In Year Admissions 

We manage our own in year admissions and can allocate your child a place at the school on receipt of a completed in year application form. If we are full in that year group, we will need to refuse your application. You will then receive information from Somerset Local Authority, who are the Admission Authority, about how to appeal and what other school places are available locally.

Where an application has been refused in any year group, the child will be placed on a waiting list. This will be kept strictly in order of over-subscription criteria by the Local Authority, as the Admission Authority, and the child will remain on the waiting list until the end of the academic year in which the application was refused. Parents are responsible for informing the Admission Authority of any changes in their circumstances, which could affect their place on the waiting list.

Applying to start school 

Up-to-date and detailed information on applying to start school in September can be found on the Local Authority Admissions website: http://www.somerset.gov.uk/education-learning-and-schools/choosing-a-school/apply-to-start-school/

At Blackbrook, there is a planned admission level of 30 children in Reception, and new cohorts thereafter, each year from September 2023. In accordance with County guidelines the over-subscription criteria apply  if the number of application exceeds the number of places on offer- see document below.

We are limited in Key Stage 1 by the Government legislation which does not allow us to have more than 30 Key Stage 1 children in the same class.