If you are considering The Rackham C or E Primary School for your child, please contact us to arrange a tour around our wonderful school.
Information on Admissions Arrangements
The Local Authority establishes the admission policy. Their hope is that most children will be able to be full time after the first few weeks of the Autumn term. For some children this will be a straightforward process but for others it could prove difficult. If you do not feel that your child is ready to cope with full time education by the end of September please come in and talk to us. There is a legal requirement to accept children the term following their fifth birthday.
Apply for a school place | Cambridgeshire County Council
For admissions September 2024 please follow this link:
Reception Intake September 2024 | The Rackham C of E (VC) Primary School (rackhamprimaryschool.com)
Admissions Policy
Catchment Area: Coveney, Witchford, Wentworth, Wardy Hill, Wayhead
The school's present admissions number is 45.
Oversubscription criteria:
Children who have a statement of special educational needs that names the school will be admitted.
- Children in Care, also known as Looked After Children (LAC).
- Children living in the catchment area with a sibling at the school at the time of admission.
- Children living in the catchment area.
- Children living outside the catchment area who have a sibling at the school at the time of admission.
- Children living outside the catchment area who have been unable to gain a place at their catchment area school because of oversubscription.
- Children living outside the catchment area, but nearest the school as measured by a straight line.
In cases of equal merit in each set of criteria, priority will go to children living nearest the school as measured by a straight line.
Admissions are the responsibility of the Local Education Authority.
The school's present admissions number is 45.
Appeals
If a parent is refused admission of their child owing to the school having reached its published admission limit and capacity, the parent has the right of appeal to an independent appeals committee. The appeals committee can allow a place for a child even if the school is full, if the committee believes that the child's or family's case is sufficiently strong.
School admission appeals | Cambridgeshire County Council
Telephone 0345 045 1370 or email admissionappeals@cambridgeshire.gov.uk
School Admissions
Link to Cambridgeshire County Council - applying for a place at primary school: Applying for a place at primary school
Please contact the local authority to find out about the school's admission arrangements.
Cambridgeshire Admissions Team Contact Details
Admissions Policy
In year admissions
Please follow this link for further details: In-year admissions (moving schools) | Cambridgeshire County Council
Process for requesting admission outside the normal age group
Please contact the office in the first instance if you wish to request admission outside the normal age group for your child.
