Stepney Primary School Admissions Consultation Process

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The Governing Body wishes to make a change to its Admissions Policy that requires public consultation. The change would come into force in the Admissions Policy for the 2028/29 school year and would therefore affect applications for entry in September 2028 and subsequent years.

There is no change to our policy for the 2027 admissions round which is currently in progress.

 

Our consultation period is between 12th November 2026 and 7th January 2027. You are invited to provide your views and comments on any aspect of the proposed school admission arrangements.
We are proposing the following amendments in our Admissions Policy:
● Remove the admissions criterion “being resident in a catchment area of the school”.
● Add the criterion “Children of members of permanent staff across the Trust provided that the member of staff has been employed by the Trust for a minimum of two years and/or has been recruited to fill a post for which there is a demonstrable skills shortage”

 

A copy of the proposed Admissions Policy is linked here, with the amendments highlighted for your consideration during the consultation period.

We invite you to review the proposed admission arrangements and consider the following questions:
● Are the arrangements reasonable?
● Ar the arrangements clear?
● Are the arrangements objective?
● Do the arrangements comply with the School Admissions Code 2021, the School Admission
Appeals Code 2022 and the relevant legislation?
● Could the arrangements disadvantage or discriminate against anyone?
● Could any changes improve the arrangements?

 

Please send your response to info@thrivetrust.uk by 7th January 2027.

 

After the consultation closes, all responses will be collated and presented to the Trust Board in February 2027 for consideration before the admission arrangements are determined.