School Admissions Arrangement for the 2027-28 School Year

As a community school, the admission authority for Kingsway Primary School is East Riding of Yorkshire Council. Each year admission authorities review the admission arrangements for their schools, and then formally set – or ‘determine’ – these arrangements. Admission arrangements include the number of places made available for Reception – called the published admission number – as well as how preferences for places will be considered if there are more preferences than places available – called the oversubscription criteria. Together these details are sometimes known as the ‘admissions policy’.

If an admission authority wants to make any changes to their admission arrangements, the admission authority must consult on any proposed changes to those arrangements before determining the arrangements. Even where changes are not proposed, a consultation must take place at least every seven years.

As some changes are proposed this year, between Wednesday 8 October and Wednesday 26 November, the Council is consulting on the admission arrangements for community and voluntary controlled schools for the 2027-28 school year. All these draft arrangements are available online at:

https://www.eastriding.gov.uk/learning/schools-colleges-and-academies/school-admissions/school-admissions-arrangements/school-admissions-arrangements-for-2027-28/

Whilst the vast majority of the admission arrangements for 2027-28 are procedurally identical to those for previous years, fifteen schools, including Kingsway Primary School, have requested a change to their admission number for the start of the 2027-28 school year.

The change proposed at Kingsway Primary School is to decrease the admission number from 60 to 45. If approved, this change would not come into force for the year group starting in September 2026, but only from September 2027.

• The school have requested that the admission number for the school is decreased from 60 to 45 for the Reception year group for the start of the 2027-28 school year.

• the school is seeing a fall in demand which is linked to a decline in the birth rate;
• the proposed admission number of 45 still ensures the straightforward organisation of classes;
• the proposed PAN change will offer the school stability in terms of pupil numbers and class structure.

• pupil projection information demonstrates a clear decline in pupils numbers;
• there would be no changes to the physical capacity of the school which is able to accommodate up to 60 pupils in each year group;
• the physical accommodation and built capacity of the school will not be reduced in such a way as to make the decrease irreversible in future years;
• the school currently has 387 children on roll, fewer than the current PAN of 60 which has available places for 420 children;
• the school currently has an average of 55 pupils on roll in each year group which is below the current PAN of 60. However, there is a clear decline in pupil numbers, the average number of pupils per year group in Reception to Year 3 is 51.

During this period the Council are interested in the views of any residents, schools, parents/carers or other interested parties, and would ask that all views be expressed via the online survey accessible from  https://www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/2027-2028SchoolsAdmissionsConsultation/