Last updated:

16th January 2025

Starting infant or primary school ages 4 - 5

Applying for an infant or primary school place for September 2025 

The application process will open on 13 November 2024.  

Applying for an infant or primary school place for September 2025 

The deadline for submitting on time applications has now passed. To submit a late application, please read the Parents Guide to Primary and Junior School Admissions (PDF.) This contains all statutory information you need to know about applying for a school place. 

You will also need to provide the reasons for your application being submitted after the national deadline.

Applications received after the application deadline of 15 January 2025 will be considered as ‘late’ and processed after all on-time applications have been considered. 

Which schools can I apply to?

When you make an application list up to four schools in order of preference.

  • Every address in the borough has at least one designated area school. This school is given the highest priority for admissions, and we recommend you include this as one of your choices.
  • You can use our schools designated areas map to find out which designated or catchment area you live in.
  • It's important to remember that if your child attends a nursery or foundation unit which is part of a primary or infant school, there is no automatic transfer or guarantee you will get a place at the school.
  • You can list any infant, primary or junior state school as one of your preferences, even if it is not in our borough.
  • If you want to apply to a private school, you will need to apply to the school directly.

Links to all Wokingham Borough State Infant, Primary and Junior Schools can be found below.

Admission policies and arrangements

Every school follows a set of rules when they allocate school places known as admission arrangements. 

If a school doesn't have enough places for everyone who applies, the admission rules for that school will be used to decide who will get a place (over subscription policy).

For more information about applying for a school place read:

Schools that use our admissions policy

The following schools follow the Wokingham Borough Council Admission Arrangements:

Schools that decide their own admissions arrangements

The following schools use their own admissions policies and apply their own over subscription criteria.

Click on the school to be directed to the schools 2025/2026 admissions policies: 

Schools performance

You can find out how each school is performing on Gov.uk.

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