Admissions

**We currently have a few spaces available in some of our classes. Please contact the school office if you would like to come and see why we have been declared the 'Number One School in West Berkshire'**

If you would like your child to attend our school, please see full details of our admission arrangements below. We welcome visits from prospective parents at anytime throughout the year.

Applications for entry into our Reception class begins in October (for entry in the following academic year). Prospective parents should apply for a school place by the closing date in the academic year of their child's 4th Birthday.

Our Pupil Admission Number (P.A.N) is 15 i.e we can offer up to a maximum of 15 pupils a place in our reception class (in very exceptional circumstances we may exceed our P.A.N). Over 60% of our current pupil cohort comes from out of catchment. The headteacher would be delighted to show prospective parents around the school - please ring or e-mail the office to make an appointment.

Woolhampton School Catchment Area

2021/2022 Academic Year

Parents who need to apply for a place starting in the 2021/2022 academic year are those with a child whose date of birth is between 1st September 2016 and 31st August 2017. On-time applicants can apply for a school place from October 2020, online (Online Application Form) or by post. The closing date for application is 15th January 2021. Late applicants can still apply but will need to post or email an application form. Depending on the time and reason that a late application is received, it may still be considered in the normal round of admissions. Offers are made to all West Berkshire applicants on the 16th April 2021. Further information on how and when to apply for a place at Woolhampton C.E. Primary School and application data for 2020 is available from the West Berkshire Council Website.

The Admissions Policy for the September 2021 intake can be viewed here

Access to the West Berkshire School Admission Guide, can be accessed here.

Consultation on 2022/2023 School Admissions Policy

The Governing Body of Woolhampton Church of England Primary School will be consulting on the School’s Admissions Policy for the September 2022 intake between 21^st December 2020 and 31^st January 2021.

The 2022/2023 Admissions Policy may be viewed at the following link:

W oolhampton CE Primary School - Admissions Policy 2022/2023

Should you wish to make any comments regarding the admissions policy, please email admissions_consultation@woolhamptonschool.org by 31^st January 2021.

School admission authorities must consult on their admission arrangements if they propose a change other than an increase to their published admission number. They must also consult if they have not consulted in the last seven years. In the case of Woolhampton Church of England Primary School, the consultation is required due to proposed changes to the School’s admissions criteria. These are summarised as follows:

All references in the existing admissions policy to “older sibling(s)” will be replaced with “sibling(s)”.
The following oversubscription criterion will be added to the existing criteria:

“Children whose home address is in the school's catchment area, and have a sibling attending the school at the time of application and who is expected still to be attending the school at the proposed date of entry."*

*This includes siblings who will be attending the School for the first time during the 2022/2023 academic years and have already been allocated a place.

Timeline for the Consultation Process

21 December 2020 – 31 January 2021	Governing Body consult on proposed admission arrangements
28 February 2021	Admission arrangement are determined by the Governing Body
15 March 2021	Admission arrangements are published
15 May 2021	Deadline for objections to the Admissions Adjudicator

In Year and Late Admissions

Information on how to apply for any year group in our school, at times other than the normal admission points, is available on the West Berkshire Council Website.

Appeal Information

For information on how to appeal against a West Berkshire Council decision, can be found on their website. Information from the Department for Education can also be located on their website.

MARCH 2020 UPDATE: Due to the current coronavirus pandemic the appeals deadlines for 2020 are under review. Below are the proposed dates for appeal deadlines - the deadline will depend on when schools return and the various different return date scenarios are as follows:

Secondary Appeals
On time appeals final date:	18^th May
Return after Easter:	2^nd June
Return after May half term:	3^rd July
Return in September:	6^th October

Primary Appeals
On time appeals final date:	20^th July
Return after Easter:	20^th July (as above)
Return after May half term:	9^th October
Return in September:	2^nd December


In-year appeals	These will be heard as soon as possible after schools return from the coronavirus closure

For information on the West Berkshire procedure or details of the Department for Educations admission code, please click on the relevant logo.