Important dates for September 2025 Reception Intake

• Online application available - 1 October 2024
• Return date for paper application forms - 15 January 2025 by 5pm*
• Return date for online applications - 15 January 2025 by midnight*
• Decision emails to parents - 16 April 2025 after 2pm
• Decision letters to parents - 16 April 2025 by 2nd class post
• Appeals to be heard - June/July 2025

* Failure to return your form/apply by this date may affect the outcome of your application.

Attendance at a nursery attached to a primary school will not guarantee admission to that particular primary school or give any advantage to the pupil in the admissions process.

Pre-School Admissions

Please contact Dudley Wood Primary School for a Pre-School Admissions Form.

Contact telephone number: 01384 900640

Please note - Attendance at a nursery or pre-school attached to a primary school will not guarantee admission to that particular primary school or give any advantage to the pupil in the admissions process.

Secondary School Year 7 Intake Information

Dear Year 6 parents,

Your child is due to start secondary school in September 2025, so you need to apply for a school place.

• Online application available - 1 September 2024
• Information to parents and school open evenings - Autumn Term 2024
• Return date for paper application forms - 31 October 2024 by 5pm*
• Return date for online applications - 31 October 2024 by midnight*
• Decision emails to parents - 3 March 2025 by 2pm
• Decision letters to parents who have not given an email address - will be posted on 3rd March 2025 by 2nd class post
• Appeals to be heard - May/June 2025

*Failure to return your form/apply by this date may affect the outcome of your application