Admission to Hurdsfield Primary School

All of our school admissions for children starting school, or those transferring from another school, are handled centrally by Cheshire East Council. 

However, we love showing people around Hurdsfield Primary School and we think it is really important that you come and see us at work to get a feel for our lovely school. If you would like to book an appointment, please contact the school office.

To apply for a school place for your child, please contact Cheshire East Admissions on 0300 123 5012 - if your child is due to start in Reception in the next academic year, you should automatically receive information about how to apply for your child's school place from Cheshire East. If you haven't, please contact them on the number above. 

As a maintained school, we follow the Cheshire East Local Authority Admissions Guidance. Further information can be found by clicking here, or by contacting admissions@cheshireeast.gov.uk

Important Dates

If your child is due to start school in September 2025, please make a note of the dates below:

These can be seen on the Cheshire East website here

Here is the link to applying for your child's Reception place: HERE

East Cheshire Admissions apply the following criteria for applications.  The criteria applied (in order) this year were:

1. Children who are in local authority care or have previously been in care. 
2. Brothers and sisters living in the same household as children already in the school (up to and including year 5) who expect to stay at the school for the next school year. This includes foster and adopted brothers and sisters, step-brothers and sisters, and half-brothers and sisters.
3. Children living within the school's catchment area.
4. For high schools, children who are currently pupils at one of the primary schools the high school works with as a feeder school. 
5. Children living nearest to the school as measured in a straight line by the National Property Gazetteer. 

Before making your selection, we actively encourage all parents to visit our school to see what makes our school so special.  Our staff will be available to support you through every step of this process.

Once you have made your decision, any parent may apply for a place by filling in an application form available online:

https://www.cheshireeast.gov.uk/schools/admissions/admissions.aspx

The 2023 Cheshire East School Catchment areas map indicates the following central area as Hurdsfield Primary School's catchment:

Applying for a Nursery Place

Please apply directly to our school via phone 01625 912 415 or email admin@hurdsfield.cheshire.sch.uk and arrange to visit us to see us in action.

We arrange 'Stay and Play' sessions for any new starter to our Early Years classes so that every child feels happy and settled with us.  We choose not to do staggered starts for Reception pupils in September as we find that settling pupils quickly inot our school day works really well and is most beneficial to children being ready to learn.

In-Year Applications - moving from another school to Hurdsfield

There are times when it is appropriate for a child to move schools, such as moving house.

In such circumstances, it is important that parents/carers look at available pupil places at the schools in the area as the closest school may not have a space in the desired year group.

Cheshire East's Admissions shows the year group spaces in all schools on their 'In-Year School Place' page- see here

After looking at availability of spaces, please contact our school office to discuss the potential of moving your child to Hurdsfield Primary School.