Admissions
There are two kinds of admissions to Slade.
Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) Admissions are for those children starting school for the first time in Reception Year and In Year Admissions, which happen once a child has already started school and there is a desire or need to transfer schools, or is new to the UK and is of school age.
Both of these are described in full below. If you have any questions, please contact us using the email address admissions@slade.kent.sch.uk.
EYFS National Offer Day: Tuesday 19 April 2022
If your child was born between 1 September 2017 and 31 August 2018 and you made an application to join a Kent Primary School, you will receive details of your allocated school on National Offer Day, which this year is Tuesday 19 April. Kent County Council will email the address used in the application back in the winter.
If you have been offered a place at Slade Primary School on National Offer Day:
Please wait for a confirmatory welcome email from our Admissions email address (admissions@slade.kent.sch.uk). Please check your junk mailbox if you do not appear to have received this email from us by 16:15.
This will detail exactly what to do next with regards on how to accept the place at Slade, or if you wish to decline the offer. Please do not send in your acceptance or refusal notification until you have received and read our welcome email.
If you chose Slade and have not been offered a place with us on National Offer Day:
Please refer to the advice in your notification email from Kent County Council.
You should accept the place that you have been offered, but use the form attached to apply to go onto the waiting list at Slade (or any other school you listed on the original application but were not offered). This ensures that you will have a school place for your child on 1 September.
Applicants who decide to go onto the waiting list of other schools will find out the final decision of KCC on Reallocation Day which is on Wednesday 8 June. After this date, you will remain on the waiting list at Slade until such a time that a place can be offered, or you contact us to ask to be removed. From Thursday 9 June, applications are treated as 'In Year Admissions' (scroll down for further information.)
Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) Admissions
We offer 60 places in our Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS, or 'Year R') for new admissions (this is our Published Admissions Number). These places will be allocated by our admissions authority, Kent County Council, in accordance with the following criteria (in order of priority):
- Children in Local Authority Care
- Current Family Associations (siblings)
- Health and Special Access reasons
- Nearness of children's homes to school
Please click on the link to the KCC website below to find out more about admissions.
Open Mornings for parents considering Slade for EYFS Admissions
EYFS Intake September 2023 - Children born between 1 September 2018 and 31 August 2019
We will be holding open events in the Autumn of 2022 for parents and carers who are considering Slade for Early Years Foundation Stage (Year R) applications for their child starting school in September 2023.
Please check updates on this page and via our Twitter feed in September for full details on these events and how to book.
We are here to help throughout the application process. If you have any questions or concerns don’t hesitate to contact us via email admissions@slade.kent.sch.uk at any time or on the telephone to 01732 350354.
Updated Monday 4 April 2022
Useful links
In-Year Admissions
If you are looking to transfer your child from another primary school, please complete an in year admissions form and submit this directly to us. Slade Primary School applies the admissions criteria laid out by Kent County Council as described above in the EYFS Admissions section. Please click on the link below to find out more information about the criteria and for links to the application form required.
Please email your completed application form via our dedicated admissions email address:admissions@slade.kent.sch.uk
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Visiting the School
For parents interested in joining Slade as an In Year transfer, we are unable to satisfy demand for tours before such time that an offer of a place has become available. Once this is the case, we will invite you in for a full 1-2-1 family tour before making up your mind whether to accept the place or not.
Frequently Asked Questions
1. When should I apply for a place for my child?
Children start school when they are 4 rising 5 and all applications should be made via the Kent County Council in the year preceding their 5th birthday.
For example: Children who are born between 1 September 2018 and 31 August 2019 need to apply in the application window which opens in November 2022 through to the closing date in mid January 2023 for admission to school in September 2023.
2. Can I put my name down on a waiting list now for a place for reception?
Slade Primary School does not keep a reception waiting list or expression of interest list.
3. What is your catchment area?
There is no official 'catchment area'. We fill our spaces using the criteria mentioned above - with the vast majority of spaces being filled by those living closest to the school (criteria 4). Although a set distance does not guarantee a successful application, and as a guide only from the last two years, the furthest distance from the school to gain a place under this criteria has been 1.3 Kilometres.
4. How are children allocated to a class when they start school?
Children are divided up into two classes in order of date of birth. We attempt, where possible to provide classes with an equal number of boys to girls, additional educational needs and other factors that will allow for a balanced year group.
5. What provision do you have out of school hours?
We have a limited spaces wraparound provision at Slade for Breakfast Club, starting at 07:30 and for After School Club finishing at 17:30. Further details can be obtained on the relevant page on this website or by contacting wraparound@slade.kent.sch.uk.