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Hickling CofE Infants Academy
Context
Executive Headteacher
Mrs Natalie Butcher
Multi-school
Cluster
Age range
4-7
Status
Academy Converter
Type
Infant
DfE Number
3045
Contact details
Address
Hickling CofE Infants Academy
The Street
Hickling
Norwich
Norfolk
NR12 0XX
Telephone
01692-598355
Fax
01692-598355
Map
Areas
School & Community Zone
LA Area
North & East
Diocese
Norwich
Councillor division
South Smallburgh
District
North Norfolk
Councillor
Richard Price (Conservative)
Ofsted
Ofsted outcome
Last inspection
23/05/2017
Pupil numbers
Number on Roll (May 2024)
27
Planned admission numbers (2024/25)
10
Planned admission numbers (2025/26)
8
Proposed Admission numbers (2026/27)
8
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SEND Provision
Mixed year groups
All
Nurture provision
Yes
School visits
  • Open days
Transition support
  • Home visits
  • Transition week
Facilities
  • Forest school / bushcraft
  • Inclusive before school provision
  • Inclusive after school provision
Therapeutic Offer
  • Speech and Language therapy
Mental health support
  • Mental Health Champion
Curriculum Offer
Feeder schools
Feeds from
 
Number on Roll (NOR) detail
NOR May 2024
Nursery6
Yr R8
Yr 18
Yr 25
Total27
Admissions policy

School admission policy : 2024/25 (Agreed)

A child who has an Education Health and Care Plan naming the school or academy is required to be admitted.

Where the Academy is oversubscribed (there are more applicants than places available) places will be allocated in accordance with the following criteria and in the following order of priority.

1. Looked after children (children in care) and all previously looked after children, including those children who appear (to the admission authority) to have been in state care outside of England and ceased to be in state care as a result of being adopted. Previously looked after children are children who were looked after but ceased to be so because they were adopted (or became subject to a child arrangements order or special guardianship order

2. Siblings of children already at the school living in the catchment

3. Residence within the catchment area of the school

4. Siblings of children already at the school living out of catchment

5. Children living out of the catchment area who have a faith and / or whose parents are committed Church members and wish them to receive an education in a school with a Church of England foundation.

6. Children of staff where

7. Children who live outside the area served by the school who attend a school within St Benet’s MAT at the opening date of the admissions round.

8. Resident out of the catchment area of the school

In the event of the having to use a tie-break to distinguish between two or more applications of equal strength, the child living the shortest distance from home to school in a straight line as the crow flies route should have priority.