Applying for a Year R place

 

Primary School Prospectus – Click Here September 2026 - TBC

Year R September 2026 (Supplementary Form) – Will be Available from November 2025

Key Dates
Year R Open Morning:	Saturday, 15th November 2025 10 am to 12pm
Deadline for online KCC CAF to be completed:	Thursday, 15th January 2026
Deadline for school supplementary form to be completed and returned to the school	Monday, 19th January 2026
National Offer Day:	Thursday, 16th April 2026
Acceptance/Refusal of a place Deadline:	Thursday, 30th April 2026
Waiting list/late application Deadline:	Thursday, 30th April 2026
Appeal must be submitted by:	Tuesday 19th May 2026
Appeals to be heard by:	TBC

 

Appeals information

APPEALS INFORMATION:

If your child is due to start Primary school in September 2026, you can appeal if you are refused a place at one of your preferred schools on National Offer Day (Thursday, 16th April 2026). You needed to submit your appeal before Tuesday, 19th May 2026 for it to be considered by the end of July 2025. Any appeals received after this time will be heard within 40 school days from the deadline, or where reasonably possible in line with updated guidance from the Department for Education.

For late applications, appeals should be heard within 40 school days from the deadline for lodging appeals where possible, or within 30 school days of the appeal being lodged where reasonably possible in line with updated guidance from the Department for Education.

Please click HERE for Kent advice on making an appeal for a school place