Children can attend nursery from the September following their 3rd birthday. Having a place in a nursery class at a particular school does not guarantee your child a place in a reception class at that school, and you will need to make a new application for reception class.
Applying for a 2025 nursery place is now available.
The closing date for nursery place applications is 17 February 2025 and we'll let you know the outcome by 6 May 2025.
How to apply for a school place
You will need an Education Self-Service account to apply for a school place. You can create your Education Self-Service account before an application period opens.
Create or log into an Education Self-Service account
Find out more about the Education Self-Service.
Changing an application after it has been submitted
After submitting a school admissions application, if you’d like to make a change there will be a short period where you can unsubmit your application through your Education Self-Service account and submit a new one. If the option to unsubmit an application is not displayed, you will need to complete an online form to let us know about a change to a school admissions application.
Applications received within the in-round period are classed as on-time. You can make a change to an application within this period and it will still be considered on-time.
However, if you make any changes to an on-time application after the closing date, we will consider this as a new application which will replace anything previously received and will be recorded as late.
Let us know about a change to a school admissions application (online form)
Welsh medium education
There's never been a better time to learn Welsh. The Welsh Government has a long-term vision to see the Welsh language thriving, with a million people able to speak Welsh by 2050.
Learning and using the Welsh language offers an educational, cultural and employment advantage.
Find out more about Welsh medium education
School information guides