Admission to our school is the responsibility of the Governing Body. The school will admit children up to our planned ‘Admission Number’ which is fifteen per academic year.
If the total number of applications is fewer than or equal to the number of places available, all applicants will be admitted. However, if the number of applications to Ysgol y Llan is greater than the number of places available, the information you provide and the oversubscription criteria will be used to rank your child’s priority for a place.
Parents have the right of appeal if they are refused a place at the school. Our oversubscription criteria are set out below – please ask the secretary if you would like a full copy of our Admissions Policy.
Oversubscription Criteria
For clarification of definitions below, please request a copy of the admissions policy from the school office.
- Looked after children and previously looked after children
- Pupils with an elder sibling who is of statutory school age and will still be registered at our school when the younger child is eligible to attend (*see “Definitions” section of the policy)
- Pupils who live in the Mission Area of Estuary and Mountain Mission Area and for whom this is the nearest suitable Church in Wales school to their home address. (*see “Definitions” section of the policy)
- Pupils whose parents (*see “Definitions” section of the policy) attend St. Mary’s & St. Beuno’s Church, Whitford
- Pupils whose parents (*see “Definitions” section of the policy) attend another Anglican Church and for whom this is the nearest Voluntary Aided Church School
- Pupils whose parents (*see “Definitions” section of the policy) are active members of a non-Anglican Christian denomination and for them this is the nearest Voluntary Aided Church School
- Pupils whose parents (*see “Definitions” section of the policy) are active members of another faith and also express a desire for a Church School education, and for them this is the nearest Voluntary Aided Church School.
- Pupils whose parents wish them to attend a Church in Wales school
If parents, or those with parental responsibility wish to have their child’s application considered under criteria d to g, then they need to have their vicar/faith leader complete and sign a supplementary information form (SIF) which needs to be returned to The Governing body at Ysgol y Llan no later than five weeks after the closing date for Nursery or Reception applications (as applicable). The SIF seeks information about the frequency of attendance at services/Sunday School etc. Confirmation of these details is required from the local priest, minister or faith leader.
If there are more applicants than places in any of the above categories of the oversubscription criteria, priority will be given to applicants living nearest to the school. The distances are calculated by the LA. The Council uses a Geographical Information System (GIS) to calculate the shortest home to school distance in miles.
As in all Flintshire schools, children who have attended our nursery class will not have an automatic right of admission to full time education at our school.
Please note: Transport is only provided by Flintshire LA for pupils who live 2 miles from the nearest school, or nearest Voluntary Aided or Welsh Medium School.
Enrolment/Transfer
Enrolment into the reception or nursery class takes place in the spring term (for the following September).
Admissions should be completed online on Flintshire County Council's website.
Some pupils may be eligible for an ‘Early Entitlement’ place. These places are offered to pupils who reach their 3rd birthday by the end of the autumn term (to start the following January) or by the end of the spring term (to start after Easter). Please ask for more details if your child’s birthday falls between September 1st and March 31st.
A transfer from another school can take place at any time of the year provided there is a place available in that year group. A mid-phase transfer form will need to be completed and returned to the Local Authority before a pupil starts at Ysgol Y Llan.
