Admissions
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Admissions information for families
If you would like your child to attend our school, please review the admission arrangements outlined below.
Our primary school admission arrangements
The admission number for the school in 2024/25 is 90 pupils, 30 pupils for entry in Reception and 60 pupils in year 3. KS1 is made up of 1 Class per year, KS2 is made up of 3 classes per year. We expect the Reception admission number in September 2024/25 to be 30 pupils.
The policies listed below set out the school’s arrangements for allocating places to pupils who apply for a school place during a particular year. Where there is an oversubscription the school’s admission policy is applied, and applicants are placed on the waiting list held by Buckinghamshire Council.
Please take the time to read the relevant policy.
Admissions Policies:
Please view our Admissions Policies here:
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How to apply for a primary school place
Great Missenden School participates in the Buckinghamshire co-ordinated admissions scheme. Full details on how to apply for school places through this scheme are outlined below. This includes children starting school for the first time or for in-year applications.
Applying for a primary school place Apply here for a primary school (reception) place or transfer from infant to junior school.
Applying to change school during the academic year (in-year transfer) Apply here to move primary school in Buckinghamshire
If you would like your child to attend our Pre-school please click here.
School appeals
All applicants refused a school place have a right of appeal. Full details of how appeals are organised are outlined here on the Buckinghamshire County Council website.
This year’s primary school appeal timetable is as follows:
Date | Event |
16 April 2024 | Primary Allocation Day |
15 May 2024, midday | Deadline for submitting completed appeal forms |
10 school days before appeal hearing | Appeals Team emails of appeal date & time letters to parents. The Appeals Team also tells parents the evidence deadline date. |
6 calendar days before appeal hearing | Case papers are sent to: - parents - admission authority - school - Appeal Panel |
June to July | Primary Admission Appeals heard |
Within 5 school days of the appeal decision | Decision letter posted to parents, admission authority and school |
If you need any further information relating to the school application process, please contact Buckinghamshire County Council school admissions team via the link here
Admissions & Transport contact details
The Admissions & Transport team advise parents wishing to contact them in the first instance, to use their "Contact Us" form. This provides them with all the information that they require to enable them to answer the parents enquiry promptly. The link to their Contact Us form is:
www.buckscc.gov.uk/contactadmissions
The website links have also changed, please use the new hyperlinks:
Section | Webpage |
School Admissions | http://www.buckscc.gov.uk/services/education/school-admissions/ |
Starting school or moving up to junior school | |
Moving up to secondary school | http://www.buckscc.gov.uk/services/education/school-admissions/moving-up-to-secondary-school/ |
Changing school in year | http://www.buckscc.gov.uk/services/education/school-admissions/changing-school-in-year/ |
Admissions policies | |
Find my child a school place | |
| Appeals | For information and a timeline for appeals please visit: https://www.buckinghamshire.gov.uk/schools-and-learning/schools-index/school-admissions/school-appeals/appeal-a-primary-school-decision/ |