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Melbourne Primary School

Melbourne Primary School Melbourne Primary School

Admissions

Starting School in September 2025: Visit our Trust site Wonder Learning Partnership for full details and policies: Determined Admissions Policies for 2025-2026

Starting School in September 2024

For applications to start a primary school for the first time in September 2024, appeal forms should be submitted by parent/carers by 26th April 2024 and appeals are planned to be held between Wednesday 15th May and Friday 28th June. 

How can I make a school admission appeal?

Applicants refused a place at a school for their child normally have the right to appeal against the decision to refuse admission. To make an appeal you will need to complete an appeal form which can be obtained from the School Admissions Team.

Appeals must only be submitted by someone who has full parental responsibility for the child concerned. You should complete the appeal form, setting out clearly why you want your child to go to the particular school you want. For your appeal to be successful you will have to show why your child should have to go to that particular school and not to any other school. 

Applicants refused a place at a school for their child will be given the right to appeal. Appeals will be heard by independent admission appeal panels. 

Further information about admission appeals can be obtained from the School Admissions Team.

To contact the School Admissions team:

Tel: (01482) 392100 or
Email: schooladmissions@eastriding.gov.uk

 

Admissions Arrangements for the 2024-25 School Year 

The Trust Board of the Wolds Learning Partnership determined the Admission Arrangements for the 2024-2025 school year on 23 February 2023.

The Trust Board formally approved the following documents and approved the following admission numbers for Melbourne Primary School.

Melbourne Primary School : 24 places

Melbourne Primary School Admissions Policy 2024-25 - Determined Variation

Who do I apply to for a school place for my child?

Although we are an academy, our school still chooses to follow the admissions policies and procedures of the East Riding of Yorkshire Council. This ensures we remain a community school at heart.

Admissions

There are two different types of admissions – those to start school at the ‘normal’ time for the start of the Reception year, and those for places in other year groups or at any other time – these are called ‘in-year’ applications for school places. In-year applications are made for example when a child is already attending one school and the parent/carers wish to move their child from one school to another, and when a family moves to a different area and needs a new school place for their child(ren).

Whilst the admission authority for our school is the academy trust, admissions applications are co-ordinated by the Local Authority, East Riding of Yorkshire Council.

If you would like to visit the school when considering making an application, please call 01759 318369 to arrange a visit.

How do I apply for a ‘normal’ school place for my child?

Applications to start our school for the first time, for the start of Reception should be made direct to the Local Authority in which you live by the deadline for applications. Late applications will be considered after those submitted by the deadline, often when there are no places available so it is important that you apply on-time. If you live in the East Riding of Yorkshire Council area, then you can find more information about ‘normal’ admissions processes, deadlines, details of the appeal process and other information at www.eastriding.gov.uk/apply-for-a-school-place. If you live outside the East Riding, you should apply to your ‘home’ Local Authority and not East Riding of Yorkshire Council.

There is no supplementary information form when applying for a place at our school.

How do I apply for an ‘in-year’ school place for my child?

Although we are an academy, and the admissions authority for the school is the academy trust we have formally requested that applications for school places are made through the local authority’s co-ordinated admissions scheme for in-year applications. Applications to start our school in-year should be made direct to the Local Authority no earlier than one term before the place is required, and it is recommended that you apply no later than a period of twenty school days, that is four weeks in term time, before you wish for the place to be available for your child. Applications are considered in the order that they have been received, for example if there is one space available in a year group, the parent/carer who applied for their place first will likely be allocated the place for their child. Proof of residence may be required before places can be allocated, and the school fully adheres to the East Riding Fair Access Protocol. Applicants will be informed of the outcome of their application as soon as is possible, though this is commonly ten school days after an application has been received, but may be later in certain circumstances.

If you live in the East Riding of Yorkshire Council area, then you can find more information about ‘in-year’ admissions processes, and details of the co-ordinated admissions scheme at www.eastriding.gov.uk/school-admissions where you can also find and download an application form along with details of how to appeal for a school place where you have been refused. If you live outside the East Riding, you should apply to your ‘home’ Local Authority and not East Riding of Yorkshire Council.

There is no supplementary information form when applying for a place at our school.

Who makes decisions on school admissions applications?

As we are an academy, the admissions authority for the school is the academy trust. It is the admission authority, and not the Local Authority who determines whether there is an available place based upon the capacity of the class/year group and the number of pupils already on roll.

Who should I contact with queries on school admissions?

You can contact the East Riding School Admissions Team by email at schooladmissions@eastriding.gov.uk, by writing to School Admissions Team, East Riding of Yorkshire Council, County Hall, Beverley, HU17 9BA. You can also call 01482 392100 in school hours.

 

The Wolds Learning Partnership :  Admission Arrangements for the 2022-23 School Year

The Trust Board of the Wolds Learning Partnership determined the admission arrangements for the 2022-2023 school year on 28 February 2021. 

The Trust Board formally approved the following documents and approved the following admission numbers for:

Melbourne Primary School :   24 Places

Please click here for the school admission policy and here for the catchment area map. 

The Wolds Learning Partnership : Admission Arrangements for the 2023-24 School Year

The Trust Board of the Wolds Learning Partnership determined the Admission Arrangements for the 2023-2024 school year on 17 February 2022.

The Trust Board formally approved the following documents and approved the following admission numbers for the following schools:

Woldgate School and Sixth Form College: 208 places
Stamford Bridge Primary School : 45 places
Pocklington Junior School : 80 places
Melbourne Primary School : 24 places

Please click here to view the Melbourne Community Primary School, and Stamford Bridge Primary School - Admissions Policy 2023-2024 and here to view the catchment area map. 

Melbourne Primary School
Melbourne, York, East Riding of Yorkshire
YO42 4QE
01759 318369
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