School Admissions

Primary School Admissions for September 2025

Unless you decide to educate your child at home, your child must be in school the term following their fifth birthday. For example, if your child was born between:

 

  •     1 September 2020 and 31 August 2021 they can start Primary or Infant school in September 2025.

Haydonleigh Primary School is a Community School.   Applications can be made from 1 September 2024 - 15 January 2025.  You will receive your offer on 16 April 2025.

 

For more information and to access the Online Admissions System, please go to the How to apply page. 

In Year Admissions
 
If you are interested in your child joining the school mid-year, please give the school office a call to see whether there is space for your child. 
 
The local authority coordinates all in year applications for all year groups and schools in Swindon. In year applications are processed according to set periods during the school term. The timetable for process periods is outlined on the Swindon Council website Moving or changing to a school in Swindon | Swindon Borough Council
 

All admissions, including pupils with disabilities, are decided by the Local Authority and parents should contact the Local Authority to find out more about admission arrangements:

 

School Admissions

Swindon Borough Council

Beckhampton Street

Swindon

SN1 2JH

 

Telephone 01793 445500

Email schooladmissions@swindon.gov.uk

Primary School Admissions for September 2026

Grove Learning Trust Admissions Policy 2026-2027