School Admissions Policy 2027-28

• By law, Parents/Guardians must make an application to the Authority for a place.
• Closing dates for applications are set in the Admissions Schedule of Events Timetable detailed at the end of this document.
• Applications must be made by the deadlines.
• There is no automatic transfer from a Nursery to Primary School.
• There is no automatic transfer from a Primary to Secondary School.
• Applications received after the deadlines are unlikely to get a preferred school place.
• There are specific Oversubscription Criteria used when allocating a school place.
• The nursery and primary school a pupil attends is not taken into account when allocating places. The home address is the main factor in the school application process.
• It is not possible for any person or school to guarantee, in advance, a place for a child at a school. Any such comments or assurances must be disregarded.
• An email will be sent from the Authority advising if the application has been successful or refused.
• A child cannot start at a school until the parent/guardian has accepted the place with the Authority.

Early Years education is a non-statutory provision available to 3-year-olds and an application for admission to provision within a school must be made to the Admissions Authority. Applications for admission should be submitted to the Authority by the date set in the Admissions Schedule of Events Timetable.

There are various forms of provision:

• Nursery School -Ammanford Nursery School is the only nursery school in the County.
• Nursery/Early Years classes in Primary Schools (3-11 age schools).
• Provision by the non-maintained sector who are partners in the Early Entitlement Group, such as Wales Pre-school Playgroup Association (WPPA) and Mudiad Meithrin (MM) and private providers. The Carmarthenshire Family Information Service can assist you in this process. Contact via ChildrenInfo@carmarthenshire.gov.uk or 01267 246555.

All 3-year-olds are entitled to 10 hours per week of free placement, at a registered setting, through the Early Entitlement Group from the term following their third birthday.

Children will normally be admitted to Early Years provision on a part-time basis at the beginning of the term following their third birthday, as indicated below:

Deadline for applications for part-time nursery place is 31st July 2027.

Parents do not have a right of appeal if a place is not secured at an early years setting of their choice. Pupils who are admitted to early years or nursery age provision within a school do not have an ‘automatic’ right to continue their education into a full-time place at that school.

The part-time provision a pupil attends will not be considered when the full-time Primary school place is allocated.

A separate application must be made to the Authority for admission into a full-time place (age 4 at the school).

Applications for admission should be submitted to the Authority by the date set in the Admissions Schedule of Events Timetable.

Should there be more applications than places available, the Authority will prioritize applications in accordance with its over-subscription criteria detailed in this document.

Any applications received after the prescribed closing date will not be considered until those received before the deadline date have been allocated places. These will be considered as Late Applications as detailed in this document.

Wherever practical, the Admissions Authority allows non-maintained providers to use school premises. Attending such provision will not be considered when allocating part-time Nursery or full-time Primary School places.