CHILDREN STARTING RECEPTION CLASS IN SEPTEMBER 2025

(Children born between 1 September 2020 and 31 August 2021) 

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The portal opens to be confirmed

The closing date for making your application is on 15 January 2025. 

You need to make your application ON-LINE through Buckinghamshire Council - click here for further details

Gov.UK site do not update the dates until the portal is ready to open

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Click on the link above to book yourself a place in one of our open morning sessions

Admission to Haydon Abbey Pre-School

Haydon Abbey School manages admissions in modern premises on a site near the main school, on Holman Street. The Pre-School follow the same ethos and expectations as the main school and is managed by the same leadership team and governing body.

The Pre-School provides a vibrant and exciting setting where children enjoy their education and learning and make good progress in a stimulating environment. Staff are committed to developing the whole child through creativity and diversity. Our very youngest children are supported and guided in order to grow into confident, happy, independent lifelong learners ready for their entrance into school.

Pre-School follow the Early Years Foundation Stage Curriculum and Development Matters. Children’s progress and attainment is assessed against the frameworks. The following key themes are adhered to:

Every child is Unique

Providing positive relationships

Enabling environments

Learning and Development

The responsibility for admission to Haydon Abbey Pre-School has been delegated to the Governors of Haydon Abbey School and Pre-School.

There is no automatic admission from the Pre-School to the main school. Places are allocated by the local authority and places have to be applied for directly to:-

https://www.buckinghamshire.gov.uk/schools-and-learning/schools-index/school-admissions/apply-for-a-primary-school-place/

Admission to Pre-School

Children are required to attend five morning or five afternoon sessions totaling 15 hours per week.

Places are allocated to children in receipt of the two year old funding (for families receiving some additional forms of government support) or from the term following a child’s third birthday.

Places are allocated at termly intervals.

In line with county guidelines places are allocated using the following criteria:

Children in the care of a Local Authority (Looked After Children)

Children who have exceptional medical or social needs, which can only be met by our school, supported by written evidence from an appropriate professional person (e.g. social worker, speech therapist, doctor, etc.)

Children who have an elder sibling currently attending Haydon Abbey School and Pre-School in the term of their admission.

Children living in the catchment area.

Children not living in the catchment area.

In order to apply for a place, please complete and return the registration form for Pre-School and return to the Office at the Main School on Weedon Road.