Admissions
Starting School in September 2025
If your child is due to start in September 2025 then we would encourage you to take a school tour. Please click here to view the available dates.
Applying for a Place at School
If you are interested in applying for any current spaces and wish to view the school then please contact the school office to arrange your visit.
- For in year application please contact North Somerset Council.
- For information regarding admissions from North Somerset for children either starting school in reception or moving from Year 2 to Year 3 in September please click here
Admissions Arrangements
You may view the School Admission Arrangements, including consultations in progress, on the LSP website
If you have any queries about admissions, please contact Tina Wood-Jones at the school via office@highdownschools.org
Government Department for Education (DfE) documents:
Pupil Admission Numbers (PAN)
Our PAN for the Infant School is 60. The PAN for the Junior School from September 2025 is 60. Other Junior year groups (Y4-Y6) currently have a PAN of 90.
Deferring or delaying entry to reception
Deferred entry to school
If your child is due to start in reception and was born between 1st September and 31st March parents/carers can decide that their child will start school later in the academic year following
their fourth birthday or when the child reaches their compulsory school age (the term
following their fifth birthday). The child will be educated in their chronological year group
from, at the latest, the required start-date following their fifth birthday. If you are considering this then please contact the school.
Delayed entry to school
If your child was born between 1st April and 31st August then parents/carers can request that their summer-born child starts school in the Reception class a year later. The child will be educated in the group that is one year below their chronological age. Please note that you will need to write to the school to request delayed entry.
Please view the North Somerset document below which explains both aspects in more detail.