Primary admissions

Apply for a new reception primary school place for children born between 1 September 2012 and 31 August 2013.

Apply for a new reception primary place after the 15 January 2017 close date.

You can still apply using our downloadable form. You can't apply online.

Some schools also require a supplementary application form (see below).

Your application will be considered as a late application and will be processed after 16 April 2017.

Second round of allocations

The closing date for the second round of allocations is 5pm on Friday 19 May 2017. If you are in the process of moving, we must receive confirmation of your new address by Friday 19 May 2017.

Information about primary schools

Before you apply:

check your local authority area
check if you live in Bristol and pay your council tax to Bristol City Council apply to us for a Bristol school reception place
check if you live in Bristol and pay your council tax to Bristol City Council and you want to apply to a school in another local authority area you also need to apply to us.
read our guide for parents and carers on applying for a primary school place for the school year 2017 to 2018 for information about the different types of school and how to apply
find your nearest school - you'll need your postcode
we recommend you visit your preferred schools.
see how places were allocated for reception places in previous years
see the furthest distance table which gives the furthest distance that places were offered in previous years where schools were oversubscribed

For other year groups you should make an In Year application

Supplementary information forms

You must complete a supplementary information form as well as the Bristol City Council application form for:

Correction to the guide

This is a correction to information on page 96 of the ‘guide for parents and carers’ regarding number of appeals lodged for SS Peter and Paul RC VA Primary School

Number of appeals lodged: 0
Number of appeals heard: 0
Number of appeals upheld: 0

See the links below for admission policies for the following schools for 2017/18.The below replaces information published in the booklet 'guide for parents and carers'.

Primary schools A to Z guides

How we tell you about an offer of a place

Offers for all on-time applications for a primary/infant school place were sent by first class post on Tuesday 18 April 2017.

If you applied online you will have also been sent an email on Tuesday 18 April 2017.

Offers for late applications for a primary/infant place will be sent by first class post in early June 2017.

We can't:

tell you about an offer by phone
send responses to email addresses not provided prior to the offer date
send via email if you applied using a paper form.

What to do when you have a school place offer

Parents and carers must reply to offers by 02 May 2017. You should either:

accept the place
not accept the place and ask to go on a waiting list for a school that you applied for but did not get offered a place.
not accept the place and request an appeal for your preferred school.
not accept the place and request new school preferences.
not accept the place and advise that the place is no longer required e.g your child will be attending an independent school.

Waiting lists

If you ask to go on a waiting list for your preferred school your original place offer will be held for you.

You need to post back the reply form enclosed with your offer to request to go on a waiting list.

Schools keep a waiting list at least one term until 31 December 2017.

Waiting list for September 2017 reception year

To find out your waiting list position for the following schools, contact the school directly:

St Bernadette Catholic Primary
SS Peter and Paul Catholic Primary
Cathedral Primary School
St Bernards's Catholic Primary
St Teresa's Catholic Primary
School of Christ The King
St Joseph's Catholic Primary
Steiner Academy Bristol
Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic Primary
Redfield Educate Together Academy
St Patrick's Catholic Primary

To find out your waiting list position for all other schools in Bristol call 0117 903 7694 after 17 May 2017.

To find out your waiting list position for schools outside of Bristol, contact the council where the school is based.

School Appeals

For the schools below, return your written grounds of appeal by 23 May 2017 to this address:

School Admissions (Parkview Office Campus)
Bristol City Council
PO Box 3176
Bristol
BS3 9SF

Air Balloon Hill Primary
Ashley Down Primary
Bishop Road Primary
Blaise Primary
Brentry Primary
Bridge Farm Primary
Broomhill Infant School
Brunel Field Primary School
Cabot Primary
Elmlea Infants
Fair Furlong Primary
Filton Avenue Primary School
Fishponds Academy
Henleaze Infants
Hillcrest Primary
Holymead Primary
Horfield CofE VC Primary
Ilminster Avenue E-Act Academy
Knowle Park Primary
Little Mead Primary Academy
Oasis Academy New Oak
School of Christ the King
Sea Mills Primary
Sefton Park Infants
Southville Primary School
St Anne's Infants
St Barnabas CE Primary School
St Johns CofE VC Primary
St Mary Redcliffe C of E VC Primary
St Peter's Church of England VC Primary
St Ursula's E-Act Academy
St. Werburgh’s Primary
Stoke Bishop Church of England Primary
Victoria Park Primary
Wansdyke Primary
Waycroft Academy
West Town Lane Academy
Westbury Park Primary
Westbury-on-Trym C of E Academy
Whitehall Primary

For all other schools in Bristol, return your written grounds of appeal to the school by 23 May 2017.

For schools outside Bristol, please contact the Local Authority where the school is situated for guidance.

Allocation statements and primary school appeal information

The first round and second round allocation statements and appeals documents

These are how places were allocated for schools in Bristol, BANES and South Gloucestershire that are full for admission to reception year group in September 2017.