South Avenue Primary School Prospectus

Admission arrangements must reference applications for children to be taught outside their expected year group

Requests for admission outside of the normal age group should be made to the Head of School of each preferred school as early as possible in the admissions round associated with that child’s date of birth. This will allow the school and admissions authority sufficient time to make a decision before the closing date. Parents are not expected to provide evidence to support their request to defer their application, however where provided it must be specific to the child in question. This might include medical or Educational Psychologist reports. There is no legal requirement for this medical or educational evidence to be secured from an appropriate professional, however, failure to provide this may impede a school’s ability to agree to deferral. Parents are required to complete an application for the normal point of entry at the same time, in case their request is declined. This application can be cancelled if the school agrees to accept a deferred application for entry into Year R the following year. Deferred applications must be made via paper CAF to the LA, with written confirmation from each named school attached. Deferred applications will be processed in the same way as all applications for the cohort in the following admissions round, and offers will be made in accordance with each school’s oversubscription criteria. Parents of summer-born children (born between April 1 st and August 31 st ) can now make a request to the admission authorities and the Head of School for their child to start the next academic year (thus, being up to 5 years and 5 months). The parents would need to demonstrate why it i s in their child’s best interest that they be considered for admission outside the normal age range, guidance suggests this should only be agreed in very limited circumstances. Admission will be for the child to start school in the September following their 5 th birthday. The child will be able to remain with the same age group as they progress through the school, including into secondary school.

For further information regarding admissions please see our Admissions Policy document.

Attendance

Regular and punctual attendance at school is both a legal requirement and is essential for pupils to maximise their educational opportunities. The school has an expectation of a minimum of 96.2% attendance for all pupils. It is important that children attend regularly, since every child’s wellbeing and success partly rests upon this. Whenever your child is absent, please telephone or text the school office on each day of absence before 9am. Government legislation means that we must record all authorised and unauthorised absences. Please refer to our Attendance Policy for further information.

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