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Starting school, junior and middle school: what happens next

How to pursue a place at your preferred infant, primary, junior and middle school, change of preference and submit a late application.

In this section:

Waiting list process for primary, infant and junior schools

Your child’s name will be placed on the waiting list for schools your have specified as a higher preference.

There is no guarantee that it will be possible to offer places to children on waiting list(s), in the future. Places at oversubscribed school(s) have been allocated up to their admission limit. Opportunities for those on the waiting lists will only occur if children already allocated a place decide not to take up the place offered.

Waiting lists are organised in the order of priority of the relevant school's admission criteria. Waiting lists are not based on the date the application was added to the list. The position of your child on a waiting list may change as children are added to or deleted from the list(s).

Email the Admissions team immediately if:

  • you no longer require the place allocated for your child
  • you are happy with the school that has been allocated to your child and do not wish to remain on the waiting list for any higher preference school(s)
  • your child is offered a place via the waiting list process, the original place offered will be immediately reallocated to another child – your child's name will then be removed from the waiting list of any school(s) you have specified as a lower preference
  • want to remove your child’s name from the waiting list(s) for any higher ranked school if you are content with the school offered to your child – this is because waiting lists are often activated between May and August
  • your child has a brother or sister who is on the waiting list for the school offered, you must contact the Admissions team to ensure the brother or sister's details are re-ranked on the waiting list

Contact the Admissions team

Request details on your child's position on a waiting list

Requests for details of your child’s position on a waiting list should be made in writing to the Admissions team.

Waiting lists

For all of the schools listed, parents or carers can apply for their child's name to be held on a waiting list following the expiry date. 

The following shows how long your child's name will be held on the waiting lists.

Waiting list for primary and infant schools that expire on 25 March 2027

This includes the following schools:

  • Leagrave Primary School (Foundation)
  • Someries Infant School (Foundation)

Waiting list for primary and infant schools that expire on 31 July 2027

This includes the following schools:

  • Beech Hill Primary School (Community)
  • Beechwood Primary School (Community)
  • Bramingham Primary School (Community)
  • Bushmead Primary School (Community)
  • Chantry Primary Academy (Academy)
  • Crawley Green Infant School (Foundation)
  • Cutenhoe Hill Primary School (Community)
  • Dallow Primary School (Academy)
  • Denbigh Primary School (Community)
  • Downside Primary School (Community)
  • Foxdell Primary School (Community)
  • Hillborough Infant School (Community)
  • lcknield Primary School (Community)
  • Maidenhall Primary School (Community)
  • Norton Road Primary School (Community)
  • Parklea Primary School (Community)
  • Pirton Hill Primary School (Community)
  • Putteridge Primary School (Community)
  • Ramridge Primary School (Community)
  • River Bank Primary School (Free school)
  • Sacred Heart Primary School (Voluntary aided (Catholic)
  • St Josephs Primary School (Voluntary aided (Catholic)
  • St Margaret of Scotland Primary (Voluntary aided (Catholic)
  • St Martin de Porres Primary (Voluntary aided (Catholic)
  • St Matthews Primary School (Community)
  • Southfield Primary School (Academy)
  • Stopsley Primary School (Community)
  • Tennyson Road Primary School (Academy)
  • The Ferrars Academy (Academy)
  • The Linden Academy (Free school)
  • The Meads Primary School (Community)
  • Warden Hill Infant Academy (Academy)
  • Waulud Primary School (Community)
  • Whipperley Infant Academy (Academy)
  • Whitefield Primary School (Academy)
  • Wigmore Primary School (Community)
  • William Austin Infant School (Community)

Waiting list for junior schools that expire on 31 July 2027

This includes the following schools:

  • Farley Junior Academy (Academy)
  • Ferrars Junior School (Community) 
  • Hillborough Junior School (Community)
  • Someries Junior School (Community)
  • Warden Hill Junior School (Community)
  • Wenlock CofE Academy (Voluntary Aided Academy)
  • William Austin Junior School (Community)