Admissions
Admissions Arrangements
Knaresborough St John's CE Primary School is part of the Elevate Multi Academy Trust, who are the admissions authority.
However, our admission arrangements are managed by North Yorkshire County Council in line with the School Admissions Code and Fairness Access Protocols.
This applies to places when children would normally start school (the Reception Year) and to children who may join our academy after this time (for example, as the result of a house move).
Please contact admin email address for more information on admissions.
Published Admissions Number
Our PAN (Published Admissions Number) which is the maximum number the Academy may admit to a single year group is: 50
Published Admission number for 2024-2025: 50
Admissions arrangements can be found at: School admissions | North Yorkshire Council
Admissions Policy: The academy has adopted the local authority’s policy for admissions and applications.
Any parent wishing to consider name academy for their child may contact the academy for an appointment to look around.
All admissions enquirers need to be processed through admissions at North Yorkshire Council where you will find the following:
1 . Admission Policies for Community and Voluntary Controlled Primary and Secondary Schools;
2 . Admission Policy for Nursery Schools and schools with nursery or pre-reception classes;
3 . Co-ordinated Admission Arrangements;
4 . In-Year Fair Access Protocol; and
5 . Published Admission Numbers.
Admissions Timetable
From 12 October 2024, you can apply for a school place for children born between:
- 1 September 2017 and 31 August 2018
- 1 September 2020 and 31 August 2021
15 January 2025: is the closing date for online and paper applications. The closing date for providing evidence of exceptional social or medical reasons is also 15 January 2025.
18 February 2025: No changes can be made to applications before National Offer Day after 18 February 2025.
16 April 2025 is National Offer Day for primary and junior schools. If you applied online, you can log in to our admissions portal to see your offered school place. You will also get an email during office hours telling you about your offered place. If you made a paper application, you should get a letter telling you about your offered school place.
From 1 May 2025 onwards, we will consider any late applications or requests for changes to applications that we have not already processed.
If you want to appeal for a primary or junior school place, you need to submit your appeal by 20 May 2025.
Main primary and junior school admission appeals will be heard from June to July 2025.
All the waiting lists NYC hold will end on 31 December 2025.
Admission Appeals Timetable
Currently North Yorkshire County Council are overseeing Admissions Appeals for Elevate’s academies.
Please go to: Appeal for a school place | North Yorkshire Council
Primary Admissions
Knaresborough St John’s CE Primary School has one intake in September each year for children starting in Reception. We also accept children mid-year who are either moving into the area or changing schools.
Admissions applications are made via North Yorkshire County Council’s on-line application system. Please follow the link below for more information and to register your child.
When the Education office inform you that your child has a place with us we will ask you to fill in our Admission Form please click here to download it.
SEN admissions
We operate in accordance with the North Yorkshire County Council’s School Admissions procedure. All governing bodies are required by section 324 of the Education Act 1996 to admit to the school a child with a statement of special needs that names the school.
If the number of applications exceeds the Published Admission Number (PAN), after the admission of children, where the school is named in the statement of special educational needs (SEN), the following oversubscription criteria will apply:
- Looked after children and all previously looked after children for whom the school has been expressed as a preference.
- Children the Authority believes to have special social or medical reasons for admission.
- Children living within the normal area of the school.
- Children living outside the normal area of the school.
Children whose 5th birthday falls between the 1st September and 31st August enter school at the beginning of the autumn term of that year.
At the end of the summer term, we invite the parents of all the following year’s Foundation Stage 2 intake to visit the school and meet the Foundation Stage teachers. This enables all prospective parents to ask questions and obtain an idea of the curriculum in the infant classes.
Secondary School Admissions
Children in Y6 need to apply for a place at a secondary school before 31st October as places are not automatically allocated. The link below will take you to the Secondary School Application form. Please make sure you keep a copy of the application receipt e-mail you will receive back from NYCC.
If you have any questions relating to the admissions procedures then please do not hesitate to contact school on 01423 863265.
Link for Admissions: http://www.northyorks.gov.uk/article/23539
