OPENING EVENINGS - Reception Application 2022
In line with high schools, we are having open evenings to welcome prospective Reception parents 2022 to our fabulous facilities here at Broadstone Hall Primary School.
So tell you friends, tell your relatives with pre-school children, shout it from social media! Come join our wider Broadstone community!
"pupils enjoy school...teachers make every lesson fun...teaching is well focussed on personal, social and emotional development to prepare children well for the next stage of their learning." OFSTED 2017
BOOKINGS ARE ESSENTIAL, please call 0161 4321916
The times will be:
Monday 18th October
3.15-3.45pm
3.45-4.15pm
Thursday 21st October
3.15-3.45
3.45-4.15pm
Primary school application process
Step 1: Who can apply
Children born between 1 September 2017 and 31 August 2018 are due to start primary school in September 2022.
Applying to a school outside of Stockport
You need to make your school place application to your local council. If you live in Stockport you need to make your application to us, even if the schools you're applying for are not in Stockport.
If you live outside of Stockport and want to apply for a Stockport school, you should submit your application to your council.
You must apply before 15 January 2022.
Step 2: Find your catchment school
You should consider applying for schools in your catchment area. Whilst there are never any guarantees, you're more likely to get a place at your catchment school rather than a school outside of your catchment area.
You can find your school catchment area online using your postcode:
If you choose not to send your child to your catchment school, any younger children who follow this child may not secure a place at the same school. You may end up with 2 children at different schools.
Step 3: Choose which schools you want to apply for
You can apply for up to 6 schools. If you only apply for one school, it's not guaranteed that your child will get a place at that school. The more schools you apply for, the more likely it is your child will get a place at one of your preferred schools.
Applications are assessed based on the statutory equal preference scheme. This means:
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each school that you apply for is initially looked at individually, regardless of the order that you rank the schools on your application
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the order that you rank the schools becomes important when we're able to offer more than one school - you'll then be offered the school you rank the highest
If we cannot offer a place at any of the schools you've applied for, then we'll offer the nearest school with places available.
Step 4: Admissions criteria
You should consider the admissions criteria of the schools you want to apply for as the criteria may be different for each school.
You can find the admissions criteria in our applying for a primary school booklet - 2022 to 2023 (PDF 1.5Mb)
Catholic schools
Catholic schools prioritise children baptised Catholic over non-Catholic children when deciding who should be allocated a school place.
If your child is baptised Catholic, you can upload a baptism certificate in your application.
Step 5: Think about transport
When you're applying for a school place, think about how your child will travel to and from school.
The free school transport policy has changed and will affect children starting school from September 2020. This will mostly affect children going to faith based schools that have to travel a long way.
Step 6: Apply for a school place
Use our online education portal to apply for a primary school place.
You'll find out which school your child has been allocated on National Offer Day on 16 April 2022.