Admissions Policy

Pupil Admissions Limit : 120 per year group

Birkby Infants' & Nursery School follows Kirklees authority guidelines.

Children start school:

Places in school will be offered to children in the following order of priority:

1. children with a Statement of Special Educational Needs which names the school;

2. children in public care(Looked after children)

3. children living in the school’s priority admission area who have an older brother or sister attending from the same address at the date of admission;

4. other children living in the school’s priority admission area;

5. children who live outside the priority area who have an older brother or sister attending from the same address at the time of admission;

6. children who live outside the priority area.

Notes

(a) Children in priorities 1 and 2 above may also be admitted above the Published Admission Number (PAN).

(b) If we cannot agree to requests for admission in priorities 3 to 6 above without exceeding the PAN, we will give priority up to the PAN to children living nearest the school. Distance is measured in a straight line. Children living nearer to the school, measured in a straight line.

(c) ‘Live’ means the child’s permanent home at the date when applications close, or if a significant house move is involved, 16th December 2007.

(d) For children transferring from First and Middle schools, preference within any of the priority groups above(up to the PAN) will be given to children attending either a first school in the middle school priority admission area, or a middle school in the high school priority admission area.

(e) A Priority Admission Area means a geographical area determined by Kirklees in Consultation with the governing body of the school.

Further information can be obtained by contacting the Education Service at:

Oldgate House, 2 Oldgate, Huddersfield, HD1 6QW (Tel: 225008)

Visiting Arrangements

Prospective parents are most welcome to make an individual visit to school by arranging an appointment with the Headteacher.

Parents/carers will be invited to visit the school and meet staff during the term prior to your child's admission.