Admissions

Most of the children attending Mount Pleasant Junior School live in Newtown, but we also welcome pupils from the surrounding area. Admission to the school is governed by the local authority, Southampton City Council, which allocate places. Children will spend four years with us before moving on to secondary school.

Mount Pleasant Junior School is a three form entry Junior School and children join us in Year 3. We are a We are in the Federation of Mount Pleasant Schools with Mount Pleasant Infant School. Whilst this is no guarantee of a place at Mount Pleasant Junior School, if your child attends the linked school it is a Priority used in the admission policy when allocating places as a result of over subscription.

If you are a prospective parent, we would be delighted to welcome you to Mount Pleasant Junior School. Please contact the school office to arrange a tour of the school.

Please click on the links below to view Mount Pleasant Junior Schools Admission Policies.

MPJS Admissions Policy 2024/2025

MPJS Admissions Policy 2025/2026

For all admission arrangements and for more information about school places please contact the Local Authority:

2024/2025 Southampton City Council Admission Page

You cannot apply online after the closing date or for places needed in this academic year. If you are not happy with your child’s current school you can request an in year transfer.

If your child has a Statement for Special Educational Needs or an Education, Health and Care Plan, you will need to contact the Special Needs Team on 023 8083 3270.

If you only intend to apply to an independent or private school, please advise the Admissions team in writing.

The contact number for the schools admission team for all other applications is 02380833004.

Southampton City admissions criteria can be found on our policies page.

Would you like to change your child’s school during the school year and come to Mount Pleasant Junior School?

You can change your child’s school during the academic year if:

You have recently moved to Southampton
You are not happy with your child’s current school

To change your child’s school during the academic year, you will need to complete a paper in-year application form.

If your child is on roll at a school in the city, even if they aren’t attending, please complete the form at your child’s current school. They will forward it to us.
If your child does not have a school place, or you live outside the city, either:
- Call us on 023 8083 3004 and ask for an application form to be sent to you
- Collect a form from Gateway at One Guildhall Square

Contact: [email protected]

Please note that you cannot visit the Admissions Team in person.

September 2025 School Admissions Information from Southampton City Council

If you have been given news that your child did not receive your preference school for September please follow the following advice from admissions

If you are declining a school place, you will need to inform admissions on how your child will otherwise be suitably educated. Please be aware that the Local Authority have a duty to provide a school place to every child who requires one, but that this does not have to be at a school of your preference if this cannot be offered due to oversubscription. It is not appropriate to refuse a school place and not otherwise source education for your child simply because you have not been offered a school of preference. The Local Authority cannot provide home tutoring in lieu of you receiving an offer to a school of preference and you must accept the school offered to you or otherwise secure appropriate education.

If your child is on a Waiting lists this will be compiled following approximately 6 weeks after National Offer day , Please be aware that waiting lists are kept in the order of a school’s oversubscription criteria, rather than the length of time a child has been on that list. Because of this, waiting lists are re-ranked with each new applicant and an applicant can move down, as well as up, a waiting list.

If you have been offered a second or third preference school an admissions e are able to offer you a higher preference between 16th April- 31st August 2025, this will automatically be made to you and the lower preference offer withdrawn unless you indicate to admissions when accepting the lower preference offer that you would like to be removed from the higher preference waiting list.

Waiting lists run until 31st July 2026, at which point you would need to make a new application.

How do I appeal the decision not to be given a school of preference?

If you have been refused a place at a preferred due to oversubscription, you have the right to appeal for a place at that school. Your offer letter will give full details on the schools where your right of appeal has been opened. You can find information, as well as the online form for submitting an appeal on southampton.gov.uk website.