Consultation on school admission arrangements for September 2026 intakes

Overview

When changes are proposed to admission arrangements, all admission authorities must consult on their admission arrangements (including any supplementary information form) that will apply for admission applications the following school year. Where the admission arrangements have not changed from the previous year there is no requirement to consult.  However, admission authorities must consult on their admission arrangements at least once every 7 years, even if there have been no changes during that period.

North Northamptonshire Council co-ordinates an annual school admissions consultation on behalf of schools of all types in the council area, should they request to be included. The consultation aims to raise awareness of any proposed changes to school admission arrangements and invites comments from interested parties.

The consultation on the admission arrangements for mainstream schools in North Northamptonshire for September 2025 is now open. The consultation will run from Monday 11 November 2024 to Sunday 29 December 2024.

The Local Authority (North Northamptonshire Council) is the admission authority for all Community and Voluntary Controlled schools in the council area and is responsible for setting the admission arrangements for these schools.

The local authority is not proposing to make any changes to the admission arrangements for its schools for September 2026.

Proposed changes to school admission arrangements for own admission authority schools for 2026 intakes

The admission authority of Foundation and Voluntary Aided schools is the governing body of the schools, whereas the admission authority for Academies, Free School and UTCs is the respective Academy Trust of the schools.

Please follow the link below to see details of the schools which are consulting on proposed changes to their admission arrangements for 2026.

• Overview of own admission authority schools in North Northamptonshire consulting on their admission arrangements for 2026

The following schools are taking part in the consultation co-ordinated by NNC. Click on the school names below to view the proposed admission arrangements on the school or Trust websites.

Corby

• Danesholme Infant Academy
• Exeter - A Learning Community
• Kingswood Primary Academy
• Priors Hall - a Learning Community
• Studfall Infant Academy
• Studfall Junior Academy
• Weldon Village Academy
• Woodnewton - a Learning Community

Wellingborough

• Freeman's Endowed CE Junior Academy
• Park Junior School
• St Barnabas CE School

East Northamptonshire 

• Great Addington CE Primary School
• Higham Ferrers Junior School
• Higham Ferrers Nursery and Infant School
• Prince William School

Responding to the proposed school admissions arrangements for 2026 intakes

Please send any comments about any of the school admission arrangements above, by email: schooladmissionsconsultation.NCC@northnorthants.gov.uk, or by post:

• Schools Admissions
• North Northamptonshire Council
• Tithe Barn Office Block 
• Tithe Barn Road
• Wellingborough
• NN8 1BN

Objections to the Schools Adjudicator

Admission authorities must determine (formally agree) the admission arrangements for all their schools by 29 February 2025.

Objections to the Schools Adjudicator regarding determined admission arrangements for the 2026-2027 academic year may be made until 15 May 2025 by contacting the Schools Adjudicator:

• Officer of the Schools Adjudicator
• Bishopsgate House
• Feethams
• Darlington
• DL1 5QE

Email: osa.team@schoolsadjudicator.gov.uk

Find out about Objection to school admission arrangements on GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)