King Edward Primary School and Nursery Inspiring Hearts, Shaping Minds
Admissions - Main School (F2-Y6)
Main School Admissions
If your child lives in Nottinghamshire, you must apply for a school place through Nottinghamshire County Council, even if the schools you want are outside of Nottinghamshire. This is for all the usual transfer to school applications and in year admissions.
For enquiries about admissions or to check our admission criteria, you can contact Nottinghamshire County Council by:
- Visiting the Nottinghamshire website at http://www.nottinghamshire.gov.uk/learning/schools/admissions/
- Tel: 0300 500 8080
- Post: The School Admissions Team, Meadow House, Littleworth, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire NG18 2TA
Or contact our friendly school office team:
- Tel: 01623 472215
- Email: office7@kingedward.notts.sch.uk
Pupil Admission Numbers (PAN)
Our PAN is 60 children per year group, totalling 420 children across school.
Oversubscription Criteria
Standard reception criteria: infant and primary schools 2024-2025
1. Children in Care and previously Children in Care, including those children who appear (to the admission authority) to have been in state care outside of England and ceased to be in state care as a result of being adopted.
2. Children who live in the catchment area at the closing date for applications and who, at the time of admission, will have a brother or sister attending the school or the linked junior/primary school and children who do not live in the catchment area at the closing date for application and who, at the time of admission will have a brother or sister attending the school or the linked junior/primary school who was displaced as their Nottinghamshire community catchment area school was oversubscribed at the national offer day for first admission to school.
3. Other children who live in the catchment area at the closing date for applications.
4. Children who live outside the catchment area who, at the time of admission, will have a brother or sister attending the school or the linked junior/primary school.
5. Children who live outside the catchment area.
We welcome visits to the school, please contact the main office to arrange an appropriate time.
How do I make an appeal for a place at this school?
If you wish to appeal against a decision to refuse a place for your child at this school you can appeal online or in writing. Information on how to appeal can be found via:- https://www.nottinghamshire.gov.uk/education/school-admissions/appeal-a-school-admission-decision or by calling 0300 500 80 80. Please ensure that you read the guidance notes published online before submitting your appeal.
For appeals during the 2025/26 admissions round (to start Reception or via infant to junior transfer in September 2025), you should return your completed form to Nottinghamshire County Council by 20th May 2025.
Primary Appeals Timetable – 2025/26 Admissions Round
- Offer Date:16th April 2025
- Deadline for lodging appeals: 20th May 2025
- Deadline for hearing on-time appeals: 22nd July 2025
Note:- Appeals lodged after 20th May 2025 will, where possible, be heard together with those appeals lodged before this date
Appeals relating to late applications for a place
If your application was made after 15th January 2025 (closing date for receipt of applications for primary school places) appeals will be heard by 22nd July 2025. Where it is not possible to hear the appeal by 22nd July 2025 it will be heard within 30 school days of the appeal being lodged.
In Year and Transfer Appeals
For other appeals such as transfer and in-year admissions (moving from one school to another during the school year) please return your form to Nottinghamshire County Council within 4 weeks of the date of your refusal letter. These appeals will be heard within 30 school days of receipt of your appeal.
How much notice of the appeal hearing date will I have?
Letters notifying parents of appeal dates and times are sent out in line with statutory guidance. These letters will be sent out at least 10 school days in advance of the hearing (unless you have agreed to a shorter period than this).
If you wish to submit any further information other than that which you included with your appeal form, we ask that this is sent to Nottinghamshire County Council no later than 5 days prior to your hearing. This is to enable the additional information to be circulated to all parties, giving the Panel and school the opportunity to consider the information in advance of the hearing. Please note that if significant information is received after this deadline your hearing may have to be adjourned to a later date. Please note there is a 10MB limit to any attachment sent online or by email. If you send more than this limit we will not get your information and will not know that you have tried to send it to us. If you need to send more than 10MB please either split it across more than one email or send it by post. Regardless of how you have sent the information to us we will acknowledge that we have received it so if you don't hear from us within three working days please telephone on the number above to make sure we have received what you have sent.
Decision letters are sent out within 5 school days of the decision being made wherever possible.