If you would like your child to attend our school, please see full details of our admission arrangements below. 

You are welcome to come and visit the school. Please arrange to do this via the school office at: office@sutton-courtenay.school

Admissions to Reception - September 2026

In Oxfordshire all children are now admitted to start school in September of the school year they will become 5. Our admission number is 30 children.

To apply for a school place, please refer to our Admissions Policy and complete the admissions form in the Autumn before your child is due to start. Visits are welcome—contact the school office to book an appointment. Nursery attendance does not guarantee a primary school place; a separate application is required.

Details of Oxfordshire County Council Primary and Infant School key admission dates can be found here. You can also find further details about making a late application here.

Key dates for applications for starting Reception in September 202

4 November 2025   Applications open.

15 January 2026      Closing date for applications.

30 January 2026      Last date for confirmation of change of address.

16 April 2026          National Offer day: offer letters sent by second-class post where needed and emails sent to those  who applied online.

30 April 2026          Closing date to respond to offers made on 16 April and to join waiting list.

September 2026    Start of the school year.

Admissions to Nursery

If you would like your child to start at our nursery, you will need to complete a Nursery Class Admissions Enquiry form, available below.  You are very welcome to see our Nursery Class in action, please contact the school office to arrange a visit.

Children are admitted to our nursery the term after they turn three. Terms start in September, January and after the Easter break in April. Once your place has been confirmed there will be settling in visits prior to your child starting with us.

Please note that the school directly allocates the spaces in nursery, but we follow the Oxfordshire County Council maintained nurseries admissions policy, and you can find a copy of the latest policy on admissions to nursery below.

In order to manage our applications for the nursery class, you will need to apply by the following dates:-

School Year 2024-2025

Start Date                       Apply By                      School confirms spaces by

September 2024            10th May 2024              24th May 2024

January 2025                 6th October 2024          20th October 2024

April 2025                       26th January 2025       9th February 2025

September 2025            10th May 2025              24th May 2025

Spaces will be allocated as per Oxfordshire County Council’s admissions policy.      

If you wish to apply “in term”, we will assess your application, making a decision dependent on current capacity and whether you live within the designated school catchment area.

Please email the school office on office@sutton-courtenay.school to enquire about applying for a place in our Nursery

Transferring and moving schools in year

Children are, of course, welcome to join us at any stage in their primary school career. An experienced staff team and friendly children ease the time of transfer from one school to another for your child. If you are looking to change schools, please make sure that you have spoken to your child's current head teacher prior to your visit. We will arrange some 'ice breaker' days so that your child has a smooth transition into the school. If you would like your child to attend our school, please contact the school office to check if we have spaces and also to arrange a visit to the school. 

All admissions in-year are also controlled by Oxfordshire County Council. Please see link below for their website, which contains guidance and the online application form you will need.

Appeals

Please click link below to view the appeals process

Current Availability

Over the last five years the school has grown from 85 to over 190 pupils, and is set to grow even further in the future.  Due to the small class structure that we have in place to accommodate this growth we do have limited spaces in some year groups in KS1 and KS2. Please do contact the school for further details.