Admissions & FAQ's
Parklands Educate Together Primary, part of Educate Together Academy Trust, are consulting on their proposed admission arrangements for the 2026-27 school year and beyond.
This public consultation is to ensure all ETAT schools are operating to the same admissions criteria, in accordance with our equality principles in addition to complying with the Admissions Code 2014 requirement for consultation when changes are proposed. The Trust believe the new policy, presented in this consultation, provides fair access to our schools and clarifies the Trust’s position without making significant changes to our existing policy.
Included in the consultation are parents and families at the school, staff and the Local Governing Board, parents at local nurseries and surrounding schools. Swindon Borough Council will also be invited to comment.
The consultation opened on Monday 2nd December 2024 and will run until 20th January 2025.
The Proposed Policy and a Statement of Changes can be found here:
You are invited to submit comments to the consultation which is available here:
Parklands Admissions Policy Consultation November 2024
Admissions Consultation Statement of Changes
You may submit responses in writing to:
Lauren Ball
Business Support Assistant
c/o Redfield Educate Together Primary
Avonvale Road
Bristol
BS5 9RH
Or alternatively you can e-mail comments to: consultation@educatetogether.org.uk
Following the consultation period, the Trust Board and Local Governing Board will consider all comments received in determining the admission arrangements for 2026 and make a decision by 28 February 2025.
The final policy and Consultation report will be available on the school website from 1st March 2025.
Reception Class Admissions 2025
Admissions into our Reception classes must be made through North Somerset Council IF you are applying before August 31st 2025. Any admissions after September 1st should be made directly with the school.
Our pre-school is currently full for children with 30 hours codes for September 2024, but there are a very limited number of spaces left for children needing 15 hours at the end of the week, Wednesday afternoon to Friday. Please contact the office to check current availability.
If you would like to look around our school please see the following poster and book a tour through the link below:
https://www.eventbrite.com/o/parklands-et-88498331043
ETAT Admissions Appeals Procedure Admissions 2021-22
North Somerset Appeals Timetable
* Please note that both the 2021 and 2022 Admissions Policies have been amended to reflect new Statutory Guidance for the definition of Children in Care. This amendment to Criteria 1, can be found on page 4. All other aspects of the policy remain as before. This change has been agreed by the Trust Board.
In Year Admissions
As a new school, we do still have limited spaces in other year groups, up to year 4 (years 5 & 6 are now full). Available places in some year groups are extremely limited (1-2 places left), so please do contact the school office to find out current availability.
Please contact Rebecca, our School Admissions Administrator on a Thursday or Friday to enquire about a space. Where spaces are not available your child’s name will be placed on a waiting list, which operates in accordance with our admissions policy over-subscription criteria. All applications for In-Year Admission will be handled within 10 working school days or less.
Our admissions form for in-year transfers can be found above.
In 2020/2021 Educate Together Academy Trust held a public consultation about its schools Admissions Policies, with the intention of standardising and clarifying across all of our sites. This consultation has now concluded with the new policy due to begin for the 2022 academic year. You can find a copy of the policy on the policies page. The Consultation Report can be viewed below:
