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Chesswood Junior School

Chesswood Junior School

Junior School Admissions

How to Apply for A School Place

This area sets out the information and links that families will use to secure a school place at Chesswood Junior School.

Overview

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West Sussex School Admissions

West Sussex Local Authority manage admissions for Chesswood Junior School. Parents are advised to visit the school to ensure Chesswood Junior School is the right school for their child (we very much hope it will be :-)). The visit may be part of the normal age of transfer arrangements from Y2 or to Y3. However, it may also be that you are in a position where you need to move your child at another time of the year or into older year groups - again arranging a visit before proceding with an application is strongly advised, email our team to arrange an initial visit:

office@chesswood.w-sussex.sch.uk or call 01903 204141

Following a visit and making the decision to place your child at Chesswood Junior School, you would use the West Sussex admissions site opposite to apply. 

We understand that a visit is sometimes not possible, particularly if travelling directly from abroad. In such a case you would apply directly as indicated above.

Typically, parents would apply and wait for confirmation from West Sussex. If there are exceptional circumstances and an urgent place is required e.g. movement for parent safety to a local refuge or if there are care arrangements in place for a child complete the West Sussex Admissions process and request a discussion with the school admission officer who will seek to minimise the delay before starting.

Please click on the image opposite to visit the West Sussex Admissions Website.

 

West Sussex - How To Apply For A School Place

This guide applies only to admissions at the normal 'age of transfer' from Year 2 to Year 3. 

Please click on the image opposite to read the junior school application checklist.

West Sussex Over Subscription Criteria

Chesswood Junior School currently has a PAN number of 180 children in each year group. As our two feeder schools have a maximum of 150 children, we are in a good position to accept children from other schools and beyond our catchment area. The oversubscription criteria applies at the start of Y3. However, if a year group starts Y3 with 165 or less; we will not enrol more children than 165 in any specific year group as this is not economically viable and class sizes must remain below 34 to remain effective.

Please click on the image opposite to read the oversubscription criteria.

 

Admission Types

Once West Sussex Local Authority have confirmed there is a space for your child, the Chesswood Junior School admission form must be completed. A child is unable to start at Chesswood without this form being fully completed and submitted.

Admission Type

Guide

Year 2 - 3 Normal age of transfer
West Sussex local authority confirm Year 3 admission with parents in the middle of April annually. Chesswood Junior School will then contact parents by the end of April to confirm the next steps in finalising the admission to Chesswood Junior School. A vital part of that is the completion of this admission form - this must be completed by Friday May 22nd 5:00p.m. If this form is not completed by that date your child will not be included in the class building process and we can no longer guarantee they would be placed with any one of their nominated friends. We will guarantee that every child will be placed with at least one friend from their list of three, with any completed form submitted prior to that date. That guarantee is removed after that date.
Admissions outside of normal age of transfer

We enrol children into Chesswood Junior School at all times during the year and into all year groups, subject to there being sufficient space. Once a parent has received confirmation from West Sussex local authority they have 10 working days to complete the admissions form below before the offer of the school place is removed and is again open to other families.

Typically, children are able to start at Chesswood within 3-5 days of the submission of the admission form below. This may be extended if there are exceptional complicating factors e.g. severe and complex special educational needs that would require additional staff recruitment. We will always work closely with families in such a situation and minimise the delay to starting as far as reasonably possible.

Admissions outside of normal age of transfer
In rare and exceptional circumstances, with the head teacher's agreement children may be admitted to Chesswood without official receipt from West Sussex local authority. However, the completion of Chesswood Junior School admission form is essential before a child may start. Again, this may be extended if there are exceptional complicating factors that would require additional staff recruitment. We will always work closely with families in such a situation and minimise the delay to starting as far as reasonably possible.

Chesswood Junior School Catchment Area