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:
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