Admissions

Admissions - Applying for a place

Our Amazing School

Old Mill Primary is an extremely popular primary school. We have places for 420 pupils from Early Years Foundation Stage to Year 6. We have a capped intake of 60 pupils (2 classes of 30) in each year group. We can take children into classes at any point in the year, if we have spaces. We also take children out of catchment to support parents in finding the right school for them.

Find out more in our prospectus.

Do you have a Foundation Stage child starting school in August 2025?

We have a number of Open Days coming up in the Autumn term 2024 for parents to view the school. The following Open Days are a great opportunity to meet with the Head teacher, see what Foundation Stage is like, meet the Foundation Stage staff, groups of pupils and spend more time in school.

The following date is available for booking:

Tuesday 12th November 2024 at 9:30am

Please book online or contact the school office to book your place.

If you are interested in finding out more about the school before then, please contact the office to make an appointment for a personal school tour with our Head teacher, Mrs Smith-Stewart.

Applications are welcome from families who live in and out of our catchment area. Our children come from across Broughton Astley and around a third of our children choose to come to us from outside of the village.

How to apply

Parents should make an application for our school via the Leicestershire Local Authority website. The authority manage our admissions as part of their co-opted scheme. Applications for Reception pupils open on 1st September 2024 and close on 15th January 2025. Parents are notified of their child's allocated school place on 16th April 2025.

Applying for a place mid year for all year groups

If you are interested in a place for your child and wish to move them from another school during the academic year (this is called a mid term or mid year transfer), please call our office to find out if we have any places in the year group, before making an application to the Leicestershire Local Authority. We have 2 classes in each year group (60 places for each year group).

Do contact our school office to find out if we have space in your child's year group and to book a place to have a personal tour of the school with our Head teacher.

Making an application

All applications to our school should be made need to be made through the Leicestershire Local Authority website who manage our admissions for us as part of their co-opted scheme.

The local authority use our Admissions Policy to guide them in offering places at our school.