Admissions

Admissions Information

Northampton Primary Academy Trust welcomes children to join schools in our Trust both at the start of their school life (the academic year during which they turn five years old) and as a transfer from another school either at the beginning of an academic year or at any point during an academic year.

Pupils with an EHC Plan will be allocated a place where the school is named as being the appropriate provision.

Applications for admission to NPAT schools should be made through the local authority shown in the table below:

Abington Vale Primary School	https://www.westnorthants.gov.uk/school-admissions
Blackthorn Primary School	https://www.westnorthants.gov.uk/school-admissions
East Hunsbury Primary School	https://www.westnorthants.gov.uk/school-admissions
Ecton Brook Primary School	https://www.westnorthants.gov.uk/school-admissions
Headlands Primary School	https://www.westnorthants.gov.uk/school-admissions
Langland Primary School	School Admissions \| Milton Keynes City Council (milton-keynes.gov.uk)
Lings Primary School	https://www.westnorthants.gov.uk/school-admissions
Park Junior Primary School	https://www.northnorthants.gov.uk/school-admissions
Rectory Farm Primary School	https://www.westnorthants.gov.uk/school-admissions
Simon de Senlis Primary School	https://www.westnorthants.gov.uk/school-admissions
Stanton Cross Primary School	https://www.northnorthants.gov.uk/school-admissions
Thorplands Primary School	https://www.westnorthants.gov.uk/school-admissions
Upton Meadows Primary School	https://www.westnorthants.gov.uk/school-admissions
Weston Favell Primary School*	https://www.wfps.org.uk/statutory-information/admissions

*All admissions for Weston Favell Primary School are handled via the West Northants Council website. However, it is recommended that you read through the Admissions page on the school website using the link above.

What happens when the number of applications exceed the number of places available?

NPAT schools except Park Junior School and Weston Favell Primary School.

Where applications for admission exceed the number of places available, the following criteria will be applied, in the order set out below, to decide which children to admit:

After the admission of pupils with an Education, Health and Care Plan that names the school, priority for admission will be given to children in the order shown below:

Looked After Children and Previously Looked After Children
Siblings
School Staff
Children who live nearer to the school than any other school
Other children

b. For Park Junior School

When there are more applications for places than there are places available, priority will be given in the following order:

Looked after children and all previously looked after children
Children with a sibling continuing at the school or The Avenue Infant School at the time of admission of the child
Children who attend the linked infant school
Children who live closer to the preferred school than any other school
Other children

For Weston Favell Primary School

Please see the school’s Admission Policy 2024 which is available on the school webite: https://www.wfps.org.uk/statutory-information/admissions

If you require information about the admissions process including how to make an in-year application (which will be dealt with from 1^st September 2023 until 31^st August 2024), please contact the relevant Local Authority Admissions Teams (see table above) at:

West Northamptonshire Council

0300 126 7000

admissions@westnorthants.gov.uk

https://www.westnorthants.gov.uk/school-admissions

North Northamptonshire Council

0300 126 1000,

admissions.ncc@northnorthants.gov.uk

https://www.northnorthants.gov.uk/school-admissions

Milton Keynes Council

01908 253338,

primaryadmissions@milton-keynes.gov.uk

https://www.milton-keynes.gov.uk/schools-and-lifelong-learning/school-admissions