Coteford Infant School

Coteford nursery has places for 70 children to attend part time for 15 hours, and parents will be given an opportunity to express a preference for a morning or afternoon place. The Headteacher will make decisions based on information submitted by parents. We have a limited number of 30 hour places available.

Places will be offered to children who are 3 years and older. Offers will be made in April/May for children due to start in the reception class in the following September. Where places are still available places will be offered in October for a January intake. If the nursery is oversubscribed then the same criteria as is used for infant admissions will be applied.

Click here for more information about 30 hour provision. 

For admission enquiries please contact the school office:  admissions@cotefordinfantschool.co.uk

When the school is oversubscribed, after the admission of pupils with an Education Health Care Plan where the school is named, priority for admission will be given to those pupils who meet the following criteria:

1. Children in public care as defined by the Children’s Act 1989
2. Children who suffer from a long term medical or psychological condition, which makes it necessary for them to attend a particular school.
3. Children who have a member of the immediate family whose medical or psychological condition makes it necessary for the children to attend a particular school
4. Children who have a sibling* living within the distance priority radius.
5. Children who have a sibling* who was admitted to the school before the 31st August 2017.
6. Children living nearest to the school within the distance priority radius.
7. Children of staff recruited to fill a vacant post of which there is a demonstrable shortage.
8. Children with a sibling living outside the distance priority radius
9. Children living nearest the school but outside the distance priority radius

Children living nearest to the school, distance will be measured in a straight line from the point set by Ordnance Survey at the child’s home address using a computerised mapping system.
*The distance priority radius for Coteford Infant School is 750m.
*Sibling includes: brother, sister, half-brother or half-sister with one parent in common and adopted siblings. Siblings attending Coteford Junior School are included.

Hillingdon Council is formally consulting on proposed changes to school admission arrangements for community schools. If approved by Cabinet, this will come into effect from September 2028. Admission authorities must set (‘determine’) admission arrangements annually. 

The consultation will run from 9am on Wednesday 7th October 2026 until 5pm on Friday 27th November 2026.  

The proposed changes are being made to ensure that the admission arrangements remain compliant with the requirements of the School Admissions Code and continue to provide a fair, clear and objective framework for the allocation of school places.

Proposed changes to the Admissions Arrangements of Hillingdon Community Schools

The proposed changes are as follows:  

Simplification of Sibling and Distance Criterion - remove the current distance priority radius system and replace it with a single sibling criterion and a single distance criterion.  

Stronger Medical and Social Admissions Criterion – the medical and social criterion would be strengthened through clearer eligibility requirements and more detailed evidence requirements. 

Clarification of the Child of Staff Criterion – the existing child of staff criterion would remain in place but be updated to fully reflect the statutory wording. 

Updated Address Verification Requirements – update the evidence required to verify home addresses, helping to ensure applications are processed fairly. 

Removal of the Frithwood Primary School Nodal Point Criterion – remove the nodal point priority currently applied for Frithwood Primary School. Admissions would instead be determined using the standard community school admission criteria applied across Hillingdon community schools. 

Distance Measurement Point Changes - revise the distance measurement points for Harefield Infant and Junior School and Whitehall School following their recent amalgamations to reflect the new school arrangements.

Reduction of Published Admissions Number

In line with the School Admissions Code 2021, all community schools are required to have a Published Admission Number (PAN), which sets out the number of places the admission authority must offer for each relevant age group.

The Local Authority is consulting to reduce the Published Admission Numbers for: 

Highfield Primary School from 60 places (two-form entry) to 30 places (one-form entry), the proposed change would help to ensure that the school’s PAN aligns with local demand and enables effective planning for future provision. 

Whiteheath Infant and Nursery School from 90 places (three-form entry) to 60 places (two-form entry), the proposed change would help to ensure that the school’s PAN aligns with local demand and enables effective planning for future provision. 

Yeading Junior School From 128 places (four form entry) to 120 places (four form entry), the proposed change ensures consistency between the PAN of this school and that of its linked Infant School.

To read the full proposed Hillingdon Community School Admissions Arrangements for 2028-2029 and summary of the proposed changes, which can be accessed via Consultations and surveys - Hillingdon Council.

Take part in our consultation 

Have your say be completing our online form by 5pm on Friday 27th November 2026, which can be accessed via Consultations and surveys - Hillingdon Council.

Or submit a written response to: School Admissions, London Borough of Hillingdon, Civic Centre, 2W, High Street, Uxbridge, UB8 1UW. You can also respond by emailing: admissions@hillingdon.gov.uk  

If you require this information in another language, please contact either our team or our school office, and we will arrange for it to be provided. 
 If you or anyone you know would like a paper copy of this form, please email admissions@hillingdon.gov.uk

1. Full admissions arrangements for the Local Authority

2. Local Authority’s admissions webpage

3. Application page for Reception applications

4. Application page for junior school applications