Admissions
Published admissions number (PAN)- 30 per year group.
Leeds School Admissions
This video takes you through the key steps of applying for your child to start primary, school for the first time.
We are a community school and the admission authority is Leeds City Council, who set our admission policy every year. You can read our school’s admission policy at https://www.leeds.gov.uk/schools-and-education/school-admissions/our-school-admissions-policies
In-year applications
If you are moving into Leeds or want to change schools in Leeds, you need to make a school transfer – often called an in-year application.
This includes
- applications for a place in reception after the start of term in September
- and applications for a place in all other year groups (year 1-6)
Moving schools can be a difficult experience for a child. You should always speak to your child's current school before trying to move to see what support they can offer you.
How to apply for an in-year place
You can apply for a place online using the Leeds in-year application form at Before you move schools (leeds.gov.uk).You can apply for places at our school and any other Leeds schools who are part of the centralised Leeds in-year application scheme at the same time.
If you have moved house, please submit evidence of the house move at the same time you make your online application. You can find out what you need to provide on the above website.
We have to offer places by applying our admission policy criteria to your child’s application and we will contact you with our decision about offering you a place. We will tell you our decision no later than 15 school days from when you apply.
If we cannot offer you a place, we will
- write to you to explain the reasons
- explain how you can appeal and
- add your child to our waiting list in case a place becomes free.
Our waiting lists are kept until the end of each school year. You will need to make a new application if you want to be on the waiting list for the following school year.
Appeals
If we cannot offer you a place, you will have the right of appeal. The appeal panel is independent of the school and council and their decision is legally binding.
Before you appeal you:
- should accept any place that you have been offered in case your appeal is not successful
- should think about why you are appealing and check if it is likely to be successful
- could read the advice for appealing school places on GOV.UK
- could get independent advice on making an appeal from a charity
Leeds City Council arranges our appeals, and you can find the appeal form at School appeals (leeds.gov.uk)
If you are appealing for a reception place for September 2024, you need to submit your appeal by the deadline to ensure the appeal will be heard before the summer holidays.
Appeals for Reception, Year 1, and Year 2 – these classes are limited to 30 pupils per teacher by law. This means that appeals for these places are less likely to be successful.
If our school refuses your child a place because of this limit and you want to appeal, you will need to make an infant class size appeal. You can see if your reasons are likely to be successful by reading the Department for Education's information about infant class size appeals.
Other appeals - You can appeal because you want your child to attend a particular school. These are successful if the panel agree that the reasons for your appeal outweigh the school's decision not to admit any more children.
Wanting your child to go to a school because you think it is the best one in the area is not likely to convince the panel that your child should get a place there.
Adel Primary Nursery
Your child is able to start Nursery a term after their 3rd birthday. Our 52 place Nursery offers fully flexible provision, term time only. All children are entitled to free 15 hours funding a term after their 3rd birthday and some families may be entitled to 30 hours of funding. There is also an option to pay for extra sessions. Please click here for further information on childcare funding.
Nursery Sessions:
Mornings: 8.45am – 11.45am
Afternoons: 12pm – 3pm
Full days: 8.45am-3pm
We offer the following sessions:
15 Hours Funding Only
2 x full days per week 8.45 am to 3.00pm
1 x half day per week 8.45 am to 11.45 am
This works out at an extra 15 minutes per day, 30 minutes per week, which is charged to parents at a cost of £3.00 per child per week.
or
5 x morning sessions or 5 x afternoon sessions with no extra charges.
30 Hours Funding (with a 30-hour code)
Monday to Friday 8.45am to 3.00 pm
This works out at an extra 15 minutes per day, 1.25 hours per week, which is charged to parents at a cost of £7.50 per child per week.
18 Hours Per Week (without 30-hour code)
3 x full days per week 8.45 am to 3.00 pm - 15 hours entitlement and 3 hours paid at a cost to parents of £18.50 per child per week
In addition to the extra 3 hours, this also works out at an extra 15 minutes per day, 45 minutes per week, which is charged to parents at a cost of £4.50 (£23.00 in total per week)
18 Hours Per Week (with 30-hour code)
3 x full days per week 8.45 am to 3.00 pm
18.75 hours taken from your 30 hours free entitlement.
If you would like to request a place for your child, or come and visit the Nursery, please contact the school office on 0113 2301116