Prospective Parent Question and Answer Meetings

Wednesday 11th November 2020 at 10am

Monday 16th November 2020 at 6pm

Thursday 3rd December 2020 at 1:30pm

For meeting login details please contact the school office:

01268 282433

info@noakbridge.essex.sch.uk

Please look at our website for information about the school.

It would be beneficial to watch the Virtual Tour and read the documents provided below.

Primary school places

You can apply for Reception school place at an Essex primary school between 9 November 2020 and 15 January 2021.

Before you apply

You should:

• check you live in the Essex administrative area
• read the primary school admissions booklet.

You may want to check the priority admission catchment area schools.

Apply

Apply online for a Reception school place up to and including the 15 January 2021.

Please ensure that your online application is submitted by 15 January 2021. Remember to re-submit after making any changes before the deadline.

All application received after 15 January will be treated as late and will only be processed after all on-time applications.

You are less likely to get a place at one of your preferred schools if you apply later.

View your application

View your application

You cannot change your preferences online after the closing date. If you are changing address, you must email the School Admissions Team with:

• your child’s details
• your new address
• proof of new address which must be:
• a copy of a signed tenancy agreement if you are renting
• a solicitor’s letter confirming you have exchanged contracts if you are purchasing your new home

School Admissions Team

Get in touch if you have a query about your application or if you are changing address.

Email: admissions@essex.gov.uk

School place offers

Offers will be sent to online applicants by email on 16 April 2021.

From 16 April 2021, if you applied online, you can log into your account to see your allocation.

Find out more about what to do after you get your school offer.

Secondary School Applications

Admissions to secondary schools are co-ordinated by the Local Authority (LA). Parents and carers should apply online, if you cannot apply online you can download a Common Application Form (see below) to complete. You should list the schools that you wish to apply for, in order of preference.

Our advice when completing the Common Application Form would be:

1. Ensure that your forms are submitted by the closing date of 31^st October 2020. If they are not submitted by this date your child’s application will be treated as a ‘late application’ and you will be put to the bottom of priority lists. In the past this has resulted in children from the school not being allocated a school in the local area.

1. Please list schools in preference order.  If you only list one or two schools and are not successful in gaining a place for your child, then this may result in your child being allocated a place in the nearest school with spaces available.

Timetable – September 2021 Secondary School Co-ordinated Admission Round

This would be our usual advice to parents at this time, but in these uncertain times this advice may change

• Please make sure that you visit school websites for 'Virtual Open Evenings' which have replaced the usual Open Evenings or Open Days. 
• When you apply online please ensure that you receive confirmation that your application has been received.
• If you are applying for a place for your child at Billericay and you live outside the priority admissions area (and there is not a sibling attending Billericay) your child will need to sit the entrance exam. Parents and carers need to contact Billericay School directly in order to enter the child for their entrance test.

Applications for Selective School Places (11+)

Several parents and carers have expressed an interest in their children sitting the 11+.  Please make sure that you register your child should you wish them to take the entrance exam.

The majority of information can be found at the Consortium of Selective Schools in Essex (CSSE) website.  www.csse.org.uk

The key information, which I have taken directly from the website, is as follows:

The Information Guide for 2021 Entry will be published on the website in the Summer Term.

2021 Entry Examination: Saturday 7th November and Monday 9th November 2020
 

Registration for 2021 Entry: 19th May 2020 until 1st July 2020.

All Important Dates will be published in due course.

We would recommend that parents and carers look on this site for practise papers and information.

Primary and junior school places for September 2021

From November 2020 you can apply online for your child’s primary (Reception) or junior (year 3) school place.

You must submit an application by the national closing date in January 2021. Applications received after this date are considered late and will reduce your chance of being offered a place at your preferred schools.

Admission Arrangements

How to apply for mid-year admissions

We are a single site primary school. We are a one-form entry school with an annual intake of 30.

To apply for a school place for your child, you need to follow the following procedure:

For all year group applications including Reception – you must apply for your child’s school place via the Essex County Council’s web page:www.essex.gov.uk/admissions.

Once your application has been processed, you will receive a letter from Essex County Council informing you if a place is available or not (this can take up to 3 weeks). If a place is not available you will be added to our waiting list.

In the event of oversubscription places will be allocated using the following criteria in the order given:

1. Looked After Children and previously looked after children;
2. Children with a sibling* attending the school;
3. Children living in the priority admission area;
4. Remaining applications.

In the event of oversubscription within any of the above criteria, priority will be determined by straight line distance from home to school, those living closest being given the highest priority.

Appealing an Admission Decision

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If you wish to appeal a decision made about a place at this school you can do so online at:

 https://www.essex.gov.uk/after-your-school-offer/appeals

CONSULTATION FOR CHANGES TO OUR 2022-2023 ADMISSIONS ARRANGEMENTS

In accordance with the School Admissions Code,  views are sought on the proposed changes to our 2022-2023 admission arrangements.

A copy of the admission arrangements are below, with the proposed changes highlighted. 

The consultation period will last from Thursday 15^th October 2020 to Thursday 3^rd December 2020 (allowing for half term). 

 Please send any comments on this consultation, marked for the attention of, Mr Damian Pye, to: admin@noakbridge.essex.sch.uk

All responses will be collated and passed to the Trust Board for formal discussion and approval after the end of the consultation process.  The final determined policies will be published on the website by Monday 4^th January 2021.