Admissions

Ashwell School follows Hertfordshire County Council’s Admission Rules. Full details for Primary Admissions, In Year Admissions and home to school transport can be found below:-

• HCC Admissions

Hertfordshire County Council Dates

• Applications open on the HCC website: 2nd November 2026
• Application Deadline: 15th January 2027
• National Allocation Day: 16th April 2027
• Last date for accepting the place offered: 23rd April 2027

Full details for Primary Admissions can be found below:

• HCC Admissions

We are delighted to be able to support you over the coming months as you make important decision about your child’s future schooling.

We are running our school tours and open mornings in the usual way. We know how important this time is for you and we are keen to show prospective parents around our school and for you to meet key staff in person. Tours of our school will operate in the following way: 

• Tours will take place with the Headteacher or Deputy Headteacher in groups of no more than 10 adults. 
• Children are welcome. We believe it is important that they get that first sight of their possible setting however we ask that they are strictly supervised at all times.

For anyone who is unable to or would rather not visit our school in person, we will be able to provide an opportunity for you to talk to a member of staff about our school and our website will give you a good flavour of what we are about.

Ashwell School Tour Dates and Booking Link

• Thursday, 5th November 2026 @ 9:30am
• Wednesday, 11th November 2026 @ 9:30am
• Tuesday, 24th November 2026 @ 1:00pm
• Monday, 11th January 2027 @ 9:30am

Please click on the link below to book onto a tour.

• Reception Tours

Ashwell Primary School is its own admission authority for nursery places.

Children are normally admitted to our nursery class in the September after their third birthday, subject to a place being available. The school is responsible for allocating Nursery places and we use the HCC rules for allocating school places (link above)

Places in our nursery class are not restricted to pupils who will subsequently be attending Ashwell Primary School, however, please note: the offer of a place in the Nursery does not guarantee admission to the Reception Class.

There are 26 places available in our Nursery:

• Monday to Friday 8:45am to 11:45am, these are our core hours when all nursery children attend.

In addition to our core hours, we also offer an extended provision, this is high quality childcare which can be funded by the 30 hours entitlement or by parents.:

• Lunch Club 11:45 to 12:45 daily
• Monday to Friday 8:45am to 3:15pm

Full details are available in our Nursery Admissions Policy & Nursery Fees Policy (See policy section)

Nursery Admission Dates for September 2027 Start

• Applications open on the Ashwell School website: Open now
• Application Deadline: 8th February 2027
• Allocation Day: 8th March 2027
• Last date for accepting the place offered: Monday 22nd March 2027

Nursery Tour Dates and Booking Link

• Thursday, 19th November 2026 @ 9.30am
• Wednesday, 13th January 2027 @ 9.30am
• Monday, 19th January 2027 @ 9.30am
• Monday, 1st February 2027 @ 9:30am

Please click on the link below to book onto a tour.

• Nursery Tours

Nursery How to Apply

On-Line Application Form for admission to our current nursery September 2026 to July 2027

On-Line Application Form for admission to next year's nursery September 2027 to July 2028