As a Voluntary Aided Church of England school, Knightlow's admissions arrangements are set by the governing body. However, all applications for places must be made through Warwickshire's admissions department, with whom we work closely to ensure places are allocated fairly and as outlined in our policy (see below). There are 30 places available in Reception and Key Stage 1, and 32 places available in Key Stage 2 (years 3 to 6), with unsuccessful applicants able to appeal. Any appeals are made through the Diocesan Board of Education, who will be happy to provide more advice on appeal dates and deadlines.
Primarily, the school provides places for all those children of Bourton, Frankton, Marton, Princethorpe and Stretton-on-Dunsmore who apply, and governors ensure that these children are given priority when places are allocated. Additional places are then offered according to the school's priority criteria, which you can view in detail in the Admissions Policy. Please be aware that, if you are applying for a place on Christian faith grounds, you must submit the supplementary Information form (SIF) to the school, which is attached below and can be downloaded as a Word document or a PDF, or is available as a paper copy from the school office.
If you would like your child to attend Knightlow, please contact us to discuss this further and to view the school. Visitors are always welcome!
Claire Woolley
Headteacher
Proposed change to the Knightlow CofE Primary School admissions policy in 2026/27.
Knightlow CofE Primary School is proposing to change its school admissions policy from 2026-27 onwards and is seeking to consult with relevant parties on the proposed changes in line with the School Admissions Code.
Previously, the Knightlow CofE school admissions policy has prioritised Practicing Members of other Faiths, based on full membership of the Inter Faith Network for the UK ahead of other children in its over-subscription criteria (criteria 4 & 8). With the closure of the Inter Faith Network on 30th April 2024 the school is unable to apply this over-subscription criteria in its currently published and future admissions policies.
Currently there is no suitable other faith test available which meets the statutory requirements of the School Admission Code so the only option is to remove the Practicing Members of other Faiths over-subscription criteria from our admission policies.
Knightlow CofE Primary School has already applied to the Office of the Schools Adjudicator (OSA) to remove these criteria from the current 24_25 & 25_26 policies and this change has been approved (OSA variation 2429) & they have been updated accordingly.
Consultation on the changes to the 2026-27 admissions policy will run until 17th January 2025. The Knightlow School Governing Body welcome comments and feedback from all stakeholders to the chair of governors addressed to: Hoyle.R@welearn365.com Robert Hoyle Chair of Governors 25th November 2024
Variation of Knightlow admissions policy following the closure of the Inter Faith Network
Following the closure of the Inter Faith Network on 30th April 2024 the Diocesan Board of Education has advised that we will no longer be able to apply the other faiths oversubscription criteria in our policy as there is no suitable other faith test available which meets the statutory requirements of the Admission Code.
Hence we have applied to the Office of the Schools Adjudicator (OSA) to have these criteria removed from our current policies & the OSA has approved this request as of 25 June 2024 (VAR2429).
Main Round Appeals – Primary
(National Offer Day – 16 April 2025)
Deadline for appeals to be lodged – 5pm on 2 June 2025.
Appeals to be heard week commencing 16 June 2025.
Late appeals will be heard within the statutory timescales published in the School Admission Appeals Code
Proposed In-Year Appeal Hearing Dates – 2025
Tuesday 14 January
Tuesday 11 February
Tuesday 18 March
Tuesday 8 April
Thursday 22 May
Wednesday 18 June
Tuesday 8 July
Wednesday 24 September
Tuesday 14 October
Wednesday 12 November
Tuesday 9 December
Where possible all Appeals received by 20 June 2025 will be heard before the start of the new term in September 2025. It may not be possible to hear appeals received after this date prior the start of the new term in September 2025.
Please note no appeals will be heard between 8 July 2025 and 24 September 2025.
Proposed In-Year Appeal Hearing Dates – 2024
Thursday 14 November
Wednesday 11 December