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Admission of children outside
their normal age group
Parents may seek a place for their child outside of their normal
age group, for example, if the child is gifted and talented or has
experienced problems such as ill health.
Admission authorities must make decisions on the basis of the
circumstances of each case and in the best interests of the child
concerned. This will include taking account of the parent’s views;
information about the child’s academic, social and emotional
development; where relevant, their medical history and the
views of a medical professional; whether they have previously
been educated out of their normal age group; and whether they
may naturally have fallen into a lower age group if it were not
for being born prematurely. They must also take into account
the views of the head teacher of the school concerned.
When informing a parent of the decision on the year group the
child should be admitted to, the admission authority must set
out clearly the reasons for their decision.
For the community primary schools in Ealing you should address
your request to ‘The Head of Admissions’ and send this with
your supporting documents to Primary School Admissions,
Ealing Council, Perceval House, 14-16 Uxbridge Road, W5 2HL.
For all other Ealing primary schools you should address your
request to ‘The Chair of the Governing Body’ and send this with
your supporting documents directly to the school(s) you have
applied for. You will need to send your request to each school
on your application form.
If you are applying to schools in other boroughs please contact
the relevant local authority for information on how to make
a request for admission outside of your child’s normal age for
schools in their borough. The telephone numbers of neighboring
authorities can be found on page 62.
Where an admission authority agrees to a parent’s request for
their child to be admitted out of their normal age group and, as
a consequence of that decision, the child will be applying during
the main round admissions process the local authority and
admission authority must process the application as part of the
main admissions round, unless the parental request is made too
late for this to be possible.
Offers are made on the basis of the schools determined admission
arrangements only, using the oversubscription criteria. The
application will not be given lower or higher priority on the basis
that the child is being admitted out of their normal age group.
Parents have a statutory right to appeal against the refusal of
a place at a school for which they have applied. This right does
not apply if they are offered a place at the school but it is not in
their preferred age group.
If you wish to make an application for admission outside of your
child’s normal age group you must make this request in writing
to the admission authority of the school concerned.
This should be made at the time of application or in the case of
entry to reception before the closing date 15 January.
You will need to provide all of the reasons why you feel it is in
your child’s best interests to be placed outside of their normal
age group. You should also provide supporting evidence with
your request i.e. school reports, medical reports, professional
recommendations or any other documents that you wish to be
taken into consideration.
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