School Admissions

Cordwalles admission arrangements are designed to be in line with Surrey County Council's determined admission arrangements for Community and Voluntary Controlled schools for the 2025-26 round.

Applications for Year 3 entry in September 2025 can be made via Surrey County Council from Monday 4th November 2024.

Admissions Criteria for September 2025

1. The Published Admission Number for 2025 admission is 60.
2. Applications for admission at the normal intake will be managed in accordance with Surrey’s coordinated scheme on primary admission.  Please see Surrey’s website for further details regarding applications, processing, offers, late applications, post-offer and waiting lists.
3. Applications for Year 3 must be made by 15^th January 2025.  Places at Surrey primary schools will be offered on the basis of the preferences that are shown on the application form.  Parents will be asked to rank up to four preferences and these will be considered under an equal preference system.
4. Children with a Statement of Special Educational Needs that names this school will be allocated a place before other applicants are considered.  In this way, the number of places available will be reduced by the number of children with a statement that has named the school.
5. When Cordwalles Junior School is over-subscribed for any year group, applications will be ranked in the following order:

• First priority:  Looked after and previously looked after children
• Second priority: Children on role at a linked school, Pine Ridge Infant School or Lorraine Infant School.
• Third priority:  Children who will have a sibling at the school or at the linked school, Pine Ridge Infant School or Lorraine Infant School, which will operate shared sibling priority for admission at the time of the child’s admission.
• Fourth priority:  Children of staff
• Fifth priority:  Any other children

For more information, please see our Admissions Policy below.

Waiting Lists

Waiting lists are ranked according to a school's admissions criteria, not the date the application was received or when the child's name was added to the list.  Waiting lists will be maintained by Admissions at Surrey County Council until the last day of the Summer Term in the academic year children are admitted to.  Any applicants who wish their child to remain on the waiting lists must write to the school and Surrey County Council by the last day of the Summer Term, otherwise all lists are cancelled at the end of each academic year.

Your Child’s Position on the Waiting List

Your child's position on a waiting list can go down as well as up.  This will occur if other children are added to the list because they have greater priority against the school's admission criteria.

To find out the position of your child on the Waiting List, you can call Surrey County Council on 0300 200 1004.

How to apply for a place for September 2025

In-Year Admissions