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Admissions
Allocating Places
Parents are required by law to ensure that their child is educated full time from the beginning of the term after his/her 5th birthday. Cambridgeshire schools offer places at the beginning of the autumn term for children who will be 5 years old at some point that academic year, that is between September 1st and the following August 31st.
Priority is given to those living in the school's catchment area. A full list of roads in the catchment area is available within the LA publication ’Admission To Primary Schools In Cambridgeshire’. This booklet can obtained from the Local Educational Admissions Team, Box ELH 1505, Castle Court, Cambridge, CB3 0AP. It will also give you additional information about school admission.
If you wish for your child to attend Newnham Croft Primary School you should submit an application form to the LA admissions officer. The school does not make the decisions about places, this is done by the LA admissions officer (telephone 01223 699201 or email angela.bloom@cambridgeshire.gov.uk).
The Admission Criteria (in priority order)
- Children who are looked after or who have a statement of special educational need.
- Children living in the catchment area with a sibling at the school (or partner junior school) at the time of admission.
- Children living in the catchment area.
- Children living outside the catchment area who have a sibling at the school (or a partner school) at the time of the admission.
- Children living outside the catchment area who have been unable to gain a place at their catchment area school because of oversubscription.
- Children who live outside the catchment area, but nearest the school as measured by a straight line.
In cases of equal merit in each set of criteria, priority will go to children living nearest the school as measured by a straight line.
Appeals
If you are unhappy with the decision not to offer your child a place at your preferred school you have the right to appeal to an independent panel against the decision. The letter you receive from the LA about allocation of places will inform you of your right of appeal.
Children from Overseas
Admission to school is dependent upon the conditions under which you have been granted leave to enter the United Kingdom. You will need to contact the Admission Team for further details (01223 699201).
Temporary moves from the Area
If you decide to make a temporary move of more than six weeks please seek advice from the Headteacher. Generally places are not kept open after 6 weeks.
Visiting School
You are most welcome to visit the school before applying and this can be done by contacting the school secretary to make an appointment. At times of high demand we will organise times to show groups around the school.
Children Starting In The Reception Year
Places are offered at the end of April. After a place has been confirmed parents and carers will be invited to an evening meeting to hear more about how the school works, about the curriculum and how we ensure a smooth transition into school for your child. Children will be invited to school for a couple of sessions in July so that they can meet the staff and the other new children.
Some children find starting school very tiring and over recent years we have found our transition programme most successful. Children attend either mornings or afternoons for the first 4 weeks. You will be informed about which weeks will be ‘morning only’ and which weeks will be ‘afternoon only’. After this introductory period we encourage full time attendance, however, in certain circumstances this may vary.
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