Admission Arrangements
Admission to Northgate Primary
We continue to follow the Norfolk County Council admissions policy; whose website links are at the bottom of this page.
Admissions information 2026/2027
Admission to reception classes
The admission round for entry to reception classes opens on 23 September 2026. The closing date for applications is 15 January 2027.
When does a child start school?
- If your child was born between 1 September 2022 and 31 August 2023, they are due to start school in reception class in the school year starting September 2027. Children must be offered a full-time place from September 2027.
- Parents are entitled to defer their child’s admission or request that their child attend on a part-time basis. By law, children must start statutory education full-time no later than the beginning of the term following their fifth birthday.
Important
- You will need to make an application for a reception class place, even if your child currently attends a nursery class at the same school
- Attendance at a nursery attached to a school, does not normally give you any priority for a place at that school
By law, children must start statutory education full-time at the beginning of the term following their 5th birthday.
Parents are entitled to defer their admission or request that their child attend on a part-time basis.
Timetable for School Admissions for September 2026
You must apply to your home Local Authority.
First admission to school timetable
- Round opens - 23 September 2026
- Round closes - 15 January 2027
- National Offer Day when school place decisions are made available - TBC
- Appeals closing date - TBC
- Mini admission round to consider changes - TBC
- Appeals hearings - TBC
- Waiting lists maintained until - TBC
Oversubscription rules for admission to Northgate Primary
(extract from Norfolk County Council Admissions Policy)
If there are more applications for places than there are places available, the Authority will give preference to children living nearest to the school, according to the following rules which can be found on the Norfolk County Council Website, link at bottom of page.
If there are more applications for places than there are places available, we will give preference to children living nearest to the school, according to the following rules in this order of priority:
Children who are due to start school and:
- have a statement of special educational needs naming that school are in public care or – have been adopted;
- live in the area served by the school and who have a sibling attending the school at the time of their admission;
- have a disability and live in the area served by the school (Appropriate professional evidence will be required to confirm the disability);
- live in the area served by the school;
- live outside the area served by the school who have a brother or sister with a statement of special educational needs attending the school at the time of their admission;
- live outside the area served by the school who have a brother or sister attending the school at the time of their admission;
- have a disability and live outside the area served by the school (Appropriate professional evidence will be required to confirm the disability);
- live outside the area served by the school.
If all children within any of the above rules cannot be offered a place, the highest priority will be given to children living nearest to the school within that rule. To determine who lives nearest, distance will be measured on a straight line ‘crow fly’ basis, using Ordnance Survey data. The address will be measured from the post office address point on the property.
In the unlikely event that distance does not separate the final two or more pupils seeking the last remaining place, a random allocation will be used to determine who is offered the final place.
NOTE: Criteria 7 only applies to schools which have a Specialist Resource Base on site.
Feeder school priority will only apply in the first year of entry to the school.
Useful Links
Links to Norfolk County Council’s Children’s Services regarding admissions:
Admissions main page:
https://www.norfolk.gov.uk/education-and-learning/schools/school-admissions
Admission to reception:
https://www.norfolk.gov.uk/education-and-learning/schools/school-admissions/admission-to-reception-classes
Online enrolment:
https://www.admissionsonline.norfolk.gov.uk/enrol/