Southborough Primary School is an academy in The Pioneer Academy, a multi-academy trust. The Pioneer Academy is the admission authority for the school: it sets the admission arrangements, including the published admission number and how places are offered if there are more applications than places.

Admission arrangements: for a place starting in September 2027, see 'Admissions Policy 2027-28' in the downloads below. The arrangements for other years are there too.

Consultation on our admission arrangements: The Pioneer Academy consults on a school's admission arrangements when it proposes to change them, and at least once every seven years. A consultation lasts at least six weeks and takes place between 1 October and 31 January, in the school year before the arrangements apply. While a consultation is open, the proposed arrangements, how to comment and the closing date are published on this page.

Starting school in Reception: apply through your home local authority by 15 January in the year your child starts, even if the school is in a different area. Your home local authority sends offers on 16 April (or the next working day).

Starting Reception: your child can start full time in the September after their fourth birthday. You can defer the start, or ask for part-time attendance, until later in that school year - but not beyond the point your child reaches compulsory school age. The admission arrangements give the details.

A place in a different year group: you can ask for your child to be admitted outside their normal age group - for example, a summer-born child who starts school at five can ask to join Reception rather than Year 1. Summer born policy

Children with an education, health and care plan (EHCP): if your child has an EHCP, the school is named in the plan by the local authority that maintains it, after consulting the school; you do not apply through the normal admissions process.

During the school year: apply through London Borough of Bromley's in-year scheme.

Appeals: if your child is refused a place, you can appeal to an independent appeal panel arranged by The Pioneer Academy.

• Appeal form
• Appeals timetable for 2027

• apply through your home local authority: https://www.bromley.gov.uk/primary-school-admissions/making-application-primary-school
• How to ask: link to follow from the Trust
• in-year scheme: https://www.bromley.gov.uk/schools-colleges/apply-move-schools
• Appeal form: link to follow from the Trust
• Appeals timetable for 2027: link to follow from the Trust