ARRANGEMENTS FOR PARENTS TO VISIT THE SCHOOL

 

Parents may visit the school by prior arrangement, and it will normally be possible to see the Headteacher or a member of the teaching staff. Parents of new entrants have an open invitation to visit the school with their children during the term prior to their admission. This will provide an opportunity for parents and children to see the school, to meet the teacher in whose class the child will be joining and to spend some time in the class.

 

During the school year opportunities are given to parents to visit the school to see their children’s work and to discuss their progress with members of the teaching staff. In the Summer Term, parents will receive a written report on their children’s progress.

ADMISSION ARRANGEMENTS

The Local Education Authority is responsible for the Admission Policy for children in the area to enter full time education.

 

L.E.A. Policy – Children are legally entitled to a place in school at the beginning of the term after their fifth birthday. The L.E.A. has adopted a general policy, however, whereby children can be admitted at the start of the term during which they become five if their parents so wish and at this age they are known as “rising-fives.”

It is intended that as from September 06 we will be changing our admissions policy to a one term entry. This will mean that all our reception children will start together in September each year, with the younger children only attending mornings for the first half term.

 

Admission Procedure - The “number intended to admit” (NIA) is 30.

Priority for admission to the school, up to the NIA, is on the following criteria:

To children whose normal place of residence is in the catchment area in the following priority:

(a) Children with brothers or sisters at the school at the date of admission.

(b) Children living closest to the school by the shortest available walking route (with the proviso that priority may be given to a catchment area child living further away, if this is the nearest or only reasonably accessible school).

To children living outside the catchment area who have brothers or sisters attending school at the date of admission.

To children outside the catchment area living closest to the school by the shortest available walking route

Exceptional medical circumstances are considered on an individual basis.

 

Application for Places – Parents will need to apply to Thurrock Council Education Department by the closing date (currently 11^th February) for a place at the school for their children. Applications received after that date will be considered, after those applying by the due date have been allocated places.

 

Appeal Mechanism – Where parents are unsuccessful in securing a place at their preferred school the following arrangements for an appeal within the terms of the 1996 Education Act apply:

Parents must notify the Area Pupil Services team, in writing, of their wish to appeal against their child’s non-admission within 14 days of being informed that a place is not available. Arrangements will then be made for the appeal to be considered and parents informed accordingly.

 

Admission to Nursery Class – The Governors are responsible for the admission policy. Parents may apply to the school, where children’s names are placed on a register. Full details of the admission policy will be made available when registering.

Children whose fifth birthday falls between 1 May - 31 August

Mornings only 9.00am - 12.00 noon Autumn Term
9.00am - 12.00 noon Spring Term

then FULL-TIME in Summer Term