Admissions and school times

School Times

Our Before School Club is open Monday to Friday from 8.15am. Please click for more details.

After School Club runs Monday to Thursday until 4.30pm. Please click for more details.

The School Day

Nursery


Monday – Friday

AM session 9-12

12-12.30pm Lunch time
PM session 12.30-3.30pm
Full time 9am – 3.30 pm

Reception – Year 6

Monday – Friday 8.55am – 3.30pm

(Total: 32.5 compulsory school hours)

Arrival at School

The start of the school day is as follows:

08:45 – 08:55 – Children enter class for early morning work

08:55 –  registration

The school gates will close once children have been brought into school. If a pupil arrives after this then they must enter the school via the school office.

If your child arrives after registration they will be marked late (from 8:55am to 9:15am).

If your child arrives after 9.30 am they will receive an unauthorised absence mark.

Remember that persistent lateness can be legally counted as unauthorised absence.

Admissions

St Andrew’s Church of England Primary School is an academy of Watergrove Trust. Watergrove Trust is the admission authority for the school, and the school is required to act in accordance with the School Admissions Code. Watergrove Trust has delegated responsibility for admissions to the Local Governing Body of St Andrew’s Church of England Primary School.

The admissions process for Reception Class is co-ordinated by Rochdale Council (the Local Authority) and the school liaises with the Local Authority and Manchester Diocese on admissions issues.

In year admissions

If you require an in-year admission please contact the school directly on 01706 378991. An in-year admission form is available at the school office.

​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Timetable for applying for a primary school place​​

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Monday, 18 September 2023The online admissions system opens for primary school places starting in September 2024.
Monday, 15 January 2024Closing date for applications
Ensure your reception class application for a primary school is submitted before this date. Otherwise, you will need to apply for a late application.
Friday, 16 February 2024Last date for any changes to the address in your application.
Tuesday, 16 April 2024National offer day.
Sunday, 12 May 2024Closing date for Round 2 applications.
Friday, 7 June 2024Round 2 offers are sent.
Monday, 8 June 2024Online applications re-open.
The online admissions system re-opens for primary school places starting in September 2024.
Saturday, 31 August 2024Final closing date for applications.

The following arrangements for admissions include the criteria used to determine the allocation of places when the school is oversubscribed:

Why hasn’t my child been allocated a reception place at my preferred school?

If your child hasn’t been allocated a place at your preferred school, it’s because the school received more applications than there are places available at the school.

Where a school is oversubscribed, the admission authority for the school has to apply their published admission criteria to decide in which order the available places should be offered.

You’ll only be refused a place at your preferred school where the school is oversubscribed and it was not possible to allocate your child a place when the admission criteria were applied.

When allocating places, the school must take into account what the law says about the sizes of classes in Key Stage One. In most schools in the borough, if any additional child was admitted above the schools published admission number, the school would not be able to comply with the law regarding infant class sizes without making accommodating measures, such as employing an additional teacher.

School Admission Appeals

Within Year Appeals

Appeals resulting from within year school admission applications will be heard as soon as practicable within the timescales set out in the School Admission Appeal Code.

Appeals

School Admission Appeals Timetable 2024

In-Year Transfer Appeals

Appeals resulting from in-year transfer school admission applications will be heard within the timescales set out in the School Admission Appeals Code.

Appeals for September 2024 Entry

Appeals resulting from year of entry (Reception) or transfer applications (Year 7 entry) for admission in September 2024 will be heard according to the following timetable:

 Offer DateAppeals to be lodged byWhere possible, all on time Appeals to be heard by
Secondary 1st March 202426th April 202424th July 2024
Primary 16th April 202420th May 202424th July 2024

Appeals lodged after these dates will be heard within the timescales set out in the School Admission Appeals Code.

Appellants will be sent notification of their appeal hearing along with a copy of the school’s case at least 14 days in advance of the hearing.

Further Information about School Admission Appeals can be found here:

Rochdale Council Website

Department for Education Website

Further Information about School Admission Appeals can be found here.

Nursery Application Dates

16th January 2024 – Nursery Applications close.
April 2024 – Parents will be informed if their child has a place at St. Andrew’s Nursery.
15th May 2024 – Parents to confirm their child’s place for September 2023 by this date

Applying for Secondary School?

For school applications for children who live within the Rochdale Local Authority please follow the link below for more details on secondary school.

Please apply the deadline and use all four preference slots, using just one will not guarantee that school.

​​​How to apply for a secondary school place

Applying for a secondary school place is quick and easy with a secure online application.

Timetable for applying for a secondary school place​​ 2023

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Monday 4 September 2023The online admissions system opens for secondary school places​​​.​
Tuesday, 31 October 2023Closing date ​for applications
Ensure your secondary school application is submitted before this date.​ Otherwise you will need to apply for a late application.
Friday, 15th December 2023​​Last date for any changes to the address in your application​.
Friday, 1 March 2024National offer day​. Sign in to view your school place offer