Admissions
Parents considering sending their children to Exeter are most welcome to visit, to talk to the Head of Academy and to view some of the facilities we have to offer. Please telephone the office for an appointment (Tel: 01536 204765) or call Northamptonshire County Council on 0300 1261000.
For further information regarding in-year applications please contact Northamptonshire County.
Nursery Admissions
We have places for 68 children during the morning session and 68 in the afternoon. 16 places are available for 2 year old children.
Children may be registered at any point from birth. You will be issued with a receipt of your application and a letter will be sent to you prior to your child starting, to confirm that a place has been allocated.
For children due to start in September, January or April, a parent’s meeting will be held allowing you to meet the Foundation Stage staff. You will be notified about ‘Transition Day’ when your child can visit school with you, during a morning or afternoon, according to the place offered.
A ‘Home visit’ will be offered to you before your child starts school, allowing you a chance to meet your key workers from Foundation Stage, in a familiar setting. Your child starts on a part time basis but the number of sessions they attend will be gradually increased. More information is available in the Foundation Stage booklet and the Academy’s admission policy.
Please be aware that attending our nursery does not guarantee a place in the Academy’s Foundation Stage 2 class (Reception). A Local Authority application form must be completed and returned to the Local Authority to request a place in our Academy.
Admissions for 3 & 4 year olds take place in September, January and April pending available places.
Applications for children under 3 years of age maybe registered at any time from birth, funded places will be available for those who meet the eligibility criteria. More information to the eligibilty and information on free childcare for 2,3 and 4 year olds.
Parents are able to purchase additional sessions where available.
Please contact the Academy office on 01536 204765 for any further information and to discuss Nursery admissions.
School Admissions Policies
Consultation on the proposed school admission arrangements in North Northamptonshire for September 2026
North Northamptonshire Council’s School Admissions Team is co-ordinating a consultation on the proposed changes to the admission arrangements for mainstream schools in the authority for the September 2026 intakes.
To find out which schools are consulting and for more information, please use this link: https://northnorthants.citizenspace.com/school-admissions/consultation-on-school-admission-sep-2026
The consultation will take place between 11 November 2024 and 29 December 2024.
If you would like to respond to this consultation, then please email School Admissions at: Schooladmissionsconsultation.NCC@northnorthants.gov.uk no later than 29 December 2024.
How to appeal for a place at our school
If you have applied and been refused a place at Exeter a learning community (in any year group), you are entitled to appeal against that decision.
Appeals are administered by the Diocese of Peterborough education team. For more information on the process please see: https://www.peterborough-diocese.org.uk/church-schools/admission-and-appeals/
If you wish to appeal please contact the Appeals Administrator by emailing education@peterborough-diocese.org.uk and ask for an appeals pack.
The pack includes some explanatory notes about the process of Admission Appeals and a Notice of Appeal form that, should you decide to proceed with an appeal, will need to be completed and returned by email if possible, but if not, to the Diocesan Office instead.
https://www.peterborough-diocese.org.uk/church-schools/admission-and-appeals/
To manage our appeals process we use Peterborough Diocese Admissions Appeals Service. The timetable for the appeals process is as follows:
Timetable for appeals – September 2024 applications
National Offer Day - 16 April 2024
Deadline for Lodging Appeal Notice - 20 May 2024
Appellant to be notified of Appeal Date and Time and receive Statement of Case - week commencing 17 June 2024
Deadline for Submission of Additional Evidence - 24 June 2024
Appeal Date - week commencing 8 July 2024
Note - dates for 24/25 academic year will be released February 2025
Should you require any further information about any aspects of the appeals process, please do not hesitate to contact us.
Home to School Transport Offer
Councils are required to provide travel assistance between Home and School for children and young people residing in their area who meet the eligibility criteria.
Parents living in North Northamptonshire are asked to be aware that the criteria for admission to any school (including “linked” schools) differs from the criteria for travel assistance. With effect from the academic year starting in September 2024, linked schools are no longer treated as the nearest suitable school for new applicants for transport, unless the school is actually the nearest suitable school with places available to their home address.
The offer of a place at any particular school does not automatically guarantee the provision of travel assistance. If parents intend to apply for Home to School Travel Assistance for their child, they are advised to read the Council’s Home to School Transport policy before applying.
North Northamptonshire Council supports the right of parents to express preferences for schools. However, in order to be eligible for free home to school travel assistance, (subject to meeting the other eligibility criteria) the child or young person must be attending their nearest suitable school which has places available, or the special school named in the child’s Education Health and Care Plan if they have one. Where a parent has opted for their child to attend a school or special school that is not their named or nearest suitable provision with places, it is likely that transport will not be provided.
There is no automatic entitlement to assistance with travel between home and school. Parents requiring home to school transport or other travel assistance will need to make an application to their Local Authority. Each application will be assessed on its own merits against the published policy.
For further information about Home to School transport, including details of who might be eligible, you should read the Home to School Transport Policy relevant to the area in which you live.
- Families resident in North Northamptonshire should use this link:
School travel assistance | North Northamptonshire Council (northnorthants.gov.uk)
(Or search www.northnorthants.gov.uk/school-travel-assistance)
- Families resident in West Northamptonshire should use this link
School travel assistance | West Northamptonshire Council (westnorthants.gov.uk)
- Families resident in other Local Authority areas should contact their local council.