Reception applications must be made through Hertfordshire County Council website at www.hertsdirect.org/admissions who administer the process. Parents/carers will receive communication from the County Council informing them to begin to look for a school place. There is one intake into Reception each year although there is a short staggered start at the beginning of the Autumn term to allow children to settle.

For information regarding the school's admission and appeal arrangements, please click here.

Potten End Reception Tour dates:

• 9.15am Tuesday 21 October 2025
• 9.15am Monday 10 October 2025
• 9.15am Thursday 27 November 2025
• 9.15am Wednesday 3 December 2025
• 9.15am Wednesday 7 January 2025
   

Please email the school office admin@pottenend.herts.sch.uk or telephone 01442 865022 to book a tour. We very much look forward to meeting you.

Reception application deadline: 15 January 2026

Reception allocation day: 16 April 2026

Accepting places deadline: 23 April 2026

June/July 2026
Parents will be requested to:

• attend a Reception induction meeting (date to be arranged)
• complete admission forms
• bring children to ‘stay and play’ sessions (dates to be arranged)

September 2026
Staggered start sessions into the Reception Class