Admissions
Most of our pupils enter at Reception and at Year 3, though pupils are welcome at any age, dependent on a place being available. Places in other years are limited and in years where there are no places available we operate a waiting group.
A meeting with Mr Joe Thackway, the Headmaster, is a key part of the admissions process. We encourage prospective parents and pupils to visit us both formally and informally to get a true flavour of the school. We hold various open events throughout the year, including a specific Reception Open Evening in November, which prospective parents and pupils are most welcome to attend.
Mid-Year Admissions 2024-2025
Whether you’re moving to the area, considering a change of school or looking to prepare your child for their first choice of secondary school, we welcome pupils at any age dependent on a place being available. Our expert team are experienced at supporting children and their families with their transition into our friendly, welcoming community.
To discuss your options and to find out if a place is available, please contact our Registrar, Mrs Becky Witcomb.
Our Registrar, Mrs Becky Witcomb will be
pleased to talk you through the admissions
process and current availability. Contact her on 01788 523851 or email
admissions@crescentschool.co.uk
Why not take a look at Crescent School's Admissions Update e-newsletter. This publication is packed with news to give you a feel for school life, details of forthcoming events which are open to prospective pupils and their families and helpful advice about the admissions process for Crescent School.
To view our latest Admissions Newsletter please click here.
Reception Early bird applicants 2025
Siblings of Crescent pupils, and any external candidates with a strong interest in a place in Reception are able to apply and take advantage of our early bird application process. The early bird deadline is Friday 18 October 2024. Please return your completed Registration Form with the accompanying fee of £75 (non-returnable) by this date.
Your child will be visited in their nursery setting by one of the Early Years Team.
Your child will be visited in their nursery setting by one of the Early Years Team.
Subject to availability and a satisfactory visit offer letters will be sent out first class on Friday 15 November 2024 - with a Confirmation of Acceptance Form, which we ask you to complete and return to us together with a deposit of £400 by the acceptance deadline of Monday 2 December 2024.
Reception - on time applicants 2025
Applicants interested in a place in Reception or Year 3 following similar timescales to the state process, need to register by the deadline of Monday 3 February 2025; once we have received your completed Registration Form and accompanying fee of £75 (non-returnable) your child will be visited in their nursery setting by one of the Early Years Team or in the case of prospective Year 3 children invited in for a Taster Day. Subject to availability and a satisfactory visit, offer letters to applicants will be sent out first class on Friday 7 March 2025 with a Confirmation of Acceptance Form, which we ask you to complete and return to us together with a deposit of £400 by the acceptance deadline of Tuesday 6 May 2025.
Current reception to year 6 2025
Applications for places in the current Reception to Year 6 will be treated on an individual basis as places are extremely limited. In years where there is no place available, we operate waiting groups. Please contact Becky Witcomb, our Registrar, on 01788 523851 or email admissions@crescentschool.co.uk for further information and the latest situation regarding availability and waiting groups.
Should the possibility of a potential place be available you will be invited in to meet with Mr Thackway, the Headmaster, then if appropriate you should complete a Registration Form and return it with the accompanying
fee of £50 (non-returnable), after which time your child will be invited in for a taster day.
During the taster day children will be assessed both formally and informally. Children in Year 3-6 take a short online assessment to help us gauge their current levels of understanding. Younger children may have a reading age assessment and of course will produce written language and number work as part of their day in school.
Once a taster day is arranged, we will contact you to advise that we plan to seek a reference from your child’s current school. Following the taster day, confirmation of a place being offered would be made in writing subject to
a satisfactory reference being received. To secure your place return your completed Confirmation of Acceptance
Form with a deposit of £300 within 14 days of the date of the offer being made.
The final deadline for applications and completed registration forms for entry in September 2023 is Friday 23 May 2025. All incoming pupils need to have completed the admissions process by Friday 6 June 2025 to enable your child to attend our Induction Morning. (Although a place at Crescent School may become available after this date, and applications will be processed, we cannot guarantee availability of places.)
Note: Deposits are refunded after the end of the final term which the pupil spends at the school.
Induction
Induction
New pupils are given the opportunity to familiarise themselves with the
school, staff and fellow pupils when they are invited to our Induction
Morning in the Summer Term.