School Admissions - Online Applications

Our 'New to Reception September 2025' Prospective Parents Meeting is currently scheduled for Wednesday 23rd October 2024 at 6:00pm here in the school hall. We welcome and encourage individual visits to the school to share our vision and values and see what makes Springcroft, Springcroft.

Reception Class (September 2025) admissions open on 1st November 2024, and close on the 15th January 2025. Staffordshire County Council will offer places from Friday 16th April 2025.

Year 6 applications need to be submitted by Wednesday 31st October 2024. Staffordshire County Council will offer places from Saturday 1st March 2025.

The DfE blogsite has recently published a leaflet for parents: Primary school admissions 2025: How to apply and when is the deadline? that families may find useful. 

Visits to School

Prospective parents are welcomed, and encouraged, to visit school any time prior to their child starting school. Please note that an induction evening takes place prior to your child starting school, normally in early June. The meeting gives you the opportunity to have a greater insight into your child's learning at Springcroft, their daily routine, and a chance to ask any questions or share concerns that you may have.

Please contact our school office (01782 394793 or office@springcroft.staffs.sch.uk) to make an appointment to come and view our special school.

The School Admissions and Transport Service allocate all Reception class places - for further details on the admissions process including admission arrangements, catchment areas, appeals etc please follow this link to Staffordshire County Council website.  School Admissions will not be issuing application forms as the Service is keen to provide a paperless system in all its admissions processes wherever possible.  This also gives details if you wish to apply for a in-year admission but we would request that you contact the school first.

The easiest way for parents to apply is online. Further information can be found on Staffordshire Schools Admissions Team via their website.

• To apply if you live under Staffordshire County Council, please follow this link
  Link to Staffordshire County Council School Admissions page

• To apply if you live under Stoke on Trent City Council, please follow this link
  Link to Stoke on Trent City Council School Admissions page

Staffordshire children can make a late application by contacting Staffordshire Admissions and Transport Service at:

School Admissions and Transport Service
Staffordshire County Council
Staffordshire Place
Stafford
ST16 2DH

Telephone: 0300 111 8007 (select the option for 'School Admissions & Transport')

Email: admissions@staffordshire.gov.uk

Stoke-on-Trent children can make a late application by contacting the Stoke on Trent schools admissions team on:

Telephone: 01782 234598

Email: admissions@stoke.gov.uk 

If your child currently attends a school setting and you wish to move them to another setting, please use the in-year application forms which can be accessed here. 

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The DfE blogsite has published: Primary school offer day 2025: Everything you need to know. The blog talks parents through the admissions process, how to appeal a decision and how to join a waiting list for their top-choice primary school.