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Admissions

If your child is due to start Primary school in September 2024, you can appeal if you are refused a place at one of your preferred schools on National Offer Day (Tuesday, 16 April 2024). You needed to submit your appeal before Tuesday 14 May 2024 for it to be considered by Tuesday 16th July 2024. Any appeals received after this time will be heard within 40 school days from the deadline, or where reasonably possible in line with updated guidance from the Department for Education. For late applications, appeals should be heard within 40 school days from the deadline for lodging appeals where possible, or within 30 school days of the appeal being lodged where reasonably possible in line with updated guidance from the Department for EducationIf your child is due to start Primary school in September 2024, you can appeal if you are refused a place at one of your preferred schools on National Offer Day (Tuesday, 16 April 2024). You needed to submit your appeal before Tuesday 14 May 2024 for it to be considered by Tuesday 16th July 2024. Any appeals received after this time will be heard within 40 school days from the deadline, or where reasonably possible in line with updated guidance from the Department for Education. For late applications, appeals should be heard within 40 school days from the deadline for lodging appeals where possible, or within 30 school days of the appeal being lodged where reasonably possible in line with updated guidance from the Department for Education. 

If you would like your child to attend our school, please see full details of our admission arrangements below.

Arranging a visit 

Prospective parents are welcome to come and visit our school to meet the headteacher, staff and children and to look around the school as well as ask questions and discuss any concerns they may have. Alterations to any arrangements may be subject to change as a result of COVID-19 restrictions being imposed.  Please contact the school office on 03000 658300 if you have any questions regarding the school.

How to Apply for a Place at the School

Admissions - September 2024

If your child was born between 1st September 2019 and 31st August 2020 you will need to apply for a school place online with KCC Primary Admissions here between 4 November 2023 to 9th February 2024.

Further details of Kent County Council's admission procedures can be found in the attached document:

If you would like your child to attend our school please see full details of our admission arrangements by clicking on this link: http://www.kelsi.org.uk/admissions/admissions/primary-admissions

Children already of School Age (i.e. Transferring from another school)

If you think that Crockenhill may be the right school for your child, please call the school office on 03000 658300, in the first instance, to arrange a visit. You will be asked to complete an In Year Application Form available from https://www.kent.gov.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0012/3522/in-year-application-form.pdf  If there is a place available, your child can be admitted without delay. If a place is not available, you will be given information about how to proceed, which can include being put onto a waiting list.  On the application form you will be asked to give information about your child’s previous school. We can then contact the school and ask for records to be forwarded onto us.

Any admission appeals are heard through the local authority.  You can read more by going to their website: 

https://www.kent.gov.uk/education-and-children/schools/school-places/after-you-get-your-school-offer

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