Admissions : Stebbing Primary School

Admissions Policy

We aim to provide an excellent educational establishment for all the local children that wish to attend this school, however:

There is no guarantee of a place for children living in
the priority admission area.
In the event of oversubscription places will be
allocated using the following criteria in the order given:

1. Looked After Children and previously looked after
children (as defined in the Primary Education in
Essex 2019/2020 booklet);
2. children with a sibling attending the school;
3. children living in the priority admission area;
4. remaining applications.

In the event of oversubscription within any of the
above criteria, priority will be determined by straight
line distance from home to school, those living
closest being given the highest priority.

To find out if you are in the school’s catchment use the Catchment area checker:

Catchment Area Checker

To find out more about the Local Authorities admission arrangements please click on the link below:

www.essex.gov.uk/admissions

Secondary (Year 7 for September 2020)

If your child is in Year 6, you can apply for a secondary place between 12 September 2019 and 31 October 2019.

Primary (Reception for September 2020)

You can apply for a primary (Reception) place between 12 November 2019 and 15 January 2020.

Is your child due to start school in September 2020?

Stebbing Primary would love to welcome you to one of our open days with tours led by our year 6 pupils.

Tuesday 15th October 10am and 11am

Thursday 28th November 1.15pm

Monday 2nd December 3.30pm and 4.30pm

Please telephone the school office to let us know which session you would like to attend. If you would like an individual appointment with the Headteacher please indicate this at the time of phoning.

Should you be unable to make these dates but would like to look around, please make a seperate appointment to view our school

We look forward to seeing you.

Agreement for the children living in the priority admission area

The LA may offer places above the published admission number (during and after the normal time of admission) in the following exceptional circumstances:

For infant classes at the class size limit; if the next nearest school with a space is not within a reasonable distance of the home address; or
For junior classes or where the admissions would not breach the infant class size limit; if the journey to the next nearest school with a space is not reasonable in terms of distance, accessibility or cost.