Farsley Springbank Primary School is 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 using the links below.
We offer several dates for prospective Reception parents to come and have a look around the school. Most of the dates/times are within the school day as this gives parents the chance to see the school in action! We also offer one evening tour as we understand that it can be difficult to view schools during the day for working parents.
If you would like to visit the school please call the office on 0113 2558719 or email us on info@farsleyspringbank.co.uk
If you are applying for a reception place for September 2027, all applications are made in advance. The national closing date is 15 January 2027. Offers are made by the Local Authority on national offer day (16 April 2027).
Our Published Admission Number (PAN) is 60 and this is the number of places the school can admit in reception in 2027.
You must apply to the local authority who empties your bins. If this is Leeds, go to www.leeds.gov.uk/apply. The website is a composite prospectus for all Leeds schools, and this includes:
You can also watch the Leeds City Council school admissions video for more information. You can also see information about our school, including previous admission data, on our school page on the Leeds City Council’s website - click here Farsley Springbank Admission Information
The below timetable applies to applications made to Leeds City Council for children starting primary school in September 2026. If you apply to another local authority, they may have different dates.
Children born between 1 September 2022 and 31 August 2023 are due to start reception in September 2027.
| 1st November 2026 | Applications open. You can apply online at www.leeds.gov.uk/apply |
| 15th January 2027 | National deadline for applying for Reception 2026 |
| 12 February 2027 | Deadline for making changes that will be considered as being on-time for our school. |
| 28 February 2027 | Final date Leeds City Council uses for adding late applications or receiving change of address evidence. Any new applications received after this date will not be offered a school place until the first round of reallocations in May |
16 April 2027 | National offer day |
30 April 2027 | Deadline for
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14 May 2027 | Any reception appeal submitted by this date will be heard before the summer holidays start.
Leeds City Council arranges our appeals. |
May to end of August 2027 | Any available places automatically allocated from waiting lists by the local authority
Lower preference school offers are also withdrawn automatically (even if accepted) |
June to July 2027 | Appeals heard by independent appeal panels |
September 2027 | Start primary school |
If you're 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
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
We are part of the Leeds coordinated in-year application scheme.
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 other Leeds schools.
If you have moved house, you’ll need to 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. Leeds City Council will contact you with our decision no later than 15 school days from when you apply. If they cannot offer your child a place at our school, they will
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:
Leeds City Council arranges our appeals and you can find the appeal form at School appeals (leeds.gov.uk)
If you are applying for a reception place for September 2027, you need to submit your appeal by the deadline (in the table above) 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.