Admissions

Spark Education Trust is the admission authority and has formally adopted Stockton Borough Council’s admissions arrangements for Whinstone Primary School. The published Admission Number for Reception is 60. If the school is oversubscribed, i.e there are more applications for Junction Farm than places available, places will be allocated in the following order;

1. Looked after children and all previously looked after children, including those children who appear (to the admission authority) to have been in state care outside of England and ceased to be in state care as a result of being adopted. Previously looked after children are children who were looked after but ceased to be so because they were adopted (or became subject to a child arrangements order or special guardianship order).
2. Pupils who have a brother or sister permanently living at the same address, who are still at the school when the pupil begins. Please note – this only applies to siblings who are of compulsory school age, not younger siblings who attend a nursery setting attached to a school (Primary applications only)
3. Pupils permanently resident, for example, the address at which the child is registered for child benefit, who has named the school as a preference on the Common Application Form (proof of address may be required) within the admission zone who have returned a common application form by the closing date (15 January for Primary applications).
4. Pupils who live closest to a particular school measured in a straight line “as the crow flies”. Where distances are equal, random allocation will be used as a tiebreaker, supervised by an independent person and independent of the school and the admission authority.

To apply for a Primary School place or for more information on Stockton Admissions and appeals timetable please follow the link below.

Stockton Admissions