Admissions

If you are applying for a reception place for September 2026, all applications are made in advance. The national closing date is 15 January 2026. Offers are made by the Local Authority on national offer day (16 April 2026).

You must apply to the local authority who empties your bins. If this is Leeds, click here.  The website is a composite prospectus for all Leeds schools, and this includes:

• all 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 will 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 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 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRU1SrS7iJE. The council’s social media pages will also tell you about 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.

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

This includes 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 coordinated in-year application scheme. You can apply for a place online using the Leeds in-year application form at Before you move schools (https://www.leeds.gov.uk/). You can apply for places at our school and any other Leeds schools.

If you have moved house, please submit evidence of the house move at the same time you make your 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. Leeds City Council will contact you with our decision no later than 15 school days from when you apply. If we cannot offer you a place, we will

• add your child to our waiting list in case a place becomes available during the school year
• send you a letter to explain the reasons we cannot offer a place (usually that we are full)
• and tell you how you can appeal

Our waiting lists are kept until the 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.

If we cannot offer you a place, you will have the right of appeal. The appeal panel is independent of the school and council and their 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 is 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 (https://www.leeds.gov.uk/)

If you are appealing for a reception place for September 2026, you need to submit your appeal by the 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

Children are at the heart of everything we do at Hunslet Carr Primary School and we work really hard to make sure that all of our children believe that they can be anything they want to be. We hope that they are excited and curious about the world around them and develop the life skills they will need to be happy, successful, confident and resilient young people. Our school has a community feel, and it is our vision that all young people at Hunslet Carr Primary School will have High Expectation, be Caring, have Positive Attitudes and be Successful. Our children benefit greatly from the strong partnerships and sense of common purpose which the school has developed with our governors, parents, local schools and the community.

At Hunslet Carr we pride ourselves in providing our children with learning experiences that will develop their social and academic skills in a caring, stable and stimulating environment.
We offer a caring transition process for your child in Nursery through ‘Stay and Play’ sessions and a personalised phased start.
Children can start their learning journey the term after their 3rd birthday, with 15 hours per week available for everyone.
For more information, please click here
You can apply or register from when your child is 2 years old. Tel no. 01132 713804 or email admissions@hunsletcarr.co.uk   

We now offer 30 hours per week for all eligible children. Contact us for further information: Tel no. 01132 713804 or email  admissions@hunsletcarr.co.uk   
You can check your eligibility and apply for 30 hours to start the term after your child’s 3rd birthday, from when your child is 2 years and 36 weeks old at https://www.gov.uk/30-hours-free-childcare
We look forward to welcoming you and your family to our Nursery!

The Early Years classrooms have excellent facilities and learning resources. Our Nursery classroom  has   an Interactive  Clevertouch Screen and a wide range of resources to support and inspire learning.
Nursery children have   access to their own outdoor area, which children make full use of to support their learning journey. In addition to this, our children have weekly access to our school allotment and Library.

Our Nursery follow the Early Years Foundation Stage. This is split into seven areas of learning:
1. Communication and Language
2. Physical Development
3. Personal, Social and Emotional Development
4. Literacy
5. Mathematics
6. Understanding the World
7. Expressive Arts and Design
For each area there are a series of steps which lead to the Early Learning Goals. These are the foundations to later achievement.
At Hunslet Carr we want to share your child’s learning journey and experiences with you and we use Tapestry to enable us to do this.

Explore our website to find details on our curriculum and policies.
Follow us on twitter: @hcpsleeds and Facebook to see the activities our children are currently engaged in. 

Children are at the heart of everything we do at Hunslet Carr Primary School and we work really hard to make sure that all our children believe that they can be anything they want to be. We hope that they are excited and curious about the world around them and develop the life skills they will need to be happy, successful, confident and resilient young people.
​Our school has a community feel, and it is our vision that all young people at Hunslet Carr Primary School will have High Expectations, be Caring, have Positive Attitudes and be Successful. Our children benefit greatly from the strong partnerships and sense of common purpose which the school has developed with our governors, parents, local schools and the community. 

Reception 

We pride ourselves in providing our children with learning experiences that will develop their social and academic skills in a caring, stable and stimulating environment.

The Early Years classrooms have excellent facilities and learning resources. Both classrooms in Reception  have    an Interactive Clevertouch Screen and a wide range of resources to support and inspire learning.

Reception have access to their own outdoor area, which children make full use of to support their learning journey. In addition to this, our children have weekly access to our school allotment and Library.

Our Reception follow the Early Years Foundation Stage. This is split into seven areas of learning:
1. Communication and Language
2. Physical Development
3. Personal, Social and Emotional Development
4. Literacy
5. Mathematics
6. Understanding the World
7. Expressive Arts and Design
For each area there are a series of steps which lead to the Early Learning Goals. These are the foundations to later achievement.
At Hunslet Carr we want to share your child’s learning journey and experiences with you and we use Tapestry to enable us to do this.

To apply for Reception (in year transfer).
For general enquiries, contact us: tel. no. 01132 713804  email: admissions@hunsletcarr.co.uk   
Applications should be made directly to school admissions online at https;//www.leeds.gov.uk/schools-and-education/school-admissions/before-you-move-schools

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Explore our website to find details on our curriculum and policies.
Follow us on twitter: @hcpsleeds to see the activities our children are currently engaged in.

Children are at the heart of everything we do at Hunslet Carr Primary School and we work really hard to make sure that all our children believe that they can be anything they want to be. We hope that they are excited and curious about the world around them and develop the life skills they will need to be happy, successful, confident and resilient young people.
​Our school has a community feel, and it is our vision that all young people at Hunslet Carr Primary School will have High Expectations, be Caring, have Positive Attitudes and be Successful. Our children benefit greatly from the strong partnerships and sense of common purpose which the school has developed with our governors, parents, local schools and the community. 

The key to ensuring our children succeed both while pupils at the school and in the future is having a caring, stimulating and stable environment in which to enjoy their early years. We work hard to ensure the school allows our pupils to grow in to happy, caring members of the community. 

It is regularly commented by visitors that our school has a warm inviting atmosphere. Our children display excellent behaviour in the classroom enabling them to maximise their learning

We are a two form entry primary school, EYFS and KS1 housed  downstairs, with Year 1 being open planned classrooms and Years 3 - 5 are housed upstairs. Year 6 have their own space and are based at the rear of the school in 2 interjoining classrooms.

To apply for Years 1 - 6 (in year transfer).
For general enquiries, contact us: tel. no. 01132 713804                                    
​email: admissions@hunsletcarr.co.uk
Applications should be made directly to school admissions online at https://www.leeds.gov.uk/schools-and-education/school-admissions/before-you-move-schools

Explore our website to find details on our curriculum and policies.
Follow us on twitter: @hcpsleeds to see the activities our children are currently engaged in.

Key Stage 1

Lower Key Stage 2

Key Stage 2