Admission to Reception Class 2027
If your child was born between 1 September 2022 and 31 August 2023, your child is due to start Reception in September 2027. Please read the Admission to Primary School booklet which is on the Bolton Council website.
Special Educational Needs
If your child is undergoing an Education Health and Care Assessment you will still need to complete an application for admission. For further advice contact the Inclusion and Statutory Assessment Service on 01204 338653.
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Admission to Reception Class 2028
If your child was born between 1 September 2023 and 31 August 2024, your child will be due to start Reception in September 2028. In September 2027, the guidance which is on the Bolton Council website will be updated.
Transferring between Primary Schools
Bolton Council is responsible for co-ordinating admissions into all schools for those families resident within the Bolton Metropolitan Borough. This includes
- Children wishing to change from one school to another school within the borough
- Children who have arrived into the borough requiring a school place
- Children wishing to move from an independent school to a school maintained by the Council
- Children resident in the borough but requiring admission to a school in another borough
If you live in the area of another local authority then you must make an application through the school admission team for that authority
Is there an application form I need to complete?
Applications for schools should be made on Bolton’s Citizen Portal – available by clicking here. You may need to register for an account.
You must ensure your child’s continued attendance at their current school whilst your application is being considered however it is recognised that for families who have moved into Bolton this may not always be possible. You must in such circumstances inform the headteacher at their previous school of the arrangements you are making.
Please click here for information about Reception admissions at St. Bartholomew’s in September 2026.
Please click here to view our latest Admissions Policy.
Appeals
Bolton Local Authority offer school places on our behalf. It is hoped that the allocation procedure documented in our Admissions Policy will result in a satisfactory offer of a place for each child. If, however, the authority’s final offer is not satisfactory, the parent/carer has a right of appeal under Sections 94 and 95 of the Education Act 1998. Paragraph 12 of Schedule 24 to the 1998 Act allows an appeal panel to determine that a place should be offered to a child refused admission to school on class size “prejudice” grounds. In this situation the appeal panel can only allow the appeal if it is satisfied that the decision to refuse the child a place was not one which a reasonable admission authority would make, or that the child would have been offered a place if the published admission arrangements have been properly implemented. A leaflet explaining the appeal procedure is obtainable from Department of People, Pupil & Student Services. An appeal must be made in writing to Democratic Services, 1st Floor, Town Hall, Bolton, BL1 1RU within 20days of the date of the authority’s offer of a school place. For more information about Appeals, please read the Admission to Primary School booklet which is on the Bolton Council Website.
For further information re: Appeals, please click here.