Admissions
Boughton Primary School is an Academy situated three miles north of Northampton and within the County of Northamptonshire. The Academy Trust is the admission authority and has responsibility for setting the Admission Policy.
General Admissions
If you have any queries regarding admissions to our school please contact Mrs Cullum in the School Office on 01604 842322.
If you wish your child to attend Boughton Primary please contact West Northamptonshire Admissions on admissions@westnorthants.gov.uk or telephone 0300 126 7000 as they hold our current waiting list.
The academy holds open days in the autumn term for prospective parents and new pupils. Nurseries and playgroups will be informed of the dates. Alternatively please contact the school directly for dates. You will be very welcome.
Prospectus
In Year Admissions
Parents are welcome to contact the school to enquire about places, but will need to apply through West Northamptonshire Council. If a place is available and offered, both parent and child will be invited to visit the school, to be introduced to the class teacher, and to give us an opportunity to share information about the school, and to gather information about the learner. A starting date will be agreed and the necessary admissions' paperwork will be completed.
We will also make contact with the previous school to gain up-to-date educational information to help us provide for the child’s individual needs.
The class teacher will ensure that a buddy or buddies are allocated to the child on their first day so that they feel welcomed, get to know our routines and expectations and begin to make friendship groups.
Oversubscription Criteria
Places will be allocated to pupils who have an Education Health Care Plan that names the school as appropriate provision. When there are more applications than there are places available, the Trust will prioritise applications according to the order of the Admissions Criteria as below:
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Looked after and all previously looked after children, who became subject to an adoption, child arrangement order or special guardianship order. This includes children who appear to the admission authority to have been in state care outside of England prior to adoption.
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Children who live in the defined area (parish of Boughton) and have a sibling continuing at the school at the time of admission
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Children of staff, where that member of staff has been employed at the school for two or more years at the time at which the application for admission to the school is made, and/or the member of staff is recruited to fill a vacant post for which there is a demonstrable skill shortage in the area.
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Children who live in the defined area (parish of Boughton)
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Children who live outside the defined area and have a sibling continuing at the school at the time of admission
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Other children.
If the admission number is exceeded within any criterion, priority will be given to those who live closest to the school. Distances are measured on a straight line basis from the address point of the child’s home address to the address point of the school using WNC’s Geographical Information System.
Tiebreaker:
If two or more applications cannot otherwise be separated and there is only one place available, a random allocation process will be used to determine who should be allocated the place.
Published Admission Number:
This number is 30 children per year group.
Linked area:
This is defined as the parish of Boughton.
Appeals
You have the right to appeal against a decision not to offer your child a place at Boughton Primary School. Requests for appeals should be made in writing or via an e-mail. Details are available on West Northamptonshire Council website: