Open Day dates for Reception admissions 2026/27 will be announced shortly! Please call the school office on 01442 863913 or email us to register your interest.
Reception Admissions
We warmly welcome new children into our school. As a two-form entry school, we have two classes from Reception through to Year 2. The maximum number for admission into the Reception is 60. If there are less than 60 applicants putting Swing Gate Infant School and Nursery as first choice then all the applicants will have a place. If there are more than 60 applicants then all the children are offered a place according to set County criteria which are:
- Children who have a Statement of Special Educational Needs which names the school.
- Children who can prove that they have a particular medical or social reason why they must go to the school.
- Children who have a brother or sister on the roll of the school or linked junior (Thomas Coram Junior School) at the time of admission.
- Children for whom the school is the nearest in relation to alternative schools (if more families qualify under this rule than there are places available, those families with the longest extra journey to an alternative school with places will be given priority). This rule will be applied until 90% of places in the school have been allocated.
- Children who live nearest to the school.
To apply for a Reception place for 2025/2026 you will need to go to the Hertfordshire County Council admissions page - the application system opens on Friday 1 November and the deadline is Wednesday 15 January 2025.
Important dates for Reception applications
| Friday 1 November | Hertfordshire County Council online system opens for applications. |
| Wednesday 15 January 2025 | Deadline to apply for a school place. |
| Wednesday 16 April 2025 | National allocation day - Reception places are offered to families by email |
| Friday 2 May 2025 | Deadline for families to accept Reception places in writing (by email is sufficient) |
Wraparound Care
We are able to offer full wraparound care to all of our children at Swing Gate, from our bright start Breakfast Club from 07:30-08:30, run by Cascade Kids Breakfast Club through to our After School Club from 15:05-17:45, run by Little Deers.
Appeals process
If you are unsuccessful in gaining a place in our school and wish to appeal, you will need to follow the process on the Hertfordshire County Council appeals page.
For all other enquiries, please email the school office on admin@swinggate.herts.sch.uk or call 01442 863913.
We have spaces available for children in Reception.
To make an admission you will need to visit the Herts Council admissions website or call us and we can help you through the process.
We will announce our open days for Reception 2026/27 admissions shortly.
Swing Gate Lane, Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire HP4 2LJ
01442 863913
admin@swinggate.herts.sch.uk