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CONSULTATION ON PROPOSED CHANGE TO ADMISSION ARRANGEMENTS

FOR SAWLEY JUNIOR SCHOOL 2025/26

Admissions to Sawley Junior School

Admissions 2023-24

Apply for a primary, infant and junior school place

If your child was born between 1 September 2018 and 31 August 2019 you should have applied for their infant or primary school place by 15 January 2023. They will eligible to start school in September 2023. The closing date has now passed, but you can still make a late primary school application from Monday 24 January 2023.

Apply for a junior school place

If your child was born between 1 September 2015 and 31 August 2016 and is in their last year at infant school you should have applied for their junior school place by 15 January 2023. The closing date has now passed but you can still make a late junior school application from 9am on Monday 23 January 2023.

Make a late application for a junior school place.

You'll get your offer on 17 April 2023. If you're unhappy with the decision you can appeal.

Changing school at other times

If you're moving to Derbyshire or want to apply for your child to move schools other than at the normal admission or transfer time, you can find out how to change schools.

Appeals

If you're unable to get a place for your child in your preferred school you can make an appeal against the decision. Your appeal will be heard by an appeal panel independent of the school and the council.

School preference

You have a legal right to express a preference for which school you want your child to go to. This isn't the same as being able to choose.

Where you have us of a preference for our school and there are places we'll try to offer you a place. However, there's no automatic right to a place at a particular school and it may not always be possible to offer a place. 

Published Admissions Number (PAN)

The Published Admissions Number (PAN) for Sawley Junior School is 90 pupils for 2023/24

Admissions & Oversubscription Criteria

See below for 2023/24

Admissions 2024-25

Apply for a primary, infant and junior school place

If your child was born between 1 September 2019 and 31 August 2020 you should have applied for their infant or primary school place by 15 January 2024. They will eligible to start school in September 2024. 

Apply for a junior school place

If your child was born between 1 September 2016 and 31 August 2017 and is in their last year at infant school you should have applied for their junior school place by 15 January 2024.

You'll get your offer on 16 April 2024. If you're unhappy with the decision you can appeal.

Changing school at other times

If you're moving to Derbyshire or want to apply for your child to move schools other than at the normal admission or transfer time, you can find out how to change schools.

Appeals

If you're unable to get a place for your child in your preferred school you can make an appeal against the decision. Your appeal will be heard by an appeal panel independent of the school and the council.

School preference

You have a legal right to express a preference for which school you want your child to go to. This isn't the same as being able to choose.

Where you have told us of a preference for our school and there are places, we'll try to offer you a place. However, there's no automatic right to a place at a particular school and it may not always be possible to offer a place. 

Published Admissions Number (PAN)

The Published Admissions Number (PAN) for Sawley Junior School is 90 pupils for 2024/25

Admissions & Oversubscription Criteria

See below for 2024/25

Useful Links

Admissions Policy

Outcome of the statutory consultation on the admission arrangements for Sawley Junior School (2024/2025)   

The directors of Willows Academy Trust last consulted on the admissions arrangements for Sawley Junior School in Autumn 2022 for admissions in 2024/25, in accordance with the statutory requirement set out in the School Admissions Code for schools to consult on their admissions arrangements every 7 years.  The consultation ran from 21 October 2022 to 9 December 2022.  No responses were received.  As the admissions authority for Willows Academy Trust, the Board of Directors agreed that no change would be made to the admissions arrangements for Sawley Junior School for 2024/25 

The Willows Academy Trust Admissions Policy and the admissions arrangements for Sawley Junior School are available here on our school website and on the Willows Academy Trust website.  Copies are available on request.

If you wish to comment on the current admission arrangements please contact:

Diane Dakin (clerk to the Board of Directors)

c/o Sawley Junior School

Wilmot Street

Sawley

Long Eaton

Notts

NG10 3DQ

Email: ddakin@sawley-inf.derbyshire.sch.uk

Admissions 2025-26

CONSULTATION ON PROPOSED CHANGE TO ADMISSION ARRANGEMENTS

FOR SAWLEY JUNIOR SCHOOL

The trustees of ONE Academy Trust are consulting on proposed changes to the admissions arrangements for Sawley Junior School.

The proposed changes would take effect for admissions in 2025/2026.

The changes to the policy are:

1. The change of Admissions Authority to ONE Academy Trust due to the merger of the former Believe Academy Trust and the Willows Academy Trust and the associated name change to ONE Academy Trust.
2. A reformatting of the admissions policy and arrangements to provide a common format across ONE Academy Trust schools and to ensure clarity of the statutory Fair Access Protocols that apply to admissions.      

All other criteria and priorities remain in line with the current published admissions arrangements for Sawley Junior School.

The admissions arrangements for Sawley Junior School are available here on our school website.  Copies are available on request.

The consultation will run from Monday 20^th November 2023 to Monday 8^th January 2024.

If you wish to comment on the proposed changes please contact: info@sawley-jun.derbyshire.sch.uk

After the consultation period, all responses will be considered by the Board of Trustees in their role as the admissions authority for the schools in ONE Academy Trust. 

The outcome of the consultation will be notified to all parents/carers and anyone who has submitted comments, and posted on the Sawley Junior School and ONE Academy Trust websites by the end of February 2024.