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Henhurst Ridge Primary Academy

2025/2026

Admission arrangements 2024/2025 & 2023/2024

 


 

Admission arrangements 2025/2026

The following definitions apply for the purposes of this policy:

EHC Plan - An education, health and care (EHC) plan for children and young people aged up to 25 who need more support than is available through special educational needs support. EHC Plans are prepared under the Children and Families Act 2014. They identify educational, health and social needs and set out the additional support to meet those needs.

In-Year Admission - An in-year admission application is one that is made outside of the normal admissions round, for example when a family moves house part way through a school year or is for admission into a year group other than Reception.

Oversubscribed – Having more applications than available places.

PAN – Stands for “published admission number” and is the number of pupils the school will admit in to Reception.

Parent - Means a natural or adoptive parent of the child, as well as a person who is not the natural or adoptive parent of the child, but who has care of the child, or parental responsibility for the child. This is the legal definition of a 'parent' in education law.

Statutory Maximum infant class size – The requirement in law that infant classes (i.e. classes in Reception year, year 1 and year 2 class) with a single school teacher are not permitted to contain more than 30 pupils, except in certain circumstances. Some children are deemed to be ‘excepted pupils’ as listed in the School Admissions Code

Home address – The address at which the child resides on a permanent basis or is ‘ordinarily resident’. This is generally, the address of the Parent. In some cases, children may be ‘ordinarily resident’ for the majority of the school week, including overnight, with another relative or carer, such as a grandparent. This may also be the case where the child resides between two parents at different addresses following the breakdown of the parental relationship. Where this is the case, the application will be processed on the basis of the address where the child resides for the majority of the school week and proof of residence and address arrangement will be required with the application. The child must be living with the parent, relative or carer for the majority of the school week. Arrangements where parents can leave and collect children from another relative or carer on a daily basis will be considered childcare arrangements, and the child will deemed to not be ‘ordinarily resident’ with that person. In all cases, we expect the adult with whom the child is ‘ordinarily resident’ receives the child benefit for the child (where eligible).

The exceptions to this rule are the children of UK Armed Forces service personnel with a confirmed posting to their area, or Crown Servants returning from overseas to live in the area, for whom an application for admission may be made in advance of their move where it is accompanied by an official letter that confirms the intended relocation date and a Unit postal address or quartering area address for the child.

Summer born children – Children born between 1 April and 31 August.

The published admission number (PAN) for Henhurst Ridge Primary Academy is 60 pupils.

The School will accordingly admit this number of pupils if there are sufficient applications. Where fewer applications than this are received, the Trust will offer places at the School to all those who have applied.

Applications in the ‘normal round’ (that is the main cycle of applications for Reception places from the beginning of the school year) are administered on behalf of the Trust by Staffordshire County Councilin accordance with the local coordinated scheme. Admission to primary and middle schools - Staffordshire County Council

Oversubscription criteria

When the School is oversubscribed (that is, there are more applications than places available), after the admission of any pupils with an EHC Plan that names the School, priority for admission will be given to those children based on the criteria set out below, in the order shown:

1. Looked after children and previously looked after children

2. Children with one or more siblings in the School

3. Children of School staff fulfilling a skills shortage role

4. Other children, with priority for admission given to those whose home address (as defined by this policy) is the shortest distance from the School. Children in this criteria will be ranked in order of distance.

Definitions relating to the criteria

1. ‘Looked after children’ are any children who are (a) in the care of a local authority, or (b) being provided with accommodation by a local authority in the exercise of their social services functions.

‘Previously looked after children’ are any children that ceased to be looked after because they were adopted, became subject to a child arrangements order or special guardianship order. This includes children who appear to the Trust to have been in state care outside of England but ceased to be so because they were adopted.

Children will be regarded by the Trust as having been in state care outside England if they were accommodated by a public authority, a religious organisation or any other provider of care whose sole purpose is to benefit society. Applicants under this criterion will also need to fill in a Supplementary Information Form (SIF) evidencing state care outside of England. The SIF is available from the school website or school office.

2. ‘Siblings’ - For applications made in the normal admission round a sibling means a brother or sister, legally adopted brother or sister, stepbrother or stepsister, foster brother or sister, or the child of a parent’s co-habiting partner; living in the same family unit in the same family household and address who attends the School at the date of application in any year group excluding the final year. Biological and legally adopted siblings who attend the preferred school in any year group excluding the final year will also be treated as siblings irrespective of place of residence. Children residing in the same household as part of an extended family, such as cousins, will not be treated as siblings. For in-year applications a sibling is a brother, sister, legally adopted brother or sister or stepbrother or stepsister living in the same family unit in the same family household and address as a child who attends or has been offered a place at the preferred school at the time of application and determination and with a reasonable expectation that the sibling will be attending at the time of admission.

3. This criterion only applies in relation to staff, whether teaching or non-teaching, with a permanent contract to work predominantly at the School (not Trust employees in the REAch2 cluster or central teams). The application of this criterion will be subject to confirmation by an independent Trust non-executive that, on the evidence available, the member of staff has been recruited to fill a post where there is a demonstrable skills shortage. Staff must contact the School Headteacher when applying for a place under this criterion. The Headteacher will provide a letter to the Trust and Local Authority Admissions Team confirming the staff members’ permanent employment. For the purposes of this criterion, ‘children of School staff’ is taken to include a son, daughter or step-son/daughter, or child who is adopted or fostered or for whom a special guardianship order is in place, in all cases providing they are living at the same address as the parent who is employed at the School

4. “Distance” is defined/measured as a straight line distance between an applicant's home address to the main front gate of the school. Distances are measured using the Council’s Geographical Information System (GIS).

Tie Breaker

Random allocation will be used as a tie-break in category ‘4’ above to decide who has highest priority for admission if the distance between two children’s homes and the School is the same. This process will be independently verified. If a tie-break is required in earlier categories to decide who has priority for admission between two children, distance from the school will be used to decide as measured above.

Where multiple birth siblings (twins and triplets etc.) from the same family are tied for the final place, we will admit them all, as permitted by the infant class size rules and exceed our PAN.

Deadline for Applications

Applications for admission into Reception as part of the normal admissions round must be submitted by 15th January. Applications received by the Local Authority after this date may be considered as late applications.

Children with an EHC Plan

Children with an education health and care plan (EHC plan) are admitted to the School under separate statutory procedures managed by the child's Local Authority, and not under this policy.

Where a child with an EHC plan which names the School will be admitted in the 'normal admission round', they will be allocated places in Reception Year before other applications are processed, which will reduce the number of available places within the PAN. At all other times, the child will be admitted even where this means exceeding the PAN.

Deferred entry for Reception places

Parents offered a place in Reception for their child have a right to defer the date their child takes up the place, or to take the place up part-time, until the child reaches compulsory school age. Children reach compulsory school age on 31 August, 31 December or 31 March – whichever of those three dates follows (or falls on) the child’s 5th birthday.

Places cannot be deferred beyond the beginning of the summer term of the school year for which the offer was made.

Admission of children outside their normal age group, including for ‘summer-born’ children

Parents of summer born children who are not yet of compulsory school age may request to delay their child’s admission until the September after they turn 5. Those parents should apply for a place within the normal admissions round and follow the process below.

In all cases where parents want their child to be educated outside of their chronological age group, an application should be made in writing to the school office at the same time as the application for a place. This should explain why the parents wish for their child to be educated outside of their chronological age group and enclosing any evidence that supports it. Parents of summer born children who are not yet of compulsory school age should specify whether they wish the child to start school in Reception class or join their normal age group peers in Year 1. The views of the headteacher will also be considered.

Parents will be notified of the decision on their application for admission outside of normal age group in writing once it has been made. This decision will be based on the circumstances of the case and what is in the best interests of the child. This decision is separate to the decision on whether a place is granted.

We recommend that parents contact the school to discuss admission within the admission round of the child’s chronological age group. This enables the school to assess the best interests of the child and discuss how the curriculum may be tailored to meet their needs within the chronological age group.

Children at the School's Nursery

Parents should note that children who attend the School's nursery will not automatically transfer to Reception Year at the School. An application for admission to Reception Year must be made in the normal way.

Waiting Lists

Where the school receives more applications for Reception places than there are places available, a waiting list will operate until 31st December after which parents must re-apply for a place in Year 1.

The waiting list will be maintained by the Local Authority and it will be open to any parent to ask for his or her child’s name to be placed on the waiting list, following an unsuccessful application.

A child’s position on the waiting list will be determined solely in accordance with the oversubscription criteria (not by date in which the child’s name was added). Where places become vacant, they will be allocated to children on the waiting list in accordance with the oversubscription criteria. The waiting list will be re-ordered in accordance with the oversubscription criteria whenever anyone is added to or leaves the waiting list.

Appeals

Parents have a statutory right of appeal to an independent admission appeal panel against the refusal of a place at the School for their child. Admission appeal panel hearings are conducted strictly in accordance with procedure and criteria set out in the School Admission Appeals Code 2022, which is accessible on the Department for Education's website: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/school-admissions-appeals-code

For more information on how to lodge an appeal please visit Admission Appeals - Staffordshire County Council

In-year Admissions

To make an in-year application, please visit In-year school admissions: Overview - Staffordshire County Council

Fair Access Protocol

Five Spires Academy participates in Staffordshire County Council’s fair access protocol. For a copy of Staffordshire County Council’s fair access protocol, please visit – In year fair access protocol - October 2023 - Staffordshire County Council

Withdrawing Places

In certain circumstances the Trust may decide to withdraw a place offered if one of the following circumstances occurs:

• Where a parent has not responded to the offer of a place, even after chasing;

• Where fraudulent or intentionally misleading information is used as part of the application; or

• Where the offer has been made in error.

 


 Admission arrangements 2024/2025 & 2023/2024

Published Admission Number (PAN)

The PAN is the number of pupils the school will admit in to Reception. The admission number for Henhurst Ridge Primary Academy is 30 pupils.

The school will accordingly admit this number of pupils if there are sufficient applications. Where fewer applications than this are received, the Academy Trust will offer places at the school to all those who have applied.

Applications in the ‘normal round’ (that is the main cycle of applications for Reception places from the beginning of the school year) are administered on behalf of the Academy Trust by Staffordshire County Council in accordance with the local coordinated scheme.

Statutory Maximum Infant Class Size

By law, infant classes (i.e. classes in Reception Year, Year 1 and Year 2 class) with a single school teacher are not permitted to contain more than 30 pupils, except in certain circumstances as set out below.

Some children are deemed to be 'excepted pupils', which means that they can be admitted to year group over its PAN and into a class over 30 pupils. These include (but are not limited to) children with an EHC plan and looked after children and previously looked after children placed outside the 'normal admission round'. Further information is contained in the Code.

Equality

The Trust and the School are familiar with, and fully comply with, their duties and responsibilities under the Equality Act 2010 in relation to children with protected characteristics, and this policy has been developed with regard to those responsibilities. 

Meaning of 'Parent'

In this policy, the term 'parent' means a natural or adoptive parent of the child, as well as a person who is not the natural or adoptive parent of the child, but who has care of the child, or parental responsibility for the child. This is the legal definition of a 'parent' in education law. 

Home Address

The ‘home address’ is considered to be the address at which the child resides on a permanent basis or is ‘ordinarily resident’. This is generally the address of the parent/carer. In some cases, children may be ‘ordinarily resident’ for the majority of the school week, including overnight, with another relative or carer, such as a grandparent. This may also be the case where a child resides between two parents at different addresses following the breakdown of the parental relationship. Where this is the case, the application may be processed on the basis of that address (where the child resides for the majority of the school week) and proof of address and residence arrangement will be required with the application. The child must be living with the parent, relative or carer 24 hours per day, for the majority of the school week. Arrangements where parents can leave and collect children from another relative or carer on a daily basis will be regarded as childcare arrangements, and the child will not be deemed to be ‘ordinarily resident’ with that person. In all cases we expect that the adult with whom the child is ‘ordinarily resident’ receives the child benefit for the child (where eligible).

The exceptions to this rule are the children of UK Armed Forces service personnel with a confirmed posting to their area, or Crown Servants returning from overseas to live in the area, for whom an application for admission may be made in advance of their move where it is accompanied by an official letter that confirms the intended relocation date and a Unit postal address or quartering area address for the child.

Children at the School's Nursery

Parents should note that children who attend the School's nursery will not automatically transfer to Reception Year at the School. An application for admission to Reception Year must be made in the normal way.

Children with an Education Health and Care Plan (EHC Plan)

Children with an education health and care plan (EHC plan) are admitted to school under separate statutory procedures managed by the child's Local Authority, and not under this policy.

Where the child with an EHC plan which names the School will be admitted in the 'normal admission round', they will be allocated places in Reception Year before other applications are processed, which will reduce the number of available places within the published admission number (PAN). At all other times, the child will be admitted even where this means exceeding the PAN.

Oversubscription Criteria

When the school is oversubscribed (that is, there are more applications than places available), after the admission of pupils with an Education, Health and Care Plan that names the school, priority for admission will be given to those children based on the criteria set out below, in the order shown:

  1. Looked after children or previously looked after children as set out in definition 1 on page 5.
  2. Previously looked after children outside of England.
  3. Children with siblings in the school
  4. Children of school staff fulfilling a skills shortage role
  5. All other children.

Definitions relating to the criteria

1. ‘Looked after children’ are (a) in the care of a local authority or (b) being provided with accommodation by a local authority in the exercise of their social services functions (see definition in Section 22(1) of the Children Act 1989).  ‘Previously looked after children’ are children who were previously looked after but immediately after being looked after became subject to adoption, a child arrangements order, or special guardianship order.  These definitions are set nationally, by the Department for Education.

2.  ‘Previously looked after children outside of England’ who were in state care outside England, and ceased to be in state care as a result of being adopted will be allocated cases under this category. Children will be regarded as having been in state care outside England if they were accommodated by a public authority, a religious organisation or any other provider of care whose sole purpose is to benefit society. Applicants under this criterion will also need to fill in a Supplementary Information Form (SIF) evidencing state care outside of England. The SIF is available from the school website or school office. 

3. ‘Siblings’ - For applications made in the normal admission round a relevant sibling is a child who has a brother or sister, adopted brother or sister, stepbrother or stepsister, foster brother or sister, or the child of a parent’s co-habiting partner; living in the same family unit in the same family household and address who attends the school in any year group excluding the final year. Biological and adopted siblings who attend the preferred school in any year group excluding the final year will also be treated as siblings irrespective of place of residence. Children residing in the same household as part of an extended family, such as cousins, will not be treated as siblings. For mid-year applications a sibling is a child who has a brother, sister, adopted brother or sister or stepbrother or stepsister living in the same family unit in the same family household and address as a child who attends or has been offered a place at the preferred school at the time of application and determination and with a reasonable expectation that the sibling will be attending at the time of admission.

4. This option is only available for all staff with a permanent contract to work at the school (and not employees in REAch2 cluster or central teams); it will be subject to confirmation by an independent REAch2 non-executive that, on the evidence available, the member of staff is recruited to fill a post where there is a demonstrable skills shortage. Staff must contact the school Headteacher when applying for a place under this criterion. The Headteacher will provide a letter to the Admission Authority and Local Authority Admissions Team confirming the staff members full time employment.

5. ‘All other children’ refers to all applicants who do not fall in to any of the categories above. 

Tie-breaker

Where the number of applications exceeds the number of places available within any of the categories above, the order in which places will be allocated will be determined by reference to the distance between the child's home address (as defined by this policy) and the School, with those living nearer receiving higher priority.

‘Home-to-school distance’ is defined/measured as a "straight line distance between an applicant's home address to the main front gate of the school. Distances are measured using the Council’s Geographical Information System (GIS)". ‘Home address’ is defined as the child’s along with their parent’s main and genuine principal place of residence at the time of the allocation of places i.e. where they are normally and regularly living. If a child is resident with friends or relatives (for reasons other than legal guardianship) the friends or relatives address will not be considered for allocation purposes. Where parents have shared responsibility for a child, and the child lives with both parents for part of the school week, parents will be required to provide documentary evidence to support the address they wish to be considered for allocation purposes. It is expected that parents will agree on school places before an application is made, and it may be necessary to request evidence from you to confirm that this is the case. The local authority is not in a position to intervene in disputes between parents over school applications and will request that these are resolved privately. If a child’s home address changes during the admissions process it is the responsibility of the parent/carer to inform the Local Authority immediately. Note – these definitions are used by Staffordshire Local Authority in relation to admissions to schools that they maintain – REAch2 schools adopt the same definition to avoid any confusion and keep arrangements as simple as possible for local parents and carers.

Where it is not possible to separate two or more applications because the children concerned live an equal distance from the School, the order in which places are allocated will be determined by the drawing of lots in front of an independent witness.

Where multiple birth siblings (twins and triplets etc.) from the same family are tied for the final place, we will admit them all, as permitted by the infant class size rules and exceed our PAN.

Late applications

All applications received on or by the 15th January 2022 will be considered equally. Late applications can be accepted for good reasons until 31st January 2022. All applications received by the Local Authority after the deadline will be considered to be late applications. These will be considered after those received on time. If all available places are allocated to children whose applications were received on time, parents or carers who have made a late application may request that their child is placed on the school’s waiting list..

Deferred entry for Reception places

Parents/carers offered a place in Reception for their child have a right to defer the date their child takes up the place, or to take the place up part-time, until the child reaches compulsory school age.  Children reach compulsory school age on 31 August, 31 December or 31 March – whichever of those three dates follows (or falls on) the child’s 5th birthday.   Places cannot be deferred beyond the beginning of the summer term of the school year for which the offer was made.

Admission of children outside their normal age group, including for ‘summer-born’ children

Parents or carers may request that their child is admitted outside their normal age group. To do so, they should include a written request with their application, setting out the year group in which they wish their child to be allocated a place and the reasons for their request.

When such a request is made, the Admission Authority will make a decision on the basis of the circumstances of the case, based on their professional judgement of what is in the best interest of the child, taking account of the evidence and rationale provided by the parents/carers.

Waiting lists

Where the school receives more applications for Reception places than there are places available, a waiting list will operate until the end of the academic year 2022/23, after which parents/carers must re-apply for a place in Year 1. The waiting list will be maintained by Staffordshire County Council and it will be open to any parent or carer to ask for his or her child’s name to be placed on the waiting list, following an unsuccessful application.

A child’s position on the waiting list will be determined solely in accordance with the oversubscription criteria (not by date in which the child’s name was added). Where places become vacant, they will be allocated to children on the waiting list in accordance with the oversubscription criteria. The waiting list will be re-ordered in accordance with the oversubscription criteria whenever anyone is added to or leaves the waiting list..

Appeals

Parents have a statutory right of appeal to an Independent Admission Appeal Panel against the refusal of a place at the School for their child. Admission Appeal Panel Hearings are conducted strictly in accordance with procedure and criteria set out in the School Admission Appeals Code 2012, which is accessible on the Department for Education's website:

Appellants should contact the council’s Appeals Administration Team. Further information is available at :

Admission Appeals - Staffordshire County Council

The Appeals Administration Team can also be contact by phone on 01785 895335, weekdays between 10.00am and 2.00pm.

The appeals process is run in accordance with the statutory processes and timescales set out in the School Admissions Appeals Code. Notification of your appeal date will be sent via email and you will be given at least 10 school days’ notice. Your appeal will be heard within 30 school days of the appeal being lodged.

In-year Admissions

Parents or Carers interested in transferring a child in-year should contact the school office or Local Authority Admissions Team for further information. 

 



Admission arrangements 2021/2022

Introduction

Henhurst Ridge Primary Academy is a primary school in Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire and is part of REAch2 Academy Trust.  This admissions policy was finalised following public consultation on a Trust-wide approach to admissions.  Our aim is to ensure all our academies have simple, consistent admissions arrangements that focus on serving the local community, reflect our vision and values and are as easy as possible for parents/carers of potential pupils to understand.  More information about REAch2 is available on our website: www.reach2.org

Henhurst Ridge is a new school that opened in September 2018 with a Reception class only and the school will grow each year. It is designed to have two forms of entry from Reception up to Year 6 with a capacity for 420 children on roll in mainstream education and will also offer a Nursery provision on the school site that opens in September 2019. 

Henhurst Ridge is a child-centered school where all stakeholders in the school community are encouraged to take an active part in school life. We foster close links with surrounding schools aiming to share resources, facilities and expertise to ensure the best teaching and learning possible occurs at Henhurst Ridge. We are a very friendly school where children are encouraged to become confident, caring and articulate and to use their abilities to the full. We provide a calm and happy atmosphere and set high standards of respect, courtesy, hard work and achievement for all children and adults. Please see our website for further information www.henhurstridgeacademy.org

As a member of the Reach2 family of schools we know from experience that we can count on the support and advice of the country’s largest primary only academy trust. The Reach2 philosophy is clear – a cornerstone of exceptional teaching experiences with shared values of learning, leadership, enjoyment, inclusion, inspiration, responsibility and integrity. As a result of this ethos we see high achievement across all of our schools and are one of the best performing trusts in the country. We seek to achieve this in every Reach2 school, children only get one chance at their education – we have to ensure that it is the best chance possible.

Admission number and process

The school has an admission number of 60 for entry in Reception.

The school will accordingly admit this number of pupils if there are sufficient applications.

Where fewer applications than this are received, the Academy Trust will offer places at the school to all those who have applied.

Applications in the ‘normal round’ (that is the main cycle of applications to secure Reception places from the beginning of the school year) are administered on behalf of the Academy Trust by Staffordshire Local Authority as part of the local coordinated scheme. All other applications (‘in year’ for Reception or other Year groups) are managed directly by the school.

Oversubscription Criteria

When the school is oversubscribed (that is, there are more applications than places available), after the admission of pupils with an Education, Health and Care Plan that names the school, priority for admission will be given to those children based on the criteria set out below, in the order shown:

  1. Looked after children or previously looked after children i.e. children in foster care, care homes or who were before being adopted
  2. Children with siblings in the school
  3. Children of school staff fulfilling a skills shortage role
  4. Home-to-school distance – meaning that the remaining places are allocated to applicants in order of each child’s proximity to the school.

Definitions relating to the criteria

1. ‘Looked after children’ are (a) in the care of a local authority or (b) being provided with accommodation by a local authority in the exercise of their social services functions (see definition in Section 22(1) of the Children Act 1989).  ‘Previously looked after children’ are children who were previously looked after but immediately after being looked after became subject to adoption, a child arrangements order, or special guardianship order.  These definitions are set nationally, by the Department for Education.

2. ‘Children who have an elder sibling in attendance at Henhurst Ridge Primary Academy and who will still be attending the school at the proposed admission date; (For admission purposes, a brother or sister is a child who lives at the same address and either: have one or both natural parents in common; are related by a parents’ marriage; are adopted or fostered by a common parent or are unrelated children who live at the same address, whose parents live as partners.)

3. This option is only available for teaching or leadership staff with a permanent contract to work at the school (and not employees in REAch2 regional or central teams); it will be subject to confirmation by an independent REAch2 regional nonexecutive that, on the evidence available, the post does indeed relate to a skills shortage in the area.

4. ‘Home-to-school distance’ is defined/measured as a “straight line distance between an applicant's home address to the main front gate of the school. Distances are measured using the Council’s Geographical Information System (GIS)”.  ‘Home address’ is defined as the child’s along with their parent’s main and genuine principal place of residence at the time of the allocation of places i.e. where they are normally and regularly living. If a child is resident with friends or relatives (for reasons other than legal guardianship) the friends or relatives address will not be considered for allocation purposes. Where parents have shared responsibility for a child, and the child lives with both parents for part of the school week, parents will be required to provide documentary evidence to support the address they wish to be considered for allocation purposes. It is expected that parents will agree on school places before an application is made, and it may be necessary to request evidence from you to confirm that this is the case. The local authority is not in a position to intervene in disputes between parents over school applications and will request that these are resolved privately. If a child’s home address changes during the admissions process it is the responsibility of the parent/carer to inform the Local Authority immediately. Note – these definitions are used by Staffordshire Local Authority in relation to admissions to schools that they maintain – REAch2 schools adopt the same definition to avoid any confusion and keep arrangements as simple as possible for local parents and carers.

Tie-breaker

Where the admission number given above is reached part way through one of the above over-subscription criteria, the remaining places available are allocated on proximity to the school; but only after any applications are considered where there is third party evidence (e.g. from a medical specialist or a social worker), provided at the time of the application, setting out the exceptional medical/social need of the child (or their parent/carer) and why only this school, rather than any other, is able to meet that need; the final decision on such applications will be made by the school’s governors. Where multiple births siblings (twins and triplets etc.) from the same family are tied for the final place, we will admit them all, as permitted by the infant class size rules and exceed out PAN.

Late applications

All applications received by the Local Authority after the deadline will be considered to be late applications. These will be considered after those received on time. If all available places are allocated to children whose applications were received on time, parents or carers who have made a late application may request that their child is placed on the school’s waiting list.

Deferred entry for Reception places

Parents/carers offered a place in Reception for their child have a right to defer the date their child takes up the place, or to take the place up part-time, until the child reaches compulsory school age.  Children reach compulsory school age on 31 August, 31 December or 31 March – whichever of those three dates follows (or falls on) the child’s 5th birthday.   Places cannot be deferred beyond the beginning of the summer term of the school year for which the offer was made.

Admission of children outside their normal age group, including for ‘summer-born’ children

Admission of children outside their normal age group, including for ‘summer-born’ children Parents or carers may request that their child is admitted outside their normal age group. To so do, they should include a written request with their application, setting out the year group in which they wish their child to be allocated a place and the reasons for their request. When such a request is made, the Headteacher will make a decision on the basis of the circumstances of the case, based on their professional judgement of what is in the best interest of the child, taking account of the evidence and rationale provided by the parents/carers.

Waiting lists

Where the school receives more applications for places (in the ‘normal round’ for Reception in-take) than there are places available, a waiting list will be maintained by the Local Authority until end August 2019 and then by the school until 31 December 2019. It will be open to any parent or carer to ask for his or her child’s name to be placed on the waiting list, following an unsuccessful application.

Children’s position on the waiting list will be determined solely in accordance with the oversubscription criteria. Where places become vacant, they will be allocated to children on the waiting list in accordance with the oversubscription criteria. The waiting list will be re- ordered in accordance with the oversubscription criteria whenever anyone is added to or leaves the waiting list.

Appeals

All applicants refused a place have a right of appeal to an independent appeal panel constituted and operated in accordance with the School Admission Appeals Code. Appellants should contact the council’s Appeals Administration Team.

The Appeals Administration Team can also be contact by phone on 01785 895335, weekdays between 10.00am and 2.00pm.

The appeals process is run in accordance with the statutory processes and timescales set out in the School Admissions Appeals Code. Notification of your appeal date will be sent via email and you will be given at least 10 school days’ notice. Your appeal will be heard within 30 school days of the appeal being lodged. 

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