We are a maintained school and the admission authority is Leeds City Council, who set our admission policy every year. You can read our school’s admission policy at Our school admissions policies (leeds.gov.uk)
How to apply for a September 2024 place
Children born between 1 September 2019 and 31 August 2020 are due to start primary school in September 2024.
If you are applying for a reception place for September 2024, all applications are made in advance. Offers are made by the Local Authority on national offer day.
You must apply to the local authority who empties your bins. If this is Leeds, go to www.leeds.gov.uk/apply. The website is a composite prospectus for all Leeds schools, and this includes:
You can also watch the Leeds City Council school admissions video for more information. (Note to schools: hyperlink is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRU1SrS7iJE )
The council’s social media pages will also tell you about Q&A sessions where you can ask questions.
You can also see information about our school, including previous admission data, on our school page on the Leeds City Council’s website https://www.leeds.gov.uk/schools-and-education/school-admissions/check-school-details/display-details?schoolid=153
Application timetable - The below timetable applies to applications made to Leeds City Council. If you apply to another local authority, they may have different dates
1 November 2023 | Applications open |
15 January 2024 | National deadline for applying |
12 February 2024 | Deadline for late applications and changes (for schools which follow our admissions policy) |
16 April 2024 | National offer day |
In-year applications
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
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.
How to apply for an in-year place
Leeds City Council has delegated the decision making for in-year applications to our Governing Body.
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 any other Leeds schools who are part of the centralised Leeds in-year application scheme at the same time.
If you have moved house, please upload evidence of the house move with the online application. You can find out what you need to provide on the above website.
We have to offer places by applying our admission policy criteria to your child’s application and we will contact you with our decision about offering you a place. We will tell you our decision no later than 15 school days from when you apply.
If we cannot offer you a place, we will
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. The appeal panel is independent of the school and council and their decision is legally binding.
Before you appeal you:
Leeds City Council arranges our appeals, and you can find the appeal form at School appeals (leeds.gov.uk)
If you are appealing for a reception place for September 2023, 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 infant 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.
Other appeals - You can appeal because you want your child to attend a particular school. These are successful if the panel agree that the reasons for your appeal outweigh the school's decision not to admit any more children.
Wanting your child to go to a school because you think it is the best one in the area is not likely to convince the panel that your child should get a place there.
Places are offered in priority order. Children who meet the first priority will get a place before children who meet the second.
Admissions year |
September 2023 to July 2024 |
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Number of places (published admission number) |
30 |
Summary of admissions policy |
1. Looked after and previously looked after children including children who were adopted from state care outside of England (evidence required). 2. Children with exceptional social or medical needs that can only be met at a specific school (evidence and conditions apply). 3. Children who have a brother or sister attending the school (conditions apply). 4. Children who live in the catchment priority area for the school. 5. Other children, by straight line distance.
You should read the full admissions policy before applying. For some criteria, you may need to send extra information. |
Our School Admissions policy for 2024/25
https://www.leeds.gov.uk/schools-and-education/school-admissions/our-school-admissions-policies
As a Leeds School we are notifying you we have updated the school’s admission policies for 2021/22 and 2022/23. These amendments are due to changes to the Admissions Code which came into force on 1 September 2021. You can read our updated policies here https://www.leeds.gov.uk/Pages/How-we-decide-how-to-assign-school-places.aspx
Leeds City Council Admissions telephone number: 0113 2224411
We have places available in our nursery, please call the school office for an application form or to request a visit to view our wonderful nursery provision.
Please complete an online application if you wish for your child to attend Grimes Dyke Primary or another Leeds school
https://www.leeds.gov.uk/schools-and-education/school-admissions