Admissions Process
- Admissions – Local Authority Admission Arrangements (this website page describes admission arrangements applying to Community or Voluntary Controlled Primary, First, Infant, Junior or Middle schools and includes the oversubscription criteria applied by Somerset Local Authority)
- Admissions – Application for a School Place During the Academic Year (on this this site, there is an electronic form or printed form which should be used by parents/carers requesting transfers between schools during the school year)
In-year admissions
Applications for children of school age moving to an existing year group in another school outside of the starting or transferring school process are called In-year admissions.
You can ask for an application form directly from the school or from the local authority. Decisions will be taken by each individual admissions authority who must also inform parents of their right to appeal against the refusal of a place.
If your child is refused a place at a VC or C school, they will be placed on a waiting list until the end of the academic year. If your child is refused a place at an own admission authority school, you will need to contact the school or check the
admission arrangements on their website to find out if they keep a waiting list. All waiting lists must be held in order of over subscription criteria and re-ranked every time a child is removed or added to the waiting list.
For information on availability of school places, please contact your preferred schools or phone us.
In Year Admissions – children of UK service personnel Somerset local authority endeavours to make sure that admission arrangements in their area support the Government’s commitment to removing disadvantage for service children.
For families of service personnel with a confirmed posting, or crown servants returning from overseas, the admission authority will:
- Allocate a place in advance of the family arriving in the area (as long as one is available), provided the application is accompanied by an official letter that declares a relocation date. Admission authorities must not refuse to process an application and must not refuse a place solely because the family do not yet have an intended address, or do not yet live in the area.
- Use the address at which the child will live when applying their oversubscription criteria, as long as the parents provide some evidence of their intended address. Admission authorities must use a Unit or quartering address as the child’s home address when considering the application against their oversubscription criteria, where a parent requests this.
