Starting School in September 2025 

1st November 2024

Application process opens. Families should apply online at www.leeds.gov.uk  and return Supplementary Information Form to the office at Kirkstall St Stephen's C of E (VA) Primary School.   

15th January 2025

Deadline for applications.

16th April 2025 

National Offer Day (Reception Class)

30th April 2025
Deadline for waiting list applications

16th May 2025
Cut off for first round of appeals.

April to July 2025
Places allocated from the waiting lists and appeals held.

8th September 2025
Start Primary School

School Appeals

If you have not been offered a place at the school you wanted you are entitled to appeal against the refusal.

Appeals are heard by panels which are independent of the ​council, schools and governing bodies. The panel follows the School Admission Appeals Code drawn up by the Department for Education with advice from the Local Government Ombudsman.

Most appeals are arranged by our Admissions team but some schools arrange their own appeals. You can find out which schools arrange their own appeals by using the following documents: