Most children start school at the start of the school year following their fourth birthday. They can't start school before this. Unless you decide to educate your child at home, your child must start school by the school term following their fifth birthday.

You can apply for a primary or infant school place starting school in September 2025 for a child born between 1 September 2020 and 31 August 2021.

Date	Activity
1 September 2024	Main application period opens.
15 January 2025	Main application period closes. You can make an application after this date, but it will be a late application. Late applications are not considered until all on-time applications have been considered and allocated.
10 March 2025	Deadline to submit a change of address for consideration.
17 April 2025	Offer day. You will receive your offer of a primary school place.
28 April 2025	​Deadline day for accepting an offer.

Further details of how to do this will be found on the Swindon Borough Council website.

Do you have a child starting school in September 2024? Please visit our 'Prospective Starters September 2024' and New Starters September 2024 pages..




BKAT: Admissions policies 24/25, 25/26 & 26/27

Our 2023/2024 entry School Admissions Policy can be found here:
Admissions 2023-2024

Mid Year Transfers
If you would like to transfer to our school mid- year this must also be done through Swindon Borough Council School Admissions Team and details of the process can be found here:
www.swindon.gov.uk

Please contact our school to find out if we have spaces in the year group your child would be joining.

Our 2022/2023 entry School Admissions Policy can be found here:
Admissions 2022-2023

Our 2021/2022 entry School Admissions Policy can be found here:
Admissions 2021-2022