This document provides information about Marlow CE Infant School. It welcomes visitors to an open morning and outlines the school's aims of valuing individuals, providing challenging learning opportunities, and nurturing resilient learners. It describes the school's dedicated staff, curriculum, and extra activities. It also provides details about admissions policies and timelines as well as the transition process between infant and junior schools.

1. Welcome to
Marlow CE Infant School
A Christian family enriching lives,
encouraging growth, creating
possibilities.
Open Morning
Tuesday 14th November

2. Our Aims
In our school all are valued as individuals. We
do this by:
 Believing in everyone’s potential
 Providing challenging independent learning
opportunities
 Offering a rich, exciting and stimulating
environment
 Encouraging a love for learning
 Helping everyone take responsibility for their
own development
 Nurturing resilient learners

3. What we offer
 Dedicated and enthusiastic staff team
 High standard of teaching
 Exciting, inspiring and rich curriculum
 Stimulating environment
 Opportunity for children to achieve their full
potential
 Focus on needs of the individual

4. Extra Activities
 Harvest festival and services to mark the
church year
 Visitors to school
 Visits into the local environment or further
afield
 Performances for parents
 Theme days
 Environmental curriculum
 Creative events
 Extra curricular clubs

5. Trips and Visits – Reception
Pizza Express Getting the train to
Bourne End Library
Visit from the Fire
Brigade

6. Trips and Visits – Year 1
Walk to the market Sea-Life Centre
Java project

7. Trips and Visits – Year 2
Delivering Harvest boxes
Great Fire of London drama
workshop
Mop End Roman Market

8. Special Days
Class Worship A Taste of Democracy
World Book Day
Sports Day

9. A Unique Package
 Marlow CE Infant School
Outstanding, March 2011
 Holy Trinity School
Outstanding, May 2013
“Pupils’ excellent social skills, their
outstanding behaviour, high attendance
and outstanding attainment prepare them
extremely well for the next stage of their
education.”

10. A Unique Package
 Strong Christian ethos and values
 3 years specialist infant education at
Sandygate
 4 years specialist junior education at Holy
Trinity
 High quality wrap around care provided by
Teatimers
 Our wonderful PFA
 Our committed team of Governors

11. How do I find out more?
 School Website

12. How do I get a place?
 Read the admission policy for all the
schools you are considering
 Complete the online county application form
and any additional forms/evidence
 Places are allocated in accordance with the
each school’s admissions policy
 False declaration or evidence can result in
a place being withdrawn, even after
allocation has been made

13. Information the school receives
 Child’s name, date of birth & address
 If you are in catchment
 If you have indicated a sibling that counts
under the sibling rule & the name of the
child (if you included this)
 Children registered as ‘looked after’
 Children with a statement of educational
need
 Distance from school
 Any comments included in the comment
box for our school

14. Admissions Policy
 Children with an Education, Health
and Care (EHC) Plan naming Marlow
Church of England Infant School will
always be offered places.
 If there is then greater demand for
admission than there are places
available, the following criteria will be
applied in the order set out below:

15. Admissions Policy
Category 1
Looked-after children and children who were
previously looked after, but ceased to be so
because, immediately after being looked
after, they became subject to an adoption,
child arrangements or special guardianship
order

16. Category 2
Families who have exceptional medical or
social needs that make it essential that their
child attend Marlow Church of England Infant
School rather than any other. These needs
must be fully supported by written evidence
from the appropriate professional person
involved with the family.
Admissions Policy

17. Category 3
Children with a normal home address in the
catchment area and with a sibling on the roll
of the school or at Holy Trinity Junior School
at the time of application or whose
parent has accepted an offer of a place
at the school and
who is expected still to be in attendance at
the time of entry to the school.
Please make sure this is clearly indicated!
Admissions Policy

18. Category 4
Children with a normal home address in
the catchment area as identified on the
catchment area map
Admissions Policy

19. Admissions Policy
Category 5
Children with a normal home address outside
the catchment area and with a sibling on the
roll of the school or at Holy Trinity Junior
School at the time of the application or whose
parent has accepted an offer of a place at the
school and who is expected still to be in
attendance at the time of entry to the school

20. Admissions Policy
Category 6
A child whose parent/s express/es a
denominational preference for a Church of
England School with supporting evidence
that a parent has a regular monthly
attendance at one of the following Marlow
Churches:
All Saints Marlow, All Saints Bisham, St Mary’s Marlow Bottom, St John
the Baptist Little Marlow, St Peter’s RC, Marlow Methodist, Marlow
Bottom Methodist, Christchurch URC, Baptist Church, River Church,
Newfield Community Church
for the 12 months prior to the date of the
application

21. Admissions Policy
Category 6 (continued)
 Denominational preference form to be
completed and brought to SCHOOL
by 15th January 2018.
 You will receive a date stamped copy
confirming receipt

22. Admissions Policy
Category 7
Other children

23. Admissions Policy
 Proximity of the child’s home will serve
to differentiate between children in
criteria i to vi should the need arise
 In the event of there being more
applicants than places in criteria iv or
v then children with a parent able to
satisfy the requirements vi would take
priority

24. Catchment Area
 Our catchment area remains the same
 Foxes Piece School and Burford School
each share part of our catchment area
 What does this mean?
◦ You have a choice of catchment school
◦ Put the school that you would like your child to
go to first – This is IMPORTANT
◦ If you do not get a place in our school and you
are in our catchment, you will be ranked within
the catchment of one of the other catchment
schools but only if you have listed them as a
preference

25. Will we be offered a place?
In 2017 we had 197 applications for 60 places,
of which 78 were first preference. In April 2017
places were allocated to:
 Looked after children(1)
 Children who live in catchment with a
sibling on roll at Sandygate or Holy Trinity
(25)
 In catchment to a distance of 0.552 miles
(34)

26. School Admission Timeline
 Application to County using the online portal
 Submit address evidence (eg utility bill)
 Submit any other additional information
 Deadline for applications 3pm 12th January
 Deadline for change of address information to
be considered in Round 1 29th January
 Need to give consideration when ranking
schools
 Strongly recommend you get proof that your
application was received before the closing
date

27. School Admissions
 County send the school a list of all the
children who have listed Sandygate as one
of their preferences
 Governors of the school meet to rank
children in accordance with the admissions
policy
 15 April County inform parents which
school they have been allocated
 Children who do not get their preference
have the option of going on a waiting list

28. Useful links and information
 Buckinghamshire county website
www.buckscc.gov.uk (Starting school or
moving up to Junior school)
 Starting school or moving up to Junior
School booklet
 School Admission policies

29. Once a place has been allocated
Parents receive a letter of welcome from the
school, this will include:
• The date of our information evening
• How to purchase uniform
• Induction day
• When the children start school etc,

30. Transition
We believe it is vital to build relationships with
the children before they begin each new
stage of their education with us. This allows
them to settle into their new year group and
adapt to new environments quickly.
Nursery/Pre-school to Sandygate
 Transition mornings (Summer)
 Transition day
 Home visits
 Parent presentation (June)

31. The next step…
 Holy Trinity Junior School is our linked
junior school and children transfer at the
end of Year 2
 The link between the schools is strong and
children are well prepared to make the
transition successfully
 Holy Trinity is able to provide outstanding
junior education
 Holy Trinity open afternoon today

32. Parent Feedback

33. Thank you
We look forward to a happy partnership in
your child's first year at school and beyond.