Admissions
We would love for you to join the Swillington Primary School family!

We are an academy school and the admission authority is the Brigshaw Learning Partnership (BLP). We cater for pupils between the ages of 3-11. The school holds an annual Open Day for interested parents to look round the school with the Headteacher or School Business Manager. You are also very welcome to look round our school at any time of the year. Please contact the school office to make an appointment 0113 2863220.

The Brigshaw Learning Partnership is the admission authority for: Brigshaw High School and Allerton Bywater, Kippax Ash Tree, Kippax Greenfield, Kippax North, Methley and Swillington Primary schools.

The school’s admission authority sets the admission policy every year. Although the BLP is the admissions authority, the school works with Leeds City Council’s Admissions Unit, which coordinates reception places at all schools in Leeds. You can read our school’s admission polices at the bottom of this page.

How to apply for a September 2025 place

Children born between 1 September 2020 and 31 August 2021 are due to start primary school in September 2025.

If you are applying for a reception place for September 2024, all applications are made in advance. The Leeds City Council application window opens on 1st November 2024.

The deadline to apply is 15 January 2025. Offers for primary school places are made on 16 April 2025 (offer day). If you applied through the Leeds City Council online application portal they will email you with your child's offer.

You must apply to the local authority who empties your bins. If this is Leeds, go to the Leeds.gov website. It is a composite prospectus for all Leeds schools and includes information about:

  • all of the steps you need to go through to make an application
  • the key dates
  • a search tool to see if your home address gives any higher priority for admission to any school(s)
  • an explanation about how places are offered if there are more applications than spaces (oversubscribed)
  • the online application portal - apply online and you’ll be sent your offer by email
  • a summary of each school’s individual admission policy criteria
  • data about who got a place in the last 3 years - this will help you work out if there is a reasonable chance of your child qualifying for a place.
  • Information about applying under a specific admission criteria (such as your child being previously looked after). It is really important to ensure you submit all supporting evidence by the deadline to show you meet any such criteria.

You can also watch the Leeds City Council school admissions video for more information.

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

We recommend choosing five schools to give your child the best chance of getting a place at a school you prefer.

If you live outside Leeds and want your child to go to a school in Leeds, you must apply to your own local authority and they will inform us of your request.

Going to a school's nursery does not guarantee your child a place at that school.

In-year applications

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.

  • applications for a place in reception after the start of term in September
  • and applications for a place in all other year groups (year 1-6)

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.

How to apply for an in-year place

We are part of the Leeds central 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 submit evidence of the house move at the same time you make your online application.

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

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:

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

If you are applying for a reception place for September 2025, you need to submit your appeal form by the above deadline to ensure the appeal will be heard before the summer holidays.

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.

Application timetable

The below timetable applies to applications made to Leeds City Council. If you apply to another local authority, they may have different dates

Admissions Timetable (2025 start)
Applications Open
1 November 2024
Deadline date for applications for Reception places in September 2024
15 January 2025
Late applications
12 February 2025
National Offers Day
16 April 2025
Deadline date for parents wishing to lodge an appeal (please return appeal forms to the academy)
14 May 2025
Date on which Year Reception appeal hearings will be held
June – July 2025
Appeal decision letters to be sent
Within 5 working days from date of hearing wherever possible

How to apply for a September 2025 place

Children born between 1 September 2020 and 31 August 2021 are due to start primary school in September 2025.

If you are applying for a reception place for September 2024, all applications are made in advance. The Leeds City Council application window opens on 1st November 2024.

The deadline to apply is 15 January 2025. Offers for primary school places are made on 16 April 2025 (offer day). If you applied through the Leeds City Council online application portal they will email you with your child's offer.

You must apply to the local authority who empties your bins. If this is Leeds, go to the Leeds.gov website. It is a composite prospectus for all Leeds schools and includes information about:

  • all of the steps you need to go through to make an application
  • the key dates
  • a search tool to see if your home address gives any higher priority for admission to any school(s)
  • an explanation about how places are offered if there are more applications than spaces (oversubscribed)
  • the online application portal - apply online and you’ll be sent your offer by email
  • a summary of each school’s individual admission policy criteria
  • data about who got a place in the last 3 years - this will help you work out if there is a reasonable chance of your child qualifying for a place.
  • Information about applying under a specific admission criteria (such as your child being previously looked after). It is really important to ensure you submit all supporting evidence by the deadline to show you meet any such criteria.

Mr Cahill

Leadership Team

Headteacher

NPQH, Child Protection and Co-English Lead

Mrs McEvoy

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Deputy Headteacher

NPQH, English Leader & DDSL

Mrs O'Brien

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Assistant Headteacher

Maths Lead

Mrs Monks

Administration and Facilities Team
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School Business Manager

Mrs Tabbasam

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Middle Leader

Art, Design and Technology lead & Co-Phonics Lead

Miss Wilson

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Middle Leader

Early Years & PSHE lead

Mrs Atkinson

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SENDCo

Miss Bradley

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Lion Class (Y5) Teacher

DSL

Mrs Brown

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Learning Mentor

DSL

Miss Buchanan

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Dolphin Class (Y3) Teacher

Miss Campy

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Tiger Class (Y1) Teacher

Geography lead

Miss Fairhead

Support Staff

Mrs Hebdon-Mount

Support Staff

Mrs Freeman

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Polar Bear Class Teacher

Mrs Hilton

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R.E. lead

Mr Hodgson

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Elephant Class (Y2) Teacher

Computing Lead

Mrs Hopkins

Support Staff

Mrs Hoult

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Mrs Kitchingman

Support Staff

Miss Knight

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Snow Leopard Class (Reception) Teacher

History Lead

Mrs McGrath

Support Staff

Mrs Millington

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Mrs Moss

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Administrator

Mrs Neesam

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Tiger Class (Y1) Teacher

Science and Geography Lead

Mrs Payne

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Mrs Ramsdale

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Cleaner

Mrs Richardson

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Mrs Rush

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Facilities Assistant

Mrs Street

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Mrs Parrish

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P.E Lead & HLTA

Miss Garside

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Penguin (Y4) Class Teacher

Spanish Lead

Mrs Gill

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Miss Espley

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Miss Rush

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Our Aims & Values

Success and Respect for All.

We exist to provide a cradle-to-career education that allows our children to enjoy lives of choice and opportunity.

Our pupils uphold our values by:

Stay Safe

  • Follow school rules
  • Wash our hands regularly
  • Helping others in need
  • Crossing roads carefully
  • Reporting things online we do not like
  • Don't talk to strangers

Respect our environment

  • Keeping our classrooms/ work spaces tidy
  • We don't ignore it, e.g. untidy lockers
  • Using the correct bins for recycling
  • Looking after our school chickens
  • Helping our parents at home to keep the house tidy

Imagine the possibilities

  • Ask questions
  • Think about what job/career I want when I am older
  • Take part in a range of school clubs
  • If we work hard... anything is possible
  • Taking part in visits

Tolerance

  • Be kind to others
  • Positive language
  • Equality for all
  • Understand change may happen
  • Welcome new friends to our school
  • Positive mindset
  • Being kind to our siblings at home
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