The following information is for children starting Reception in 2021.
You can calculate the start year based on your child’s date of birth below:
Start or transfer | Date of birth |
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Start Reception September 2023 | 1/9/2018 - 31/8/2019 |
Start Reception September 2022 | 1/9/2017 - 31/8/2018 |
Start Reception September 2021 | 1/9/2016 - 31/8/2017 |
Start Reception September 2020 | 1/9/2015 - 31/8/2016 |
Use the eAdmissions website from 1 September 2020 to apply online for your child’s primary (reception) or junior (Year 3) school place.
You can name up to six schools in your application including academy or free schools and schools in other council areas.
If you do not live within the borough you need to apply for a place through your own council and you can include Richmond schools in your application.
The closing date is 15 January 2021.
If you have any difficulty completing your application, please contact the School Admissions Team.
You must still apply for reception class even if your child already attends the nursery at your preferred primary school.
Please read before applying:
For church schools, academies and free schools, please visit the school's website for how places have been offered for the last three years.
When making your application in eAdmissions you should:
Certain schools need additional information to apply their admissions criteria and may require you to also complete a Supplementary Information Form. For example, schools that prioritise applications by faith. If you are applying for this type of school, please check the school's website for further information and to download a Supplementary Information Form.
If your child has an Education Health and Care Plan (EHCP), or a Statement of Special Education Needs, you don't need to complete the application.
If you're not applying for a Reception or year three place in September 2021 you should read our in-year admissions information.
If you applied online:
If you applied on a paper form:
You have a legal right to appeal against a decision not to offer your child a place at any or all of the schools that you've applied to. You can appeal for a place at your preferred school even though your child may have a place somewhere else.
The admissions authority for the school you're applying to must explain why your child hasn't been offered a place at that school. They must also explain how you can appeal against this decision.
Your appeal will be heard by a panel which is independent of the school and the admissions authority whose decision you're appealing against. You have the right to attend the hearing to explain your case to the independent appeal panel.
There are strict rules around the appointment of the appeal panel members to ensure their impartiality and independence. The panel's decision has to be accepted by the admissions authority and the school.
You may find it helpful to read the guidelines on the appeal process on the admission appeals page.
For community schools, the deadline to lodge an appeal is in May 2021 (this must be at least 20 school days from the offer date). Appeals for these schools will be heard during June and/or July 2021. Please download an appeal form or email education.appeals@richmond.gov.uk.
For the appeals timetable for any academy, voluntary aided and foundation school, please contact the school directly.
Ensure you have read all of the content on this page, as well as the relevant FAQs, before contacting the team.
The School Admissions Team
London Borough of Richmond upon Thames
Education and Children's Services
Guildhall 2
High Street
Kingston upon Thames
KT1 1EU
Telephone: 020 8547 5569
Email: richmond.admissions@achievingforchildren.org.uk
The School Admissions Team can be contacted by telephone between the hours of 9am and 2pm Monday to Friday.
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Updated: 04 December 2020