The Nursery Class

Nursery session times are as following:

Morning Nursery: 9am-12pm 

Afternoon Nursery: 12.15pm - 3.15pm

If you are eligible for 30 hours funding, times are 9am-3.15pm. You can supply your child with a packed lunch or opt for a school meal at a cost of £2.25. We are able to offer funding for 3 and 4 year olds.

If you are not eligible for 30 hours free funding, you can pay for your child to stay for the afternoon session and the cost is £14.00. You can supply your child with a packed lunch or pay for a school dinner, the cost of which is £2.25. 

Application forms and further details are available from the School Office.

The Reception class

Children start at the beginning of the academic year (September) in which they become five.

It is important to remember that having a place in our nursery does NOT guarantee a place in the reception class and a separate application form should be completed.

KS1 and KS2 Admissions

Our standard number is 30 children per year group in Key Stage 1 and 2 and 26 children in Nursery. 

The criteria, in order of priority, are:

• children living in the priority area who have a brother or sister at the school at the time of admission.
• children living in the priority area.
• children from outside the priority area who have a brother or sister at the school at the time of admission.
• children living outside the priority area.

 

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:

• By email admissionsconsultation@reach2.org
• Complete the e-form at www.reach2.org/admissions
• By post Admissions Consultation, REAch2 Academy Trust, C/O Henhurst Ridge Primary Academy, Henhurst Ridge, Burton Upon Trent, DE13 9TQ