Admissions
Key Information
Admissions
Reception Tours
If you are interested in sending your child to Western House Academy please contact the admissions officer, Miss Dukes via email: admissionswha@theparkfederation.org to find out more information about the school.
Western House Academy will be holding three school tours. Please click on the link below to confirm your attendance.
Booking form for Reception tour
Reception Entry
How to apply for Reception 2025 entry.
If you have a child who was born between 1st September 2020 and 31st August 2021, you can now apply for a Reception school place for September 2025.
To apply for a Reception place at Western House Academy and providing you live within the Slough borough, you must apply for a school place via the Slough Citizen Portal. The Admissions criteria can be found below.
Parents / Carers must apply for a school place. Please be advised that there is no automatic entry into Western House Academy even if your child currently attends the attached nursery.
If you live within another borough, this must be done via their admissions' portal.
Once a school place for Western House Academy has been allocated to you by your local authority, our admissions officer will be in contact to request some more details about your child and to give you all the information needed for a successful transition.
The entry for applications is now open and the national closing date for on-time primary applications is 15 January 2025. You must apply by this date.
In-Year Admissions
If you would like your child to attend our school, please contact Slough borough council to apply and complete an application form for in-year admissions.
The Local Authority will allocate school places for Reception to Year 6 on the school's behalf.
Western House Academy will comply with the Schools Admissions and Appeals Codes. We are an inclusive school with no religious faith affiliations.
Admission To Nursery
Western House Academy manage and allocate nursery places. All applications need to be made directly to the school office. Children can attend nursery the term after their 3rd birthday.