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If your child’s 5th birthday is between 1 September 2023 and 31 August 2024 then you will need to apply for a Reception Class Place for September 2023.
Knutton St Mary’s CE Academy has 30 places for September 2023.
The quickest and easiest way is to apply online to the Local Authority where you pay your council tax. If you are unsure then you can check at https://www.gov.uk/find-local-council by entering your post code
For parents living in Staffordshire and paying council tax to a Staffordshire borough (moorlands, Stafford borough etc):
The online service opens on November 2022 for applications. The closing date for applications in January 2023.
The website for applications to Staffordshire County Council is:
https://www.staffordshire.gov.uk/education/schoolsandcolleges/admissions/Apply/apply.aspx
The Annual National offer date for all reception places is April. If you have applied online you will receive your school place offer by e mail on offer day.
Admissions strongly advise you to make more than one preference. You will not gain an advantage by only listing one.
- Do not list the same school 3 times.
- Admissions consider all applications at the same time. Priority is not given to those who put the school as a first preference, or on a ‘first come first served’ basis.
- If you miss the deadline, contact your relevant Local Authority admissions team to make a late application as soon as possible.
- Last year 93% of Staffordshire children received an offer of their first preference school and 98% got one of their top 3.
- Even if you have an older sibling at the school you must apply for the younger one.
In consultation with the school governors, the Local Authority determines the number of pupils that may be admitted to a school in each year: this is generally referred to as the school’s published admission number (PAN).
If the number of pupils seeking admission exceeds the number of available places, the following order of priority will apply: –
- Children in Care and children who ceased to be in care because they were adopted (or became subject to a residence order or special guardianship order).