Admissions
School admissions
Find information about applying for a school place for your child in Leicester please click on the following link. This link also has information about how to make an appeal.
https://www.leicester.gov.uk/schools-and-learning/school-and-colleges/school-admissions
If you would like help with completing the online form, for a school place for your child you can contact Sue Dales, Choice Advice Officer between the hours of 8am to 4pm Monday to Friday. Contact can be made either by telephoning 0116 482 0862 or by email to sue.d@choiceadvice.org.uk
Contact the school admissions service
Ring us on: 0116 454 1009 (option 1)
Our phone lines are open Monday to Friday - 9.30am till 3pm.
Email us: admissions.online@leicester.gov.uk
Write to us: School Admissions Service, Customer Service Centre , York House, 91 Granby Street, Leicester, LE1 6FB.
If you would like your child to attend our school, please see full details of our admission arrangements below.
Admissions Policy
At Imperial Avenue Infant School, we value and respect the uniqueness of each child and work together to achieve success. We create a caring environment which supports and enhances learning for all and provides the opportunity for every individual to fulfil their potential. We are committed to equality of opportunity for all pupils regardless of sex, race, religion, ability or background.
Foundation Stage 1 (F1 Part-time)
The Governing Body of Imperial Avenue Infant School is the admissions authority for F1 pupils. The planned admission number (PAN) for F1 pupils to be admitted each year is currently 56 part time. Foundation 1 is part time provision for children who are 3 years old before 1st September, at the start of the academic school year. The children will have 5 x 3-hour session each day which will include both am and pm sessions. You can apply for this from when your child is the age of 2 years and right up until they are 3 years old. There are spaces for 28 children, this can consist of a mixture of part-time and 30 hours entitlement.
Once a child reaches the age of two, parents/carers should contact the school to register their interest and are also required to provide us with a copy of their child’s birth certificate. There is no set deadline for applying to join Foundation Stage 1.
The school holds a register of names of pupils whose parents express an interest in their child attending our Foundation Stage 1 nursery. There is a structured process to the admission of Foundation 1 children which all prospective parents/carers must follow.
Whilst we aim to accommodate parents’ needs where possible, expressing a preference for a particular session in no way guarantees that this is the session that will be offered.
If a pupil does not arrive on the given start date and we are not informed, the place will only be held for 5 school days and then withdrawn.
If a pupil is absent from school for more than 10 consecutive school days with no reason given, the place may be withdrawn.
The Governing Body has the sole right to offer/withdraw a place for a specific reason. If a child is not offered a place or is not given the session requested there is no right of appeal. If a parent/carer wishes to complain, they must put their complaint clearly in writing for the attention of the Head teacher.
If the number of applications received exceeds the number of places available, places will be allocated in the following priority order:
1) Children who are in care of a local authority.
2) Children who are on the Child Protection Register and need to attend an alternative school to avoid an abuser.
3) Children of parents/carers who are fleeing domestic violence
4) Children whose home address is in the catchment area with a sibling at the school, who will still be on roll when the child starts
5) Children whose home address is outside the catchment area of the school with a sibling at the school, who will still be on roll when the applicant starts school
6) Children whose home address is in the catchment area of the Infant or Primary school.
7) Children whose home address is outside the catchment area of the Infant or Primary school and who have requested a place
If oversubscribed, a waiting list will be kept and places allocated according to the criteria above, as and when places become available. As a result, your child may move up or down the waiting list due to another child’s name being added or removed from the list that has met a higher criteria. Applications received after the start of the academic year will be added to the waiting list.
The offer of a place in Foundation Stage 1 does not guarantee a full-time place at the school the following year when the child is 4+. Application for a full-time place in Foundation Stage 2 must be made by the parent/carer to the Local Authority.
Reception (Reception Full-time)
The Admissions Authority for Imperial Avenue Infant School is Leicester City Council. Each year the Local Authority will send admissions forms, along with a booklet and timetable for the process, to all parents/carers of Nursery children on roll at the school. Parents/carers will need to complete and return this form back to the Local Authority. The Local Authority will then write to the parents to confirm which School the child has been allocated a place at.
The local authority, Leicester City Council, by default, adopts the national admissions guidelines, The School Admissions Code, which is available on the Department for Education’s web site.
The link to the Leicester City Council admissions arrangements for admissions to Infant and Primary schools is