Great Massingham & Harpley CE Schools Federation

Admissions Policy Statement

As Voluntary Controlled School Federation, we follow the Norfolk County Council policy for first admissions to school which is as follows:

By law children must start statutory education full time at the beginning of the term following their fifth birthday.  Where admission is offered prior to compulsory school age, parents may defer their child’s entry into school until later in that academic year.

For Community and Voluntary Controlled Schools, children born between 1^st September and the end of February may start school full time at the beginning of the autumn term before their fifth birthday.

Children born between the 1^st March and 31^st August, may start school full time from September or, if parents prefer, part time at the beginning of the autumn term before their fifth birthday and full time at the beginning of the spring term before their fifth birthday.

If there are more applications for places than there are places available, the Local Education Authority will give preference to children living nearest the school according to the following criteria in this order of priority:

1. Children with a statement of Special Educational Needs naming that school
2. Children who live within the designated area and have a brother or sister attending the school at the time of their admission
3. Children who live within the designated area and have no brother or sister attending the school
4. Children who live outside the designated area and have a brother or sister attending the school at the time of their admission
5. Children living outside of the designated area and have no brother or sister attending the school at the time of their admission

Adopted by the Governing Body