To ask the likelihood of your child getting allocated to a school if they already attend the nursery

[orangeleopard]

Posting for traffic on here. But as the title says my son already attends the nursery at the school that we would like for him to be able to attend the primary school at. We find out tomorrow and I’m a little stressed as he is on the pathway to be diagnosed with autism and doesn’t do well with change so I kind of am really hoping he gets into his current school. Especially as they’ve been incredibly good with helping with his needs. It’s the second nearest school with only being 0.9 miles away whilst the nearest school is 0.7 miles. Not much of a difference so I’m hoping I don’t get the nearest school based on only 0.2 mile difference.

Do they give first priority to the nursery children or is that not taken into effect at all?

Yes seriously. You’re thinking of this now? It doesn’t matter either way because your chance to do anything about it has well and truly passed. The tine to get a little stressed was when you were listing you preferences.

Well parents of Nursery children are often surprised when they don't get into Reception at the same school. A lot of people actually have no idea what's going on and never read anything. I've had parents who didn't realise you had to apply for school at all and just turn up in September.

As previous posters said, depends on criteria. A school in our area has an agreement with the council and they do give priority to those who attend the nursery but i think this is rare. In terms of priority dor their admissions it comes after looked after children and siblings but before distance.

No guarantee of a place sadly, our son got a place, but others attending did not, the school was regularly over subscribed. Good luck for tomorrow OP, I can remember the relief I felt when DS got his place, as knew his brother would follow. I hope your son gets a place. So much easier if they are similar with the school.

You need to read your local authority admissions guidance.
In my LA attending the school nursery would have no impact at all.

As everyone else has said, it is very unlikely. I suppose it is possible for a primary to have a feeder nursery (as some secondaries have feeder primaries - but not very many tbh) but I have never come across it.

Presumably it wasn't mentioned in the admissions criteria if you read them when applying?

Presumably #2 you put the favoured school first on your preference list? If so, and there is a space your DC qualifies for, you will get it. The fact that there is a closer school is neither here nor there in that case. If you don't qualify for the preferred school, you will be offered the next one on your list that you do qualify for - hopefully the very near one.

I get your nerves, but, as everyone else has said, this is what you should have read up about in the Autumn Term, long before you put your preferences in, in September.

Wishing you all the best for tomorrow.

Not round here, no. About a third of the kids at our local preschool didn’t get into the school on the same site. It was carnage that morning.

Applying to reception is an entirely separate process, very few schools will prioritise children attending the nursery. Have you checked the admissions policy for the school?

Attendance at the pre school for our school choice is actually one of the listed 'criteria' for it.
siblings and distance and additional criteria such as church and pre school are listed for us

It’s tomorrow ?

When you applied did you put a first and second choice ?

You need to check the admissions criteria tonight and the appeals process OP as it’s likely you won’t get your DC a place just because of nursery.

In my county if you don’t put your catchment school on the form anywhere ( ie as a second reserve choice) the LA can send your child to the nearest school with a place ANYWHERE in county .

Fingers crossed for you that the year group is undersubscribed OP.

We have 30 reception places. 60 children in our nursery. We are aware of 180 applications. Tomorrow will be interesting.

The reason for not including it as a priority is to give those who have used other forms of childcare, or none, a fair chance of a place in Reception. School nursery hours may not suit these working ft, for example.

I doubt it it part of the admissions criteria. Usually its looked after kids, siblings then distance

State school no
Church school sometimes

My dd's school is an (outstanding) academy and hugely oversubscribed. Attendance at the nursery is one of the criteria (above distance) for admission. There are children from out of catchment who attended the nursery who got in over children who live closer and didn't.

Depends on the admissions criteria.

Depends on the school..this is a question you needed to ask the school.

Depends on the individual school admissions criteria. It should be published on their website. At my school, attending the school Nursery is on the admissions criteria so yes you would get priority admission here. But this seems to be in the minority.

Admissions criteria will be on the website. Ours is 'looked after children', siblings and then distance. Of course this only matters if the school is oversubscribed which you can check if it normally is.

I know in our town, the catchment nursery for some areas is different to the catchment primary school (catchment being a defined area, not just nearest to the school). Not every school has a nursery, so the catchments cover a wider area.

It makes absolutely zero difference unfortunately. Been there, tried that and was told by multiple people in admissions that it's not even slightly relevant

Bloody hell

We are, as are others in the area, very over subscribed. The loss of 2 primary schools in the last 10 years and 5 new build estates within a 1 mile radius has really not helped.

As others have said, no.
There's 30 spaces at my number choice, where my daughter attends the preschool as is the nearest. They've already said 15 siblings will be taking priority.
Looks as though we will be doing the mile long walk to my 2nd choice along a 60mph road with no walkable verges or paths with two kids. Fun..