Admissions Arrangements

We are absolutely delighted that you are looking at Asquith Primary School as a great choice for your child. Below you will find information about how to apply for a place at Asquith Primary. There are three routes to apply for school places dependent on what age your child will enter the school:

1)  Admissions in Nursery.

Children are welcome to join our Nursery from the term after their third birthday. Our admissions intakes are usually September, January or after Easter but the school office will be able to advise when your child can start. All children are entitled to 15 hours of free Nursery care and we offer two options: 2.5 days either all day Monday and Tuesday then Wednesday morning OR Wednesday afternoon and all day Thursday and Friday. We also welcome children for 30 hours for those families who are eligible for this. Again, please ask at the school office for more information.

To apply for a place at our nursery you need to complete an application form and provide proof of your child's date of birth.

If we have more applications than there are places, we will offer places first to children living nearest to the school nursery. (measured in a straight line) if two children match in distance then they will be taken in age order – oldest first. Even if you meet this criteria for nursery, this does not mean that you will automatically be offered a place in reception class when you apply to the school.

If you would like to enquire about a place at our Nursery please fill out the admissions form below and email it to admin@asquithprimary.org

2)  Applications for places in Reception for September.

We are a community school and the admission authority is Leeds City Council, who sets our admission policy every year. Applications should be made via Leeds City Council Admissions Team.

Apply for a school place here

Leeds Admission Policy 2025/26 - for a September 2025 start

For any mid-year start date please see below. 

Find more details about how to apply for Nursery or Reception places here. 

3)  Admission into other year groups are managed by Leeds City Council. 

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)

How to apply for an in-year place

You can apply for a place online using the Leeds in-year application form.

Places are offered directly through Leeds City Council, once your application is processed you will receive and outcome email usually within a week during term time. 

If they cannot offer you a  place they 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.

All School Admissions

If the school has more applications than places (called being oversubscribed) we will give children priority for places in the following order:

Priority 1 - Looked after and previously looked after children.

Priority 2 - Children with exceptional social or medical needs that can only be met at a specific school.

Priority 3 - Children who have a brother or sister attending the school.

Priority 4 - Children who live in the catchment priority area for the school.

Priority 5 - Other children, by straight line distance.

To find out about schools admissions policies click HERE.

Appeals

If we cannot offer you a place, you will have the right of appeal.  The appeal panel is independent of the school and council and their decision is legally binding.

Before you appeal you:

• should accept any place (at an offered school) that you have been offered in case your appeal is not successful.

• should think about why you are appealing and check if it's 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 applying for a reception place for September 2024, you need to submit your appeal by the 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 infect 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.