Admissions for Infant and Junior Schools

Joining us in Nursery

Please contact the school office if you are interested in a place in our nursery class. Your child can join the nursery in the September after their third birthday A place in our nursery does not give your child a place in our Reception class – you will need to apply for Reception through Bexley authority, like every other family.

Joining us in Reception and other year groups

Belvedere Infant School and Belvedere Junior School are academies in The Pioneer Academy, a multi-academy trust. The Pioneer Academy is the admission authority for both schools: it sets the admission arrangements, including the published admission number and how places are offered if there are more applications than places.

Admission arrangements: for a place starting in September 2027, see 'Admissions Policy 2027-28 - Infant School' and 'Admissions Policy 2027-28 - Junior School' in the downloads below. The arrangements for other years are there too.

Consultation on our admission arrangements: The Pioneer Academy consults on a school's admission arrangements when it proposes to change them, and at least once every seven years. A consultation lasts at least six weeks and takes place between 1 October and 31 January, in the school year before the arrangements apply. While a consultation is open, the proposed arrangements, how to comment and the closing date are published on this page.

Starting school in Reception (Belvedere Infant School) or Year 3 (Belvedere Junior School): apply through your home local authority by 15 January in the year your child starts, even if the school is in a different area. Bexley authority sends offers on 16 April (or the next working day).

Moving on to Belvedere Junior School: a place at Belvedere Infant School does not give your child a place at Belvedere Junior School. Apply for a Year 3 place through Bexley authority by 15 January in the year your child moves up.

Starting Reception: your child can start full time in the September after their fourth birthday. You can defer the start, or ask for part-time attendance, until later in that school year - but not beyond the point your child reaches compulsory school age. The admission arrangements give the details.

A place in a different year group: you can ask for your child to be admitted outside their normal age group - for example, a summer-born child who starts school at five can ask to join Reception rather than Year 1. Please contact the school as this will be determined on a case-by case basis. 

Children with an education, health and care plan (EHCP): if your child has an EHCP, the school is named in the plan by the local authority that maintains it, after consulting the school; you do not apply through the normal admissions process.

Apply through London Borough of Bexley's admissions page - 

https://www.bexley.gov.uk/services/schools-and-education/primary-schools/starting-primary-school

How to apply during the school year: apply through London Borough of Bexley's in-year scheme.

https://www.bexley.gov.uk/services/schools-and-education/year-applications/applying-school-year

Appeals: if your child is refused a place, you can appeal to an independent appeal panel arranged by The Pioneer Academy.