Arrangements for Reception Intake

Home visits and an admission evening are held in the Summer term for parents of new Reception children. All relevant staff present a pack of practical information where parents have the opportunity to discuss any anxieties/concerns and share all relevant information about their child and the school. We aim to make the transition from home to school as smooth as possible. For this reason, the school also runs a “Play In” once every term for pre-school children. This provides parents and children with the opportunity to acquaint themselves with the school and its environment and the opportunity for staff to get to know parents and children. Familiarisation visits to Reception Class are offered in the summer term where children will be paired up with a child from class 6 who will act as their buddy. The older child takes on some of the responsibility for helping the new child to settle into school.

CALDERDALE PRIMARY ADMISSIONS POLICY

PRIORITY FOR ADMISSION

For a community or voluntary controlled school the order of priority for admission is:-

1st Priority Category: (a) Pupils who are in receipt of a Statement of Special
Educational Needs (in accordance with the 1996 Education Act)
where the Authority has named a particular school as necessary to
meet the pupil’s needs.

(b) Pupils who are in public care (looked after children).

2nd Priority Category: Pupils who have a brother or sister (or step-brother or step-sister living in the same household) attending the school, or its Associated Junior school, at the time of admission.

Parents should be aware that a sibling link cannot be claimed where a sibling in receipt of a Statement of Special Educational Needs is attending in a resourced unit within a mainstream primary school.

3rd Priority Category: Proximity of the child’s home to school, as measured by the shortest, walking route wherever possible on lit and metalled roads. Measurements will be made from the centre point of the dwelling to the main entrance of the school.

Note

Where a pupil lives with parents with shared responsibility each part of a week, parents must state which is the predominant address together with details. Oversubscription criteria will be considered
on the basis of the predominant address and parental preference.