Guidance from the borough of Richmond's Achieving for Children:

AFC Admissions Website

Key Information:

• Late Applications:

  • If your application is late, your child will not be considered for an offer on National Offer Day but will wait until the second round of offers.  After that they will be on the waitlist.

• Further Information:

  • Look to your local authority for more information on National Offer Day. 
  • GOV.UK blogs has information on primary school admissions. 

My child was not offered a place at St James’s, despite it being our first choice:

Please don’t be discouraged. There is often significant movement in places after National Offer Day, so it's advisable to add your child to the St James’s waitlist if you would still like to be considered for a September 2025 spot. 

Positions on the waiting list are ranked according to the school’s oversubscription criteria, and this ranking is adjusted whenever a new application is received. As a result, your child’s position on the list may fluctuate, moving both up and down. Additionally, declining your child's original primary school offer and not having a reception school place assigned to you, does not provide your child with extra priority on the waitlist.

Waiting lists for the academic year 2025/26 will be disbanded on the last Friday of June 2026.

You must make an in-year transfer application no sooner than June 2026 for your child’s name to be added to the waiting list for the academic year 2026/27.

Welcome Reception September 2025 New Joiners:

For those children who have been offered and accepted a place at St James's, please see attached: