Admissions

If you would like your child to attend our school, please see full details of our admission arrangements below. 

Our pupil admission number (PAN) is 30, meaning there are 30 spaces in each year group - there may be more than 30 children enrolled in our pre-school as not all children attend full time.

School Admission Arrangements

Please find all the information for admissions below as well as the links to relevant websites.  If you would like any further guidance or advice, please contact us and we will be happy to help.

Nursery Places

Is your child 3 or turning 3 shortly?

We currently have spaces in our Nursery!

We offer:

15 hour sessions

Monday - Friday either 8.30am - 11.30pm or 12.15pm - 3.15pm

30 hour sessions 

Monday - Friday 8.30am – 3:15pm (This includes lunch in school which can be a packed lunch or a school meal)

  Our Nursery provides a wide range of experiences such as;

*School trips.

*Educational visitors.

*Free breakfast club from 8am.

*Whole school assemblies. 

*Access to our well stocked school library. 

*PE sessions with a qualified instructor. 

*Joining in with other school activities. 

This is all in addition to exciting and engaging activities in our classroom environment led by a qualified teacher.

Attending our Nursery is a great way for your child to start their school life. It will ensure they are school ready, confident and settled when they start in Reception.

Contact the school on 01274 677549 or alternatively, pop in to get further information and complete an application form - We would love for your child to join our school! 

Reception Places

Reception places will be offered, via the local authority, in April. Parents of children who cannot be offered a place, due to Reception being at full capacity (30), can ask to remain on a waiting list.

Our current Nursery children are provided with the relevant information at the end of Autumn term.

The local authority process the applications and appeals.

Applications for school places should be made online- if you need any help completing this, please contact us.

https://www.bradford.gov.uk/admissions 

Details of the appeals process, including the timetable, can be found at:

https://www.bradford.gov.uk/education-and-skills/school-admissions/make-an-appeal/

Admissions are allocated according to the following criteria:

Where the number of preferences for a school exceeds the number of places available, priority will be given to children in the following categories:

1 Looked after children or children who were previously looked after but ceased to be so because they were adopted or became subject to a child arrangements or special guardianship order (see Note 1).

2 Children who were Previously Looked After Children outside of England and Wales who were adopted (see Note 2)

3 Children who have exceptional social or medical needs, supported by a written recommendation from the child’s paediatrician/consultant or professional from Children’s Services. The letter must explain why the school is the only suitable school to meet the child’s needs and why no other school could provide the appropriate support for the child.

4 Sisters and brothers of children living at the same address, who are at present on roll at the school, and will still be attending the school at the time of admission (see Note 3).

5 All other children.

For in-year admissions, Parents can contact Bradford Admissions or request a transfer form from their current school.

You can get more information and appeal forms from the local authority Admissions Team.
Telephone: 01274 439200
Email: schooladmissions@bradford.gov.uk

You can make a formal appeal to an independent appeal panel, for any school that you have applied for. This is a legal process and places are not 'reserved' for appeal panels to offer. The Government has set a limit on the size of infant classes and this means that no Reception, Year 1 or Year 2 class can have more than 30 children with one teacher.

If your child has been refused a place because there are 30 children in the class, your appeal could only be successful if we have made a mistake or acted unreasonably. Only 1 in 5 appeals for Reception are successful because of the infant class size law. 

You can get further information about admissions on the Council's website by clicking on the link below. 

www.bradford.gov.uk/education-and-skills/school-admissions/about-school-admissions/

Deferred Entry

Children are admitted into Reception 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 term in which the child reaches compulsory school age. Parents can request that their child takes up the place part-time until the child reaches compulsory school age. The admission criteria will apply to all children seeking a school place, whatever their term of entry. The place offered will be reserved on condition that it is taken up within the same school year. Admissions of summer born children may be deferred to the following September but in those cases, children may be offered a place to enter Year 1 unless an application has been made and agreed by the LA or the admitting authority in advance. The Local Authority will consider any application for a deferred entry into Reception of summer born children for the September following their fifth birthday. Such requests will be considered in accordance with the Local Authority’s ‘Guidance on the admission of summer born children’ and DfE Advice.compulsory school age.