Applying to Charlbury

For a place in our Reception Class or any other classes, families need to apply to the local authority for a school place so that their children can start school in the September after their 4th birthday. This school place is then theirs for the whole primary age range until they leave school at the end of year 6, aged 11.

Charlbury Primary School is an Academy managed by the River Learning Trust and as such is its own admissions authority. The River Learning Trust has delegated the responsibility for admission arrangements for Charlbury to the Local Authority, Oxfordshire County Council.

Oxfordshire County Councils School Admissions Team can be contacted on 01865 815175 or by emailing: schooladmissions@oxfordshire.gov.uk

Their website is https://www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/admissions

Our current admissions policy can be found on our Policies & Procedures page. Information on appeals can be found here.

Proposed Admissions Arrangements for September 2026

Full details of the consultation are available here:
Consultation DocumentWEBSITE FAQsThe governors are consulting on a change to the Admissions Arrangements for the school, reducing the Published Admission Number (PAN) from 30 to 20. This proposal to reduce PAN is being made in response to a fall in the birth rate, seen nationally and locally, and the linked projected fall in the number of pupils due to start school living in the catchment area, despite the limited new housing
that is planned locally. In line with the requirements of the Admissions Code 2021, this consultation
seeks to engage with parents and carers of children already at the school, as well as future parents of the school, the staff, other local admissions authorities and other interested parties. Changes can only be made for admission in 2027 and so a variation request will be made separately to seek to make this change from September 2026.
The consultation is open for six weeks, and will run from 17 December.
Responses must be received by 3pm on Wednesday 28 January 2026. Please use this form for online responses.
If you would like a hard copy of the proposal, please call: 01608 810354 email office@charlburyschool.org or write to:  The Governors, Charlbury Primary School, Crawborough, Oxfordshire OX7 3TX