Admissions

REAch2 Academy Trust (the Trust), as the admission authority for all of its academies as per the admissions code 2021, is consulting on the admission arrangements for all of its schools. It is the responsibility of the Trust to determine the arrangements for all of its schools, ensuring that they are fully compliant with the admissions code 2021 and other statutory legislation, such as the Equalities Act 2010.

On 4 October 2023, the Trust Board approved several variations to the current arrangements, which seek to add clarity to a number of key definitions within the policy. The new policy also includes more information on how parents can access other admissions related information, including in-year admissions, appeals processes, and Fair Access Protocol’s.

The new policies do not propose any change to the school’s existing over-subscription criteria. The new policy seeks to make clear that children within the final category of the over-subscription criteria are ranked by the distance they live from the school. The Trust has therefore re-named this criterion from ‘other children’ to ‘distance’. Children within that criterion will still be ranked in the same way.

You can find the proposed school policy for 2025/2026 by visiting Academy Directory – REAch2 Academy Trust

The consultation will run from 6 December 2023 to 31 January 2024.

We welcome feedback from all stakeholders on the proposed arrangements. Responses to the consultation may be placed by any of the following means:

Arrangements for Admission
Children starting school for the very first time are admitted to Pemberley Academy once a year, sometime in July; depending upon the number of pupils being admitted in any given cohort.

Pemberley Academy Primary School is able to admit 30 pupils into any year group from Reception to Year 6. Once this number has been reached the school is considered to be full in that particular age group.

The Governors have adopted the Authority’s admissions policy under which there is no guarantee of a place for children living in the priority admissions area. In the event of over-subscription the following criteria will be applied, in the order given, to determine allocation of available places:

· Children looked after

· Children with a sibling already attending the school

. Children of school staff fulfilling a skills shortage role

· Children living in the priority admission area

· Children living outside the priority admission area

· Remaining applications.

Should there be over-subscription within any of the above criteria priority will be given to those families living closest, in straight-line distance, to the school. Exceptional medical circumstances (supported by evidence) may override the above criteria. The Pupil Services Department of the Local Authority considers applications for the admission of children, not the school itself.

Details about this are available from the school office.

*Please note that this admissions policy is currently out for consultation and is subject to change

*For further information, please see documents on this page

Applying for a mid-year place at our school
All mid-year applications should be made directly to the school office. The mid-year application form can be obtained by emailing or calling the school admin.pemberley@reach2.org or 01279 215745. Mid-year applications (sometimes called in-year applications) are any application for a school place made to a year group, apart from September admissions to Reception.
For applications into existing year groups, a place will be offered when the number of pupils in the relevant year group is below the admission number for that year group.
Please note: if a mid-year application is received during a school holiday period, we will respond as soon as possible when the school reopens.
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