Admissions and Appeals
Consultation on St Laurence CE Primary School Admission Arrangements for September 2027
The Local Trust Committee (formally called the Local Academy Committee) are proposing to consult on a revised school admissions policy for September 2027. The proposed changes are as follows:
· Local Academy Committee has been amended to Local Trust Committee throughout the policy.
· The policy has been streamlined in line with all other DDAT school admissions policies. We have different versions of the policy across our schools and therefore we are streamlining our policies further for consistency across all schools for 2027/28 admissions.
The consultation period will commence on 20th October 2025 and run until 28th November 2025. During this time, individuals and organisations are invited to express their views and any concerns about the proposed admissions policy for St Laurence CE Primary School.
The proposed Admissions Policy for the 2027/28 academic year is available to download at the bottom of this page.
If you require a hard copy, please contact the school office on: 0115 972 8469.
In accordance with statutory DfE guidance, the consultation will run for at least six weeks and, as an interested party of St Laurence CE Primary School, we are keen to hear your views; therefore, we invite you to participate in the consultation if you have any concerns regarding the matter.
All responses to the consultation should be made in writing and submitted before 12 noon on Friday 28th November 2025 to: admissionsconsultation@ddat.org.uk
If you wish to submit any correspondence by hand or by post to the school, please mark the correspondence:
FAO DDAT Consultation Team, c/o St Laurence CE Primary School
Collingwood Road
Long Eaton
Nottingham
NG10 1DR
Please note that all responses need to include your school’s name and should outline your personal details, including your name, address and relationship to the school.
At the end of the consultation period, the Local Trust Committee will meet to consider responses. The outcome of the consultation will be published on the St Laurence CE Primary School website as soon as possible following a decision being reached by the Local Trust Committee. Hard copies of the final report will be made available on request to all respondents of the consultation.
If you wish to further discuss this matter, or anything mentioned, please contact: admissionsconsultation@ddat.org.uk.
All admissions are dealt with by the local authority - follow the link below for more information.
If you are interested in your child coming to our school, we would recommend that you make an arrangement to visit the school and see the excellent work and welcoming atmosphere for yourself.
Please phone the office on 0115 9728469 to make an appointment.
Appeals
If you couldn't get a place for your child in the school you wanted you can appeal against the decision.
Primary and junior appeals
If your appeal is for a child starting school for the first time during the 2024 to 2025 academic year or transferring from year 2 at an infant school to junior provision in September 2024, you can appeal if your application is unsuccessful.
If you are informed of a decision for reception 2024 to 2025 or junior school for September 2024 on or after 16 April 2024 or it relates to an in year admission, you should submit your appeal within 20 school days of being told that your application was unsuccessful.
See guidance for making your primary, infant and junior school admissions appeal.
Timescales for appeals being heard
For decisions notified on National Offer Days 2 March 2026 for secondary schools and 16 April 2026 for primary and junior schools, appeals must be heard within 40 school days of the deadline for lodging appeals.
For decisions relating to late applications notified after the National Offer Days, appeals should be heard with 40 school days from the deadline for lodging appeals where possible, or within 30 school days of the appeal being lodged.
All other appeals must be heard within 30 school days of the appeal being lodged.
Parents will be given 10 school days’ notice of the date and arrangement of the appeals hearing.
The deadline by which the appellant must submit any further evidence is 6 days prior to the appeals hearing.
Admission authorities must submit their evidence 5 school days prior to the appeal hearing.
The clerk will send out the appeal papers at least 5 school days prior to the appeal hearing.
The clerk will notify the appellant of the decision within 5 school days of the appeal hearing.