• If you live in an area that’s Leeds City Council – leeds.gov.uk
• If you live in another area, find your local council here – gov.uk/find-local-council

The council’s social media pages will also tell you about any Q&A sessions, where you can ask questions. You can also see information about our school, including previous admission data, on our school page on the Leeds City Council’s website leeds.gov.uk

If you’re moving into Leeds or want to change schools in Leeds, you need to make a school transfer – often called an in-year application.

Moving schools can be a difficult experience for a child. You should always speak to your child’s current school before trying to move to see what support they can offer you.

We are part of the Leeds coordinated in-year application scheme. This means you can apply for a place online using the Leeds in-year application form at Before you move schools (leeds.gov.uk).  You can apply for places at our school and most other Leeds schools at the same time on this form.  

If you have moved house, please upload evidence of the house move with the online application. You can find out what you need to provide on the above website.   

We have to offer places by applying our admission policy criteria to your child’s application and we will contact you with our decision about offering you a place.  We will tell you our decision no later than 15 schools days from when you apply.    

If we cannot offer you a place, we will 

• write to you to explain the reasons
• explain how you can appeal and   
• add your child to our waiting list in case a place becomes free

Our waiting lists are kept until end of each school year. You will need to make a new application if you want to be on the waiting list for the following school year. 

Appeals for Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 – these classes are limited to 30 pupils per teacher by law. This means that appeals for these places are less likely to be successful.  

If our school refuses your child a place because of this limit and you want to appeal, you will need to make an infant class size appeal.  You can see if your reasons are likely to be successful by reading the Department for Education’s information about infant class size appeals.   

Other appeals – You can appeal because you want your child to attend a particular school. These are successful if the panel agree that the reasons for your appeal outweigh the school’s decision not to admit any more children.

Wanting your child to go to a school because you think it is the best one in the area is not likely to convince the panel that your child should get a place there.

If you are not offered a place at the school you requested, you will have the right of appeal. The appeal panel is independent of the school and council and the decision is legally binding.  

Before you appeal you:

• should accept any place that you have been offered in case your appeal is not successful
• should think about why you are appealing and check if it’s likely to be successful
• could read the advice for appealing school places on GOV.UK 
• could get independent advice on making an appeal from a charity

Leeds City Council arranges our appeals and you can find the appeal form at School appeals (leeds.gov.uk)    

If you want to move school, get in touch and we can help you get started. You can complete this online on your council’s website:

• If you live in an area that’s Leeds City Council – leeds.gov.uk
• If you live in another area, find your local council here – gov.uk/find-local-council

For support with this, please contact the in-year transfer team – education.transfers@leeds.gov.uk

For any questions, get in touch:
oakwood.admissions@coopacademies.co.uk

We admit up to 60 children in Reception each year – this is our PAN (Pupil Admission Number). If fewer than this apply, we offer a place to all applicants.

Children with an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP) will be admitted to the school named on their plan. These children are assigned places before the oversubscription criteria is applied.

We follow the Leeds Local Authority oversubscription criteria. This criteria has now been updated to include: “Children who were in state care outside of England and were then adopted”.

Leeds Local Authority may need evidence that you meet the priority criteria below.

• Submit your evidence here – leeds.gov.uk/admissions
• Or use these forms – Priority 1A | Priority 1B

Priority 1

1. Children in public care or fostered under an arrangement made by the local authority or children previously looked after by a Local Authority
2. Pupils without an EHC plan, but who have Special Educational Needs, or with exceptional medical or mobility needs – that can only be met at Co-op Academy Oakwood
    

Priority 2

Children with a sibling who’ll start school at the start of the academic year and are living at the same address
 

Priority 3

Children who live in the catchment area for Oakwood (as defined by Leeds City Council)

Find your catchment area here – forms.leeds.gov.uk/SchoolCatchment
 

Priority 4

All other children
 

Tie Breaks

When there’s more children meeting these priorities than places available, we offer places based on distance. Those living closer to the school will be offered a place (when measured in a straight line)

September 2022 – August 2023 Admissions & Appeals Policy

September 2023 – August 2024 Admissions & Appeals Policy

September 2024 – August 2025 Admissions & Appeals Policy

If you require any help, your local Council website has lots of information about the process. You can also contact us.

Leeds City Council Admissions Website
Leeds City Council Admissions Helpline – 0113 222 4414