Guiseley Primary School

Admissions Information 

Consultation 29.11.24 to 10.1.25  on Admissions Policy 2026/2027 

Whilst we mirror the Leeds City Council Admission Policy,  Guiseley Primary School is a Foundation  School and the admission authority is Governing Body. The school’s admission authority sets the admission policy every year. 

This means the Governing Body must determine (set and approve) our September 2026 to July 2027 admissions policy by 28 February 2025. 

To mirror the Local Authority, we are proposing removing the exceptional need priority as the Local Authority’s Leeds SEND transformation programme will make this priority redundant.  (You read more about this change Changes to the admission  arrangements for Leeds Community and Voluntary Controlled Schools)

Our proposed 2026 policy is below.   We seek your views on these changes.  The deadline for responses is midnight on 10th January 2025

You can submit your views at office@guiseleyprimary.org

You can read our school’s admission polices below.

Admissions Policy 2025/2026

Admission Policy 2024/2025

Catchment Map

• In-year applications to start at our school between September 2024 and July 2025 – read our 2024/25policy  
• Applications for reception places in September 2025 – read our 2025/26 policy

How to apply for a September 2025 place

If you are applying for a reception place for September 2025, all applications are made in advance. Offers are made by local authorities on national offer day.  

Our Published Admission Number (PAN) is 45  places, 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 and you will be sent your offer by email
• a summary of each school’s individual admission policy criteria
• data about who got a place 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 also need to make an application to the local authority asking for a place at our school. You do this online at the above link.  If you do not send the application to the local authority, you will not have made a valid application for a place at our school.]  

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

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=78

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

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

• 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)

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

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 submit evidence of the house move at the same time you make your online application.  .

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

• 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.

Appeals

If you are not offered a place at the school you requested, you will have the right of appeal. The appeal panel is independent of the school and council and the 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)    

If you are appealing for a reception place for September 2024 you need to submit your appeal form by the above 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.

Foundation Stage 0 and 1 (Nursery)

Children are able to start in Nursery the term after their second birthday.  We offer flexible sessions and can provide the 15 hours Free Early Education Entitlement (FEEE) for eligible 2 year olds. Click here to see if you qualify: https://www.gov.uk/help-with-childcare-costs/free-childcare-2-year-olds

Following their third birthday, all children become eligible for 15 hours Free Early Education Entitlement (FEEE).   Your child may be entitled for up to 30 hours free childcare depending on family circumstances. See if you qualify by visiting: https://www.gov.uk/30-hours-free-childcare

To apply for a nursery place, click on this link to download the Foundation Stage Application Form Foundation Stage Application Form.pdf or contact the school office.