Applying for Reception Sept 2023
How to apply for a September 2023 place
If you are applying for a reception place for September 2023, all applications are made in advance. Offers are made by the Local Authority on national offer day.
You must apply to the local authority who empties your bins. If this is Leeds, go to www.leeds.gov.uk/apply. The website is a composite prospectus for all Leeds schools, and this includes:
- 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
The council’s social media pages will also tell you about Q&A sessions where you can ask questions.
You can also see information about our school, including previous admission data, on our school page on the Leeds City Council’s websitehttps://www.leeds.gov.uk/schools-and-education/school-admissions/check-school-details/display-details?schoolid=160
Application Timetable - The below timetable applies to applications made to Leeds City Council. If you apply to another local authority, they may have different dates. This applies to children born between 1 September 2018 and 31 August 2019 are due to start reception in September 2023
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1 November 2022 |
Applications open. You can apply online at www.leeds.gov.uk/apply |
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15 January 2023 |
National deadline for applying for Reception 2023 |
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12 February 2023 |
Deadline for making changes that will be considered as being on-time for our school. |
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28 February 2023 |
Final date Leeds City Council uses for adding late applications or receiving change of address evidence. Any new applications received after this date will not be offered a school place until the first round of reallocations in May |
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17 April 2023 |
National offer day (first working day after 16 April) |
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1 May 2023 |
First cut off for waiting list requests and deadline for accepting offers |
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15 May 2023 |
Any reception appeal submitted by this date will be heard before the summer holidays start. Leeds City Council arranges our appeals. |
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May to end of August 2023 |
Any available places automatically allocated from waiting lists by the local authority. Lower preference school offers are also withdrawn automatically (even if accepted) |
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June to July 2023 |
Appeals heard by independent appeal panels |
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September 2023 |
Start primary school |