Admissions at Sandfield

About Admissions

Sandfield is a member of the Learning Partners Academy Trust.   If you require further information about the admissions process or wish to apply for a place at our school, either as part of the normal intake or during the school year, please contact the Admissions Team at Surrey County Council: Tel: 0300 200 1004, or visit the Surrey County Council website.

Alternatively, please call the Admissions Officer at Sandfield, Mrs Lindsey Donnithorne on 01483 566586 or email: reception@sandfield.surrey.sch.uk

Admission Policies

Please visit our Policy Library

SANDFIELD ADMISSION POLICY
In Surrey, children must start full-time education no later than the beginning of the term following their fifth birthday with the exception of summer born children who must take up their place at the beginning of the term of their fifth birthday (Summer term).  The Governing Body has approved the following admission criteria to be used to allocate places when the school is oversubscribed (in priority order)

• FIRST          Looked After and Previously Looked After Children
• SECOND    Exceptional Arrangements
• THIRD        Siblings with a brother or sister still attending the school at the time of admissions.
• FOURTH    Priority is given to the children of staff where the member of staff has been employed at Sandfield Primary School for two or more years at the time at which the application for admission to the school is made.
• FIFTH        Nearest School – the nearest school is defined as the school closest to their home address admitting pupils of the appropriate age range, as measured by a straight line.  The nearest school may be either inside or outside the county boundary.
• SIXTH        Any other applicant.

If there is oversubscription in any of the above criteria priority will be given on the basis of nearness to school measured in a straight line from the address point of the pupil’s house, as set by Ordnance Survey to the nearest school gate for pupils to use.  This is calculated using the Admission and Transport team’s Geographical Information system.  For full details, please see our Admissions Policy above.

RECEPTION CLASS ADMISSIONS

If you are looking for a school place for your child in September for Reception Class, please click here

IN-YEAR APPLICATIONS
To apply for a place for your child in current school years (Reception to Year 6), please visit the In-Year Admissions page here >>   The waiting lists for each year are also held by them and to add your child to our waiting list, please click here>>

If you would like your child’s name to stay on the waiting list after this date, you must submit a Continuing Interest form between 1 July and 31 August 2024.  If a Continuing Interest form is not received by 31 August 2024, the applicant will be required to submit a new in-year application.

APPEALS
If you have been unsuccessful in gaining a place at Sandfield Primary School and you wish to lodge an appeal, please see below for further information on Appeals.  Alternatively, please call the Surrey Schools Appeals Service on 0300 200 1004 or 0208 541 9029 to require appeal papers. Surrey Appeals Service administers the appeal process for Sandfield Primary School.  For information on the Appeals Timetable and deadlines for lodging an appeal, please click here>>

SURREY COUNTY COUNCIL CO-ORDINATION SCHEME
To read full details of the Surrey County Council Co-Ordination Scheme for the current academic year, please click here>>

APPLICATIONS FROM OVERSEAS
Surrey County Council provides advice for applicants from overseas.  To see further details, please click here>>

Tours

This year, tours are available for parents and carers in the Autumn term.  To book a place, please visit out website Homepage and choose a slot!

We have also organised a virtual tour for those that can not attend.  Welcome to Sandfield!

Prospective Parent Comments

‘We are greatly impressed by the diversity of Sandfield Primary School. Our daughter has been raised overseas and therefore an educational environment that embraces a wide variety of experiences and backgrounds would suit her very well’

‘We visited Sandfield and were very impressed by the standard of teaching’

‘This school looks to be of a great quality and location’

‘When visiting Sandfield we were impressed by the organisation, multi-culturalism and engagement of the children. We also got a good sense of community and are living close by’