Admissions

EYFS 2-3 Year old Nursery

As a Local Authority Primary School with provision for 2-3 year old children, our admission procedures reflect our ethos- of high quality education and care, taking into consideration our commitment to our local community.

We will admit children into Nursery (NA), our nursery for 2-3 year olds, the term after their second birthday.

Staffing permitting, we can admit:

24 children in the morning

24 children in the afternoon

Sessions will be for three hours from Monday to Friday, totaling 15 hours.

Morning Sessions - 8.30 am - 11.30 am (3 hours)

Afternoon Session - 12.15 pm - 3.15 pm (3 hours)

Home visits are completed for all new admissions. 30 hours may be provided on a case-by-case basis.

The school has some flexibility to increase its pupil admission number with requisite space and staffing when the need arises and measured against clear criteria. We will always seek to provide sufficient spaces to ensure children in our local community can access the very highest quality early education.

Full details of the admission policy are given in the Education Service’s annual publication ‘Primary Education in Coventry’. Copies of this booklet are available from school or the Education and Libraries Directorate in Civic Centre 1, Little Park Street, or by telephoning Coventry 76831622 or 76832499.

EYFS 3-4 Year old Nursery

The Nursery (NB) class at Stoke Heath Primary School caters for a total of 52 children, offering part time places in either the morning or afternoon session as follows:

Morning Session 8.30 am - 11.30 am (3 hours)

Afternoon Session 12.15 pm - 3.15 pm (3 hours)

Children will be admitted into the Nursery class in the September of the year they have reached the age of three by the 31st of August.

If there are more than 52 children seeking places for the sessions, the names of those not offered a place will be placed on a waiting list. Should vacancies occur during the year, children from the waiting list will be offered a place using the criteria adopted for allocating nursery places. See our Admissions Policy for further information about eligibility criteria.

Price List for Nursery

All 3 - 4 years olds are entitled to 15 hours funding a week over 38 weeks per year.  You can get the funding from the term after your child’s 3rd birthday, starting on 1 January, 1 April or 1 September.

If your child is 2, you may be entitled to funding for your childcare.  Please see link below for further information on 2 year old funding.

https://www.gov.uk/help-with-childcare-costs/free-childcare-2-year-olds-extra-support

If you are not entitled to 2 year old funding, or require full day childcare in addition to the 15 hours funding, please see our pricing information below:-

Morning/afternoon session (8:30am - 11:30am) OR (12:15pm - 3:15pm) - £20.00

Morning/afternoon session including lunch (8:30am - 12:15pm) OR 11:30am - 3:15pm) - £24.00

All day (8:30am - 3:15pm) - £33.00

If you are entitled to 30 hours funding, your funded hours will cover the period 8:30am until 2:30pm Monday to Friday however there is an option to pay an additional £4.00 for your child to stay until 3:15pm.

A light snack will be provided such as fruit and a bagel and there is also water and milk available.  All Nursery children will need to bring their own packed lunch to school if they are staying for the lunchtime session.

Reception (4 - 5 year olds)

The school’s admission limit for Reception is 60 children. Parents and carers, who wish their child to attend the school, must complete the Common Application Form stating their three preferences for Primary School.

The admission arrangements for the school are controlled by the Education Department of Coventry City Council.

If there are more requests for the school than places available within the admission limit, the Education department allocates places using the criteria below:

1. To children in the care of the Local Authority.

2. To children who live in the catchment area of the school, with an older brother or sister at the school, provided that the brother or sister will continue to attend that school the following year.

3. To other children who live in the catchment area of the school.

4. To children with an older brother or sister at the school provided that the brother or sister will continue to attend that school the following year.

5. To children by reference to the distance to the preferred school. A straight-line measurement will be made to the school. The shortest measurement will have the highest priority.

If it is not possible to meet all of the requests in any one of the categories described above, the City Council will prioritise requests within the category by reference to distance. A straight-line measurement will be made to the preferred school. The shortest measurement will have the highest priority.

Years 1 - 6

The admission limit for all other years is 60 children. Children seeking places at the school mid-term will be admitted to the appropriate year group within and up to the admission limit. In accordance with LA guidelines in-year movement within schools, reasons other than relocation should be discouraged and parents will be asked to discuss the proposed move with the child’s current headteacher before admission discussions with the new school take place. More guidance from the LA is provided here.

Parents not getting a place in their preferred school, because the year group is full, can appeal to an independent Appeal Committee at the City Council. You can find out more information about Coventry City Council’s school admission arrangements and appeals process here.

Arrange a visit

You are very welcome to contact us if you are thinking about your child joining our school.

If it has not been possible for the Local Authority to offer your child a place at Stoke Heath, the City Council will write to you to explain the reasons why and the process for appealing against this decision.