Admissions
Admission arrangements for full-time school – September 2025:
Children start full-time primary school in the academic year in which they turn five years of age. The first class they will attend is called the Reception Class.
Preference forms are issued to parents in the academic year before their child starts school. They should be obtained from and returned to the Local Authority. Parents can apply for schools in another Local Authority using the preference form. Local Authorities co-ordinate with each other to allocate school places.
If a preference form is not returned for your child, then a place will be allocated by the Local Authority, this will be at a school that has places left after all other applications have been processed.
Please note that you have to apply for a reception place even if your child already attends our school nursery.
Middlesbrough Council have introduced an on-line school admissions service. You will need to have access to an Internet connected computer; this could be at your home or at your local library, community centre etc. When you receive your application pack it will include details of how to apply on-line together with a log-on id and password.
The on-line system will be open for parents to apply on-line after the application forms have been sent out, until the closing date as shown in the timetable. The system will then close and re-open on the date that the notification letters are issued; it will then display your child’s allocated school.
For children who wish to join our Reception Class from September 2025 please contact:
Middlesbrough Borough Council School Admissions School Admissions team
PO Box 505
Civic Centre
Middlesbrough
TS1 9FZ
Telephone: (01642) 201890
There will be occasions when other pupils wish to transfer between schools, for example, if a family moves into the area. In this event, the parent should contact School Admissions 01642 201890. Parents wishing to transfer their child to another school should also contact School Admissions on 01642 201890.
