Admissions
Nursery Admissions
At Rushall Primary School we follow the Walsall Local Authority Criteria for Admission.
Rushall Primary School Nursery Admisssion Number: 26
The Admission Number is the capacity of the school to admit children at the normal age of entry into the Nursery Class.
Where the number of preferences received exceeds the number of places available, the following criteria is applied.
1. Children in public care. (Looked after children)
2. Children who have an older child in attendance at the school* when the admission is made and who will be attending school at the proposed admission date.
3. Children for whom a place at the school is essential on medical or social grounds and is supported in writing by a medical practitioner or a social worker.
4. Distance will be measured in a straight line from the centre point of the home address to the centre point of the school address with those living closer to the school receiving the higher priority.
*This does not apply to our Additionally Resourced Provision.
Applications can be made from birth by completing an application form and presenting the child’s birth certificate and proof of address to the school office. If the address changes before the application deadline school must be informed.
Our first round of applications will be processed during January for children who are due to start in September, and our first round of offer letters will be sent out by 1st February. Applications after this date will be held on a waiting list and allocated should there be places available on a first come first served basis.
September is the start of our school year where our intake begins, however if we have vacancies we will accept children throughout the year. This mid-year admission will be based on the Nursery waiting list.
Our Nursery offer
Children are offered a place based on our admission criteria above. Additional hours are looked at separately following this process.
Children may attend our nursery from the September after they turn three years old. They may attend for 15 hours, this is on a part time basis, five mornings a week, 8.40am – 11.40am.
Additional option available- 30 hour offer
Children of working parents or foster carers may attend our Nursery for 30 hours on a full time basis, five days a week, 9.00am- 3.00pm if they are eligible. Please contact the School Office for further detail regarding 30 hour funding
Reception Admissions
At Rushall Primary School we follow the Walsall Local Authority criteria for admission.
Rushall Primary School Admission Number: 30
The Admission Number is the capacity of the school to admit children at the normal age of entry in to Reception Class.
Where the number of preferences received exceeds the number of places available, the following criteria is applied.
1. Children in Public Care (looked after children)
2. Children who have an older sibling already in attendance at the school when the application is made and who will be attending the school at the proposed admission date.
3. Children for whom a place at the school is essential on medical or social grounds and is supported in writing by a medical practitioner or a social worker.
4. Distance will be measured in a straight line from the centre point of the home address to the centre point of the school address with those living closer to the school receiving the higher priority.
All Reception and mid-year admissions admissions in other year groups are made via Walsall Council, more information can be found here.