Admissions

Getting a place for your child at Charlton Kings Junior School

September 2025 Admissions into Year 3

Year 2 pupils wishing to join CKJS in September 2025 currently attending:

• Charlton Kings Infant School - should apply through Gloucestershire Local Authority www.gloucestershire.gov.uk/startingprimary 
• Any other school - should contact Reception on 01242 526171 or by email at reception@ckjs.org.uk

Please click the picture below to view the presentation from our information evening held on Tuesday 19 November 2024, to hear all about CKJS and joining  Year 3 in September 2025. 

Key Dates:

• From November 2024, letters sent out to Gloucestershire residents explaining how to apply for a school place.
• Closing date for applications 15 January 2025.
• (Late applications can be submitted to the local authority, but there is no guarantee they will be dealt with before 16 April 2025.
• 16 April 2025 - Allocation Day.
• 23 April 2025 - Closing date to return reply form accepting the place or requesting to be put on waiting lists.
• After Wednesday 14 May 2025 - Outcome of waiting list requests.
• Midnight Wednesday 21 May 2025 - Closing date for return of reply forms.
• June/July 2025 - Appeals heard.

In-year Admissions during 2024 - 2025

Year 3, 4, 5 and 6 pupils wishing to join CKJS at any point in the school year should contact the School Reception on 01242 526171 or reception@ckjs.org.uk for advice and information.  You will need to complete an In-Year Application form which you may download here:  Word version or PDF version.

Further information can be found by clicking on:  In-Year Admissions to be taken to the Gloucestershire County Council website.

Please click on the year applicable, for our Admissions Policies  

2024 - 2025

2025 - 2026

2026-2027 (This policy is under consultation, if you wish the school to consider any comments you have please send your comments to clerk@ckjs.org.uk ) 

Please note that Balcarras School have a separate admissions policy to that of Charlton Kings Junior School and a place at the Junior School is NOT a guarantee of a place at Balcarras.

Please click to download our Prospectus

Gloucestershire Local Authority manage our admissions and appeal process.  The timetable for appeals is on a case-by-case basis:

• The school must receive the appeal paperwork (which can be requested from the school) within 20 school days of the notification that an application for a place was unsuccessful or by 24 May 2024 for appeals for Year 3 in September 2024.
• The paperwork should be returned to school and it will be sent to the admissions office at Shire Hall in Gloucester.
• You will then be offered a date for your appeal to be heard, usually within 30 school days of being lodged.