Most children join a primary school at age 4 and stay there until they are 11. Some children start at infant school, and stay there until age 7, when they move on to junior school until the age of 11.
Rye Primary School, opened September 2008
Applying for a primary or junior school place
All applications for school places and offers of school places must be made via your child's home authority. So, if you live in East Sussex, you must apply through us even if the schools you prefer are in another county.
Similarly, if you live outside of East Sussex but want your child to attend an East Sussex school, you must apply through the local authority where you live.
Starting primary or junior school in September 2012
You'll find comprehensive information, including links to schools websites and Ofsted reports, through our schools directory above. More details of how admissions arrangements are set is available in the admissions booklet for 2012-13.
Once you have decided which schools you prefer, you can complete the whole application process online, below.
The closing date for applications was 15 January 2012.
Changing schools during the course of the school year
You must complete an application (below) in all cases. In-year applications will normally take 15 school days to process.
Apply online
Once you have decided on a school for your child please use our online form to apply for a place:
Enquiries and advice
We will be happy to send you a printed copy of the booklets above if you need one. We can also help if English is not your first language.
East Sussex County Council