Admission Arrangements

Please read the information given below which gives details of our admission arrangements for the school.

The Standard Admission Number for the Nursery is 39 morning and 39 afternoon part time places and the Standard Admission Number for Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 is 90 per year. For admissions over this number parents have the right to appeal to the Local Education Authority.

The Local Authority administers admittance to Nursery or Reception in September. Application forms, which are available from the LA, should be completed and returned to the LA by the beginning of January 2015.

Arrangements are made for Open Days during the year when all who are interested in visiting the school are welcome and special arrangements are made for parents and children considering application for a Nursery or Reception place to visit school.

To find out ore about how to apply for a school place follow the weblink:

Applying for a Nursery School Place: https://www.salford.gov.uk/schools-and-learning/schools-admissions/nursery/

Applying for a Primary School Place: https://www.salford.gov.uk/schools-and-learning/schools-admissions/primary/

Reception.

Children are welcomed into our Reception classes in the September following their 4th birthday. We may also admit children throughout the year if there are places available.

All places are allocated according to LA criteria:

* Medical reasons (as determined by the Authority and the Head teacher taking into account the advice of the Authority’s Medical Adviser and the school’s ability to accommodate all children’s needs) and children whose statement of special educational needs stipulate that specific school.

If claiming medical reasons, parents / carers must provide evidence from their doctor that the child has a medical condition that means that admission to a particular school is essential.

* Children in Need as defined by The Children Act (1989) i.e., those who are unlikely to achieve, maintain or have the opportunity of achieving or maintaining a reasonable standard of health or development or child/ children whose health or development would be further impaired without the provision of services by the local authority.

*Older brother or sister in attendance at the school at the date when the pupil is to be admitted.

*Distance from school. Priority is given to children who live nearest to the school. The distance is measured along a straight line between the home address and the school.

Please note: Length of time on a school waiting list is not seen as a relevant factor.

No child can automatically transfer from a nursery to a reception class. Where a school is oversubscribed, places in the reception class must be allocated according to the published criteria with children who have attended the nursery being considered on the same basis as those who have not.

Nursery

Children are welcomed into our nursery class in the September following their 3rd birthday. We may also admit children throughout the year if there are places available.

All places are allocated according to LEA criteria:

These are the same as for admittance to the reception classes as described on page 5 with the addition of the following:

*No places may be allocated to children who have not reached the age of three by the 1st September in the admission year.

* Education Committee policy states that parents should be disallowed from taking two part-time places for their child.

*The admission criteria will be applied to children resident in Salford in the first instance but remaining places may be offered to children from other LEAs.

Full time places will be allocated on the basis of the following:

* Children in Need as defined by The Children Act (1989) i.e., those who are unlikely to achieve, maintain or have the opportunity of achieving or maintaining a reasonable standard of health or development or child/ children whose health or development would be further impaired without the provision of services by the local authority.

* Age – the oldest children will be offered full time places.

At the beginning of the school year in September, Year 1 and Year 2 children begin school on the first day after the holiday.

The reception class children are brought into school over the first two weeks. As many of the children have attended Nursery we offer a full day from the first week including lunch. However if parents feel that their child would benefit from a shorter day for the first few days we are happy accommodate this.

The nursery children are admitted over a longer period and we are happy for parents initially to remain with their children or to leave them for short periods.