In Year Admissions 

We would be delighted to show you around our beautiful school. Please contact the school office on 01233 720247 to arrange an appointment. Please complete the attached form for in-year admissions. 

If you would like your child to attend our school, please see full details of our admission arrangements below.

September 2026 Admissions

The below information is from Kent County Council: 

For children starting school in September 2026 applications for both reception year and year 3 (junior school) open on Friday 7 November 2025.

Applications close on Thursday 15 January 2026.

You can apply for up to 3 schools.

• Put the schools in order of preference.
• We strongly recommend you use all 3 preferences on your application form. Initially, we are only able to look at schools you have named. If you do not name a local school, families who did name it may fill its spaces. This means it may no longer be an option if we cannot offer you one of your preferred schools.
• Naming only one school does not guarantee your child a place at that school or give your child priority for a place over another child.
• You are not able to name the same school more than once.

To apply for a school outside of Kent, name the school in your application with your other preferences. Your application details will be passed on to the relevant authority for processing.

We process applications between 16 January 2025 and 15 April 2026.

If you have applied but your circumstances have changed and you need to amend your application email kentonlineadmissions@kent.gov.uk so we can help you.

Summer born children

If your child was born between 1 April and 31 August and you want them to defer starting school until the next academic year, read our information about summer born children.

Special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) children

Most children with special educational needs and disabilities can attend mainstream schools, whether or not they have an education, health and care (EHC) plan.

If your child has an EHC plan, then their school placement will be arranged via the SEN Team.

Find out more about applying for a school place for your SEND child.

Additional information

You may need to fill in an additional form called a Supplementary Information Form (SIF) for some schools.

Contact the school(s) to obtain the form(s) and once completed return the form directly to them.

Free schools

There are no new free schools opening in 2026.

Receive your offer

If you provide an email address on your application we will email you on Thursday 16 April 2026 after 4pm to tell you which school you have been offered.

Or view your offer online from 5pm on Thursday 16 April 2026.

Offer emails will be sent to the email address you provided on your application.

We cannot guarantee the exact time you will receive your email, this will depend on your email service provider.

Due to data protection restrictions, we cannot send the offer to another email address without approval from the original email account. If you have changed email address, make sure you still have access to the original one to receive your offer. Or view your offer online.

If you need to reset your password you must use the email address you registered with.

Email kentonlineadmissions@kent.gov.uk if you have any questions.

Aldington Admission Appeals

If your child is due to start primary school in September 2025, you can appeal if you are refused a place at 6one of your preferred schools on National Offer Day (Wednesday 16 April 2025).

You must submit your appeal before Tuesday 20 May 2025 for it to be considered by Friday 18 July 2025. Any appeals received after this time will be heard within 40 school days from the deadline, or where reasonably possible in line with updated guidance from the Department for Education.

For late applications, appeals should be heard within 40 school days from the deadline for lodging appeals where possible, or within 30 school days of the appeal being lodged where reasonably possible in line with updated guidance from the Department for Education.

Your appeals clerk will contact you directly to let you know when your appeal will be heard.

You must write to the school directly care of Clerk to the Independent Appeal Panel using the appeal by post form (PDF, 29.2 KB).

Appeal hearing

The hearing lets you explain to an independent appeal panel why you think your child should be given a place at the school and lets the school explain why it could not offer your child a place.

Due to the current social distancing coronavirus restrictions, the appeals process will require adjustments which will vary from school to school. The panel clerk will contact those who have appealed directly to inform them how the appeal will be heard.

You will be informed of the date of your appeal at least 14 calendar days before it is heard and a complete copy of the appeals paperwork will be sent to you at least 7 calendar days before the hearing.

Decision

There is a legal maximum class size for reception, year 1 and year 2. This is 30 children per teacher. Your appeal can be turned down if all the classes have already reached their legal limit, unless:

• the admission arrangements were unlawful
• the admission arrangements weren't correctly and impartially applied
• the decision to refuse admission wasn't reasonable.

We will write to tell you the panel's decision as soon as possible. We cannot tell you the decision by telephone.

If your appeal is unsuccessful, you can't lodge another appeal to the same school for the same school year, unless you can show your circumstances have changed since the first appeal.