Choosing the first school for your child, is one of the most important decisions a parent has to make. At Beeston Primary School we promote a love of learning within a safe and happy school, in which every person matters.
We are very pleased you are considering Beeston Primary School for your child. Our aim is to ensure that your child feels safe, secure and happy as soon as he or she steps over the threshold. A happy child will gain in confidence and will grow to enjoy learning. Beeston Primary School has a unique family atmosphere where your child will become a valued member of our community. We encourage parents to be part of our school and share in their child’s learning journey.
If you would like to learn more about our school, please contact Mrs Gahan or Mrs Singleton in the attendance office on 0113 271 6978 (option 1), or alternatively email: admissions@beestonprimary.org
We look forward to meeting you and your child.
We are a foundation school and the admission authority is Beeston Primary School Governing Body. The school’s admission authority sets the admission policy every year. You can read our school’s admission polices below: In-year applications to start at our school between
· Applications for reception places in September 2023 – read our 2023/24 policy
· Applications for reception places in September 2024 – read our 2024/25 policy.
· Applications for reception places in September 2025 – read our 2025/26 policy
How to apply for a September 2025 place
If you are applying for a Reception place for September 2025, all applications are made in advance. Offers are made by local authorities 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 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 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.
You can also see information about our school, including previous admission data, on our school page on the Leeds City Council’s website Information for Beeston Primary School
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
Children born between 1 September 2020 and 31 August 2021 are due to start reception in September 2025.
1 November 2024: Applications open. You can apply online at www.leeds.gov.uk/apply
15 January 2025: National deadline for applying for Reception 2025
12 February 2025: Deadline for making changes that will be considered as being on-time by our school
29 February 2025: Final date Leeds City Council uses for adding late applications or receiving change of address evidence. Any new applications received by Leeds City Council after this date will not be offered a school place until the first round of reallocations in May
16 April 2025: National offer day (first working day after 16 April)
1 May 2025: First cut off for waiting list requests to be submitted to Leeds City Council Deadline for accepting offers
15 May 2025: All reception appeals received by this date will be heard before the summer holiday start Leeds City Council arranges our appeals
May to end of August 2025: Any available places automatically allocated from waiting lists by the local authority Lower preference school offers are also withdrawn automatically (even if accepted)
June to July 2025: Appeals heard by independent appeal panels
September 2025: Start primary school
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
We make the decision on whether to offer a place in-year.
You can apply for a place online using the Leeds in-year application form at Before you move schools (leeds.gov.uk). You can apply for places at our school and any other Leeds schools who 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 school days 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 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 you are not offered a place at the school you requested, you will have the right of appeal. The appeal panel is independent of the school and council and the decision is legally binding.
Before you appeal you:
· should accept any place that you have been offered in case your appeal is not successful
· should think about why you are appealing and check if it is likely to be successful
· could read the advice for appealing 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 2025, you need to submit your appeal form by the above deadline to ensure the appeal will be heard before the summer holidays.
Appeals for Reception, Year 1 and Year 2
These classes are limited to 30 pupils per teacher by law. This means that appeals for these places are less likely to be successful.
If our school refuses your child a place because of this limit and you want to appeal, you will need to make an infant class size appeal. You can see if your reasons are likely to be successful by reading the Department for Education’s information about infant class size appeals.
Other appeals
You can appeal because you want your child to attend a particular school. These are successful if the panel agree that the reasons for your appeal outweigh the school’s decision not to admit any more children.
Wanting your child to go to a school because you think it is the best one in the area is not likely to convince the panel that your child should get a place there.
Links:
Leeds City Council Admission info page
