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Admissions

Cambridgeshire Local Authority (LA) is responsible for handling the admissions for our school.   Parents will be informed in the April prior to admission whether a place is available for their child. 

Places will be allocated on the basis of the Published Admission Number (PAN) for the year group and the admissions criteria set. 

ALL admission enquiries for reception - year 6 should be directed via the Local Authority using the links below.

Details of organising and hearing admission appeals can be found within the First Steps document on the Local Authority website and included as a PDF below.

February 2024

We currently have spaces in the following year groups, this information is updated regularly.

Year Groups 

Reception – 2 Spaces only

Year 1 - Spaces

Year 2 - 1 Space only

Year 3 – Spaces

Year 4 - Full

Year 5 - Spaces 

Year 6 - Spaces

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to call the school office on:

01223 880408

Or email office@gw.act-academytrust.org 

We look forward to welcoming you to our school.

Oversubscription Criteria:

Children who have a Statement of Special Educational Need (SEN) / Education Health and Care Plan (EHCP) that names the school will be admitted. NB. Those children with a statement of SEN / EHCP that does not name the school will be referred to the Statutory Assessment Team (SAT) to determine an appropriate place.

1. Children in Care (CIC) and Children who were previously in care (CIC) but ceased to be so by reason of adoption, a residence order (now known as a child arrangement order) or special guardianship order ;

2. Children who appear to have been in state care outside of England and ceases to be in state care as a result of being adopted.

3. Children living in the catchment area with a sibling at the school (or partner infant/junior school) at the time of admission;

4. Children living in the catchment area;

5. Children living outside the catchment area who have a sibling at the school (or partner infant/junior school) at the time of admission;

6. Children of members of staff, providing that they have been employed for a minimum of two years and/or are recruited to fill a vacant post for which there is a demonstrable skills shortage.

7. Children who live outside the catchment area, but nearest the school as measured by a straight line.

In cases of equal merit in each set of criteria, priority will go to children living nearest the school as measured by a straight line. 

 

Cambridgeshire Local Authority (LA) is responsible for all school admission appeals.

School places are allocated on the basis of the Published Admission Number (PAN) for the year group and the admissions criteria set by the LA. 

Details of organising and hearing admission appeals can be found through Cambridgeshire County Council - Appeals

Reception Places

Applications for Reception children are now closed.  For further information to apply as a late application please visit Cambridgeshire County Council Admissions.

The deadline for applications was Monday 15th January 2024, the national offer date is Tuesday 16th April 2024.

Nursery Places

If you would like a Nursery place in our Foundation Stage Unit (for children who have turned 3) please contact Mrs Crisp in the School Office in the first instance. 

In Cambridgeshire, a child is deemed to be of nursery age from the beginning of the term following their 3rd birthday until 31st August following their fourth birthday. For this purpose, the terms are as follows (these are in line with the Early Years Education Funding term dates): 

Autumn term – 1st September to 31st December; Spring term – 1st January to 31st March; Summer term – 1st April to 31st August.

Parents can register their interest in a nursery place at any time by contacting the School and completing an Expression of Interest Form.  We also offer a Lunch Club for those children approaching school age meaning that they can stay for an extra hour and sample a school lunch.

If you have any questions, please contact the School Business Manager Mrs Kim Crisp office@greatwilbraham.cambs.sch.uk