Admissions

Childcare places

Childcare places through our under 3 Provision Little Explorers. Little Explorers can accept children up until the September after they are 3. Information about admissions for Little Explorers can be found here. 

School Based Nursery

Our School Based Nursery accepts children from the September after they are three. We have 26 available places in the Nursery. We can offer 15 hours and 30 hours with the option for wrap around childcare through Little Explorers. We accepted funded and self funded places.  Self-funded places are charged at £85 per week. 

15 hour offer:

 30 hour offer:

Pricing

Reception 

Our Reception, accepts children from the September after they are four. Upland Primary School is a two form entry with a capacity of 60 pupils in each year group. 

We are an inclusive school that welcomes children from all backgrounds and abilities.

All applications will be treated on merit and in a sensitive manner by the London Borough of Bexley, who apply the admissions for our school.

All parents interested in requesting a pupil place at Upland Primary are offered a warm welcome at the school and invited to meet with the Headteacher for an informal guided tour. We display the tour dates on our website in advance. Please note that we do restrict number to 10 people per tour.

Parents are encouraged to ask questions, to visit all the classrooms, meet with the teaching staff, and see the school at work. The school ethos, achievements, aspirations, positive behaviour policy, safe guarding procedures and inclusivity are detailed during this first meeting.

Advice on completing the admissions forms is offered and parents are reminded that they can apply on line.  For full procedures and to apply for a space please refer to Bexley 

• Children born between 1 September 2021 and 31 August 2022 will be due to start in Reception in September 2026. The application period will be open on 1 September 2025 and the closing date is 15 January 2026.
• Parents are invited to apply for places in our Reception for September 2026 and are advised to consult the following link: https://www.bexley.gov.uk/services/schools-and-education/primary-schools/starting-primary-school 
• Upland will admit 60 pupils into the two Reception classes each September
• Applications for Reception places must be submitted to Bexley admissions

Oversubcription

 In the event of the school being oversubscribed, the prospective parents would be informed and told of their rights to appeal.

The school would contact the School Admission Team for support with an interpreter if this was deemed necessary at the initial parent meeting and follow the specific guidelines for admitting pupils from abroad.

Admission application dates are published by the authority and relate to Nursery and Reception provision. 

Deferred or Delayed Entry to Reception

In year transfers

A transfer in year from school to school can occur at any time in the school year, and the school would extend the same welcome and personalised tour if places are available.

Once admission has been agreed, contact is made with the child’s previous school to ensure the transfer of assessments and data.

As an inclusive school, we make no distinctions on admission on the grounds of race, faith, nationality, gender or disability. We are, however, mindful of the importance of ensuring that we are able to meet the ‘educational and emotional needs’ of all the children in our care. We would, therefore, seek to secure the appropriate resources for a pupil with identified needs, possibly by applying through the EHC process, or seek to support the parent in finding an appropriate place within the authorities extended provision.

Admissions Policy 2026 / 2027

Click the link above to visit the Trust website for more details.

Primary School Appeals Timetable 2026

Appeals Hearings Guidelines 2026

 Section 2: Appeal Hearings

 Timetable

 2.1 Admission authorities must set a timetable for organising and hearing appeals that:

1. a) includes a deadline for lodging appeals which allows appellants at least 20 school days from the date of notification that their application was unsuccessful to prepare and lodge their written appeal;
2. b) ensures that appellants receive at least 10 school days’ notice of their appeal hearing;
3. c) includes reasonable deadlines for appellants to submit additional evidence, for admission authorities to submit their evidence, and for the clerk to send appeal papers to the panel and parties;
4. d) ensures that decision letters are sent within five school days of the hearing wherever possible.

2.2 Admission authorities must publish their appeals timetable on their website by 28 February each year.

2.3 Admission authorities must ensure that appeals lodged by the appropriate deadlines are heard within the following timescales:

1. a) for applications made in the normal admissions round7, appeals must be heard within 40 school days of the deadline for lodging appeals;
2. b) for late applications8, appeals should be heard within 40 school days from the deadline for lodging appeals where possible, or within 30 school days of the appeal being lodged;
3. c) for applications to sixth forms:
4. i) where the offer of a place would have been conditional upon exam results, appeals must be heard within 30 school days of confirmation of those results;
5. ii) where the offer of a place would not have been conditional upon exam results, appeals must be heard within 40 school days of the deadline for lodging appeals;
6. d) for applications for in-year admissions9, appeals must be heard within 30 school days of the appeal being lodged.

2.4 Any appeals submitted after the appropriate deadline must still be heard, in accordance with whatever timescale is set out in the timetable published by the admission authority.

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7 Under the School Admissions (Admission Arrangements and Co-ordination of Admission Arrangements) (England) Regulations 2012 an application is made in the ‘normal admissions round’ if it is not a ‘late application’ or an ‘in-year application’: see footnotes 8 and 9.

8 An application is a ‘late’ application if it is for the admission of a child to a relevant age group; it is submitted before the first day of the school term of the admission year; and a determination relating to the application is not made by an authority on or before the offer date. The ‘relevant age group’ is the age group at which pupils are or will normally be admitted to the school e.g. reception or year 7 (Section 142 of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998).

9 An application is an ‘in-year’ application if it is for the admission of a child to a relevant age group and it is submitted on or after the first day of the first school term of the admission year, or it is for the admission of a child to an age group other than a relevant age group.