Application Procedures All parent/carers are required to apply to their home LA regardless of where the school/academy they are applying is situated. Manchester residents will apply to Manchester LA. The LA will liaise with other Admissions Authorities in Manchester and other LAs where required. Manchester LA will inform parent/carers in writing of the outcome of their application.
Application forms are available from www.manchester.gov.uk/admissions and can be requested by phone on 0161 245 7166. They should be returned to:
School Admissions Service Manchester City Council, P.O. Box 532, Town Hall, Manchester, M60 2LA
Or school.admissions@manchester.gov.uk
The Admission Authority is obliged to include in these arrangements the following provisions that apply to parent/carers making applications for a place in Reception only:
- The arrangements do not apply to those being admitted for nursery provision including nursery provision delivered in a co-located children’s centre;
- Parent/carers of children who are admitted for nursery provision must apply for a place at the school/academy if they want their child to transfer to the reception class;
- Attendance at the nursery or co-located children’s centre does not guarantee admission to the school/academy;
- Parent/carers can request that the date their child is admitted to the school/academy is deferred until later in the school year or until the child reaches compulsory school age in that school year. Where entry is deferred, admission authorities must hold the place for that child and not offer it to another child. The parent would not however be able to defer entry beyond the beginning of the term after the child’s fifth birthday;
- Parents of a summer born child may request that they are admitted out of their normal age group – to reception rather than year 1.
- Parents can request that their child attends part-time until the child reaches compulsory school age. Further details of the application procedures can be found in the Co-ordinated Admissions Scheme
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