Reception Admissions 2026
Do you have a child who was born between 1 September 2021 and 31 August 2022? Children born in this period will be due to start school in September 2026. Follow this link for Dudley LA information regarding the application process. Applications can be submitted from 1st October 2025 until 15th January 2026.
If you wish to visit school, please contact us to arrange for one of the following dates:
- Thursday 18th September 2025 at 4.00pm
- Tuesday 30th September 2025 9.30am
- Thursday 9th October 2025 at 4.00pm
- Tuesday 21st October 2025 9.30am
- Thursday 6th November 2025 at 4.00pm
- Tuesday 18th November 2025 at 9.30am
- Tuesday 2nd December 2025 9.30am
- Thursday 18th December 205 at 4.00pm
In the meantime, for an insight into our school and how we support new intakes, please see the information below which was provided for our current Reception cohort.
Resources to Support Children Starting School
Parents can download a copy of our ‘Starting School’ booklet and the ‘All About Me Tree’. However, we are sending these out in a pack of activities to all new starters. We ask that they are completed and returned in early September before your child starts school.
Information for Parents
The DfE have published booklet, ‘What to Expect in the Early Years Foundation Stage: A Guide for Parents’, which explains typical development of a child through the foundation stage. It shows what your child should be able to typically do etc. when they start school then during and by the end of their Reception year – see from page 70.
The ‘Pacey: Preparing Your Child for School’ booklet is full of ideas to prepare your child for school and also about supporting your child in the early days of settling in. The Pacey website is full of ideas for parents and activities you can do with your child to help prepare for school.
We feel it is important to gain information from parents when making assessments of what the Reception children can do or know. When we make our baseline assessments, we will include information from our ‘Baseline Assessment‘ form which we ask parents to complete (no earlier than the 31st August) and return to us in September.
Here are some further resources and links that parents might find useful:
- The BBC Bitesize Start Primary School page offers a toolkit of practical advice, support and resources for parents, guardians and children across a wide range of areas including school life, daily routine, sleep and how to support children practically and emotionally.
- A video link to help prepare your child for school, with practical tips on getting into a new routine, and preparing yourself to let go of your little one on that first day.
- A brilliant guide about what to expect when in terms of your child’s development.
- School Readiness Poster
- School Trends for school uniform
- Crested Schoolwear, who you can also find in The Ryemarket Shopping Centre in Stourbridge
Wraparound Care – Active Care
Lots of parents have asked about our wraparound care provision. This will be provided by Active Care from September 2023. The morning club is available from 7:30am and the afterschool session is available until 6:00pm. Parents should register and book places in advance with Active Care to ensure a place.
Important Forms
There are several forms that we need parents to complete and return as soon as possible. Parents should shortly receive an invite to ParentMail which we use for communication and distributing forms, booking school meals, as well as paying for school trips. Please accept the invite and set up your account asap. Once this has been set up, parents should then receive pupil information forms where the enter contact details, permissions and medical conditions. Parents will also receive an invite to join ClassDojo.
If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to get in touch.
Free School Meals
For information on Free School Meals, please see the page below: