These are dealt with by the school administrations department of Derbyshire County Council. Applications for infant children should usually be made by mid-January in the year before the child would usually start Reception aged four on the 1st September of a new academic year.

You may want to apply for your child to change schools other than when they are due to start primary education. This could be because of a change of address. If you want to apply for a place at a school in Derbyshire, you can find out everything you need to know about changing schools and how to make an application.