When and how to apply for your child to start in the reception year at a primary or infant school or in year 3 at a junior school.

• Your child must be in full-time education at the beginning of the term following his or her fifth birthday. If your child was born between 1 September 2021 and 31 August 2022 they are due to start primary school in September 2026.
• If your child is currently in year 2 at an infant school in Devon, they are due to transfer to junior school in September 2026.
• Applications for starting primary or junior school in September 2026 opened on 15 November 2025 and closed on 15 January 2026.

The date that all allocations of school places are announced in England is known as ‘offer day’. For September 2025 primary school starters this will be on 16 April 2026.