COMMUNITY SCHOOLS
STANDARD ADMISSION CRITERIA
Children are admitted into school at the beginning
of the term in which their fifth birthday
falls. For admission purposes term dates count
as 1 st September, 1 st January and 1 st April.
The school has nursery class facilities available
for eighty children on a part time
basis, the age of admission being the term after
the child's third birthday. Applications for
nursery are accepted after the child's second
birthday and can be obtained from the school
office.
In the event of over subscription the following
criteria will be applied, in priority order,
to determine which applications will be granted:
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Children in care.
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Children who live in the catchment
area and who, at the time of admission,
will have a brother or sister attending the
school.
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Other children who live in
the catchment area.
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Children who live outside the
catchment area and who, at the
time of admission, will have a brother or
sister attending the school or the linked
junior school.
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Other children who live outside
the catchment area.
In the event of over-subscription within any
criterion, preference will normally be given
to children who live nearest to the school as
the crow flies. Distances are measured from
the entrance to the child's home to the nearest
recognised main entrance of the school building.
The exception to this is that all children who
fall into criterion 1,2 or 3 by the closing
date for application, will be guaranteed a place
at the school providing the school is listed
as the first preference and the application
is received by the closing date for the normal
year of entry to the school.
Special Circumstances
Consideration will be given to applicants who
can establish particular medical, special educational
needs or social grounds relating to their child.
Supporting written evidence from a doctor, social
worker or other relevant professional must be
provided at the time of application . The definition
of a special educational needs relates to a
learning or physical difficulty which calls
for special educational provision to be made
for the child. Each case will be determined
on its merits.
Special circumstances may take precedence over
any of the other criterion listed above. The
allocation of any such places will be determined
by the Area Education Officer, in consultation
with the Headteacher.
Admission to year groups other than
the intake year
Applications for admission to other year groups
will normally be considered in relation to the
published admission limit which applied when
the year group was first admitted to the school,
although class size will also need to be considered.
If places are available within the year group,
applications will be considered in accordance
with the above admission criteria. If places
are available, the child will normally be admitted
to the school.
Further guidance on the way in which applications
are dealt with including
can be found in Nottinghamshire County Councils “Admissions
to Schools” booklet 2005/2006 or www.nottscc.gov.uk/education/schools
Admission criteria for Nursery applications.
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Places will be allocated in
date of birth order to those children
who live in the catchment area or who live
in the catchment area but who, at the time
of admission have a brother or sister attending
the Primary school.
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Places will then be allocated
to children who live outside
the catchment area but who live within the
nearest, safest walking distance to the
school.
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Consideration will then be
given to applicants who can establish
particular medical, special educational
need or social grounds relating to their
child with supporting written evidence from
a doctor, social worker or other relevant
professional.
The term before your child is admitted to school
they will visit school on several occasions
to meet their new teacher. These visits will
be short to begin with and will then gradually
build up so that children can get used to the
daily routine of a school day. The earliest
start for any nursery child will be the term
after the one in which they are 3 years old.
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