If your child was born between 1st September 2021 and 31st August 2022, and you wish to apply for a place here at Wrotham Road Primary School, please see below the following key dates:
| Friday 7th November 2025 | Online application process opens. | All parents should go to www.kent.gov.uk/primaryadmissions to register and apply. If you are unable to register online please contact kentonlineadmissions@kent.gov.uk who will be able to assist you with an alternative method of applying. |
| Thursday 15th January 2026 | Online application process closes for the main round. | Any amendments after this date must be emailed to kentonlineadmissions@kent.gov.uk |
| Thursday 16th April 2026 | National Offer Day | Offers of school places sent to parents via email after 4pm. |
| By Thursday 30th April 2026
| Deadline for parents to contact school to accept/refuse the place that has been offered. Parents should also fill out the waiting list form from the link in the offer email to be added to the waiting list of schools named on the original application. | |
| By Tuesday 19th May 2026
| Appeals need to be lodged by this date to be heard before September | Appeals information can be found at www.kent.gov.uk/schoolappeals . You can only appeal for schools that were named on your RCAF. |
| Thursday 21st May 2026 | Offer day for the second round of applications (known as reallocation). After this date waiting lists will be maintained by the schools and they will send out offers for any places that may become available. Parents that have received an offer of a school place from KCC can approach schools directly for alternative places. | |
| June to July 2026 | Admissions appeals held. | |
| September 2026 | Pupils start school. | |
School Tours
Our school tours commence in October 2025.
Tuesday 7th October at 9.30am.
Thursday 9th October at 2pm.
Tuesday 4th November at 9.30am.
Thursday 6th November at 2pm.
Monday 10th November at 2pm.
Wednesday 12th November at 9.30am.
Friday 14th November at 2pm.
Thursday 20th November at 9.30am.
Parents can book by calling the school office (01474 534540).
KCC Parent Admissions Guide
Kent County Council have produced a comprehensive booklet for parents “Primary Admissions Guide 2025” which can be accessed by clicking on the following link:-
https://www.kent.gov.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0009/126774/Guide-to-applying-to-Primary-in-Kent.pdf
Please contact the school office for in-year admissions and information about joining our waiting lists.
Appeals
All parents have the statutory right to appeal against any decision refusing them a school place if the school criteria for admissions has not been followed correctly. Appeals must be lodged by Tuesday 19 May 2026 for it to be considered as on time.
Where parents have lodged an appeal against the refusal of a place and a place becomes available at the school, the place can then be offered without an appeal being heard, provided there are no other applicants at that time ranked higher on the school’s waiting list, which is held in accordance with the school’s oversubscription criteria.
Appeals are not to be heard prior to the Kent Reallocation Day on Thursday 21 May 2026.
Late Applications
The closing date for applications in the normal admissions round (as above) is Thursday 15 January 2026. As far as reasonably practicable, applications for places in the normal admissions round that are received late for a good reason will be accepted and considered in the same way as ‘on time’ applications, provided they are received by Kent County Council by Thursday 12 February 2026. On time applicants can also request to amend their application up to this point for a good reason, but these requests must be made in writing to the admissions team as amendments made to the online system after Thursday 15 January 2026 will be ignored.
For late applications, appeals should be heard within 40 school days from the deadline for lodging appeals where possible, or within 30 school days of the appeal being lodged where reasonably possible in line with updated guidance from the Department for Education.
Once a sibling link has been broken, sibling priority will be permanently lost for that child regardless of any further address moves a family may make in the future.
