Admission Arrangements
School Admissions (Reception to Year 6)
The allocation of school places for starting at primary school in the Reception year, or for transfers for older children at other times, is coordinated through the Solihull Local Authority. The admission arrangements for each academic year in Solihull community and voluntary-controlled schools can be viewed on Solihull Local Authority’s 
Solihull admissions
If you have any questions, you can contact the Admissions Team:
Telephone: 0121 704 6693
email: admissions@solihull.gov.uk
Post: Solihull School Admissions Team, PO Box 20, Council House, Solihull, West Midlands, B91 9QU
Schools must admit children up to their admission limit. For Dorridge Primary School, this limit is 90 per year group from Reception through to Year 6. Any decisions to take class sizes over the limit are made solely by the Local Authority.
The deadline for Reception 2024 is January 2025. The offer day will be in April 2025
Nursery Admissions
At Dorridge, our Nursery is timetabled as three hours per day, 5 days a week. Nursery hours are: 8.30am - 11.30am Monday to Friday. All Nursery children are required to attend every morning.
In addition to the funded Nursery session in the morning, children are welcome to spend their afternoon with a Nursery Teacher and Teaching and Learning Support Assistants. This enables them to be at Nursery for the whole school day, from 8.30am – 3.15pm. If parents are eligible, the cost of this will be covered by the Early Years 30 Hour Entitlement, with a small charge for lunch and the lunchtime session childcare. Please follow the link to learn more about the 30 Hour Entitlement here: 30 Hours Flyer -2025-2026
Parents can also apply for a place in Breakfast and Teatime clubs at our Darby's provision, allowing children to start at 7.45am and finish at 6pm. For information about Darby's, click here
Nursery admissions are organised through the School. For all enquiries, please contact Mrs Claire Mansfield, School Admissions Officer:
Telephone: 01564 772836
email: admissions@dorridge.solihull.sch.uk
Post: Nursery Admissions, Dorridge Primary School, Station Road, Dorridge, Solihull, B93 8EU
Please note: that a Nursery place does not guarantee a future Reception year place in the school. All families will need to follow the school admissions procedure through Solihull MBC for Reception year entry (see top of this page)