Admissions
Excalibur Academies Trust (Trust) is the Admission Authority for Ashton Vale Primary School.
We are part of the Excalibur Academies Trust: a company limited by guarantee (Companies House number: 08146633
Registered Office: Granham Hill, Marlborough, Wiltshire SN8 4AX ) and we use Bristol Local Authority’s admissions team to handle our September school admissions. The deadline for applications to apply for a school place for the 2023/2024 academic year is the 15th January 2023. For more information please visit the Bristol City Council Primary School page https://www.bristol.gov.uk/residents/schools-learning-and-early-years/school-admissions/primary-admissions/primary-apply
Registered Office: Granham Hill, Marlborough, Wiltshire SN8 4AX ) and we use Bristol Local Authority’s admissions team to handle our September school admissions. The deadline for applications to apply for a school place for the 2023/2024 academic year is the 15th January 2023. For more information please visit the Bristol City Council Primary School page https://www.bristol.gov.uk/residents/schools-learning-and-early-years/school-admissions/primary-admissions/primary-apply
If you would like a tour of the school please contact the school office on 0117 9030383 or email info@ashtonvaleprimary.org
The admission policy in Bristol enables every child to have three full years of infant schooling. Therefore, children whose fourth birthday falls on or before 31st August of any year would normally join the infant department at the start of the following autumn term. A child becomes of compulsory school age on reaching five years, but a parent is not legally required to send a child to school until the beginning of the term following the child’s fifth birthday.
The admission policy in Bristol enables every child to have three full years of infant schooling. Therefore, children whose fourth birthday falls on or before 31st August of any year would normally join the infant department at the start of the following autumn term. A child becomes of compulsory school age on reaching five years, but a parent is not legally required to send a child to school until the beginning of the term following the child’s fifth birthday.
For Admissions Policies please click here
Request for Admission Outside Normal Age Group Form:
- Please click HERE to download the form for completion.
Parents must register their first choice of school with the local authority before 15th January in the year preceding the academic year the child starts school.
Ashton Vale has seven classes and each class averages 30 children. Children remain for three years in our infant department (Foundation and Key Stage One) and four years in the junior department (Key Stage Two).
Our PAN, the annual intake level, fixed by the local authority, is 30 per year group, from Reception to Year 6, making a total of 210 children when the school is full.
Any additional information can be obtained from the following address:-
Primary Admissions
Council House
College Green
Bristol
BS1 5TR
Telephone: 0117 922 2000
Primary Admissions
Council House
College Green
Bristol
BS1 5TR
Telephone: 0117 922 2000
For all Admissions Policies please see our Policies page HERE
Deferred and delayed entry to school
The law in England and Wales says that children must be receiving a full-time education by the start of the school term after their fifth birthday. In Bristol there are 6 school terms and the school year runs from 1 September to 31 August with varying start and finish dates depending on the school. A child is of compulsory school age on the 1 January, 1 April, or 1 September following their fifth birthday. Month of child’s birth: When they become of compulsory school age September to December: Beginning of Term 3 January to April: Beginning of Term 5 May to August: Beginning of September in the next academic year
Parents and carers may feel that their child is not ready to go to school in the September of the school year in which they reach the age of five. For example, your child was born in the summer months, between 1 April and 31 August and will be four years and a few weeks old when due to start school, or your child was born prematurely and if born nearer the expected due date would attend school the following school year. If you think your child is not ready to start school, you may have heard about the option to defer or delay your child taking up a school place. This guidance aims to help explain what these terms mean and help you decide what is best for your child.