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Waiting lists

If you don’t get a place at your preferred school, your child will automatically be put on the waiting list for this school.

We will contact you if a place comes up. In the meantime, we will offer you another of your preferences if there is space.

We will only keep children on a waiting list for an academic year. If you wish for your child to remain on the waiting list, you must contact us by 31 July 2023.

All children on the waiting list will have a criteria. Places will be offered first to those waiting in criteria one. Then criteria two, and so on.

For more information please refer to:

  • Primary schools admissions handbook
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Some schools apply their own criteria too. But we will tell you when a place comes up.

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admissions@derby.gov.uk

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