Primary school admissions

Primary school admissions


Admission of children to primary schools for September 2016

If your child was born between 1 September 2011 and 31 August 2012 (Reception) or 1 September 2008 and 31 August 2009 (Year 3), he or she is due to join a Reception class or a Year 3 class in September 2016.

Walsall participates in an Inter-Local Authority (LA) Co-ordinated Admission Scheme along with a number of local authorities in the Midlands, including Birmingham, Dudley, Sandwell, Staffordshire and Wolverhampton.  

The scheme allows you to express preferences for up to three primary schools, rank them in order of preference and give reasons for your preferences, if appropriate (e.g., medical or social).

Parents who submit an online application for a primary school place and request an email notification will receive details of the outcome of their child’s application by email on Monday 18 April 2016. The emails will be produced and sent by an automated process over the course of the day on Monday 18 April 2016.

Parents will also receive notification of the outcome of their application by a letter to be posted by second class post on Monday 18 April 2016.

The school admissions team can be contacted by telephone (01922 652585) between 8:45 am and 5:15 pm on Monday to Thursday and 8:45 to 4:45 on Fridays. The team is permanently located at the Civic Centre.

The admission criteria for every Walsall school are detailed in the school information pages within our 'Information for Parents' booklet'. If you intend to name a school outside Walsall, it is important that you obtain a copy of the maintaining local authority’s ‘Information for Parents’ booklet, or visit the relevant local authority’s website, which will detail the admission criteria for the school you would like your child/ren to attend. Please take the opportunity to find out as much as you can about the relevant schools before you express your preferences – the School Admissions team is here to help you.

  • If you live in Walsall, please complete the on-line preference form by 15 January 2016.
  • If you live in Walsall and your child attends a primary school outside Walsall, or a private school in Walsall, please complete the on-line preference form and submit by 15 January 2016.
  • If you live outside Walsall, you should complete a preference form from your home local authority.

Primary on-line applications for September 2016 will be available from 9 November 2015.

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Download the supplementary information form

View downloadable form for applications to:

Parent Support Adviser (School Admissions)

If you have any questions about the primary admissions process and would like independent advice, please contact the Parent Support Adviser.

Parent Support Adviser (School Admissions)
Walsall MBC
2nd Floor
Civic Centre
Darwall Street
Walsall
WS1 1TP

Telephone: 01922 652578
Email: schooladmissionsadvice@walsall.gov.uk

Contact us

School Admissions
Walsall MBC
2nd Floor
Civic Centre
Darwall Street
Walsall
WS1 1TP

Telephone 01922 652585
Email primary.admissions@walsall.gov.uk

This page was last updated on 30 November 2015