Admissions to Nursery Classes 2005-2006

Guidance for Headteachers on the Arrangements for Admission to Nursery Classes for April 2006.

Please see following instructions for submitting waiting list for April 2006 Nursery Intake. Please follow instructions carefully and ensure all relevant information is included, especially the FULL POSTCODE.

You will by now have an idea of the number of vacant places remaining in your nursery class, which may be filled in April 2006.

We will collect the data electronically, via anycomms, and guidance on how to do this is included with this letter. You are requested to provide a list of all children currently attending the nursery class together with a waiting list of children whose birthdates fall between 1.09.2001 and 31.12.2003 immediately after Friday 3rd February 2006. These will be passed on to the Early Years and Childcare Department for administration.

The first rule for admission to nursery classes at community and voluntary controlled schools reads:

"Children with independently verified evidence of additional need". Where a school wishes to prioritise a child according to this rule, the Headteacher will be expected to keep on file, for future verification, the evidence used to support the application. At present it is not possible to collect this information electronically. Where schools have a child or children on their waiting lists with independently verified evidence of additional needs, they are asked to e-mail this information to Sue Brown in the Early Years Department, giving the following information in respect of each child: Name, Date of birth, Nature of evidence held on file (e.g. SEN Statement, health visitor or speech therapy report, letter of support from a social worker etc.) It is not necessary to send the evidence to the Early Year's team. The above information should be e-mailed to: Sue Brown, Senior Administrative Assistant at sue.brown@norfolk.gov.uk.

Where a nursery class is already full you are asked to inform the Early Years and Childcare Team by telephone or e-mail and no further correspondence will be required.

Where a nursery class is able to accommodate all of the children on the list, the school will be returned the list of children, to whom places in the nursery class may be offered, via anycomms. Schools should inform parents of this offer by letter on Friday 3rd March 2006.

When children are offered places in a nursery class, it would be helpful to point out to parents in the letter that transport to and from early education provision is not available. Similarly a place at the nursery class does not guarantee a place in the school, neither is there an expectation that the child offered a place should apply for a place at that school. An example of a letter is attached.

Where a nursery class is oversubscribed, the Early Years and Childcare Department will prioritise the applicants according to the admissions criteria. The school will be sent a list of the children who may be offered a place in the nursery class on Friday 3rd March 2006 and a prioritised list of applicants who may be offered places if any places become vacant, via anycomms. If required, the Early Years and Childcare Department will send letters to unsuccessful applicants suggesting alternative options.

Where a school receives a request for a place in the nursery class after Friday 3rd February, the information should be kept on file at the school and sent to the Early Years Department for allocation.

If there are any further queries please contact:
Sue Brown, Senior Administrative Assistant, Telephone: 01603 223462, Email: sue.brown@norfolk.gov.uk



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Example Letter