Joining Our School
If you would like your child to start at our school please contact the school office for further information or to arrange a visit.
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Joining at the Start of Reception and Years 1 to 6
Parents wishing to apply for a place for their child in one of our Reception classes or in a class in Years One to Six, please visit the Cambridgeshire Local Authority’s School Admissions website.
This includes a new school catchment search facility so that you can find out if you are living in our school’s catchment area (although you do not need to be in catchment to apply).
You can also apply for a place online.
Further information about children starting school is available on the Norfolk County website.
By law, children must start statutory education full-time at the beginning of the term following their fifth birthday.
Details of application process and a link to the online application form can be found here:
Admission to Reception Classes
If you are considering applying to defer your child's admission to Reception class to the following school year read the guidance below:
Joining the School During the School Year
If you wish to join the school at a time other than the start of the school year, please visit this section of the Cambridgeshire Local Authority website.
If you wish to apply for a place at our school on religious grounds then click here to download the appropriate guidance.
Moving School
A move to a different school at any time other than admission to reception, transfer to junior or transfer to secondary is known as an ‘in-year transfer’. This could be a move between Norfolk schools or a move to a Norfolk school from a school in a different area.
If you want to transfer to a school that is not in Norfolk you will need to contact your new local authority to ask about their admissions process. Find your new local authority using the Government’s postcode finder.
Under no circumstances should you withdraw your child from their current school before an alternative school place has been allocated.
Read the In-Year Admissions Guidance before you begin your application.
Please note that all applications will be dealt with as quickly as possible but can take up to 15 school days.
When to apply
Children will usually start their new school at the start of the next term. The timetable below shows the date ranges for applications for each term.
If the family has moved a significant distance and travel to their current school is unreasonable, the below timetable does not apply – the Admissions Team will process the application as soon as it is received.
Timetable for in-year transfers:
- Application received Start at new school
- 5 July – 31 October Spring term (after Christmas)
- 1 November - 28/29 February Summer term (after Easter)
- 1 March - 31 May* Autumn term (start of new school year)
*Decisions regarding preference(s) will be sent out before the end of the summer term.
Timetable for late applications for Autumn term:
- Application received Date processed Start at new school
- 1 June – 4 July After 4 July** Autumn term
- 5 July – 31 October After 31 October Spring term
**Late applications will be considered after all on-time applications. Where possible we will send out decisions before the beginning of the new school year.
In some circumstances Norfolk County Council provide school transport - for further information:
