If we have not been able to offer your child a place at your preferred community or voluntary controlled school their name will automatically be added to the waiting list of this, and any other community or voluntary controlled school, that you put down as a higher preference on your application form.
Foundation and voluntary aided schools and academies look after their own waiting lists. If you have been refused a place at this type of school you should contact them directly.
Waiting lists for the 2012/13 school year will close on 22 July 2013. To stay on the waiting list for the following school year you must make a fresh application for a school place in 2013/14. Alternatively, you can contact the school admissions team and let them know you wish your child to be added to a fresh waiting list for 2013/14.
How do waiting lists work?
Positions on a waiting list must follow the same order as the admission criteria and are not allocated on a 'first come, first served' basis. If new or late applications have a higher priority under the admission criteria, they will be ranked higher than those who have been on the waiting list for some time. Therefore, it's possible that over time a child's position on a waiting list can change.
A waiting list can be lengthened when any future applications for new pupils are refused and the names of these children are added to the list. These names are not added to the end of the list but are inserted according to how well they meet the admission criteria. So, a new application from a child with a higher priority for admission than any of the children already on the list would force all those other children down by one place.
A waiting list can be shortened if any places become free at the preferred school. The free place would be offered to the child at the top of the waiting list. If the place is accepted, all the other children on the list would go up by one position. If the place is declined, the child in the top position would be removed from the list and the child in the next position would be offered the place.
A child's position on a waiting list can also change if they move house. However, the change in position only takes effect when parents supply the school admissions team with evidence of the house move e.g. a tenancy agreement or solicitor's letter confirming an exchange of contracts.
Parents can ask for their child's name to be removed from a waiting list at any time. Being on a waiting list does not affect the parent's right of appeal
Contact Details (LiveLink)
Multiple Contacts:
eMail: admissions@wiltshire.gov.uk
Telephone: 01225 713010
Out of hours:
Fax:
Postal Address:
School Admissions
Wiltshire Council
County
Hall
Trowbridge
BA14
8JN
In Person:
DX:
Related information
- Applying for a primary school place
- Applying for a secondary school place
- Forms, guides and policy documents
Last updated: 1 September 2011
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