Primary schools in Winchester - moving 'in year'

[Mumof3boysunder4]

Hi everyone,
Can anyone help me with some advice as to primary schools in winchester, I am looking to move there next year after the deadline for school applications. Can anyone fill me in on the best ones and also does anyone know what the chances of getting in if you move into catchment after the cut off date? Thankyou! B

You can get a copy of the brochure from the hampshire education site. That will tell you how oversubscribed the schools are.

Brilliant thankyou, will do x

The schools with the best reputations (and OFSTEDs and results) are generally oversubscribed. However, there is more wiggleroom that you'd think in some years, in some schools. Western, for example, has just taken two bulge years (current Y1 and YR) and there are a lot of places left in the current YR (which will be Y1 next year).

Generally, though, if you look at the list as lougle suggests, you'll see which schools you'd have to move next door to in order to stand a chance - and even then, it's not that likely because hardly anyone leaves!

The other thing to bear in mind is the new 'shared catchment' system which begins to operate next year for Western and the new Westgate all-through 4-16 school, and for St Bede and Westage, similarly. I can't imagine that the new school will be 'full' straight off the bat. But it's only opening one year at a time (for now) so would only be any help for a child in YR. And no-one knows if it's any good because it hasn't started yet!

Brilliant thankyou, I'm probably being dumb but I can't seem to find the list you both are referring to. Do you mind pointing me in the right direction? Thankyou x

It's here documents.hants.gov.uk/education/qryPrimaryDataSept13.pdf

Hard to find I agree. And hard to interpret. See, for example, Western again. PAN is 60. Offers 72. What that doesn't tell you is that it's resourced for a bulge year of 90 - for the moment.

You need to call the County Dmissions Team and talk to them, I'd say.