Waterloo Primary School

When there are more applications than places for 2027-28 (Reception), places are offered in this order of priority. Meeting a higher criterion beats meeting a lower one.

1. 1Children in Public Care — Children in Public Care (Children Looked After)
2. 2Children with Exceptional Medical Needs or Home Circumstances and / or Special Educational Needs Written evidence must b — Children with Exceptional Medical Needs or Home Circumstances and / or Special Educational Needs Written evidence must be provided from a doctor or other agency that he/she has exceptional needs which means that admission to a particular school nursery is essential. A panel of governors will make a decision as to whether to admit a child under this criterion using the evidence provided. All information provided will be treated in the strictest confidence. It is anticipated that the total number of children allocated places according to these criteria would form only a small proportion of the total number of children attending the Nursery.
3. 3Siblings — Siblings: this will apply where the applicant is 4 years old by 31st August 2027 and has brothers or sisters attending the school at the time of application, who will still be attending at the time of admission. Within the sibling tiebreaker, preference will be given to pupils living nearest to the school. *
4. 4Age Priority will be given to children in the following order — Age Priority will be given to children in the following order:
5. 5Children who will be 4 years old by 31st December 2027
6. 6Children who will be 4 years old by 31st March 2028
7. 7Children who will be 4 years old by 31st August 2028
8. 8Where over subscription occurs in applying the above criteria — Where over subscription occurs in applying the above criteria, a tiebreaker will be applied to all applications remaining within the criteria. Priority will be given to applicants who live closest to the school.
9. 9Distance will be measured as a straight line from the child’s home address to the main gate to the school property using — Distance will be measured as a straight line from the child’s home address to the main gate to the school property using the LA’s school admissions data mapping software, which uses a Geographical Information System based on Ordnance Survey. The address from which distance will be measured will be the permanent residential address, at the time of application, of the parent with whom the child lives. Where a child lives with parents with shared responsibility, each for part of a week, the home address is the address from which the child travels to school for the majority of school days per week. If the number of days is exactly equal the home address will be that of the parent who receives the Child Benefit.
10. 10In the event of distances being the same for 2 or more applications where this distance would be the last place/s to be — In the event of distances being the same for 2 or more applications where this distance would be the last place/s to be allocated, the place will be allocated to the pupil that is nearer using walking distance as measured using the local authority’s school admissions data mapping software. 5. Allocating places to Tameside resident children applying after the main allocation procedure has been completed When school still has nursery places available after the main allocation process has been completed, the Governing Body will offer places to subsequent applicants on

Admission arrangements as published by Tameside Council on its own page for this school. The school is its own admission authority (academy or voluntary aided); Tameside hosts the arrangements centrally.

Published by the admission authority. Meeting a criterion never guarantees a place — it sets the order places are offered in. Full detail, other entry points and previous years are on the Admissions tab.