* Application deadline for September 2025 is 15th January 2025*

**Considering applying for September 2026? Come for a meet and greet on 10th November 2025**

 

If you have been successful in securing a place for September 2025, here are some important dates for your calendar: 

We will be holding a 'Meet the team' event on:

Monday 16th June 2025 at 15:30

We will also be holding transition visits for your child on:

Monday 14th July 2025: 08:30 - 10:30 &

Tuesday 15th July 2025: 13:00 - 15:00

During the first week of the Reception school year, your child will have a phased start. This will allow them to have as positive a start to their Reception education as possible. The times will be:

Monday 1st September 2025: Inset Day

Tuesday 2nd September 2025: 08:30 - 11:30

Wednesday 3rd September 2025: 08:30 - 12:00 - your child will have lunch with the rest of school

Thursday 4th September 2025: 08:30 - 13:00 - your child will have lunch and playtime with the rest of school

Friday 5th September 2025: 08:30 - 15:00 - full day

Please contact the school if you have further questions. If you are unable to attend the meeting, you can also take a look at the information on our Early Years page by clicking the following link: Reception at Dunkirk

Applying for a place at Dunkirk Primary School

Admissions places to Dunkirk Primary are managed by the Nottingham City (Local Authority) Admissions Department.

Please click this link: Starting Primary, Infant or Junior School - Nottingham City Council

Additional information:

The Foundation Stage (Nursery and Reception Year)

The school has three foundation classes, which are called Fig, Cherry 1 and 2. Fig are our nursery children and are three and four year olds, and attend part time or full time. Cherry 1 and 2 are the older four and five year olds who attend full time and are in their reception year (YR).

Children are accepted into Fig class soon after their third birthday and are offered the choice of either a morning or afternoon place, or all day. We provide an extended entitlement of a three hour session for all three and four year olds, or a 6 hour session (Government funded or paid for)

For nursery children entering Fig class, a meeting with parents and carers is planned and children can make several visits to prepare them for starting their nursery placement. A copy of our Fig admissions criteria is available in school.

Cherry Reception classes (statutory education)

Children wear school uniform, which is compulsory for reception children and older.

Attending Fig nursery class does not guarantee a place in our Reception classes - Cherry 1 and 2. All parents and carers must apply for a school place through the Nottingham City Council co-ordinated application and admission process to request a place at the school they would like to attend, even if it is Dunkirk School. See above for the admission link.

An application form, guide to admissions and individual advice on the admissions process will be sent to parents and carers in the school year before the child reaches the age of five. Please ask if you are unsure as we can provide support if required.

Even though children start attending Reception in the September after they turn 4 , and once aged 5, their statutory education begins, they will remain in their current class of Willow or Apple so they can fully access the appropriate curriculum for their age and stage of learning.

A meeting for carers is held to explain the changes from nursery to reception. Parents do have the option of deferring their child’s entry until the beginning of the term after the child’s fifth birthday.