If you or anyone you know would like a tour of the school with your Reception 2026 child/children, please ring or speak to Mrs Bowen to book an appointment. We are happy to show you around anytime.

We will also be holding an Open Evening on Thursday 13th November at 6:30pm when you will be able to listen to a talk about starting school at Twyning, meet our staff and have a look at our purpose built EYFS Reception classroom - please come along if you can!

Online applications for September 2026 entry will need to be submitted between 3 November 2025 and 15 January 2026.   

Further information can be found here www.gloucestershire.gov.uk/education-and-learning/school-admissions/admissions-to-reception-at-primary-school-3-junior-school-lower-to-middle-school-places-for-september-2024/ 

Key dates:

From November 2025 : Letters are sent out to Gloucestershire residents explaining how to apply for a school place

From 3 November 2025 to Midnight 15 January 2026 : Application Window opens. Closing date for school applications is Midnight on 15 January 2026

16 April 2026 : Allocation Day

Apply online for pupil premium and free school meals - check to see if your child is eligible using the confidential online portal available on our website www.gloucestershire.gov.uk/education-and-learning/free-school-meals/ 

You can secure a tasty free meal for your child and save yourself up to £480 per year. Plus our school receives extra funding for each eligible child registered. If you receive a qualifying benefit, we are entitled to extra funding. So even if you don’t want your child to take a free meal, you should still apply to make sure that we receive all the government funding to which we are entitled. 

Children in Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 already receiving an Universal Infant Free School Meal arranged by their school, will still need to apply to enable school to get any extra funding. For further information, including a list of qualifying benefits, click the link above.

Please click on these links to view our guides to contacting school. We have also linked relevant policies for reference.

 communications with school 

guide to contacting school 

communications policy 

parent code of conduct 

Please feel free to make contact with me via email head@twyning.gloucs.sch.uk should you need to speak to me. During evenings and weekends, I may not be able to respond to you straight away but I will make contact with you during normal working hours as soon as I can. Many thanks for all of your support.

Kindest regards