Admissions

Admissions Information

From September 2011 all primary schools must offer children a full-time place at the start of the September term. However, legally children do not have to be in full-time education until the term after their 5th birthday. Delaying your child’s entry into school is called ‘deferred entry’. You can request this, but your child must start before the end of the school year during which they turn 5.

The school works within the admissions policy of Hertfordshire Education Authority.

In-year Admissions and Appeals Process

If you would like your child to attend our school, please see full details of our admission arrangements below.  Alternatively please follow the link www.hertsdirect.org/admissions if you are looking for in-year admissions.

Nursery Places - September 2020 - We still have places available.

For children born between 1st September 2016 and 31 August 2017.

Parents must apply to the Nursery that they would like their child to attend. At Gade Valley Primary School children can start our Nursery in the September after their third birthday.

See our Nursery page for more information.

Nursery Admission Arrangements

Gade Valley Primary School have one Nursery class - Monday to Friday 8.50am until 11.50am. The hours are term time only. The school dates are published on our website.

Reception Class Places - September 2020

Your child is eligible to apply for a Reception Class place if they were born between 1st September 2015 and 31st August 2016.

Parents of children coming up to school age will receive a booklet from Herts County Council, which contains information on how to apply for a primary school place. Applications can also be made on line at www.hertsdirect.org/admissions.  All responsibility for admission to our school lies with the education authority, so our Headteacher will not be able to give you a firm offer of a place. 

Admissions timetable for Reception class places - September 2020

Apply online from - 4th November 2019

Deadline - 15th January 2020

Allocation Day - 16th April 2020

Continuing Interest Applications Open 16-22 April 2020

Last Date for Accepting the Place Offered 30 April 2020

Continued Interest or Appeals Process

Please contact Herts County Customer Services on 0300 123 4043.

How Hertfordshire County Council Process your Application

They treat each of your three rankings as a separate application, regardless of the order you have listed them in, and work out how well you qualify for each school using the admission rules. If the schools receive more applications than they have places available, they use their admission rules (as seen below) to decide to whom they can offer a place. Places are allocated to those who best meet the published admission rules.

Rule 1 – Children Looked After.
Rule 2 – Medical or Social: Children for whom it can be demonstrated that they have a particular medical
or social need to go to the school.
Rule 3 – Linked School.
Rule 4 – Sibling.
Rule 5 – Children for whom it is their nearest community or voluntary-controlled school.
Rule 6 – Children who live nearest to the school.

Parents may request the name of their nearest school by calling the Customer Service Centre
0300 123 4043.

Arrangements for the Admission of disabled pupils

• Admission to Gade Valley is managed by Herts CC and places are awarded according to the designated criteria set out in the Herts Direct admission pages.
• The school works with parents, medical staff, advisory staff etc. in order to be well prepared and able to work effectively with pupils and parents when they join us.
• The building is adapted for use by wheelchair users.
• The school provides 1:1 support for pupils if it is appropriate to help with physical needs and support learning.
• Attainment and Progress are monitored termly.
• All staff work to ensure pupils are included and give equal opportunities e.g. school trips, activities, learning.