Nursery Admissions

Children are eligible to start our Nursery the term after they turn 3 years old.  If you would like to apply for a Nursery place, please complete the online application form and it will automatically be sent to the school admin team. We offer government funded 15 and 30 hour places. 

Please email office@alwoodley.net to inform us that you have completed the form.

Reception Intake

How to apply for a place in Reception for September 2025

Children are admitted at the beginning of the school year (September) in which they will have their 5th birthday.

If you are applying for a place in Reception, for September 2025 all applications are made in advance. The national closing date is 15 January 2025. Offers are made by the Local Authority on national offer day (16 April 2025).

Our Published Admission Number (PAN) is 60 and this is the number of places the school can admit in Reception in 2025.

You must apply to the local authority who empties your bins. If this is Leeds, go to www.leeds.gov.uk/apply. The LA website is a composite prospectus for all Leeds schools and includes information about:

• all the steps you need to go through to make an application.
• the key dates
• a search tool to see if your home address gives any higher priority for admission to any school(s)
• an explanation about how places are offered if there are more applications than spaces (oversubscribed)
• the online application portal - apply online to be sent your offer day letter by email
• a summary of each school's individual admission policy in the last 3 years - this will help you work out if there is a reasonable chance of your child qualifying for a place.
• information about applying under a specific admission criteria (such as your child being previously looked after). It is important to ensure you submit all supporting evidence by the deadline to show you meet any such criteria.

You can also watch the Leeds City Council school admissions video youtube video for more information.

You can also see information about our school, including previous admission data, on our school page on our school page on Leeds City Council's website accessed by the link below.

To see last year's admission details for our school click on this link (leeds.gov.uk)

Application timetable

The timetable below applies to applications made to Leeds City Council. If you apply to another local authority, they may have different dates.

Children born between 1 September 2020 and 31 August 2021 are due to start reception in September 2025.

Admissions

Alwoodley Primary School has pupils from 3 to 11 years (Nursery to Year 6). Admission to Nursery does not guarantee a place in Reception.

We are a Community school and the admission authority is Leeds City Council, who sets our admission policy every year.   

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
• applications for a place in all other year groups (year 1-6)

Moving schools can be a difficult experience for a child. You should always speak to your child's current school before trying to move to see what support they can offer you.

Click the link below to read the Leeds City Council 2024/5 Admissions Policy.

Leeds City Council Admissions Policy 2024/25 (leeds.gov.uk)

In-year applications

You can apply for a place online using the Leeds in-year application form at https://www.leeds.gov.uk/schools-and-education/school-admissions before you move schools (leeds.gov.uk). You can apply for places at our school and other Leeds schools.

You can apply for a place online using the Leeds in-year application form at Before you move schools (leeds.gov.uk). You can apply for places at our school and other Leeds schools.

If you have moved house, you’ll need to submit evidence of the house move at the same time you make your online application. You can find out what you need to provide on the above website.

Leeds City Council offer school places in accordance with Leeds City Council admissions policy.

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.

Appeals

If we cannot offer you a place, you will have the right of appeal. School appeals (leeds.gov.uk) 

The appeal panel is independent of the school and council and their decision is legally binding. before you appeal you:

• should accept any place that you have been offered in case your appeal is not successful
• should think about why you are appealing and check if it is 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)