Busbridge CofE Junior School is a Voluntary Aided Own Admissions Authority (OAA) school. We are a 2 form entry into Year 3 and have 8 classes across four year groups from Year 3 to Year 6 (age range 7 to 11 years of age).
Primary School Applications - Year 3 September 2023 entry:
From 31st October 2022, Parents/Carers who live in Surrey will be able to apply for a primary school place. Applicants can apply online at www.surreycc.gov.uk/admissions.
The closing date for Year 3 applications is 15th January 2023. Applications submitted after this date will be considered as late, unless they could not reasonably have been submitted by the closing date and are submitted by 9th February 2023. Applications must be returned directly to the child's home LA and not the school.
On 17th April 2023, applicants who applied online will be sent an email or receive a notification through the app 'ParentComms' with their log in to their online account to view the outcome. Letters will be sent via first class post to applicants who applied on paper and do not have an email address.
By 2nd May 2023, applicants will be asked to accept or decline their offer online, or if they have made a paper application, by returning the paper reply slip to the School Admissions team.
Secondary School Applications - Year 7 September 2023 entry:
The closing date for Secondary School applications has now passed.
On 1st March 2023, applicants who applied online will be sent an email or receive a notification through the app 'ParentComms' with their outcome. Online applicants may also log in to their online account to view the outcome. Letters will be sent via first class post to applicants who applied on paper and do not have an email address.
By 15th March 2023, applicants will be asked to accept or decline their offer online or, if they have made a paper application, by returning the paper reply slip to the School Admissions team.
General Application Information
To see our Admissions criteria which applies to all the year groups, please go to the Admissions Criteria Policy in the 'Policies' section of this website under 'About Us' or download the documents attached below. As an Own Admission Authority we as a school are responsible for applying our admission criteria, ranking the list of applicants and maintaining a waiting list where we are over-subscribed. Surrey County Council Admissions manage the application process and has a statutory duty to coordinate applications and allocations for Year 3 as part of the normal admissions new round, and also processes in year applications on the school’s behalf.
See the drop down on right hand side for further information on admissions eg. In Year Transfer Applications, Appeals and Parent Tours. All applications for a school place should be made directly through Surrey CC Admissions either as a 'new round' or 'In Year Transfer':
https://www.surreycc.gov.uk/schools-and-learning/schools/admissions
Information on the admissions process is available on the Directory of Surrey Schools:
or on Surrey County Council Admissions:
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Advice for Ukrainian families on applying for a school place and accessing childcare in England
The DfE have published some advice on the Education Hub for Ukrainian families via this link
applying for a school place and accessing childcare. The article is available in both English and Ukrainian and can be shared with staff and parents. Advice for Ukrainian families on applying for a school place and accessing childcare in England.
Admissions Criteria:
Our Admissions criteria for 2021/2022, for 2022/2023 and 2023/24 is available below.
For applications made under criteria 4 (Church attendance) of our Admissions policy for admission, please note the Supplementary Information/Benefice Church Verification Form (SIF) should be completed and returned by the parent/carer to the Busbridge Church Office for verification. A copy of the completed/verified SIF form should then be returned to the school office and a copy attached to the online application via Surrey Admissions within the required application date deadline. A copy of the SIF can be downloaded below or a paper copy requested from the school office.
For applications made under criteria 5 (Staff) of our Admissions policy for admission, please note
the Supplementary Information Form (SIF) should be completed and returned by the parent/carer to the school office for verification. A copy of the completed/verified SIF form should then be returned to the school office and a copy attached to the online application via Surrey Admissions within the required application date deadline.
A copy of the SIF can be downloaded below or a paper copy requested from the school office.
In-Year variation to Admissions Policy for the year 2021-22
Busbridge CE Junior School is notifying you of an in-year variation to our admissions policy for the year 2021-22. This will affect admissions to Year 3 in September 2021 and beyond. The closure of churches as a result of Covid-19, has raised the difficult issue of clergy verifying an applicant's level of church attendance in order to meet governors' over-subscription criteria. Clearly it will not be possible for clergy to do so in line with schools' admissions policies during the next admissions application round for the academic year 2021/22. As a result, an in-year variation to our over-subscription criteria has been agreed, in order to remedy this and clarify the position for prospective parents. This is based on advice received from the DfE, the Church of England Education Office and the Office of the Schools Adjudicator (OSA). Please note that this was not a formal consultation, which was not required under these circumstances.
The wording for the variation, as agreed with the OSA VAR1391 11th September 2020, is as follows:
"In the event that during the period specified for attendance at worship, the church has been closed for public worship and has not provided alternative premises for that worship, the requirements of these admissions arrangements in relation to attendance, will only apply to the period when the church has been available for public worship”.
All other aspects of our admissions policy remain unchanged.