PLEASE NOTE: You should not name this school on your Local Authority admissions application. Our application process will be separate. You should apply to the Local Authority as you would normally, in addition to applying to our school so that you still have a place at your Local Authority chosen school in the event that we are not able to offer your child a place.

Fill in your application online.
Please note : you must complete this form for each child you wish to apply

Or you can download the Application form.pdf or Application form.docx and posting it.

Please forward your completed admission form to admissions@bilingualprimaryschool.org.uk, in the event that this is not possible the pdf form can be downloaded and sent by post to:

PLEASE NOTE: Choosing to apply for a place at the Bilingual Primary School for Brighton & Hove will NOT affect your usual Local Authority choices.

Bilingual Primary School for Brighton & Hove Admissions Arrangements - draft

The school has an admission number of 60 at Reception and 60 in Year 1 for September 2012.

The school will accordingly provide for the admission of 60 pupils to Reception each year, if sufficient applications for entry are received.

For September 2012 admissions, applications can be made directly to the school via the web site from the New Year.

The deadline for applications will be Midday, Monday 16th April 2012.

Parents/care'rs will be notified of their allocated place on Monday 30th April, via email and by post, the same day as the Local Authority notifications take place.

From subsequent years, the Bilingual Primary School for Brighton & Hove will be part of Local Authority admission arrangements. (TBC)

2012/2013 Entry

Pupils will enter at Reception and Year 1

2013/2014 Entry and thereafter

New intake at Reception

Over subscription criteria

When the Free School is oversubscribed priority for admission will be given to those children who meet the criteria set out below, in order:

1. Children whose Statement of Special Educational Need specifies this school.
2. Looked after children.
3. Children with known compelling medical or other exceptional reasons for attending the school. Documentary evidence from a doctor, social worker, educational psychologist or other relevant professional should be submitted with the application.
4. Sibling link – taken into account if the child is living in the same household as a child who is already attending/allocated a place at the Bilingual Primary School for Brighton & Hove, irrespective of their parents’ legal relationship. Twins or multiple births do not qualify for the sibling link unless one child has already been allocated a place or they have an older sibling attending the school who lives at the same address.
5. Other children - Random allocation will apply thereafter as a tie-breaker. The Bilingual Primary School for Brighton & Hove will follow recommended procedures.

Being a Spanish speaker will not be a criterion for admission.

Waiting lists

The Free School will operate a waiting list for each year group. Where in any year the Free School receives more applications for places than there are places available, a waiting list will operate until the end of the first term after the beginning of the school year. This will be maintained by the Free School Trust and it will be open to any parent to ask for his or her child’s name to be placed on the waiting list, following an unsuccessful application.

Children’s position on the waiting list will be determined solely in accordance with the over subscription criteria. Where places become vacant they will be allocated to children on the waiting list in accordance with the over subscription criteria on a first come first serve basis.

In addition to the above noted over subscription criteria, we are currently in discussion with the Department for Education regarding this admissions policy, with a view to allowing for priority admission of the founding group's children. We will make these arrangements available as soon as possible.

Appeals

To appeal against a decision on an application you must contact the school for an appeals form, which must then be returned to the school. The appeal will be managed by an independent appeal panel.

School contact details
admissions@bilingualprimaryschool.org.uk