You need to apply for a transfer from an infant school to a junior if the junior school isn't paired with the infant school your child currently attends.
You don't need to apply for a junior school if your child attends these schools unless you want your child to attend a different junior school:
- Broomhill
- Chester Park
- Elmlea
- Henleaze
- Sefton Park
- Summerhill Academy
- Wicklea Academy
Your child will automatically transfer to the above school's paired junior school.
Apply for a transfer
If your child's infant school is not paired with the junior school or you want to apply to a different junior school than the paired school you need to apply for an infant to junior transfer.
You must have written agreement from you preferred junior schools to accept an application for a child working outside their chronological year group before making an online application.
Contact your preferred junior school as soon as possible to ensure you receive a response to your request before the common application form closing date of 15 January 2024.
You will need to make an in-year school application for a year 3 place at a Junior school in South Gloucestershire. View South Gloucestershire school admissions for information about when and how to make an application.
How to apply
Online
Apply online from 12 September 2023 for September 2024 admissions.
You'll need to register for an account on our Parent Portal admissions system. You'll get an email confirmation of your application.
If your child has an Education, Health and Care Plan don't apply to School Admissions, see Apply for a key stage transfer school place for a child with an Education, Health and Care (EHC) plan on our Local Offer site or email the Special Educational Needs Team at sen@bristol.gov.uk for how to apply.
You must use your child's legal name on the application.
Applications from outside the UK
If you're applying for a school place outside the UK and have problems applying online then fill in the document infant to junior transfer application form (42 KB) . You can either post it, or scan and email it to school.admissions@bristol.gov.uk.
Other ways to apply
Fill in the document infant to junior transfer application form (42 KB) . The deadline for applications is 15 January 2024.
Junior schools and available places
Places available at a junior school are determined by the school's Admission Number. This is the minimum number of children who have to be offered places at each school if there are enough applications.
See Bristol junior school places and admissions policies page for :
- school website address
- planned admission number for 2024
- type of school
- age range
- number on role
- admissions policy for 2024
Junior school allocation of places
For applications submitted by 15 January 2024 each junior school:
- will first allocate places to any Year 2 children transferring from their paired infant school.
- if they have extra places left over then they will apply the oversubscription criteria to all applications for children who currently go to other infant or primary schools.
If there are no places available at the junior school youll be told of the appeals procedure by the admission authority for the school.
Oversubscription criteria
Initial allocations using the oversubscription criteria will involve only applications submitted by 15 January 2024. See the school admissions policy for how places are allocated.
Second round allocations
The final date and time for making an application or changes to an existing application for the second round of allocations is midnight on 8 May 2024. See change your junior school place application. (bristol.gov.uk)
The second round of allocations will be in May 2024.
Transfer to a primary school
If you want your child to attend a primary school in Bristol from Year 3, use our in year application process. Applications should be made from 10 June 2024. Applications for schools outside Bristol should be made to the local authority where the school is based.
pdf Information about delayed, deferred and accelerated entry (151 KB) to junior school.
Applications for an infant junior transfer for September 2023
You'll need to make an in year application to apply for an infant junior transfer for September 2023.