Reception – September 2025
Applications for September 2025 are now open until 15th January 2025. Click here to apply.
For more information please go see Staffordshire County Council Admissions.
If your child’s fifth birthday is between 1 September 2025 and 31 August 2026 then you will need to apply for a reception place at a first, infant or primary school in readiness to start in September 2025.
If your child is in Year 4 at a first school in September 2024 you will need to apply for a place at middle school.
The table below gives more information on when your child is eligible to join the nursery or reception classes and when they will move on to middle school.
Date of birth | Start Nursery | Start Reception | Start Middle School |
1st Sep 2020-31st Aug 2021 | September 2024 | September 2025 | September 2030 |
1st Sep 2021-31st Aug 2022 | September 2025 | September 2026 | September 2031 |
1st Sep 2022-31st Aug 2023 | September 2026 | September 2027 | September 2032 |
1st Sep 2023-31st Aug 2024 | September 2027 | September 2028 | September 2033 |
Timetable for Admissions to First and Middle Schools for Enrolment in September 2025
Date | Event |
1st November 2024 | Applications for reception and middle school open |
15th January 2025 | Applications for reception and middle school close |
16th January 2025 | Applications for Picknalls Nursery open |
16th April 2025 | National Offer Day |