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Open Mornings for September 2024 New Entrants.

Please call the School Office on 01794 32201 or email schooloffice@wellow.uwinat.co.uk to book an appointment

JOINING OUR SCHOOL OUTSIDE OF THE MAIN ROUNDS

 Choosing the right school for your child is an important decision as a Parent to make and we want to be able to help make this a straightforward process for you.

 If you would like your child to attend our school, please contact the school office in the first instance we can often give you the latest place availability in year groups, application procedure and make an appointment for you to visit. Tel: 01794 322201

 To apply for an In-Year application, please click on this link:

In-Year Applications

For In-Year applications, school will notify parents of the outcome within 10 days of the application being received from Hampshire Admissions, and not later than 15 days.

You have the right of appeal to an independent appeal panel against the refusal of a place at this school.  If you would like to appeal against the decision, please visit Appeal Information or contact the County Admissions Team on 0300 555 1377 to request an appeal pack.  This provides an option for appeal papers to be completed and submitted online or written on a paper version of the appeal forms and submitted in the post or by hand.  Please contact the school if you would like to appeal against the decision.  You will be advised what you need to do and sent the appropriate form and guidance notes. 

JOINING OUR SCHOOL in Reception

If your child is due to start school for the first time, you will need to make an application to Hampshire County Council at www.hants.gov.uk/admissions.

County Admissions Team
Children’s Services Department
The Castle
Winchester
Hampshire
SO23 8UG

Tel: 0845 603 5623

Our Appeals Timetable YR starters Sept 2023 is as follows:

 Appeals for September 2023 main round entry will be heard during the summer term and will follow the timetables:

 

National notification date for on-time applicants         Monday 17 April 2023

 

Notification date for late applicants                            Tuesday 25 April 2023

(Whose applications received after 15 January and before 17 April 2023)

 

Deadline date for parents wishing to lodge                   Friday 19 May 2023

an appeal (returning completed appeal papers) to County Council

 

Appeals to be heard                                                    From 5 June to 21 July 2023

 

Decision letters to be sent                                         Within five school days of hearing

 

 Please note

(i) Appeals lodged after 19 May 2023 will be heard during the above dates if possible. Where it is not achievable to hold an appeal between the above dates, the hearing will be scheduled within 30 school days (excluding any school holidays) of the appeal being lodged. Appeals lodged on or after 12 June 2023 may not be heard until the autumn term.

(ii) Appellants will receive at least 10 school days' notice of the exact date and location of their appeal hearing.

(iii) Following the lodging of an appeal, additional papers may be submitted to the Appeals Service until 10 school days before the hearing. Evidence submitted after this date will be considered by the panel, but this may lead to an adjournment and significant delays.

 Secondary Transfer

As Wellow is in the Mountbatten School catchment area, and Wellow School is a ‘feeder’ school, most of our children transition there for secondary education.  The Mountbatten School website can be accessed here.