ADMISSIONS

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Open Morning

10th November 9:15am 

Open Afternoon

24th November 2:00pm

To book a tour, please contact our school office on (01604) 491769 or email kate.clark@parklandsprimary.org. We look forward to welcoming you to Parklands Primary School.

For information on how to apply for a Reception place, please visit the link below:
Apply for a Primary School Place – West Northamptonshire Council

You can also explore our virtual tour on the Parklands Primary School Facebook page:
Watch the Virtual Tour

If you have recently moved, arrived in the local area, or are considering changing your child’s school, note that we manage our own in-year admissions at Parklands.

We have limited spaces available, in some but not all year groups.

To apply for a place for your child or join our waiting list, please contact jay.upton@parklandsprimary.org and complete the form below:

NEW In-Year-Application-Form 2025

Oversubscription Criteria for In-Year Admissions

1. Looked after children, and all previously looked after children, including those children who appear to have been in state care outside of England and ceased to be in state care because of being adopted.
2. Pupils with a sibling* continuing at the school at the time of admissions of the child.
3. Children of qualified teaching staff where the member of staff has been employed at the school for two or more years at the time at which the application for admissions to the school is made.
4. Pupils who live closer to the preferred school than any other school.
5. Other pupils.

Tiebreaker for In-Year Admissions

If the admission number is exceeded within any criterion, priority will be given to those who live closest to the school on a straight-line basis. A representative of the Trust will undertake measurements on the school’s behalf for in-year applications. Initial Reception applications are dealt with entirely by West Northamptonshire Council.

Distances are measured from the address point of your home to the address point of the school on a straight-line basis, using a geographical information system. Each address has a unique address point established by the most valuable elements from the National Land and Property Gazetteer (NPLG), Ordnance Survey Master Map, Royal Mail Postal Address File and The Valuation Office Agency. The address point for a property does not change.

Where two or more children share a priority for a place in any criterion e.g. where two children live equidistant from the school, these places will be allocated using random allocation undertaken by an independent body. However, if children of multiple births are tied for the final place those siblings will be admitted over PAN as permitted by infant class size rules.

*Sibling. A brother or sister (sibling) is defined in these arrangements as children who live as brother or sister in the same house (within a family unit), including natural brothers or sisters, adopted siblings, stepbrothers or sisters and foster brothers and sisters. The sibling must be in the school at the time of application and continuing at the school at the proposed date of admission.

Appeals for In-Year Admissions

Please find the forms required to submit an appeal for an in-year place below:

Infant Class Prejudice Appeal Form (Years R, 1 & 2)
Ordinary Prejudice Appeal Form (Years 3, 4, 5 & 6)

https://www.westnorthants.gov.uk/primary-school-places/apply-primary-school-place

 

Admissions Policies 

Admissions to our school are managed in accordance with the West Northamptonshire Council admissions process. Arrangements are outlined in detail in our Trust Admissions Policy links, see link below.

Trust-Admissions-Policy-25-26-Final

Trust-Admissions-Policy-2026-2027