Application Procedures and Timetable

Reception Class Intake

Admissions Policy 2018/19

We are a Primary School catering for children aged 4-11.  Reception Class places are offered according to the Governor’s Admission Policy for children to be admitted in September during the school year in which they are 5. 

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To make an application, in addition to the online or paper Common Application Form (CAF) supplied by the home local authority our Supplementary Information Form (SIF) must be completed and submitted to the School Office for applicants wishing to be considered under the faith criteria. Both this and the ‘Royal Borough of Greenwich Common Application Form’ will both need to be submitted ON TIME in accordance with the deadlines published by Royal Borough of Greenwich, the maintaining Local Authority.  The Home Local Authority will contact all parents/carers informing them of the outcome of their application.

In-year Admissions

In-year applications for a place at the school must be made using the school’s Admission Application and Supplementary Information Form (SIF), submitted to the School Office directly.  This will enable governors to rank the application in the event of there being more than one application for a place.  The governors will use the same criteria to rank the application as that listed above in all cases except for those children whose parents are members of the UK Armed Forces. In these cases, due to high family mobility, applications will be ranked after priority i (i.e. children with a sibling living at the same address) and before all subsequent priorities. The offer of a place at the school will be made by the school on behalf of the governors.   In the event of the governors deciding that a place cannot be offered parents will be offered the opportunity of placing their child’s name on the waiting list. This does not prevent parents from exercising their right to appeal against the decision not to offer a place.

Pupils with a Statement of Special Educational Needs or Education, Health and Care (EHC) Plan

The admissions of pupils with a Statement of Special Educational Needs or with an EHC Plan are dealt with by a completely separate procedure. The procedure is integral to the making and maintaining of statements and EHC plans by the pupil’s home local authority. Details of this separate procedure are set out in the SEND code of practice.  Pupils with a statement or EHC plan naming the school will be admitted without reference to the above criteria. 

Admission of Children Below Compulsory School Age

The governors will provide for the admission of all children in the September following their fourth birthday. Parents can request that the date their child is admitted to the school is deferred until later in the school year or until the child reaches compulsory school age in that school year; parents may also request that their child attends part-time until the child reaches compulsory school age. 

Waiting List

Parents of children who have not been offered a place at the school may ask for their child’s name to be placed on a waiting list. The waiting list, which will be maintained and updated termly, will be operated using the same admissions criteria listed above.  Placing a child’s name on the waiting list does not guarantee that a place will become available.   This does not prevent parents from exercising their right to appeal against the decision not to offer a place.   It is possible that when a child is directed under the local authority’s fair access protocol they will take precedence over those children already on the list. 

Appeals

Parents whose applications for places are unsuccessful may appeal to an Independent Appeal Panel set up in accordance with section 85(3) of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998. Appeals must be made in writing and must set out the reasons on which the appeal is made. Appeals should be sent to the Admissions Appeal Clerk at the school address within 20 school days of the outcome of the application having been sent. Parents/Carers have the right to make oral representations to the Appeal Panel having been sent.   

 Infant classes are restricted by the legislation to 30 children. Parents should be aware that an appeal against refusal of a place in an infant class may only succeed if it can be demonstrated that:-

1. a) the admission of additional children would not breach the infant class size limit; or
2. b) the admission arrangements did not comply with admissions law or had not been correctly and impartially applied and the child would have been offered a place if the arrangements had complied or had been correctly and impartially applied; or
3. c) the panel decides that the decision to refuse admission was not one which a reasonable admission authority would have made in the circumstances of the case. 

Late Applications

Any late applications will be considered by the Governors' Admissions Committee, in the event of there being any available places using the above criteria. If all places have been filled, parents/carers will be offered the opportunity of placing their child’s name on the waiting list. This does not prevent parents/carers from exercising their right to appeal against the decision not to offer a place. 

Admissions Timetable for Reception Class 2019/20

 For all children born between 1 September 2014 and 31 August 2015: