{"id":4415,"date":"2019-03-22T12:43:26","date_gmt":"2019-03-22T12:43:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.willowsprimary.com\/?page_id=4415"},"modified":"2025-09-30T11:48:50","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T11:48:50","slug":"admissions","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/willowsprimary.com\/index.php\/parents-information\/admissions\/","title":{"rendered":"Admissions"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Admissions<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The Willows Primary School follows the admission process set out by Stoke on Trent City Council.<\/p>\n<p>The current admissions policy for 2025\/2026 can be found via<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/willowsprimary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Stoke_on_Trent_Admission_Arrangements_2025_2026___Community_and_VC_Schools.pdf\">School Admission Policy 2025\/2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The next period of admissions is for the school year 2026\/27. Please follow the link below to view it:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/willowsprimary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Stoke_on_Trent_Admission_Arrangements_2026_2027___Community_and_VC_Schools.pdf\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong>School Admission Policy 2026\/2027<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Nursery and Reception Admissions<\/h2>\n<p>The Willows Primary School caters for children aged between 3-11 Years old. Nursery provision is currently funded for 15hrs with the option to increase to 30hrs either through funded hours or a top-up payment.<\/p>\n<p><strong>If your child was born between 1st September 2022 and August 31st 2023 you will be eligible for a Nursery placement in the 2026\/2027 school year. Applications are set to open on 1st December 2025.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>If your child was born between 1st September 2021 and August 31st 2022 you will be eligible for a Reception placement in the 2026\/2027 school year. Applications are set to open on 3rd November 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To apply for a place and for further advice please visit the council admissions website at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stoke.gov.uk\/admissions\">www.stoke.gov.uk\/admissions<\/a> or contact the school office for further advice.<\/p>\n<h2>In-Year Transfers<\/h2>\n<p>Applications for In-Year transfers should be completed online at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stoke.gov.uk\/admissions\">www.stoke.gov.uk\/admissions<\/a>. Places will be allocated in accordance with the Local Authority Admissions Arrangements. If you require support in completing your application please contact the school office.<\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Admissions The Willows Primary School follows the admission process set out by Stoke on Trent City Council. The current admissions policy for 2025\/2026 can be found via School Admission Policy 2025\/2026 The next period of admissions is for the school year 2026\/27. Please follow the link below to view it: School Admission Policy 2026\/2027 Nursery and Reception Admissions The Willows Primary School caters for children aged between 3-11 Years old. Nursery provision is currently funded for 15hrs with the option [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"parent":36,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4415","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/willowsprimary.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4415"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/willowsprimary.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/willowsprimary.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/willowsprimary.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/willowsprimary.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4415"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/willowsprimary.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4415\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10240,"href":"https:\/\/willowsprimary.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4415\/revisions\/10240"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/willowsprimary.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/36"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/willowsprimary.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4415"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}