Admission to Ebbw Fawr Learning Community

Children are eligible for admission into Reception at the start of the school year in which their 5th birthday falls (i.e. if your child is 5 between the 1st September 2018 and 31st August 2019 they are entitled to a reception place in September 2019). Children are not legally required to attend school until the start of the school term following their 5th birthday.

Yes. Only applications received by the published closing date, with relevant supporting evidence, will be considered in the initial round of allocations of pupils to schools. Forms received after this date, or incomplete forms, may result in a child being refused a place at their chosen primary school.

If your child is currently attending the nursery setting of your chosen school, an application form will need to be submitted as attendance at the nursery setting will not guarantee admission into reception at that school.

In the majority of cases children are offered places at their first choice of school. If your child is unable to gain admission at the first choice then you will need to decide whether you are willing to accept a place offered at a different school, or whether you wish to appeal the decision at an Independent Appeal Panel. This panel will judge whether the school is full and, should that be the case, whether the parents’ application is so strong that the child should be offered a place.

Children transfer from primary school to secondary school at the beginning of the school year following their 11th birthday (i.e. if your child is 11 between the 1st September 2018 and 31st August 2019 they would be entitled to a secondary school place in September 2019).

All children living in Blaenau Gwent are entitled to a free part-time education place at the start of the term following their 3rd birthday (e.g. if your child in 3 years of age on the 16th December 2018, they would be entitled to a nursery place from January 2019). This is commonly referred to as a ‘Rising 3’ place. Admission to nursery settings is usually on a part-time/ half-day basis for five days per week.