We are an academy school and the admission authority is the Collaborative Learning Trust. School admissions for Bramhope Primary School are managed by Leeds City Council - both Reception admissions and in-year transfers.  All waiting lists are held by Leeds City Council.  The school’s admission authority sets the admission policy every year. You can read our school’s admission polices below. You are welcome to make enquiries via our Admin Team.

• Applications for Reception places in September 2024 – read our 2024/25 policy 
• Applications for Reception places in September 2025 – read our 2025/26 policy

Please visit the Leeds Admissions website for information before you apply to primary schools or click HERE and see below for in-year admissions.

You can find information about schools, previous years' allocation data, catchment maps and links to school admission policies on the ‘find more information about a school’ page HERE.   

Please note that Bramhope is an oversubscribed school, although we occasionally have places in certain year groups.

Choosing a school for your child is a big decision, and we appreciate the additional challenges that parents face this year.

We advise you look on our website, and talk to children and parents from our school community. 

The dates for our Open Days for Reception 2025-26 are as follows:

Thursday 17 October 9.15-10:30am

Thursday 7 November 9:15-10:30am

Thursday 28 November 9:15-10:30am

Please contact the school office on 0113 2671222 to book a place on one of the open days. Please note we have a maximum of 15 places for each day.

Please make sure you contact the school to accept your school place on National Offer Day. Please call 0113 2671222 or email admin@bramhopeprimaryschool.co.uk. If your admission has been unsuccessful waiting list forms and appeal forms are available at www.leeds.gov.uk/schools-and-education/school-admissions

How to apply for a September 2025 place

If you are applying for a Reception place for September 2025, all applications are made in advance. Offers are made by local authorities on national offer day.  

You must apply to the local authority who empties your bins. If this is Leeds, go to www.leeds.gov.uk/apply. The LA website is a composite prospectus for all Leeds schools and includes information about:   

• all of the steps you need to go through to make an application
• the key dates
• a search tool to see if your home address gives any higher priority for admission to any school(s)
• an explanation about how places are offered if there are more applications than spaces (oversubscribed)
• the online application portal - apply online and you’ll be sent your offer by email
• a summary of each school’s individual admission policy criteria
• data about who got a place in the last 3 years - this will help you work out if there is a reasonable chance of your child qualifying for a place.
• Information about applying under a specific admission criteria (such as your child being previously looked after). It is really important to ensure you submit all supporting evidence by the deadline to show you meet any such criteria.

You can also watch the Leeds City Council school admissions video for more information. 

The council’s social media pages will also tell you about any Q&A sessions where you can ask questions.

You can also see information about our school, including previous admission data, on our school page on the Leeds City Council’s website.

Application timetable  -  The below timetable applies to applications made to Leeds City Council. If you apply to another local authority, they may have different dates.

In-year applications

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.  

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.

To apply to move schools please visit the Leeds Schools Admissions website. 

How to apply for an in-year place

To find out which schools your child could get a place at and apply, you should visit the Leeds Schools Admissions website and follow these steps.

1. Find out which schools have places

Schools with places can offer an immediate start.  If your child is new to Leeds, you should include at least one school with spaces in your 5 preferences.  To check if our school has available spaces, please visit Primary Schools with vacancies.

2. Make sure you use the right address

You must use your child's permanent address when applying. If you have moved, you must send proof of address evidence at the same time as you apply.

3.  Check if you live in a school's catchment area

Schools give priority to children who live within their catchment or priority area.  Living in a school's catchment area does not guarantee your child a place at our school, it places your child's application higher up the list of applicants.

4. Check what chance your child has of getting a place

Each school has it's own set of rules that they use to decide which children to offer a place to.  This is called their admissions policy.  You should read our admissions policy below to check what chance your child has of getting a place.

5.  Apply online

You will need to apply online.  Leeds admissions team will co-ordinate in-year applications and send a decision letter by email.  School place offers are allocated once a week in term time.  If you submit an online application by midnight on a Sunday, you should be sent a decision the following week.  Schools must contact you within 15 school days.  If you are not given a decision within 15 days, you should contact the Leeds admissions team.

Waiting lists are kept until the end of each academic school year.   You will need to make a new application if you want to be on the waiting list for the following academic school year.

Appeals

If you are not offered a place at the school you requested, you will have the right of appeal. The appeal panel is independent of the school and council and the 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's 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 applying for a Reception place for September 2025, you need to submit your appeal form by the above 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.

Secondary School Places

Admissions for Secondary School Places for Bramhope children leaving year 6 are also managed by Leeds City Council.  Please visit their website here for more information.

If your child has not secured a place at their first choice school and you would like them to be added to a waiting list, complete the online form on the Leeds City Council website here.

For information on Appeals and appeal deadlines please visit the Leeds Admission School Appeals Page.