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Applying for a primary school place for children with an education, health and care plan

If your child has an education, health and care plan (EHC plan), your application for a primary school will be managed by our Children with Complex Needs service.

If your child does not have an EHC plan

If your child does not have an EHC plan, you need to apply for a primary school place using the central admissions process.

Timetable

​If your child has an education, health and care plan (EHC plan), your application for a primary school place is likely to follow a certain timeline.

Specialist provision and specialist schools

Information about specialist school provision in the borough for primary-aged children with an education, health and care (EHC) plan.

Application process

If your child has an education, health and care plan, you should follow this process for applying for a primary school place.

Decisions

This page is about how we allocate primary school places to children who have an education, health and care (EHC) plan.