You can apply for a place to start as usual in September 2022, after their 4th birthday.
Or you may decide to delay your application and apply next year, to start in September 2023, after your child’s 5th birthday.
Discuss this decision with your child’s current nursery or early years provider.
Your child will usually have started Reception in September 2021, after their 4th birthday.
However, if you decided to delay your application, make an application from November 2021 for a place to start in September 2022, after your child’s 5th birthday.
We won't accept applications from families who have already accepted a Reception place to start in the 2021-22 academic year.
All Hertfordshire community and voluntary controlled schools will accept applications for summer born children.
Schools outside Hertfordshire
If you're interested in applying for a place at a school outside of Hertfordshire, you must contact the relevant authority to discuss whether they will accept your summer born application.
Schools responsible for their own admissions
Many schools and academies are responsible for their own school admissions and this is their decision.
You will need to contact the following Hertfordshire schools about whether they'll accept an application for your summer born child:
Schools responsible for their own admissions
| Town | School | DfE number |
|---|
|
Abbots Langley
|
Bedmond Academy
|
2071
|
|
Berkhamsted
|
St Mary's VA C of E Primary School (Northchurch)
|
3315
|
|
Berkhamsted
|
St Thomas More Catholic Primary
|
3402
|
|
Bishop's Stortford
|
Avanti Meadows Primary School
|
2097
|
|
Bishop's Stortford
|
All Saints C of E Primary and Nursery
|
3393
|
|
Bishop's Stortford
|
Northgate Primary School
|
2009
|
|
Bishop's Stortford
|
St Joseph's Catholic Primary (Bishop's Stortford)
|
3318
|
|
Bishop's Stortford
|
St Michael's C of E VA Primary (Bishop's Stortford)
|
3319
|
|
Bishop's Stortford
|
Summercroft Primary School
|
3986
|
|
Bishop's Stortford
|
Windhill21
|
3979
|
|
Borehamwood
|
Meryfield Primary School
|
2156
|
|
Borehamwood
|
Parkside Community Primary School
|
5202
|
|
Borehamwood
|
St Teresa's Catholic Primary School
|
3384
|
|
Bovingdon
|
Bovingdon Primary Academy
|
2003
|
|
Broxbourne
|
Broxbourne CE Primary
|
3344
|
|
Cheshunt
|
Churchfield C of E Academy
|
2063
|
|
Cheshunt
|
Flamstead End School
|
2001
|
|
Cockernhoe
|
Cockernhoe Endowed C of E Primary School
|
3358
|
|
Cuffley
|
Cuffley School
|
5205
|
|
Datchworth
|
All Saints C E (VA) Primary
|
3329
|
|
Goffs Oak
|
Woodside Primary School
|
2401
|
|
Great Amwell
|
St John The Baptist VA C of E Primary School
|
3334
|
|
Great Hormead
|
Hormead C of E First School
|
3347
|
|
Hatfield
|
Countess Anne School - A Church of England Academy
|
3406
|
|
Hatfield
|
De Havilland Primary School
|
2112
|
|
Hemel Hempstead
|
Broadfield Academy
|
3991
|
|
Hemel Hempstead
|
Hammond Academy
|
2337
|
|
Hemel Hempstead
|
Jupiter Community Free School
|
2042
|
|
Hemel Hempstead
|
Nash Mills C of E Primary School
|
3302
|
|
Hemel Hempstead
|
St Rose's Catholic Infants' School and Nursery
|
3409
|
|
Hertingfordbury
|
Hertingfordbury Cowper C of E VA Primary School
|
5203
|
|
Hitchin
|
St Andrew's C of E VA Primary School & Nursery (Hitchin)
|
3385
|
|
Kings Langley
|
Chipperfield St Paul's VA C of E Primary School
|
3349
|
|
Langleybury
|
St Paul's C of E VA Primary & Nursery School (Hunton Bridge)
|
3301
|
|
Letchworth
|
Garden City Academy
|
2029
|
|
Letchworth
|
Norton St Nicholas C of E (VA) Primary School
|
3350
|
|
Little Heath
|
Little Heath Primary School
|
5207
|
|
London Colney
|
St Bernadette RC Nursery and Primary School
|
3416
|
|
Long Marston
|
Long Marston Voluntary Aided C of E Primary School
|
3373
|
|
Much Hadham
|
St Andrew's C of E Primary and Nursery
|
3353
|
|
Northaw
|
Northaw C of E Primary School
|
5209
|
|
Park Street
|
Park Street Church of England Primary School and Nursery
|
3364
|
|
Radlett
|
Hertsmere Jewish Primary School
|
2092
|
|
Rickmansworth
|
St Mary's Church of England (VA) Primary School
|
3359
|
|
Royston
|
St Mary's Catholic Primary
|
5200
|
|
Shenley
|
Clore Shalom School
|
5213
|
|
South Oxhey
|
Oxhey Wood Primary School
|
2137
|
|
South Oxhey
|
Warren Dell Primary School
|
2135
|
|
St Albans
|
Mandeville Primary
|
2099
|
|
St Albans
|
St Alban & St Stephen Catholic Primary School & Nursery
|
3421
|
|
St Albans
|
St Michael's C of E VA Primary
|
3363
|
|
St Albans
|
The Abbey C of E Voluntary Aided Primary School
|
3361
|
|
St Ippolyts
|
St Ippolyts C of E (Aided) Primary School
|
3348
|
|
Stevenage
|
Peartree Spring Primary School
|
2198
|
|
Stevenage
|
Roebuck Primary School and Nursery
|
2024
|
|
Stevenage
|
St Nicholas C of E Primary School & Nursery
|
3369
|
|
The Gaddesdens
|
Little Gaddesden C of E VA Primary School
|
3352
|
|
Waltham Cross
|
Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School
|
3326
|
|
Waltham Cross
|
St Joseph's Catholic Primary
|
3327
|
|
Watford
|
Alban Wood Primary School and Nursery
|
3981
|
|
Watford
|
Knutsford Primary Academy
|
2130
|
|
Watford
|
St Anthony's Catholic Primary School
|
3428
|
|
Watford
|
St Catherine of Siena Catholic Primary School
|
5211
|
|
Watford
|
The Grove Academy
|
2035
|
|
Watford
|
The Orchard Primary School
|
2115
|
|
Welwyn Garden City
|
Our Lady Catholic Primary
|
3382
|
|
Welwyn Garden City
|
Springmead Primary School
|
2081
|
|
Welwyn
|
St John's CE VA Primary (Digswell)
|
3376
|
|
Welwyn Garden City
|
Waterside Academy
|
2296
|
|
Wheathampstead
|
Beech Hyde Primary and Nursery School
|
2086
|
If your summer born child is in nursery and you want to keep the place another year rather than moving onto a Reception class, you must let your nursery know before the end of spring term. That's before the Easter break.
If you don't let the nursery know, they may offer the place to another child.
If you decide to delay your child starting school, they will still get these hours until the age of 5.