Preparing Children for a Successful Future
Admission Arrangements
The children attending Clifton with Rawcliffe Primary School usually live in the Parishes of Rawcliffe and
Clifton Without. Parents and children who live outside the area normally served by the school but who wish
to enrol at Clifton with Rawcliffe should contact both the school and the Access Team at City of York
council. The City of York Council will notify school places in the April prior to the September intake. Appeals
will be heard in the June.
FS1 (Nursery)
Entry to the FS1 unit is in the September prior to the child‟s fourth birthday. The children attend either a
morning or afternoon session. When a parent registers a child they are asked to complete an admission form
(plus copy of birth certificate & proof of address). Parents are then contacted at the beginning of the
Summer Term and offered available sessions. Should first choice sessions be oversubscribed an alternative
will be offered. When one place is available and there are two children with the same date of birth,
preference is given to the family that registered for FS1 first.
Parents can first register their child at 2 years old. It is a statutory requirement that the school must see
the child‟s birth certificate and proof of address, such as a utility bill or council tax letter.
Children‟s names are placed in chronological age order on a waiting list. Supply of places may not always
match the demand and a full admissions policy is available separately on request. We will endeavour to offer
an equal amount of sessions to all catchment children in the first instance. If any sessions are still available,
additional sessions (up to a total maximum of 5) will be offered, again in chronological order. Once all
catchment children have been placed, any vacant sessions will be offered, in chronological order, to children
that live out of the school catchment but have an older sibling already attending the school. If at this point
any sessions still remain, places will be offered to children outside of our catchment area without a sibling in
school.
School
Children are admitted to school (Foundation Stage 2) in the September prior to their child‟s fifth birthday.
Parents requiring a school place only are also asked to complete an admissions form (plus copy of birth
certificate) when their child reaches the age of 2 or as soon after in order to help with forward planning.
Before your child starts school you will be invited to three information meeting and taster sessions. During
these you will have the opportunity to meet your child‟s main teacher, and stay for school lunch with your
child. You will also have a short talk by the Foundation Stage Phase Leader and the Headteacher on the
ethos of the Foundation Stage in school.
Further Transition Meeting‟s for parents are held when the children in FS2 are due to move to KS1 (lower
school) and children in year 2 are due to move from KS1 to KS2 (upper school). Transition is high priority in
school, we are very aware that it must be handled sympathetically. The liaison, which goes on informally
throughout the year, helps the smooth transfer of the children from each of the Key Stages.
ADMISSIONS
