Internal Admissions 

Nursery 

Applications for a Nursery place at Castlefort JMI are to be made directly with ourselves by completing a paper application form available from the school office.

We have a 52 place Nursery- 26 children in the morning session and 26 children in the afternoon session.

We offer a staggered intake in Autumn Term, Spring Term and Summer Term once the child turns 3.

For more information please view our Nursery Admissions Policy.

If you would like your child to attend our school, please see full details of our admission arrangements via the Walsall Council Website. The link is below...

Walsall Admissions Policy

https://go.walsall.gov.uk/schools-and-learning/schools-in-walsall/school-admissions/school-admissions-policies 

Reception 

Children are admitted to school at the beginning of the Academic Year in which they become 5 years old, provided a school place is available.

The application window for September 2025 admissions is open from 4th November 2024 - 15th January 2025.

If you would like to look around y Castlefort JMI prior to applying for a place as your choice school, please call the school office who will arrange a look around with the Early Years Leader.

Please use the link below to apply for a Primary place:

https://go.walsall.gov.uk/schools-and-learning/schools-in-walsall/school-admissions/apply-for-a-primary-school-placehttps://go.walsall.gov.uk/schools-and-learning/schools-in-walsall/school-admissions/apply-for-a-primary-school-place

Mid Year Admissions

Please see link below regarding how to apply for an admission place during the school year:
In-Year Admissions

You can apply for the academic year 2024/25 between 2 September 2024 and 29 June 2025, from 8am to 9.30pm.

Appeals for pupils in Reception to Year 6

If parents wish to appeal against a decision to refuse entry, they can do so by applying to the LA. An independent panel considers all such appeals, and its decision is binding for all parties concerned. If the appeals panel decides that we should admit a child to whom we had refused a place, then we will accept this decision and continue to do all we can to provide the best education for all the children at our school. (Further details of appeal arrangements are set out in the revised Code of Practice on School Admissions Appeals, which comes into force in September 2004.)

Appeals timetable

Appeals for September 2025 primary school admissions must be received by 2 June 2025. These appeals will then be heard between 19 May and 21 July 2025.

Appeals received after 2 June 2024, and mid-year admissions appeals, should be heard within 30 school days of submission.

For more information on how to appeal please visit the Walsall DFE admissions website:

https://go.walsall.gov.uk/schools-and-learning/schools-in-walsall/school-admissions/appeal-an-admissions-decision