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Admissions Policy

Children are admitted to Harewood Primary School in line with the Stockton LA Admissions Policy. The
Admissions Officer can be contacted for guidance at:
Education Dept, Municipal Buildings, Church Road, Stockton, TS18 1XE (Tel: 01642 393939)

Nursery Admission
The Nursery is able to admit up to 78 Nursery aged children for up to 15 hours a week and as part of
this we have 8 places for 30 hour provision.. The sessions have flexible start and finish times from
8.15am until 4.15pm. Children in Nursery who begin at 8.15am are using their Nursery hours and are not
part of Breakfast Club arrangements in the hall.

30 Hours of Childcare
We offer up to 8 places for older Nursery children whose parents quality for 30 hours of childcare.
The additional hours are available to families where:
• Both parents are working (or the sole parent in a lone parent family)
• Each parent has a weekly minimum income equivalent to 16 hours at national minimum wage or
living wage; (a parent who is a higher earner could in fact only work for 4 hours a week but would
still be entitled to the additional 15hours childcare).
• Neither parent has an income of more than £100,000 per year.

Parents / carers can contact the school office and complete a form to put their child on our waiting list.
We will contact parents and offer a place when a vacancy becomes available as soon after a child’s third
birthday as we can. When a place is offered a member of the Nursery Team or the Parent Support
Advisor will arrange to visit you and your child at home. A booklet telling you more about the Nursery
will be given to you. Arrangements will be made for you and your child to make some visits. This makes
your child feel happier and secure and gives a good start to school life.

When the children move up to Reception in September we offer the vacant Nursery places to existing 3
year olds on our list. We fill quickly in the Autumn Term and are usually up to our capacity by December.
Once the Nursery is full children are placed on our waiting list until either the following September or
until a child leaves creating a vacancy. If there are children of the same age waiting for a place then we
apply the following criteria in order of importance: Children Looked After; Education Health and Social
Care Plans; sibling links and proximity to the school.

Reception Class Admission
The Local Authority Admissions Team manages the admission criteria for children moving into Reception
classes. There are three Reception classes which can admit up to sixty pupils. Parents must complete an
application form (or on-line application) which is posted (or forwarded) to the Local Authority. We have
been oversubscribed since 2015 and many parents were disappointed not to receive a place. Parents
need to be aware that the Local Authority allocates places according to whether a child is looked
after by the Local Authority or ever has been; how close to school they live, whether there is a
sibling already attending the school and whether the child has SEN. Attending Harewood Nursery
is not considered at all by the Local Authority Admission Team when allocating places. An appeals
process is in place for those who are unsuccessful.

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