednesday, 21 May 2025Closing date for return of reply forms
June 2025 to July 2025Appeals