Admissions
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We are delighted to welcome new children into our Nursery.
Admissions – September 2024 Entry Reception & Nursery
Miss Cooper, our Headteacher, will be running tours of the school for parents of children hoping to join the school in September 2024 in either our Nursery or Reception class. For the tours, the school can be accessed via our Christchurch Road entrance.
If you would like to book a place on a tour, please contact the School Office either via email: admin@goldfield.herts.sch.uk or on the phone: 01442 823551
The Nursery applications open on Monday 26th February 2024. The closing date for Nursery applications is Friday 22nd March 2024. Offers for Nursery places will be emailed on Friday 19th April 2024.
Tours have been arranged for the following dates and times:
Tours
Thursday 12th October 2.15pm
Tuesday 31st October 9.15am
Tuesday 21st November 2.15pm
Tuesday 16th January 9.15am
Thursday 25th January 9.15am
Thursday 25th January 2.15pm
Tuesday 6th February 2.15pm
Thursday 15th February 9.15am
Wednesday 28th February 9.15am
Friday 9th March 9.15am
It is important to note that a place in our Nursery does NOT guarantee a place in Reception. This is a separate application process see
www.hertfordshire.gov.uk/admissions
Nursery Admissions Process
The timeline detailing when and how to apply for a place is displayed above, along with the link to follow to make an application.
For 2024-2025 children with birth dates between 1st September 2020 - 31st August 2021 will be admitted.
At Goldfield, our Nursery hours are 8.30am-3.15pm Monday-Friday. There is a single entry point in September, although if we have availability children can start throughout the academic year.
The day is split into a morning session (8.30-11.30), a lunch club (11.30-12.15) and an afternoon session (12.15-3.15). Parents can use both the 15 hours universal funding as well as the 30 hours extended funding and can also pay for sessions which aren’t covered by their funding.
The online application form will ask you to select the sessions you would like your child to attend, this can be mornings, mornings plus the lunch club, afternoons, full days or a combination. We ask that children attend a minimum of either 2 full days or 5 mornings. Full time attendance would total 33.75 hours; using your 30 hours, your child could attend for 4 full days plus 1 morning.
After the closing date for applications (Friday 22nd March), places will be allocated based on availability.
If the demand for places exceeds availability, our usual admissions rules will apply (see Nursery Admission Rules for Oversubscription on the website for details).
Lunch Club - £7.00 11.30am-12.15pm
Children can choose to bring a packed lunch or have a hot meal from school which is currently charged at £2.40 a day.
Morning Session -£21.00 8.30am-11.30am
Afternoon session- £21.00 12.15pm-3.15pm
If you are applying under SEND or social or medical rules etc. it is the applicant's responsibility to provide written professional evidence at the time of their application; if this is not included the application cannot be considered under these Admission Rules.
The tie break rule is distance which is measured by an online tool and the school's decision is final on this.
There is no appeal process for Nursery.
Contact will only be made with parents of successful applications.
Acceptance of places must be in writing by the deadline given on the timeline. Failure to respond by the deadline will result in your child's place being withdrawn and offered to the next child on our Continuing Interest List.
If we are over subscribed and your application has not been successful you may request, in writing, to remain on our Continuing Interest List.
Goldfield has wrap around care provision, Buttercup Club, which operates a breakfast club 7.30-8.45 am and after school club 3.15-6.00 pm. Depending on which Nursery session your child is allocated you may wish to apply separately for this extended provision. Breakfast Club £7.00 per session and After School Club £15.00 per session.
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Applications for School Places
Applications must be made online at www.hertfordshire.gov.uk/admissions.
Online applications for Reception (current Nursery age children) opens in November 2023
When will my child start primary school?
All primary schools offer children a full-time place at the start of the September term in the academic year of their 5th birthday. There is a short transition period of mornings only and then the children attend full time.
Please note that attendance at a nursery does not guarantee a place in the reception class of a school. You must make a new application for a place in a reception class even if your child is currently attending the school's nursery class. Every year some children who have been allocated a place in a school's nursery class fail to get a place in the reception class. This is because there are more applications for reception places than nursery places, and all schools must ensure that their admission arrangements do not discriminate against families who were unable to take up a place in the nursery class or, for example, move into an area after nursery places have been allocated.
Prospective parents are invited to come and join a tour of the school on one of the dates and times below:
Entry into Reception
Tuesday 26th September 9.15am
Tuesday 3rd October 9.15am
Tuesday 3rd October 2.15pm
Thursday 12th October 9.15am
Tuesday 31st October 2.15pm
Tuesday 21st November 9.15am
Tuesday 12th December 9.15am
Tuesday 9th January 9.15am
Tuesday 9th January 2.15pm
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Applications for 2023
Applications must be made online at www.hertfordshire.gov.uk/admissions.
Please find the above link for all Herts County Council guidance on applying for a Junior School place for September 2024 (Year 3) for your child.
Linked Infant and Junior Schools
Goldfield School is linked to Bishop Wood School. Most junior schools prioritise applications from pupils already attending their 'linked' infant school. You should check the rules of the junior schools you are applying for in the directory section of the 'Applying for a school place' book. A list of community or voluntary controlled 'linked' infant and junior schools can be found in here.