Admissions

We are an inclusive school that welcomes the opportunity to nurture and inspire children from the community that we serve.

If you are a prospective parent of a child entering nursery, please contact our school office on 0121 464 2369.

If you are a prospective parent of a child entering reception, please visit the Birmingham City Council webpage for admissions using the following link: 

https://www.birmingham.gov.uk/info/20119/school_admissions/1786/apply_for_reception_class_or_primary_school/4

 Applications for primary school usually open at the start of October each year. The closing date is usually in January. Please check the exact dates on the council website.

Places will be offered on the following order of priorities:

• Looked after children (LAC), previously looked after children (PLAC) and internationally adopted previously looked after children (IAPLAC). This includes any child/young person who is subject to a Full Care Order, an interim Care Order, accommodated under Section 20 of the Children Act 1989, is remanded or detained into local authority accommodation under Criminal Law or who has been placed for adoption.

• Any child with a statement of special educational needs is required to be admitted to the school that is named in the statement.

• Children (siblings) with an older brother or sister already at the school who will still be inattendance at the time the sibling enters the school. Siblings (brothers and sisters) areconsidered to be those children who live at the same address and either:

1. have one or both parents in common

2. are related by a parent’s marriage

3. are adopted or fostered by a common parent

• Children of staff
• Children who live nearest the school.

Within each of these categories, priority is given to those who live nearest the school, by straight line measurement to one fixed point in the school. In a few cases where the Authority has agreed a catchment area for the school, children living within that area have priority over those children living outside it. If vacancies occur because of pupils not taking up places or leaving school, places continue to be allocated according to the above criteria.

In-year Admissions

If you would like for your child to attend Westminster Primary School, all you need to do is download and complete the Application for a Change of School In-Year admission form. Alternatively, you can come into school and request one. If we are full in your child's year group, your child's details will be placed on our waiting list and you will be contacted when a place becomes available.