Choosing the right school for your child is one of the most important responsibilities for a parent/carer. Our website can not possibly convey the full atmosphere of our welcoming environment, excitement and challenge for learning and developing the 'whole child'.
Didsbury is one of the highest performing primary schools in Manchester. We have aspirations for all children, evidenced in our excellent end of key safe results, especially ay the higher standard. It is important to note that the success of our pupils in national tests and as they move on to secondary schools presents only a narrow view of the experiences offered here. We are proud of our fully inclusive approach to children with special needs, the numbers of children who take part in sports, the creative and performing arts, our work in our the community, the development of enterprise and our promotion of a healthy way of living.
Partnerships are essential. We have strong relationships with governors, staff, children, parents, our churches and Trust schools and the local community. This all contributes to our Christian ethos, achievements and as a school steeped in history, the upkeep of our impressive traditional school building.
Didsbury is a Church of England Primary School and is part of the St James and Emmanuel Academy Trust. We are a one form entry primary school for children aged 4 - 11. Every September we welcome, 26 children into our nursery class and 30 children into our reception class.
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In order to fully appreciate the standards and the opportunities offered at Didsbury, the staff and governors warmly invite all prospective parents to visit us and see the school in action for themselves. To arrange a visit, please telephone the school office on 0161 445 7144.
Although we are an academy school, we operate our admissions through Manchester City Council's coordinated admissions process. Should you wish to appeal because your child has not been offered a place in your preferred choice of school please follow the Manchester City Council appeals procedure which can be found at MCC Appeal Process.
Didsbury Church of England Primary School is an Academy. The Academy Trust is the admission authority for the school, and the school is required to act in accordance with the School Admissions Code. The admissions process is co-ordinated by Manchester City Council (the Local Authority) and the school liaises with the Local Authority and with Manchester Diocese on admissions issues. The following arrangements for admissions include the criteria used to determine the allocation of places when the school is oversubscribed.
Applications for places in Reception in the normal admissions round each year must be made on the local authority’s common application form. Details of all the applications made will be forwarded to the school by the local authority.
In addition to the local authority form, please complete and return the school’s Supplementary Information Form (SIF) if you wish your child to be considered for entry under the faith-based criteria (criteria 3, 4, 5, and 6 above.)
Where the Local Authority accepts that there are extenuating circumstances for an application being received after the last date for applications, and it is before the governors have established their list of pupils to be allocated places, then it will be considered alongside all the others. Otherwise, applications
which are received after the last date will be considered after all the others, and placed on the waiting list in order according to the oversubscription criteria.
Where we have more applications than places, the oversubscription criteria will be used to determine the allocation of places. Children who are not admitted will have their name placed on a waiting list. The names on this waiting list will be in the order resulting from the application of the oversubscription criteria. Since the date of application is not one of the oversubscription criteria, it cannot be a criterion for the order of names on the waiting list, and late applicants for the school will be slotted into the order according to the extent to which they meet the criteria. Thus it is possible for a child who moves into the area later to have a higher priority than one who has been on the waiting list for some time. If a place becomes available within the admission number, the child whose name is at the top of the list will be offered a place. This is not dependent on whether an appeal has been submitted. This waiting list will operate until 31 December at the end of the autumn term following admissions in September.
Where the governors are unable to offer a place because the school is oversubscribed, parents will be informed of the reason why admission was refused and of their right to appeal to an independent admission appeal panel.
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