Admissions

EYFS 2-3 Year old Nursery

We will admit children into our Nursery for 2-3 year olds, the term after their second birthday.

Sessions will be for three hours from Monday to Friday, totalling 15 hours per week. Home visits are completed for all new admissions.

Full details of the admission policy are given in the Education Service’s annual publication ‘Primary Education in Coventry’. Copies of this booklet are available from school or the Education and Libraries Directorate in Civic Centre 1, Little Park Street, or by telephoning Coventry 76831622 or 76832499.

EYFS 3-4 Year old Nursery

The Nursery class at Stoke Heath Primary School caters for a total of 52 children, offering part time places in either the morning or afternoon session. The sessions run for three hours.

Children will be admitted into the Nursery class in the September of the year they have reached the age of three by the 31st of August.

If there are more than 52 children seeking places for the sessions, the names of those not offered a place will be placed on a waiting list. Should vacancies occur during the year, children from the waiting list will be offered a place using the criteria adopted for allocating nursery places. See our Admissions Policy for further information about eligibility criteria.

Reception (4 - 5 year olds)

The school’s admission limit for Reception is 60 children. Parents and carers, who wish their child to attend the school, must complete the Common Application Form stating their three preferences for Primary School.

The admission arrangements for the school are controlled by the Education Department of Coventry City Council.

If there are more requests for the school than places available within the admission limit, the Education department allocates places using the criteria below:

1. To children in the care of the Local Authority.

2. To children who live in the catchment area of the school, with an older brother or sister at the school, provided that the brother or sister will continue to attend that school the following year.

3. To other children who live in the catchment area of the school.

4. To children with an older brother or sister at the school provided that the brother or sister will continue to attend that school the following year.

5. To children by reference to the distance to the preferred school. A straight-line measurement will be made to the school. The shortest measurement will have the highest priority.

If it is not possible to meet all of the requests in any one of the categories described above, the City Council will prioritise requests within the category by reference to distance. A straight-line measurement will be made to the preferred school. The shortest measurement will have the highest priority.

Years 1 - 6

The admission limit for all other years is 60 children. Children seeking places at the school mid-term will be admitted to the appropriate year group within and up to the admission limit. In accordance with LA guidelines in-year movement within schools, reasons other than relocation should be discouraged and parents will be asked to discuss the proposed move with the child’s current headteacher before admission discussions with the new school take place. More guidance from the LA is provided here.

Parents not getting a place in their preferred school, because the year group is full, can appeal to an independent Appeal Committee at the City Council. You can find out more information about Coventry City Council’s school admission arrangements and appeals process here.

Arrange a visit

You are very welcome to contact us if you are thinking about your child joining our school.