School Admissions

Information About Our Nursery and Reception Class 

Please watch our Reception class information video (below) to find out more about the amazing provision we offer for Reception aged children, as well as little insight into the wider school. This video shows our current Reception class in action, and a Nursery video is currently in production and will be available to view here soon.  We offer a separate Nursery and Reception class each with their own full time class teacher and full time higher level teaching assistant.

Nursery children can access the universal 15 hours provision in a range of patterns to suit working parents, and we also offer 30 hours nursery places for those families who are eligible, which gives full time provision, matching that of the wider school.  See our Nursery page for more information about our provision and how to apply.

Funky Monkeys, our on-site private provider for wrap around care, can also offer breakfast club from 7.30am and after school club until 6pm, to support working families.  Please ask if you require further inofrmation or check out the information on their page.

We are happy to offer tours of school to prospective parents and to discuss options on the telephone for anyone who would like to find out more, or has specific questions to ask.

 Gateshead Council Community and Voluntary Controlled

Primary School Admission Policy 2024

Places at Gateshead Primary, Infant and Junior Schools are allocated in line with the Gateshead Council Admissions policy the Gatesehead admissions team co-ordinate admissions to Gateshead schools using the coordinated admission scheme.

The policy is as follows:

Children start school at the beginning of the academic year in which they will reach the age of five. (An academic year lasts from 1 September in one year to 31 August the following year). Children are entitled to a full-time place as soon as they start school, however in most schools, the first term will include an induction period, (a period for children to get used to school life gradually, generally from September to October). Although, you may request that your child attends school part-time until later in the school year, but not beyond the point that your child reaches compulsory school age.

In addition, parents may request that their child is admitted to school later in the school year following September 2024, but not beyond the point at which they reach compulsory school age, and not beyond the beginning of the final term of the school year.

We will accept pupils up to the schools agreed Planned Admission Number for the year group unless we feel there are lawful grounds not to do so.