If you would like your child to attend our school, please see full details of our admission arrangements below.
Admission Arrangements
Nottinghamshire’s annual consultation on admission arrangements for 2024-2025 closed on 31st October 2024
A copy of the determined admission arrangements for 2024-2025 is available at
The admission arrangements for all own admission authority schools in the Nottinghamshire area will be made available on our public website when they are received by the County Council.
Objections to admission arrangements for 2024-2025 of both maintained schools and academies can be made to the Schools Adjudicator who may investigate admission arrangements of any school that the Adjudicator considers do not, or may not, comply with the mandatory requirements of the School Admissions Code or the law. Further details are available on our website.
If you have any further queries, please contact admissionsconsultations@nottscc.gov.uk
If you live in Nottinghamshire, you must apply for a school place through Nottinghamshire County Council. Dalestorth Primary is a Nottinghamshire Community school. Its standard admission criteria are therefore set by Nottinghamshire County Council. The admission criteria are used to determine which pupils should be admitted to our school and also sets out the admission criteria for if school is over-subscribed (full).
Admissions to schools: school information 2024-25 is available here. (See below as this is for the current intake round and in-year admissions for this academic year)
Information on the 2024-2025 admission arrangements can also be found below for parents applying for places for September 2024.
This gives details about all Nottinghamshire schools and the admission oversubscription criteria which can help you decide which schools in which to apply for.
You can choose up to 4 schools to apply for in order of priority on a single application and are encouraged to use all 4 preferences. Before making your preferences consider carefully which schools you would like your child to go to. Then check the oversubscription criteria carefully to see where you fit in as if there are more applications than places available and you are low down on the list of oversubscription criteria, then you will be least likely to get a place. (For example, if you live out of the catchment area.)
The easiest way to apply for a school place is online at
www.nottinghamshire.gov.uk/admissions - apply for a school place.
You can also telephone the customer service team on 0300 500 80 80 to make an application or request an application form or you can download an application form from www.nottinghamshire.gov.uk/admissions
What school places do I need to apply for?
You need to apply for a school place every time your child starts a new school….
-When first starting school – Your child will not automatically transfer from a nursery to a school even if the nursery is attached to the school
-When changing transferring from a separate infant school (end of year 2) to a junior school (beginning of year 3)
-Transferring from primary school/junior school (end of year 6) to a secondary school (beginning of year 7)
-Applying for a place at a 14-19 school (end of year 10)
September Places relevant to Dalestorth Primary that need applying for..
First Admissions
Nottinghamshire County Council co-ordinates admission to our primary schools for the first time. Applications are needed to made the year before the child is 5. At Dalestorth Primary School we are able to offer 45 places for the Reception (Foundation Stage 2) year but these places have to be considered in accordance with the admission criteria. Where there are more applications than places available, the over-subscription criteria below are used to decide how places are allocated.
Secondary Admissions
This involves children transferring from our primary school (year 6) to secondary school (year 7) Applications are made the year before when the child is in year 5.
Every year there are set dates and times of when you can make the applications for the above and when you will be made a school place offer. You can find all this information by clicking on the link below..
Nottinghamshire County Council – When to apply for a school place
Admissions to year groups other than the intake year
Applications for admission to other year groups will be considered in relation to the published admission limit which applied when the year group was first admitted to the school. If places are available within the year group, applications will be considered in accordance with the admission criteria or the admission oversubscription criteria will be used as in all cases if there are more applications than places available.
If you would like to apply for a full time school place at Dalestorth Primary School please contact
School Admissions on 0300 500 80 80 .
Admission to our Nursery
We have 52 places available in our Nursery-Foundation Stage 1 (26 morning, 26 afternoon) which means that your child can come to us part time the term after they are three if the arrangement suits your situation. However, attendance in our nursery (Foundation Stage 1) does not automatically guarantee a Reception (Foundation Stage 2) place in school. This will depend again on meeting the admission criteria.
If you would like to apply for a part time (Foundation Stage 1) place please ring our school office on 01623 459339 or email us at office@dalestorth.notts.sch.uk .
30 Hours Funded Entitlement
Some working parents may be entitled to 30 hours childcare funding for 3/4 year olds. Parents are required to complete an online eligibility checker and provide a reference number to confirm their eligibility for 30 hours funded childcare. To find out if you are eligible go to https://www.gov.uk/30-hours-free-childcare .
At Dalestorth Primary & Nursery School we will aim to offer places to eligible parents where places are available. Due to operational circumstances places will be offered on a 30 hour basis only. These hours will be available whether or not the parent decides they require their child to attend for the whole 30 hours. Therefore if a parent requires additional hours at another setting the parent will be responsible for payment of this.
Extended hours funding only covers the Nursery session times (8:30-11:30 and 12:30-15:30). There will an additional charge for childcare over the lunch time period. Parents are asked to provide a packed lunch for their child.
Over-subscription
Where a school has more applications than places available, it is considered to be oversubscribed. The admission over-subscription criteria are used to decide the order in which places can be allocated.
Special Consideration
Special consideration may be given to applications that are supported by written evidence from a doctor, social worker or other relevant professional giving reasons why the school is the only school which could cater for the child’s particular needs. This might include medical needs, mobility support needs, special educational needs or other social circumstances. The evidence must be presented at the time of application.
The appropriate designated officers will consider written evidence provided to decide whether the application may be processed as special circumstances. Admission under special circumstances will have priority over all but the first numbered criterion below (children who are looked after).
In the event of over-subscription, the following criteria will be applied, in priority order, to determine which applications will be granted once places have first been allocated to any pupils who have been given special consideration because they have either an education, health and care plan or a statement of special needs which names the school:
Oversubscription Criteria
1. Children who are looked after by a local authority and previously looked after children.
2. Children, who live in the catchment area and who, at the time of admission, will have a brother or sister attending the school and children who do not live in the catchment area at the closing date for application and who, at the time of admission will have a brother or sister attending the school who was displaced as their Nottinghamshire community catchment area school was oversubscribed at the national offer day for first admission to school.
3. Other children who live in the catchment area.
4. Children who live outside the catchment area, and who, at the time of admission, will have a brother or sister attending the school or the linked junior/primary school.
5. Other children who live outside the catchment area.
In the event of over-subscription within any criterion, preference will normally be given to children who live nearest to the school as the crow flies. Distances are measured from the entrance to the child’s home to the principal entrance of the main administrative building of the school using the County Council’s distance measuring software.
To find out if you live within our catchment area, please click on the link below to check the Nottinghamshire County Council website.
Nottinghamshire County Council Catchment Areas
Remember that living in a catchment area, attending a nursery or children’s centre, attending a linked school or having a brother or sister attending a school does not guarantee that your application will be successful.
It may, however, for some admission authorities give your application higher priority within their admission over subscription criteria.
You have the right of appeal against any preference that is refused and will be placed on a waiting list.
Waiting lists are held for all schools in Nottinghamshire where the number of applications received is greater than the number of available places in the intake year group. The order of places on the waiting list is determined by the oversubscription criteria.
Further guidance on the way in which applications are dealt with including preferences for more than one school, late applications and the way waiting lists are used/maintained can be found in the Nottinghamshire County Council’s “Admissions to Schools” booklet which is available from the School Admissions Team, Meadow House, Littleworth, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire NG18 2TA.
Tel: 0300 500 80 80. All applications are carried out by the School Admissions Team.
Guidance on all aspects of admissions can be found in Nottinghamshire County Council’s Admissions to schools Guide for Parents which can be accessed via www.nottinghamshire.gov.uk/admissions
Admission Numbers
Planned Admission Number 2023/2024: 45
Current Number on Roll: 308 + 40 in FS1 = 348 as of September 2023
Class numbers for 2023/2024
FS1 - 21 places in the morning, 17 in the afternoon
FS2 - 45
Year 1 - 45
Year 2 - 45
Year 3 - 45
Year 4 - 45
Year 5 - 46
Year 6 - 45
Current class numbers as of September 2023