Applications for places at Barrowcliff School from Reception to Year 6 are managed by our Local Authority, North Yorkshire Council. You will find all the information you need, including an online application form to apply for a place, on their website at https://www.northyorks.gov.uk/education-and-learning/school-admissions
Please note that we are unable to offer places on our school roll directly; all admissions must be processed by North Yorkshire Council.
Children are admitted to our Reception classes in September each year. Your child will start school in the September that falls before their 5th birthday. In the summer term before children start Reception, we host welcome meetings and school tours for all new parents, and offer transition sessions for children. Our reception teachers also go out and visit your child in their nursery, if they attend one. We speak to nursery practitioners and gain valuable information about your child including their likes, dislikes and personality, to get to know them as well as we can before they join us.
Barrowcliff School provides Nursery provision of up to 30 hours a week between 8.50am and 3.00pm, and wrap-around care is available in Busy Bees, our Before and After School Club. We offer a flexible option of sessions for children age 2 and above. We operate our own admissions process for Nursery, please contact the school office on 01723 351767 to enquire about a place for your child, or email us: admin@barrowcliff.n-yorks.sch.uk.
If you have recently moved to the area or would like to transfer your child to us from another primary school in the local area, the first step is to contact North Yorkshire Council and complete an in-year transfer application form. You can express your school preferences on the form, and they will contact you and let you know whether we have a space in the year group your child is in. Once you have been allocated a place, we will contact you to arrange a tour of school and a start date.
The maximum number of admissions agreed with the Local Authority for Barrowcliff School is 60 per year group. If your child cannot be allocated a place at Barrowcliff School you will be entitled to an appeal in line with current legislation. Appeal arrangements are available on the North Yorkshire Council website: https://www.northyorks.gov.uk/education-and-learning/school-admissions
Key dates for Primary school admissions
15 January is the deadline to apply for a primary school place.
16th April is National Offer Day when a Primary school places are allocated. No information on the school place allocated can be shared with parents before that date.
NB: where National Offer Day falls on a weekend or Bank Holiday, school places will be allocated the next working day