Admissions

Admissions for Foundation Stage

Admissions for Foundation Stage entry for 2026/27 must be made to your home local authority.

If you are considering applying for Foundation September 2026 intake at The Hawthorns Primary School, then the school must be named as a preference on your application to your home local authority.

Local Authorities may differ in dates in which you can apply from however, the National Closing Date for applications to be received is 15 January 2026. Please contact your home local authority for further information regarding the admissions process.

Before you apply

Please ensure you have read and understood our admission arrangements. These arrangements confirm how applications will be processed by the admission authority, and include our oversubscription criteria, which explains how places will be allocated should the school receive more applications than there are available places.

Outcomes will be provided by your home local authority on National Offer Day: 16 April 2026.

• Admission arrangements for intake 2026/27 (pdf)

• Wokingham Local Authority school admissions information

• Designated Area Map

• If your application is for a child who has a medical or social need, please complete this additional form
  – click here to download form

If you are offered a school place;

If a school place has been offered, you will need to confirm your acceptance of this offer by the deadline provided within your outcome letter from your home local authority.

Once your acceptance has been received and the school has been informed of all those allocated for September 2026 you will be contacted directly by the school regarding transition dates and enrolment.

If you are not offered a school place;

If we have not been able to offer your child a place, this is because there were more applications for the school than there were available places and not all requests for places could be met. Places are allocated in line with the admissions criteria published and your application was not ranked high enough to obtain a place.

For late applicants: If we have not been able to offer your child a place, this is because the school has reached its admissions number (the maximum number of children that can be admitted to the year group for September 2026) from the initial round of admissions

The Circle Trust can provide you with further information regarding waiting lists and details on how to exercise your right to appeal. You can also find this information within our reason for refusal document provided below;

Reason for Refusals

In-year
Admissions

To apply for a place for all year groups, including Foundation outside of the normal admissions round, applications should be made directly to The Circle Trust.

Before you apply

Please ensure you have read and understood our admission arrangements. These arrangements confirm how applications will be processed by the admission authority, and include our oversubscription criteria, which explains how places will be allocated should the school receive more applications than there are available places.

The Hawthorns’s Admissions arrangements were determined by Wokingham Borough Council.

If you would like more information, please send an email with ‘Hawthorns’ in the subject title to admissions@thecircletrust.co.uk

How to Apply

To make an in-year application, please complete the form below and return to The Circle Trust, with the requested accompanying documentation, by emailing admissions@thecircletrust.co.uk or the postal address given on the form.

• Click here to download The Hawthorns In-Year Admissions form

If your application is for a child who has a medical or social need, please complete this additional form – click here to download form

Your application will be considered by The Circle Trust and you will be informed in writing of the outcome.

If you are offered a school place;

If a school place has been offered, you will need to confirm your acceptance of this offer.

Once your acceptance has been received, you will be contacted directly by the school regarding transition dates and enrolment.

If you are not offered a school place;

If we have been unable to offer your child a school place, then this is due to the relevant cohort being full. By this we mean the school has reached its published admission number for the year group. Your outcome letter will provide details regarding the school’s reason for refusal, waiting lists and how to exercise your right to appeal.

Admission Arrangements

• Admission arrangements 2026/27 (pdf)

• Admission arrangements 2025/26 (pdf)

• Admission arrangements 2024/25

Breakdown of Allocated Places for Foundation Stage

• Wokingham Borough School Admissions