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2024-2025 Admissions Process
Applications open 1 September 2023 Applications Close 15 January 2024
Open Day: Saturday 18 November - bookings can be made after 5th Nov
School Offers Made to Parents Tuesday 16 April 2024
Closing Date for Accepting Places Tuesday 30 April 2024
Appeals Deadline Tuesday 14 May 2024 (to be heard before end of term)
St Andrew's informed by LA of the list of pupils starting in September By Late May 2024
Welcome Packs sent out June 2024
Transition Sessions Early July 2024
Start School TBC September 2024 NB Children will do half days to start with.
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Admissions Policy 2024 to 2025
The 2024/25 Admissions Policy was ratified at an Extra-ordinary Full Governing Board meeting on 09.02.2023. This followed a consultation period from 10.10.2022 to 28.11.2022. Please note that the faith-based oversubscription criteria has been removed from the policy. Therefore this is the first year that a separate St Andrew's Supplementary Information Form is NOT required.
Appeals for September 2024 (after offers made)
Whilst we would be delighted to accept all applicants for a place at St Andrew's, current infant class size legislation requires that we can only take 45 pupils in our Reception cohort. In order to ensure fairness to all, we set a table of criteria, broken down into several categories clearly listed in the 2024-25 Admissions Policy.
If our Reception classes are over-subscribed, then we carefully place the applicants into their correct category.
You may also wish to place your child on the waiting list for the Reception class; if you wish us to do so, please inform the school in writing once places have been offered as well as putting in an appeal.
Should you wish to refer this matter to a full appeal then it is your right to do so; however please be aware that the rules set down have been correctly followed by the Admissions Committee and the Governors will therefore defend any appeal that is instigated. Your appeal should clearly detail why you believe the policy categories have not been followed.
It is worth noting that if the Panel accepts that admission of an additional child would breach the infant class size legislation, the Panel will then only allow an appeal if satisfied that our published criteria are unlawful or had not been properly followed for your child (and that he/she would otherwise have been offered a place), or that we have acted unreasonably.
If you wish to appeal, please complete and return the form below by 14 May and we will arrange for an Independent Appeals Panel to be convened to hear your appeal. Appeals received by this date will be held in June/July but by17 July 2024 at the latest.
Please note that you can appeal after the 14 May 2024 but we cannot then guarantee that your appeal will be heard before the start of the new school year. Appeals are not heard in school holidays.
Appeals Form Return to Governors@st-andrewscofe.worcs.sch.uk by 14 May 2024