Nursery Admissions Policy
There are free nursery/early education places for all three and four year olds whose parents want one. Children may take up a free place:
• at a nursery class attached to a local school or at St. Paul’s Nursery School
• at their local pre-school playgroup
• at a private day nursery or independent nursery school
• with a child-minder who is part of a registered network
• with the Portage Service (offering home visits for children with special educational needs aged 0 – 5 years)
Or any combination of the above.
The school follows the guidelines agreed by the Early Years and Extended Schools Partnership and CYC.
• Normally children will be admitted in age order, so that the oldest children are admitted first.
• BUT children with identified special needs, or in social need, may be offered a nursery place before an older child who doesn’t have these needs.
• Three year olds will be admitted in line with eligibility dates established by the DCSF.
1) Children who have their third birthday between 1st September and 31st December should be admitted from the beginning of the Spring Term.
2) Children who have their third birthday between 1st January and 31st March should be admitted from the beginning of the Summer Term.
3) Children who have their third birthday between 1st April and 31st August should be admitted from the beginning of the Autumn Term.
• Children will be admitted from anywhere within the City of York Council area. This allows parents to use nursery/early years provision that is most convenient for the family, near their work or close to their childcare provider.
• Children living within the City of York boundary, or within the normal area for City of York schools, have a higher priority for a place than children living outside the City boundary.
• Children living outside the City of York boundary who have attended a York pre-school provider for three terms before their third birthday will also be given prior consideration for a nursery/early education place.
The guidelines are based on equal opportunity principles, so that children will be admitted according to fair, open and clear criteria.
KNAVESMIRE PRIMARY SCHOOL, TRAFALGAR STREET, YORK, YO23 1HY
01904 806545
schooloffice@knavesmire.southbank.academy