Admissions
Holy Rosary and St Anne’s Catholic Primary School was founded by the Catholic Church to provide education for Baptised Catholic children. The school is run by its Academy Council as part of the Catholic Church in accordance with its Trust Deed and Instrument of Government and seeks at all times to be a witness to Jesus Christ.
By applying to this school, parents/carers are declaring their support for the aims, ethos and values of the school.
We welcome all parents/carers to call into the school for a visit to discuss your application.
Applying for Reception September 2025
Your child will require a primary school place in September 2025 if they were born between 1st September 2020- and 31st August 2021.
To apply click this link https://www.leeds.gov.uk/schools-and-education/school-admissions/apply-for-a-primary-school
The deadline for applying is 15 January 2025.
How to apply for a September 2025 Reception place
First, please read the admissions policy and see the catchment area.
To apply to Leeds City Council Admissions and read further information click here:
https://www.leeds.gov.uk/schools-and-education/school-admissions/apply-for-a-primary-school
If you are applying for a reception place for September 2025, all applications are made in advance. Offers are made by local authorities on national offer day.
You must apply to the local authority who empties your bins. If this is Leeds, go to www.leeds.gov.uk/apply. The LA website is a composite prospectus for all Leeds schools and includes information about:
- all of 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 really important to ensure you submit all supporting evidence by the deadline to show you meet any such criteria.
If you are applying for admission under our faith criteria, you will need to send to our school (not the local authority) a completed Supplementary Information Form (SIF) for Reception applications by 15th January.
Catholic School Admissions
If you are applying for a place at any Catholic Primary School you should complete the separate SIF (supplementary Information Form) form and send it back directly to the school. This is in addition to the online Admissions form completed on the Leeds City Council Website. Please contact the school office 0113 8246300 if you require any support.
Supplementary Information Form (SIF)
Additional Support and information
You can watch the Leeds City Council school admissions video (note to schools hyperlink is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRU1SrS7iJE) for more information.
The council’s social media pages will also tell you about any 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:
Primary school applications, important dates
1 November 2024 | Applications open | You can apply online at www.leeds.gov.uk/apply |
15 January 2025 | Deadline for applying | |
16 April 2025 | Offer day |
Nursery
The school has a 52 place Nursery and can offer 15 hours or 30 hours (where children qualify). We are fully flexible and can take students mornings 8:45 - 11:45, afternoons 12:30 - 3:30 or all day 8:45 - 3:30.
Parents/carers are welcome to contact the school for a visit and to discuss their requirements.
Please Note: Attendance at Holy Rosary and St Anne’s Nursery does not guarantee a place at the school. Please download the form, provide a birth certificate and evidence of address to complete your application.
In-year applications
If you're moving into Leeds or want to change schools in Leeds, you need to make a school transfer – often called an in-year application.
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.
If you are interested in applying for a place in Year 1 to Year 6, please ring the school office on 0113 824 6300 to make an appointment to come and see our lovely school.
How to apply for an in-year place
We are part of the Leeds central in-year application scheme. This means you can apply for a place online using the Leeds in-year application form at Before you move schools (leeds.gov.uk). You can apply for places at our school and most other Leeds schools at the same time on this form.
If you have moved house, please upload evidence of the house move with the 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 and we will contact you with our decision about offering you a place. We will tell you our decision no later than 15 schools days from when you apply.
If we cannot offer you a place, we will
- write to you to explain the reasons,
- explain how you can appeal and
- add your child to our waiting list in case a place becomes free.
Our waiting lists are kept until 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.
Appeals
If you are not offered a place at the school you requested, you will have the right of appeal. The appeal panel is independent of the school and council and the 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's 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 (leeds.gov.uk)
If you are applying for a Reception place for September 2024, you need to submit your appeal form by 16 May 2025 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.
Completed appeal forms can either be e-mailed to education.appeals@leeds.gov.uk or posted to Leeds City Council, PO Box 837, Admissions, Leeds, LS1 9PZ. If you would like a paper copy of the form please contact Leeds City Council’s Admissions Team on 0113 222 4414.
Admissions Arrangements 2026/27 Consultation
St Gregory the Great Catholic Academy Trust is consulting on the admission arrangements for admission to Holy Rosary and St Anne's Catholic Primary School in September 2026 in line with the requirements of the School Admission Code 2021.
The consultation process will run from Monday 25 November 2024 to Monday 6 January 2025.
The Trust have made no changes to the previous policy which was determined for admissions for September 2025/26.
The admission arrangement and supplementary information form can be found below:
Link to Admissions Arrangements 2026/27
SIFPlease forward all comments in relation to this admissions consultation process to the Trust at admissionconsultation@sgtgcat.org.uk.
Get help with your application
For help with your application, contact Leeds City Council Admissions Team on:
Phone: 0113 222 4414
Email: startingprimary@leeds.gov.uk