Joining Knavesmire Primary School

Applying for a place at Knavesmire Primary School

We’d love to welcome you and your family to Knavesmire Primary School.

Knavesmire Primary School is part of Excel Learning Trust who acts as our Admission Authority. The Trust participates in the Local Authority’s Co-ordinated Scheme for admissions and in-year admissions. More information on the admissions process, including appeals and oversubscription criteria can be found in the Local Authority’s guide for parents which can be downloaded here.

If parents/carers wish to apply for a school place, applications can be made via the ParentPortal. The Local Authority will confirm the outcome of the application in writing within 15 school days. If the application is refused, the Local Authority will advise on the statutory appeal procedure. Details of the Co-ordinated Admission Scheme and how in-year applications are managed is available here.

Access to our Admissions Policy is available on our Trust’s policies page.

To find out more about our wonderful school, please take a look at our prospectus.

Nursery admissions

Children are admitted to Nursery in the term following their third birthday. Sessions are allocated in date of birth order to ensure a fair and consistent approach.

Every child is entitled to 15 hours free nursery school education and if you meet the extended free childcare entitlement criteria, you may be able to receive a further 15 hours free nursery school education. For more information on Government Funding for childcare please click here. Information on how York City Council handles your data for Early Years Funding can be found here.

Session times are as follows:

• NEW Nursery Breakfast Wraparound – 8.00am – 09.00am
• Morning session – 9.00am – 12.00pm
• Afternoon session – 12.00pm – 3.00pm
• NEW Nursery After School Wraparoung – 3.00pm – 5.30pm

You can find out more about our nursery here.

Applying for a nursery place

***NEW starting in January 2025 we will be offering Breakfast and After School Wraparound sessions for 3 and 4 year olds. Please see the Nursery Wraparound FAQs for more information on this new provision***

You can find out information about the nursery in the KPS Nursery Booklet and if you would like to apply for a place, please fill out the Nursery Application Form (please contact the office if you have any questions).

Once received, your application will be placed on the waiting list and you will be contacted when a place becomes available in line with the KPS Nursery Admissions Policy.

Due to the high number of applications received, we will only contact you when a place becomes available, not to confirm receipt of your application form.

Nursery fees

From 1 September 2024:

• Core Nursery fees per hour – £6.00
• Half day (3 hours am or pm) – £18.00

Nursery Wraparound Fees:

• Wraparound fees per hour – £5.00
• Breakfast Wraparound – £5
• Afterschool Wraparound – £12.50

Visit us

If you would like to look around Knavesmire Nursery, please contact the school office to arrange a suitable time to visit at the end of the Nursery day.

Please note that the Nursery and Reception class admission procedures are entirely different and that the allocation of a place in the Nursery does not in any way influence the allocation of places into Reception class.

Office of the Schools Adjudicator (OSA)

All enquiries should be sent via email to osa.team@schoolsadjudicator.gov.uk