Admissions
We’re delighted that you’re thinking about choosing our school. Choosing a primary school is an important decision, and we hope the information below helps you feel confident and supported throughout the process.
If you’d like to speak to us or visit the school, please don’t hesitate to get in touch, we’re always happy to help.
Starting School (Reception)
Children normally start school in Reception in the September following their fourth birthday.
Admissions for our school, including children with special educational needs and disabilities are managed by Suffolk County Council. The closing date for applications is 15 January.
How Places Are Offered
We have a Published Admission Number (PAN) of 30 children in Reception each year.
If we receive more applications than places available, they are considered using our oversubscription criteria, which include:
For example:
- Children with an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP) naming the school
- Looked after and previously looked after children
- Children who already have a brother or sister at the school
- Children living in the local area
- Distance from home to school
You can read the full details in our Beccles Admissions Policy
In-Year Admissions
If your child needs a school place during the academic year (for example, if you are moving into the area), this is known as an in-year admission. Please contact the school office to arrange a tour, discuss enrolment or apply for a place.
Telephone: 01502 713281
Email: [email protected]
REAch2 Academy Trust (the Trust), as the admission authority for all of its academies as per the admissions code 2021, is consulting on the admission arrangements for all of its schools. It is the responsibility of the Trust to determine the arrangements for all of its schools, ensuring that they are fully compliant with the admissions code 2021 and other statutory legislation, such as the Equalities Act 2010.
On 4 October 2023, the Trust Board approved several variations to the current arrangements, which seek to add clarity to a number of key definitions within the policy. The new policy also includes more information on how parents can access other admissions related information, including in-year admissions, appeals processes, and Fair Access Protocol’s.
The new policies do not propose any change to the school’s existing over-subscription criteria. The new policy seeks to make clear that children within the final category of the over-subscription criteria are ranked by the distance they live from the school. The Trust has therefore re-named this criterion from ‘other children’ to ‘distance’. Children within that criterion will still be ranked in the same way.
You can find the proposed school policies for 2025/2026 and 2026/2027 by visiting Academy Directory – REAch2 Academy Trust