You need to apply for a Reception place even if your child has a place in the school’s Nursery. 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. Please note that securing a place in Nursery does not, in any way, guarantee or give a better chance of getting a place in Reception. 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.

Reception applications open:     1 November 2022

Reception Tour dates: 9.30am Tuesday 15 November, Tuesday 10 January 2023   

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

Reception application deadline:      15 January 2023

Reception allocation day:       17 April 2023

Accepting places deadline:    1 May 2022

June/July 2023
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 2023
Staggered start sessions into the Reception Class