Admissions
If you would like your child to attend our school, please see full details of our admission arrangements below.
If you would like your child to attend our school, please see full details of our admission arrangements below.
Lift East Wichel manage the admissions of our Nursery children. Please follow the links below for our Nursery Admissions Policy and our Nursery Application Form.
Dear Parent/Carer,
Infant and Primary School – Entry for September 2026
We are writing to let you know that if you have a child born between the following dates of 1st September 2021 and 31st August 2022 your child is due to start Primary/Infant School in September 2026 and you now need to apply for your child’s School place.
Please note it is your responsibility to apply for a school place for your child.
How can I apply?
Please complete the online application form which will be available on our website 24 hours a day 7 days a week via the link below. It must be completed and submitted by midnight 15th January 2026.
Before making your application Primary school places and admissions | Swindon Borough Council
Your first step will be to register your details and select a password if you do not already have a Citizen Portal account. You will then be able to make your application.
Once your application has been submitted an automatic email receipt will be sent to your e-mail address. You can make changes to your application, including the preferences, up until midnight on the closing date.
If you return to your application at any time, simply to view it, or make changes, you must remember to complete the process and re-submit the application.
Any un-submitted applications will not be considered.
Where can I get information about Schools and the Admission Process?
On the link below is the ‘Primary Admission Guide’ which explains the admissions process. This guide has a full list of schools and their addresses together with information on how we allocate places etc. You can view or print the guide from our website at Primary and junior school admissions guide 2026 | Swindon Borough Council
If you do not have access to the internet at home, you can use the computers at Libraries to make your application.
We strongly advise that all Parents/Carers read the Admissions Guide before making their application. You will be asked to confirm that you have read and understood this guide before you submit your application.
Key dates in the application process
You must submit your application no later than midnight on the 15th January 2026. This is the National closing date. Any applications received following this date will be classed as, and treated as late. closing date.
Offer emails will be sent out on the 16th April 2026
You must accept or refuse the place offered by the 30th of April 2026. (You will be sent instructions on how to accept your place in your offer email). Once you have accepted your child's place the school will contact you with further information.
If you would like any further information or assistance with the Admission process,
The Admissions Team will be able to answer any queries you have, please submit a general enquiry request via our website.
Yours sincerely
School Admissions Team
Swindon Borough Council look after our school admission. If you would like to apply for a place with us in Reception to Year 6 you will need to apply through Swindon Borough Council's Admissions Team. If you are applying for Reception September 2022 please follow the link below.
Click here for Reception 2025 information
As a local authority, Swindon's School Admissions team co-ordinate all applications made during the academic year for all year groups for all schools in Swindon.
The Admissions team allocate in-year transfers every 15 school days.
The timetable of process periods is below.
There is an offer date associated with each process period. This is the day that we e-mail parents with an offer of a school place, or inform them that their application was not successful.
Once you have received your offer letter, you should contact the school to accept the place and agree a start date. You must accept the place within 28 school days of the offer.
You can make an in-year application online here.
If you have not been offered a place at one of your preferred schools and they do not already attend a Swindon school, you will offered a place at the nearest school that has availability. This is assuming you have provided evidence of your Swindon address.
You can be added to the waiting list for a preferred school, if the school has one. A school’s waiting list policy is held in its oversubscription criteria, we follow Swindon Borough Councils admissions arrangements. Your child may move up or down the list as other children are added and removed. No priority is given according to the amount of time your child spends on the list.
For community schools and voluntary controlled schools, the waiting list is held until the end of the academic year. If you wish to remain on the waiting list for the following year, you must make another application in that academic year.
If you wish to appeal an Admissions decision you should do so with Swindon Borough Council, please follow this link below for this information.
https://www.swindon.gov.uk/info/20071/school_places_and_admissions/973/school_admission_appeals
Staldon Road
East Wichel
Wichelstowe
Swindon
Wiltshire
SN1 7AG
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