Reception and Year 3 Admissions

Information for New Reception Parents & Carers - September 2025 Admission

Reception 2024 - If your child is born between 1st September 2020 and 31st August 2021- they are due to start Reception class in September 2025.

Choosing a school is one of the most important decisions you will ever make and you will naturally wish to find out as much information as possible.  Our Executive Head and / or members of our leadership team shows parents of prospective Reception children around our schools during our tours.  We want to you to get a flavour not only of our wonderful Early Years and Key Stage 1, but a sense of our vision for our children across the federation and all that this has to offer. 

To register for a Reception 2025 tour, please call either school office in our federation, or email:  admissions@mosshall.school  and our staff will book you in.  We offer tours on from 9.30-10.30 on Mondays and 1.30-2.30 on Fridays in most weeks from October through to the end of December.  These are very popular and get booked up quickly; we recommend booking early.   Infant Office: 0208 445 9735  or Junior office: 0208 445 7965 

Once you are ready to apply, applications to Reception class are made online via the Local Authority admissions portal by the 15th January 2025. 

This link to the Barnet Local Authority pages regarding Reception admission:Starting Reception in September 2025

provides key dates and important information regarding the application process.  You should pay particular attention to the admissions criteria for each school you are interested in as they may differ.   If you want to apply for a school in another borough, you will need to look at the relevant Local Authority’s website for details of the school’s admissions criteria. 

You must submit one application to your home Local Authority and list each preferred school on the single application form, whether the school is within or outside your home borough. If you live in London, the application must be made online at www.eadmissions.org.uk. If you live in Hertfordshire, or another borough outside London, please check your Local Authority’s website for information on how to apply.

An application must be submitted for your child even if s/he has an older brother or sister already attending your preferred school or a school nursery.  Parents should also be aware that children attending the nursery class are not given a higher priority for a place at the school than other children.

You must apply no later than 15 January 2025.  If you miss this deadline, your application will be considered after school places have first been allocated to applicants who applied by the closing date and you may not receive an offer on National Offer Day, 16 April 2025.  In previous years, the high demand for places meant that some children were not offered places at their sibling’s school because their applications were late and there were no places left.  It is, therefore, very important that you submit your application on time. 

Children are also admitted at other times during the year, depending on the availability of places and according to the London Borough of Barnet’s admissions policy. (See the publication “A Guide to Primary Education in Barnet” or the Barnet website for full details).

In September 2024, 87 first choice applications were offered.  In September 2025 there will be 90 Reception admission places available. 

Admission / Transfer to Year 3 (Junior School) 2025 

Link to Barnet Junior School (Year 3) Admission - September 25

We are keen to invite our existing Year 2 pupils and pupils from other schools to join the Junior school in September 2025.  The leadership team will be happy to organise tours for families during the year.   Moss Hall Infant school children will in most cases  be entitled to a Moss Hall Junior place - although parents do need to apply formally via the Barnet admissions portal by the 15th January 2025.   If you do not apply, your child may not have a Year Three place in September 2025.

To apply for a junior school place for your child, you must submit one application to your home local authority.  We anticipate that most of you will only want to apply for a place at your child’s linked junior school and you will be given infant to junior transfer priority. However, you can also include other junior schools in your application, either within or outside your home borough.  If you live in London, applications must be submitted online at www.eadmissions.org.uk. If you live in Hertfordshire or another borough outside London, please check your Local Authority’s website for information on how to apply.

Barnet applicants may apply for up to three junior schools.  Faith schools will require you to complete a Supplementary Information Form (SIF), in addition to the online application, if you wish to request priority on the grounds of faith.

For further information, please refer to the booklet ‘A Guide to Primary Education in Barnet 2024’, which you can view or download at www.barnet.gov.uk/schooladmissions, and to the booklets published by other councils.

The Junior Transfer application process only relates to children transferring from an infant school to a linked or separate junior school.  There are six junior schools in Barnet of which Moss Hall Juniors is one. 

You must submit your junior school application by 15 January 2025.  The result of your application will be sent to you on 16 April 2025.