Admissions Update

Early Bird Applicants

Siblings of Crescent pupils and any external candidates with a strong interest in a place in Reception or Year 3 are able to apply early and take advantage of a priority application process. The deadline for taking advantage of this priority arrangement is Friday 18 October 2024. Please return your completed Registration with the accompanying fee of £75 (non-returnable) by this date. Your child will be visited in their nursery setting by one of the Early Years Team or in the case of Year 3 be invited in for a Taster Day. Subject to availability and a satisfactory visit offer letters will be sent out first class on Friday 15 November 2024 with a Confirmation of Acceptance Form, which we ask you to complete and return to us together with a deposit of £400 by the acceptance deadline of Monday 2 December 2024.

On-time applicants

Applicants interested in a place in Reception or Year 3 following similar timescales to the state application process, need to register by the deadline of Monday 3 February 2025. Please return your completed Registration with the accompanying fee of £75 (non-returnable) by this date. Your child will be visited in their nursery setting by one of the Early Years Team. Subject to availability and a satisfactory visit offer letters will be sent out first class on Friday 7 March 2025 with a Confirmation of Acceptance Form, which we ask you to complete and return to us together with a deposit of £400 by the acceptance deadline of Tuesday 6 May 2025. 

Please note we have been considerably oversubscribed for Reception and Year 3 places over recent years and it is possible that all places will be filled at the Early Bird deadline stage, though on occasion places become available later and are offered to the waiting group.

To complete your registration online please click here.

To download the latest Crescent School Prospectus Information Booklet please click here.

Most of our pupils enter at Reception and at Year 3, though pupils are welcome at any age, dependent on a place being available. We currently have availability in Year 3 and Year 4 (Year 4 and 5 for September 2025).

Applications for places will be treated on an individual basis. Please contact Becky Witcomb, our Registrar, on 01788 523851 or email admissions@crescentschool.co.uk for further information and the latest situation regarding availability and waiting groups.

A meeting with Joe Thackway, the Headmaster, is a key part of the admissions process. We encourage prospective parents and pupils to visit us both formally and informally to get a true flavour of the school. We hold various Open Events throughout the year, including a specific Reception and Year 3 Open Evening, which prospective parents and pupils are most welcome to attend. Please note that Open Events are by appointment only.

To request a prospectus please click here.

To complete your registration online please click here.

To download our current Crescent Information Booklet click here. 

Current Reception to Year 6

Applications for places in the current Reception to Year 6 will be treated on an individual basis as places are limited. In years where there is no place available we operate waiting groups. Please contact Becky Witcomb, our Registrar, to discuss current availability.

Should the possibility of a potential place become available you will be invited in to meet with Mr Thackway, the Headmaster, then if appropriate you should complete a Registration Form and return it with the accompanying fee of £75 (non-returnable), after which time your child will be invited in for a taster day.  

During the taster day children will be assessed both formally and informally. Children in Year 3 to 6 take a short online assessment to help us gauge their current levels of understanding. Younger children may have a reading age assessment and of course will produce written language and number work as part of their day in school.

Before the offer of a place is made, we will seek a reference from your child’s current school.  Confirmation of a place being offered would be made in writing subject to a satisfactory reference being received.

To secure your place, please return your completed Confirmation of Acceptance Form with a deposit of £400 within 14 days of the date of the offer being made.

The final deadline for applications and completed registration forms for entry in September 2024 is Friday 23 May 2025. All incoming pupils need to have completed the admissions process by Friday 6 June 2025 to enable your child to attend our Induction Morning. (Although a place at Crescent School may become available after this date, and applications will be processed, we cannot guarantee availability of places.)

Note: Deposits are refunded after the end of the final term which the pupil spends at the school provided that the correct amount of notice has been given and the final account is settled in full.

Induction

New pupils are given the opportunity to familiarise themselves with the school, staff and fellow pupils when they are invited to our Induction Morning in the Trinity Term.