How to Apply and Key Dates

Children can start school for the first time in the Reception year group in the academic year after their 4^th birthday and must start school in the term after their 5^th birthday. Applications must be made by the January 15th 2025 deadline of the academic year in which their 4^th birthday falls. Applications after this time will be considered to have been made late. Applications can be made online using the link on Oxfordshire County Council’s website online here or on paper.

A visit to the school is strongly encouraged and will give you more of a feel for the place – so please contact the school office on 01865 351416 to arrange a visit. We would be happy to show you around. You will be able to meet the staff and pupils and begin to see how we work.

Our school is part of the coordinated in-year admission process for Oxfordshire. We have places available across all year groups. Please apply online here for in-year transfers.

Beckley C of E Primary School is an Academy managed by the River Learning Trust and as such is its own admissions authority. The River Learning Trust has delegated the responsibility for admission arrangements for Beckley Church of England School to the Local Authority, Oxfordshire County Council. Our current published admission number (PAN) is 20.

Please find further information about applying for a place at the school via these links:

• Oxfordshire County Council Starting School

• Admissions Statement RLT 2023-24

• Admissions Appeals Timeline

• Admissions Arrangements 2024-2025

• Variation Determined Admission Arrangements and Rules 2022-23