Admissions

If you would like to enroll your child in our Nursery, please contact our office to collect a nursery admission form.  Once this is completed you will need to return the form to school in person with your child’s birth certificate.  Your child will then be added to the waiting list for a place in our Nursery.

Please ensure you keep the admission form up to date with contact numbers and home address, this will ensure the letter that is sent to parents will reach the correct address.  In April/May you will receive a letter inviting you to attend a Nursery parent meeting. It is important that all parents attend this meeting as you will learn all information needed before your child starts Nursery for the following school year.

In Rice Lane, children start Nursery the term after their third birthday.

Please note: If your child attends our Nursery, it does not guarantee a place in our Reception.

Full Time Nursery Places

Our full-time places are for those parents/carers in receipt of the 30-hour childcare funding. If your child is elegible for the 30 hours funding offer, you will need to apply online for your code.

This code must be provided to school prior to your child starting school and no later than the date requested by the school. You can apply for your 30 hour code via the following link: https://www.gov.uk/apply-30-hours-free-childcare#content

In line with the goverment funding guidelines, you will then be required to resubmit the request every 3 months and share your new code with school, in order to continue to access the 30 hours free childcare.

Sessions

30 hours places are Monday-Friday, 8.45am – 3.30pm. Pupils are required to attend the full 5 days for the full 5 hours, we unable to offer flexible drop off and pick up times.

Part Time Nursery Places

Our part-time places are for parents/carers in receipt of the 15-hour childcare funding only.

Sessions

Our 15-hour sessions are structured as the beginning of the week and the end of the week.

MTW – Monday 8.45am-3.30pm, Tuesday 8.45am-3.30pm, Wednesday 8.45am-11.45am

WTF – Wednesday 12.30pm-3.30pm, Thursday 8.45am-3.30pm, Friday 8.45am-3.30pm

Currently, Liverpool City Council/Sefton Council arrange Reception places.

When to apply for a Reception school place:

If your child is due to start Reception in the September, you can apply online from 1st September for a Reception place the following September.

The closing date for Reception applications for is usually in January. Please check for updates on the Local Authority Admissions website for the exact date at: https://liverpool.gov.uk/schools-and-learning/school-admissions/closing-date/

Please note, even if your child has had a place in our school Nursery, you still need to apply for a place in our school Nursery, you still need to apply for a place in our Reception classes. Places are allocated by Liverpool City Council.

You can find out more by visiting their admissions webpage: https://liverpool.gov.uk/schools-and-learning/school-admissions/how-to-apply/

Before you apply, you will be asked to register for an account online. For help, follow the below links:

Step by step guide: How to register for a school admissions account.

Step by step guide: How to apply online for Reception.

An in-year transfer is when a child moves from one school to another during the academic year because:

– You move house, either within or into Liverpool.

– You want your child to change school for other reasons.

Transferring from another Liverpool School to Rice Lane Primary
If you would like your child to attend Rice Lane Primary, please speak to the school office who will advise you on what classes we have available. Children are welcome to join our school at any time in the school year, providing we have a place in the desired year group. In accordance with guidance set out by Liverpool City Council, if you wish to move your child from one Liverpool school to our school also in Liverpool, please speak to your child’s current school. They will lisise with us.

New to the city or transferring from another local authority school
If you are moving to Liverpool or you want to move your child to a Liverpool school from another local authority, apply online at https://forms.liverpool.gov.uk/contour-forms/in-year-transfer-form/

You should also follow this process if you have elected to home educate but you now want your child to attend a Liverpool school.

Special Educational Needs (SEN) schools

If your child has SEND or additional needs, placements will be based on their statement or education, health and care plan. For more information and advice please contact SENDIASS or visit the Local Offer website.

How do I make an appeal for a place at this school?
If you wish to appeal against a decision to refuse a place for your child at this school you can appeal online or in writing. Information on how to appeal can be found via:-
https://liverpool.gov.uk/schools-and-learning/school-admissions/appeals/ and https://www.sefton.gov.uk/schools-learning/school-admissions.aspx

Please ensure that you read the guidance notes published online before submitting your appeal.

For appeals during the 2024/25 admissions round (to start Reception or via infant to junior transfer in September 2024), you should return your completed form to Liverpool City Council by 17 May 2024.

Primary Appeals Timetable – 2024/25 Admissions Round
• Offer Date:17 April 2024
• Deadline for lodging appeals:17 May 2024
• We aim to hold all appeal hearings within 40 school days after the deadline. In some exceptional circumstances we may need to hold hearings after this date.  We will give appellants 10 days notice of an appeal hearing date and time.

All appeals will be held remotely via video link with our clerking service.

If you are not successful

If you do not win your appeal you will be told what your options are.

Parents can only have one appeal to an individual school in any school year – you may wish to appeal for a number of schools at the same time.

Decision letters are sent out within 5 school days of the decision being made wherever possible.

Transfering to Secondary School? Information for Year 6

Each academic year, Year 7 applications open in the September whenyour child is in Year 6. Applications uusually close in the October of the same year. Please see the links below for further information:

If you live in Liverppol apply at: Liverpool Secondary School Admissions

If you live in Sefton apply at: Sefton Secondary School Admissions

If you live in Knowsley apply at: Knowsley School Admissions

YOu can usually apply online from the 1st September.

The closing date for Yea 7 applications is usually in October.

Please esure you have completed the online preference form AND returned any supplementary paper forms (where applicable) directly to your preferred schools by the closing date.