Admissions
It is the role of Mrs Louise Wingrove to ensure that your child's entry into the school is as smooth and seamless as possible - from your initial visit enquiry to the first months of learning at Cransley. She and our team will ensure that you and your family welcomed and supported by the School.
You can call Mrs Wingrove on 01606 891747 (Option 2) or email her on admissions@cransleyschool.org.uk. Please help us in the first instance by completing this form:
Junior School Admissions (REception)
If your child has yet to start school, please visit our Early Years page first and consider registering for our Bright Beginnings Experience Days - a series of brilliant experience days at Cransley for you and your child.
Senior School Admissions (Year 7)
We understand how important it is for young people and their parents to fully experience the quality of a School before making an informed decision about making an application. We also will want to get to know you and your child, and decide on whether we can meet their educational needs in our learning environment before offering places for our Year 7.
We will run a fun, interactive and engaging Experience Day on Saturday 23rd November 2024 for up to 60 pupils only, and any interested applicant is encouraged to come along! Please complete the form below.
Pupils from the Junior School and siblings of current pupils have priority consideration for entry to the Senior School. Places are therefore limited to 18-20 for external pupils.
Timetable for Year 7 Admission
23 November 2024 Year 7 2025 Experience Day (9am-12pm)
24 November 2024 Applications go live.
9 December 2024 Deadline for full Y7 applications to be received, including receipt of school reports.
18 January 2025 Year 7 Assessment Day (9am-2pm)
25 January 2025 First round offers to be issued (by email)
1 February 2025 Deadline for acceptance of first round offers
During the Assessment Day pupils will be observed closely through a number of tasks designed to provide opportunities to demonstrate strengths in English and Maths, and in problem-solving, initiative, collaboration and written and spoken communication. Parents are encouraged to read the section below on selection of pupils.
Bursaries are available to new applicants. Please contact finance@cransleyschool.org.uk for further information.
General School Admissions
Please complete the admissions enquiry form above or give us a call.
We will want to get to know you and your child, and decide on whether we can meet their educational needs in our learning environment. We will ask for school reports, any relevant non-school reports and other information.
We will then invite your child to spend two consecutive familiarisation and assessment days in School. During these days, your child’s positive conduct and social skills - those of kindness, consideration and compassion - will be assessed formatively in a classroom setting to ensure that they can take full advantage of the opportunities available at Cransley.
Online 'challenge' assessments in English and Maths will help us make an informed decision as to whether we can meet the academic needs of a prospective pupil, and these will always be shared with parents. We require pupils to meet the age-related expectations for the relevant academic year group for successful admission. Parents are encouraged to read the section below on selection of pupils.
Limited bursaries are available to new applicants. Please contact finance@cransleyschool.org.uk for further information.
Selection
Cransley is foremost an inclusive setting, where children are welcome. However, it is important that places are offered only to those prospective pupils who demonstrate that they will be able to take full advantage of a Cransley School education.
We do not solely rely on their academic performance in entrance assessments, although it is important that we can meet the needs of all pupils. We must also feel reasonably sure that we are able to educate and develop the prospective pupil to the best of his or her potential and in line with general standards achieved by the pupils’ peers, so that there is every chance that the pupil will have a happy, fulfilling and successful school career. These aims must continue to be met throughout the pupil’s time at the school.
It is necessary, therefore, that a pupil is meeting their academic age-related expectation at their current setting.
The decision will then be made by the School on the basis of their character, their behaviour, motivation, community contribution, their work ethic and with due consideration to all other information made available to the School in the application process.
Parents of pupils with special educational needs are welcome to enquire, but please be aware that, quite simply, no school can meet every child’s needs.
We have a duty to protect the excellent working atmosphere and opportunity for our existing pupils and parents, and will be keen to ensure this is maintained with excellent pupil behaviour amongst our current and prospective pupils.
It is of great importance that a parent informs the school on the application form should a prospective pupil require any special arrangements for any entrance assessment or if there any any special educational needs information and assessment. Failure to disclose and discuss all of this information could compromise the offer of a place at Cransley.
Cransley School will only accept pupils who reside with a parent (or parents), or legal guardian.
All places offered are at the Headteacher’s discretion, foloowing discussion with the admission panel, as described in the Admission Policy. We are committed to ensuring that admission decisions will be made by a process that is free from any discrimination on the grounds of disability; race; ethnic or national origin; gender; religion or belief.