Nursery Admissions

We are very fortunate to have such an excellent Nursery with dedicated staff and beautiful, wonderful children. Very recently, the demand for places has outstripped the places available, and so we have had to agree the rules by which children will be admitted into Nursery.

The rules are called the "Nursery Admissions Criteria" and equip the school and the governors to find a fair way of knowing who to admit into school when places become available.

The Nursery Admissions Criteria is published below. If you have any questions at all, please don't hesitate to ask Mrs. Bavin, the Assistant Headteacher for Nursery / Foundation Stage, who will be very happy to help.

Nursery Admissions Criteria

The Nursery Admissions Criteria will be applied three times every year: The three closing dates for admission will usually be as follows:

Start Date	Application Closing Date
For September Start (Or days after third birthday whichever comes first)	12.00pm (midday) Friday (up to ) 1 week before Easter Holidays (If Easter Holidays Break Up on a Friday, then the closing date will be 1 week before to allow for acceptance letters to be sent.)
For January Start (Or day after third birthday whichever comes first)	12.00pm (midday) School Closing date For Half Term (October)
For Summer Term Start (Or day after third birthday whichever comes first)	12.00pm (midday) School Closing date For Half Term (February)

Letters of acceptance will be sent as soon as practicable after the closing date.

Any children not succeeding with a request for a place at the point of closing date will be carried forward onto a waiting list, which at the next closing date will have the admissions criteria applied.

Criteria For Admission At Time Of Closing Applications:

1. Looked After Children

2. Children aged 4 Baptised Catholic and living in the parish of Saints Peter And Paul.

3. Children aged 4 Baptised Catholic with a brother or sister in school or nursery at the time of closing. (That includes full, half or step brothers or sisters and foster brothers or sisters who are living at the same address and are part of the same family unit.)

4. Children aged 4 Baptised Catholic living in a parish other than Saints Peter And Paul.

5. Other children aged 4

6. Children aged 3 Baptised Catholic and living in the parish of Saints Peter And Paul.

7. Children aged 3 Baptised Catholic with a brother or sister in school or nursery at the time of closing. (That includes full, half or step brothers or sisters and foster brothers or sisters who are living at the same address and are part of the same family unit.)

8. Children aged 3 Baptised Catholic living in a parish other than Saints Peter And Paul.

9. Other children aged 3

Tie Break:

Where there is more than one child in any one category than places remaining, the following tie break shall be used:

a) Knowsley resident children with the oldest child having the highest priority. Where more than one child has the same birthday those living nearest to the school as measured in a straight line by the computerised measuring system employed by the local authority will have priority.

b) Children resident in other Borough as stated in a) above.

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