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How to Apply

The school will admit 60 reception year students each September. 

Admissions are managed through East Sussex County Council school admissions team. 

To apply for a place for your child to join Ark Little Ridge in September 2022 you must apply through the East Sussex County Council website.

For more information about the admissions process, including key dates, please see the East Sussex website here.

Please note that admissions for entry into Reception class 2022 open online from 12 September 2021 and close on 15 January 2022.

Allocation decisions sent on (offer date): 18 April 2022

Appeal hearings: June and July 2022

Please contact our Admissions Officer, Mrs E Harrison, on e.harrison@arklittleridgeprimary.org if you have any queries.

 

Application timetable for September 2023 entry:

Closing date for primary school applications is 15 January 2022

National Allocation Day is 18 April 2022

Appeal hearings take place June - July 2022

Ark Network Appeals Timetable - download here

If you have any questions about the school, the admissions process, or want to arrange a visit, then please contact us.

 

In-year admissions

In-year admissions are managed through East Sussex County Council, please see their website here. If you would like to visit the academy please contact our Admissions Officer, Mrs E Harrison, on e.harrison@arklittleridgeprimary.org, who will be happy to meet you. 

 

Applications made to any year group outside the main admissions round (In-Year admissions) should be made to East Sussex County Council. Apply for a place during the school year | East Sussex County Council

Parents/carers will be informed of the outcome of their application within 15 school days.

If a place is refused the child will be added to the waiting list, the position on the waiting list will be determined according to the oversubscription criteria in the School’s Admissions Policy.

If refused a place, the parent/carer has the right to appeal the decision.

If you wish to appeal, please click here for the appeal form

For primary appeals, please first read this guidance about infant class size appeals

Appeal panel hearings will take place within 30 school days of receipt of the appeal. Parents/carers will be notified of their appeal hearing date by the independent appeal panel clerk.

 

Admissions Criteria

Ark Little Ridge Primary Academy is a non-selective school for local children. If the school is oversubscribed, priority will be given to students with statements of special educational needs, where the academy is named on the statement. The remaining places will then be offered in the following order of priority:

Looked After Children and all previously Looked After Children

Children of staff of the school where there is a demonstrable skill shortage

Children who have a sibling who already attends the school and who will continue to do so on the date of admission (for this purpose “sibling” means a whole, half or step-brother or -sister resident at the same address)

Children of staff of the school (where there is no skill shortage)

Children who live in the relevant East Sussex defined community area, prioritised according to the measure used by East Sussex Council

The remaining places will be allocated to children who live in the relevant East Sussex defined community area, prioritised according to the measure used by East Sussex Council

For full details, please see the admissions policies above.

 

Starting at the school in September 2022? 

Ark Little Ridge Admission Policy 2023-24

Ark Little Ridge Admission Policy 2022-23

Ark Little Ridge Admission Policy 2020-21.pdf

Ark Little Ridge Admission Policy 2021-22 

 

Our open days for our September 2023 entry will be published in the Autumn term, after the summer break.

  Ark Little Ridge Admission Policy 2023-24

 

Consultation briefing note_Little Ridge.docx

 

 

Tel: 01424 752266 or email: info@arklittleridgeprimary.org