Still time to respond to primary school offer
Last Friday April 16 was national offer day, with children learning which primary school they will attend for the 2021/22 academic year.
This year, 6,021 Warwickshire children applied for a reception place, an increase of 1% on the previous year. Out of those, 91% have been offered a place at their first-choice school. A further 6% have been offered a place at either their second or third choice school. This means a total of 97% of children have been offered a place at one of their top 3 schools, with the remaining 3% offered alternative places. Every applicant who applied on time has been offered a place at a school.
The deadline for parents and carers to respond to their primary school offer is April 30th. Reallocation rounds will continue through the summer term. Should you have parents or carers with admission questions for the WCC team, please ask them to email admissions@warwickshire.gov.uk.
Early Years Foundation Stage reforms 2021
As you will be aware the reforms to the Early Years Foundation Stage will be implemented from September 2021.
Warwickshire Local Authority will be delivering a series of free briefing events during May, June and July 2021. These will be focused on different audiences and include:
- Governors
- Headteachers / School Leaders
- EYFS practitioners in Schools and group settings
- Childminders
- Professionals / Interested stakeholders
Please look out for a letter confirming the dates and arrangements for booking. This will also be published in Heads Up in due course.
The new early years foundation stage (EYFS) framework was published on the 31 March 2021 and can be found here
Development Matters is the new non-statutory curriculum guidance for the new EYFS framework that everyone can use from September 2021 and is a non-statutory guide to support practice.