Starting primary school
Apply to start in the reception year at a primary or infant school, or in Year 3 at a junior school.
Children born between 1 September 2012 and 31 August 2013 are due to start school in reception year in September 2017.
Children born between 1 September 2010 and 31 August 2014 are due to transfer to Year 3 in September 2018.
If your child has a statement of special educational needs or an Education, Health and Care Plan you don’t have to go through this admission process.
Waiting lists
If you're not happy with the school place your child has been offered you can ask for them to be added to the waiting list for:
- any of the Medway schools named on your application
- any other Medway school that wasn't named on your application (you can't ask to go on the waiting list of a grammar school if your child hasn't passed the Medway Test)
You will need to complete the waiting list request form (this will be available after offer day) and return it to Medway Council's School Services by X.
Your child will not be automatically added to any waiting lists unless you complete this form and we receive it.
Remember
- Waiting lists close on X.
- We will offer vacant places to children on the schools waiting lists from the week starting X.
- A child's place on a waiting list is held in oversubscription order, not first come first served.
If your child is offered a place from a waiting list
If your child is offered a place at a school from a waiting list, we will:
- automatically withdraw any other school place offer you hold so it can be offered to another child
- contact you (after the end of the school year) to see if you want the new school offer or not
- remove your child from any waiting list for schools named as a lower preference than the one offered, but let your child remain on the lists for schools named higher.
If you want to remove your child from waiting lists
If you decide you're satisfied with a school offer and don't wish for your child to stay on waiting lists you must tell us in writing by email to admissions@medway.gov.uk
If you don't do this, your child will stay on the waiting lists and may be able to receive another offer of a school place, which means any other offer will be removed.