Academies Enterprise Trust (AET) is the Admissions Authority for the Academy. Percy Shurmer Academy has a Published Admission Number (PAN) of 60 for entry into Reception. The Academy will accordingly admit 60 pupils to Reception each year if sufficient applications are received. All applicants will be admitted if 60 or fewer apply.
If there are more than 60 applications, and the Academy is oversubscribed, then after applicants with an Education, Health and Care (EHC) plan which names the Academy have been admitted, priority for any remaining places will be given to those children who meet the oversubscription criteria set out in the priority order below.
There is also a specialist Unit attached to the Academy for up to 14 children who are deaf. Admission to this Unit is managed by Birmingham City Council. [Please note that the number of places may fluctuate depending on need as identified by Birmingham City Council.]
Tie breaker: Where two or more applicants have equal priority for the last available place (except for twins and children from multiple births) the final tie-breaker will be random allocation, which will be independently verified.
Where the parent has made the same preferences of school and, through the normal operation of the admission arrangements, the last available place has been allocated to one twin or child from a multiple birth, the other twin or children from the multiple birth will be offered a place at the Academy. In such circumstances, both the PAN and the infant class size limit would be exceeded. The other sibling(s) would remain as exceptions to the Infant Class Size legislation for the time they are in an infant class or until the number in the year group falls back to the PAN.
If the Academy receives more applications than there are places available, a waiting list will be maintained by the Academy until the last school day of the summer term. Places from the waiting list will be offered in the order set out in the oversubscription criteria and not in the order that the applications were received. After each added child, the list will be ranked again in line with the published oversubscription criteria.
The Academy works in accordance with the Fair Access Protocol held by the Local Authority (Birmingham City Council); should a vulnerable child within the protocol require a place at the Academy, they will take precedence over any child on the waiting list.
Late applications will be dealt with in accordance with the Local Authority’s co-ordinated admissions scheme. Please consult www.birmingham.gov.uk/schooladmissions for further details. Applications made after the start of the autumn term 2024 will be treated as an in-year application. You are encouraged to ensure that your application is received on time.
In-year admissions are applications made outside the normal round of admissions. The Academy will coordinate its own in-year admissions and an application for in-year admission should be made directly to the Academy. On receipt of an in-year application, the Academy will notify the Local Authority of both the application and its outcome, to allow the Local Authority to keep up to date with the availability of school places within the authority.
The Academy must provide for the admission of all children in the September following their fourth birthday. Where a child has been offered a place at the Academy:
After a place at the Academy has been allocated by the normal admissions round, parents may wish to visit the Academy if they are considering deferring their child’s entry or opting for admission to Reception part-time. Parents will have the opportunity to discuss their child’s readiness for school, and the Academy will be able to explain the provision on offer to children in Reception, and how it is tailored to meet the needs of the youngest pupils.
Parents may seek a place for their child outside of their normal (chronological) age group, for example, if the child is gifted and talented or has experienced problems such as ill health. In addition, the parents of a summer born child may choose not to send that child to school until the September following their fifth birthday and may request that they are admitted out of their normal age group - to Reception rather than Year 1. Summer born children applies to those born from 1 April to 31 August. These children reach compulsory school age on 31 August following their fifth birthday (or on their fifth birthday if it falls on 31 August). It is likely that most requests for summer born children to be admitted out of their normal age group will come from parents of children born in the later summer months or those born prematurely.
Percy Shurmer Academy has an Admission Number of 41 for entry into the Nursery, based on two sessions. All applications will be admitted if 41 or fewer apply. There is no appeal process for nursery places. For further information on the application for nursery places and the oversubscription criteria please contact the Academy. Please note: a place in the Nursery does not guarantee a Reception place in the Academy.
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