St Gabriel’s CofE Primary School is part of the Rainbow Education Multi-Academy Trust. We follow the Trust’s admission policy, which takes full account of the guidance in the School Admission’s Code of Practice and of the 2010 Equalities Act.

On this page, you can access our school’s Admissions Policy, which provides the criteria for how we determine places allocated to our school. If you require any further information, please do not hesitate to get in touch with us.

School Statement:

At St Gabriel’s C.E Primary School we are dedicated to ensuring that children are made to feel welcome and have the best start to their educational journey. This is regardless of what time of year or which year group the pupil is entering.

Aim:

To outline the correct procedures and protocol for children entering:

• Nursery
• Reception
• Other Year Groups

Admissions into the Nursery:

All families have the opportunity to visit the Nursery before requesting a place. We give priority to looked after children and those who are eligible for the Early Years Pupil Premium, those who have other siblings in school and according to the distance they live from school.

Children are eligible to join Nursery from the term after their third birthday. This, however, is dependent upon the availability of space for either 15 hour or 30 hour funded places.

Transition into our Nursery is different for each child, some children settle quickly and are ready to attend for their full entitlement straight away, others may need to build up the time they spend at Nursery and may require a parent/carer to stay with them for the first few sessions.

To apply for a nursery place, parents/carers can call into the office for an admissions form or call the office on 0151 477 8250. Once a form has been completed, this must be handed into the school office with the child’s birth certificate. The school will inform parents/carers of a proposed start date.

Admission into Reception:

All admissions are in accordance with the Trust’s admission policy and at St Gabriel's our PAN is 30 pupils. Published trust-wide criteria will be used if there are more applications than places available. Again, we give priority to looked after children and those who are eligible for the Early Years Pupil Premium, followed by those who have siblings in school and then according to the distance children live from school. If we are oversubscribed, we will apply our over- subscription criteria fairly. If you are not offered a place, you are entitled to appeal.

These schools will offer every child who applies, whether of the faith, another faith or no faith, a place at the school if there are places available.

The following criteria will be adhered to in consideration of all applications:

Priority 1
Children whose statement of special educational needs and/or disability (SEND) or Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP) names the school. Looked-after and previously looked-after children under the care of the admission authority, including those adopted or under specific orders, are included.

Priority 2
Children whose parents are committed members and regular worshippers at St Gabriel's Parish Church. Attendance requirements will consider periods when the church or alternative premises were unavailable for worship.

Priority 3
Children whose parents seek a faith-based education and regularly attend public worship (at least 2 out of 4 weeks for six months). Attendance requirements adjust for periods when worship premises were unavailable.

Priority 4
Children with a sibling at the school when they start. Siblings include biological, step, half, and adopted brothers or sisters.

Priority 5
Children eligible for the early years pupil premium, the pupil premium or the service premium who are in a nursery class which is part of the school; attend a nursery that is established and run by the school.

Priority 6
Children living closest to the school's main entrance on Ellis Ashton Street. Distance is measured via pathways and highways maintained by the local authority.

 

Waiting lists for oversubscribed schools will be drawn up in accordance with the admission policy.  Children who are not admitted will have their name placed on a waiting list. The names on this waiting list will be in the order resulting from the application of the criteria. Late applicants for the school will be slotted into the order according to the oversubscription criteria. If a place becomes available within the admission number, the child whose name is at the top of the list will be offered a place. This is not dependent on whether an appeal has been submitted.

 

Procedures for in-year admissions:

To enquire about a place for an in-year transfer, please request an application form from the school office. Admission for in-year transfers is dependent on space within the cohort requested. Both KS1 and KS2 maximum allowance is 30 spaces per class. This is due to the amount of space available and number of staff employed. In the event of there being no space available within a specific cohort, the pupil will be added to the waiting list in order of request. Only pupils with the school named in their EHC plan, other siblings in the school or LAC children will be fast-tracked to receiving a place. We will contact you occasionally to check that you wish your child’s name to stay on the waiting list. We will also contact you when we are in a position to offer your child a place.

Please click here for information on Knowsley Council school admissions. This council website provides full details and requirements you need to meet to apply for a school place online. In addition, please click the button below to read the REMAT admissions policy.

Summary:
We know that each child is different and so our admissions arrangements are flexible to suit the needs of individual children and their families and details for these admission arrangemtns can be found in our policy.