Primary School Admissions
If you are an Islington resident and your child was born between 1 September 2020 and 31 August 2021 they will be due to start reception class in September 2025. You will need to apply for a place for your child by 15 January 2025. We recommend you apply by 10 January, just in case there are any problems with getting online or logging into the site.
You must apply for a school place using an Islington application form, even if you are applying for a place in another local authority.
If you do not live in Islington, you must apply using your home local authority’s form (i.e. the council to whom you pay your council tax).
You can apply from 1 September 2024, and you must apply by the deadline, 15 January 2025. We recommend you apply by 10th January 2025, just in case there are any problems with getting online or logging into the site.
15 January 2025 this is your deadline to submit a social medical application
16 April 2025: you’ll get an offer by email in the evening
30 April 2025: this is your deadline to accept (or turn down) your school place
23 May 2025: you must send in any appeals by this date. You can appeal even if you’ve accepted the school place offered.
Late applications
If we get your application after 15 January 2025 then your application will be marked as late. This means that it will not be considered until we have allocated school places for all applications received on time. This could reduce your chances of getting a place at the school you want.
If there are exceptional reasons why it was not possible to make your application by the deadline, please email us at [email protected] Make sure to attach any letters or other documents that help explain and support your reason.
How to apply?
To apply online you need to register first. You’ll then be sent an email giving details of how to start your application. You can do your application in stages. You can change the order of schools listed, and other information as many times as you want before you submit the application.
Once you’re happy with your application, make sure you press ‘Submit’.
The online system checks for errors or missing information.
A reference number is sent to your registered email confirming safe receipt of your application. Please make a note of your username and Application Reference Number as you’ll need them to access your application.
You can reset your password at any time from the login page.
As well as the main online admissions application, you may need to complete a supplementary information form (SIF) for some schools. This information is included in the school’s fact file. The SIF must be sent directly to the school. You must still complete the online e-Admissions application.
The address you give must be your child’s current permanent address (the place where they spend most of their time Monday to Friday) on 15 January 2025. If parents live separately, but the child lives equally with both, then it is the parents’ responsibility to make this clear at the time of the application and to provide supporting evidence in respect of both addresses, for example, a Residency Order from a court. Please note that only one address can be used for school admission purposed and the final decision will rest with the Islington School Admissions team.
If you give false or misleading information about your (or your child’s) address, the school place may be withdrawn, and you may be prosecuted.
Help filling in your online application
Phone 020 7527 5515, 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday for advice.
School Admissions Appeals
You have the right to appeal the refusal of a place at any of the schools that you listed on your application form.
You can appeal at any time during the school year. However, you need to make your appeal by the deadlines below so that if your appeal is successful, your child can take up their place at the start of the academic year.
An independent panel will hear your appeal. The panel will be made up of people who have experience in education and people without personal experience of school management or education provision. The panel’s decision is final.
Timetable for appeals for primary reception admission in September 2025 to community schools.
- 16 April 2025: you’ll get an offer by email in the evening.
- 23 May 2025: deadline for appeal forms to be submitted.
- Appeal hearings to be held in June/July 2025.
If you have been refused a place at a voluntary aided school or academy, get an appeal form directly from the school. Each school will publish their own arrangements for appeals.
How to appeal
Only complete the online appeals form for:
- Islington community schools (schools we manage directly)
- City of London Academy Highgate Hill
- City of London Primary Academy, Islington
- William Tyndale Primary School.