Jane Wood, 15th April 2021. To: Inspector Paul Clark c/o Louise St John Howe Dear Inspector, As promised in today’s Hearing session on Maids Moreton, I enclose details of admissions and catchment for Maids Moreton pre-school, Infants school, and the next nearest options at Buckingham Primary School and at St James and St John, which is split across two sites in Akeley (infants) and Chackmore (juniors). I see that from this academic year, Maids Moreton CE School is no longer a linked feeder for Buckingham Primary School. Maids Moreton children are now classed as out of catchment for Buckingham Primary School and no longer have a guaranteed place in Year 3 at BPS. Finally, I have also included my table of school sizes at Medium and Small villages, which I referred to earlier today. I hope the enclosed is useful to you. If I can help with anything else, please do not hesitate to ask. Best wishes, Jane Wood Maids Moreton Pre-School admissions policy from: https://www.maidsmoretonpreschool.co.uk/admissions-info.html Children are accepted from the age of 2, for a minimum of 1 session a week, subject to availability of places. Places are allocated on a first come, first serve basis. If there is a waiting list places are allocated in the date order that the requests were received. All allocations are subject to availability. Upon receipt of your application form, we will discuss with you whether your preferred sessions are available, or to arrange alternatives if not. Maids Moreton CE School admissions policy Admission policy for Maids Moreton School is the same as the standard County policy, at: https://www.buckscc.gov.uk/media/4516612/nursery-admissions-rules-2022.pdf The PDF is at the end of this document. In summary, places at Maids Moreton School are allocated in this order of priority: 1. Looked after and previously looked after children. 2. Children who appear to have been in state care outside of England and ceased to be in state care as a result of being adopted 3. Children who have exceptional medical or social needs 4. Children of staff (with various provisos) 5. Children living within the catchment area of the school 6. Siblings of children who are attending the school at the time allocations are made 7. Children who qualify for Early Years Pupil Premium 8. Any further places are offered in distance order (this is further defined; broadly, door to door) 9. Where one place remains and addresses are equidistant a random allocation will made. Maids Moreton CE School’s catchment area Catchment area are shown at: https://services.buckscc.gov.uk/school-admissions/nearest The screengrab from that website shown below shows Maids Moreton CE School catchment area in pink. The blue flag marks the hypothetical child’s home location that I used, in the middle of Main Street. Buckingham Primary catchment (grey): St James & St John School, across two sites in Akeley (Infants, 4-7) and Chackmore (Juniors, 7-11) (grey): Size of primary schools at Medium villages, ranked by number on roll Maids Moreton CE School is 17th out of 18 with a school. Number of Settlement Ages Primary Admission children on hierarchy covered children number roll points in attending (Reception), total school, September January 2021 2020 Bierton 1,621 6 4-11 286 60 Cheddington 1,754 6 4-11 213 30 Weston Turville 2,115 6 4-11 207 30 Grendon 1,111 7 4-11 205 30 Underwood Stewkley (St 1,840 5 4-11 205 30 Michael) Newton Longville 1,846 6 4-11 205 30 Brill 1,141 7 4-11 192 30 Gawcott 769 6 4-11 181 30 (Roundwood) Tingewick 1,093 7 4-11 181 30 (Roundwood) Cuddington 569 7 4-11 176 26 Quainton 1,292 7 4-11 169 30 Marsh Gibbon 969 6 4-11 168 30 Ickford 680 6 4-11 126 20 Padbury 810 7 4-11 98 15 North Marston 781 7 4-11 95 15 Great Horwood 1,049 6 3-11 80 15 Stoke Hammond 875 7 Maids Moreton 847 6 4-7 (infant) 44 15 Marsworth 741 6 5-7 (infant) 27 15 Villages drawn from Settlement Hierarchy Schools data drawn from: https://services.buckscc.gov.uk/school-admissions/schools Size of primary schools at Small villages, ranked by number on roll Maids Moreton CE School would be 8th out of 11 with schools, if classified as a Small village. Number of Settlement Ages Primary Admission children on hierarchy covered children number roll points in attending (Reception), total school, September January 2021 2020 Halton 935 7 3-11 202 30 Chackmore 231 4 4-11 160 24 Swanbourne 386 7 7-11 (junior) 120 30 Twyford 566 6 3-11 110 15 Oakley 1,007 4 4-11 84 17 East Claydon 345 4 4-11 71 15 Drayton 614 4 4-7 (infant) 45 15 Parslow [Maids [847] [6] [4-7 [44] [15] Moreton] (infant)] Mursley 611 5 4-7 43 15 Whaddon 533 4 4-8 40 10 (infant+1) Dagnall 664 4 4-11 37 19 Thornborough 641 5 3-7 (infant) 27 15 Adstock 363 5 Akeley 514 5 Ashendon 249 3 Aston Abbotts 363 3 Beachampton 184 3 Bishopstone 278 2 Buckland 713 3 Calvert Green 403 2 Charndon 862 2 Chearsley 539 5 Chilton 280 2 Cublington 328 3 Dinton 325 5 Ford 231 3 Granborough 545 5 Great Brickhill 817 5 Hardwick 315 4 Ivinghoe Aston 243 3 Little Horwood 434 6 Ludgershall 409 3 Mentmore and 385 3 Ledburn Nash 417 2 Northall 441 4 Oving 478 4 Preston Bissett 282 3 Shabbington 486 4 Slapton 528 4 Soulbury 736 5 (previously larger village) Stowe and 259 3 Dadford Turweston 211 4 Weedon 275 5 Westbury 447 3 Westcott 448 5 Worminghall 534 3 Villages drawn from Settlement Hierarchy Schools data drawn from: https://services.buckscc.gov.uk/school-admissions/schools THE BUCKINGHAMSHIRE ADMISSIONS POLICY FOR COMMUNITY AND VOLUNTARY CONTROLLED PRIMARY SCHOOLS FOR SEPTEMBER 2022 1. All applications must be made in accordance with the Buckinghamshire coordinated admissions scheme (the scheme). 2. All governing bodies are required by section 324 of the Education Act 1996 to admit to the school a child with an Education, Health and Care Plan that names the school. These children will therefore be admitted prior to applying the admission rules. 3. Once a child is allocated a reception place under the scheme the school will offer a full- time place in September 2022. 4. Deferred/Part time Entry: Parents can choose whether to defer this offer or to accept the offer on a part time basis as they wish. This deferment /part time attendance period can be up to the point at which the child is legally required to start school (i.e. the start of the term after the child’s fifth birthday) and cannot be beyond the end of the normal academic year of entry for the child (i.e. the latest any child could start is during the summer term of reception/foundation 2) otherwise they must re-apply for admission to Year 1 or have formally obtained agreement to delay their child’s admission for one year. Parents of children younger than five have the right to defer entry until no later than the term after the child’s fifth birthday if deferring within the same academic year. If a place is taken up part-time, then parents cannot take the remainder of the 30 hours that are unused at another provider. 5. Staggered intake into reception: Historically many schools offered a staggered start to school with children gradually increasing their hours or starting over a period of a couple of weeks. The increased uptake of nursery provision means most children will have been in a setting for at least 15 hours per week for a year prior to starting school and many will have been in a nursery full time. Whilst schools may choose to continue this practice under the Admissions Code each parent still has a right to a full-time place at the start of the autumn term following their child’s 4th birthday. Parents may therefore choose to either access their child’s full-time place from the start of the term or to take part in a staggered intake. 6. Delayed Entry for Summer Born Children: Delayed entry to school is where a parent applies to hold back their child from joining the correct year group for their age so that they start school a year later than they are due to, into the Reception class. Parents considering delayed entry are still advised to apply for a school place for the September following the child’s 4th birthday. This can then be withdrawn or declined if it is agreed that the child should be held back a year. Information about this process is on the council’s website, and parents seeking a delayed entry for their child should contact the Admissions Team in the first instance who will advise about the process. Each application will be reviewed, and you will receive confirmation of our agreement and the schools that it relates to. Once the decision is made to admit a child out of year group their admission will be managed in the same way as any other child in the intake with no reference being made to the child’s age. 7. If there are more applications received than the places available at a school, then the places will be allocated within the scheme in accordance with the published admission rules for the school.