Admissions
Rockingham Primary School - 2027/28 Admissions Policy Consultation
Rockingham Primary School is consulting on the Academy’s admission arrangements. These arrangements are for students who will be starting in September 2027.
The consultation is taking place for a period of six weeks, between 10 November 2025 – 31 December 2025.
Why are we consulting?
The Trust must set (‘determine’) admission arrangements annually. Where changes are proposed to admission arrangements, the Trust must first publicly consult on those arrangements. If no changes are made to admission arrangements, they must be consulted on at least once every 7 years.
Rockingham Primary School is not proposing any changes to its admissions arrangements for 2027 however is consulting in accordance with the requirement to consult on a 7-year cycle.
You are invited to review the admission arrangements and to ask yourself the following questions:
- are the arrangements reasonable?
- are the arrangements clear?
- are the arrangements objective?
- do the arrangements comply with the school admissions code 2021 and the school admissions appeals
- code 2022, and the laws and regulations behind them?
- will the arrangements cause disadvantage or discrimination?
- could changes be made that would improve the arrangements?
Responses to this consultation should be sent to DRETadmissions@dret.co.uk. The closing date for responses is 31 December 2025.
On conclusion of the consultation all responses received will be collated and presented to the Trust Board in February 2026 for full consideration.
rock admission policy 2027 nf2.pdf
Deciding which school you would prefer is one of the most important decisions parents and children have to make.
We know it is not an easy decision, and we have set guidelines to follow about who can apply to our school.
It is also important to have all of the information available to enable you, with your child, to take a considered view of the school you would prefer them to attend.
Please see our admissions policy below to find out more.
if you would like to apply for a place for your child at Rockingham Primary School, please follow the link below:
Appeals
If you have been refused a place at one or more of your preferred schools, you are entitled to appeal against that decision.
You are required to fill out an appeals form, details of which can be found on the Northamptonshire County Council website. Please click here to be transferred to Northamptonshire Admissions web page.
