1. Admission to Fair Hill Primary School and Nursery Unit

2. Admission to the Nursery Unit for 2020

4. Criteria 1
Children from socially disadvantaged circumstances born between 2 July 2016 and 1 July 2017 (both dates inclusive)
Note: Children from ‘socially disadvantaged circumstances’ means a child whose parent is in receipt of (i) Income Support, or (ii) Income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance, or (iii) an award of Income Support which has been converted into an Employment and Support Allowance and the level of benefit remains the same, or (iv) Universal Credit. When parents apply for places for their child on this basis they must have their Benefit Verification stamped by the Social Security /Jobs and Benefits Office to confirm that they are in receipt of a qualifying payment.  This should then be sent by the parent directly to the provider of first preference.

5. Criteria 2
Children born between 2 July 2016 and 1 July 2017 and are not socially disadvantaged (both dates inclusive)
Admissions Sub-Criteria
In the event of oversubscription within any of the above criteria, the following sub-criteria will be applied in the order indicated to identify children for admission:-
Children for whom Fair Hill Nursery Unit is first preference and whose brother/sister, presently attends Fair Hill Primary School (excluding Nursery Unit) or whose siblings have applied to attend the main Fair Hill Primary School on
1st September 2020.

6. b) Children for whom Fair Hill Nursery Unit is first preference and for whom:
Fair Hill Primary School or,
former Carnew Primary School or,
former Gransha Primary School or,
former Kinallen Primary School
 is or was the nearest Controlled Primary School from the child’s home;
c) Children for whom Fair Hill Nursery is first preference and who at the date of the application, are the eldest child of the family to be eligible to apply for admission to the school. Including cases where the eldest sibling is not eligible to attend mainstream school or cases where a child is more than 7 years younger than their next eldest sibling;

7. d) Children will be selected for admission on the basis of initial letter of surname (as entered on Birth Certificate) in order set out below:-
F Z Y P B M C W E N K Q J A R H G D T V O I U X L S
This order was determined by a randomised selection of the letters of the alphabet.  In the event of surnames beginning with the same initial letter the subsequent letters of the surname will be used in normal alphabetical order.  In the event of two identical surnames the normal alphabetical order of the initials of the forenames will be used.
e) If required thereafter, selection will be by means of computerised random selection.

8. Evidence required:
Birth Certificate in order to verify the age and full names of a child.
Proof of current address within the last six months: i.e utility bill.
Benefit Verification document (Proof of Social Disadvantage) stamped by the Benefit office
This information is still to be left at the school for this admissions cycle, even if applying through the online portal.
This information is still to be left at the school for this admissions cycle, even if applying through the online portal by 12 noon on 7th February 2020
From 7th January a paper copy of the application form should be available from the school office if you are experiencing difficulties with the online portal. Contact us if you have a problem.

9. When considering which children should be selected for admission, the Governors will only take into account information which is detailed on the online portal or attached to the application form.
Parents should therefore ensure that all information pertaining to their child and relevant to the nursery’s admissions criteria is stated on the online portal, the application form or sent into school.
Examples include: *Proof of social disadvantage,
*Siblings who are at the school,
*Eldest/only child
*Fair Hill or amalgamated schools being closest
controlled primary school.

10. Admissions Helpdesk Contact details
Admissions Helpdesk can be contacted by phoning
Lines are open Monday- Friday 9am-5pm
You can also contact the Admissions Helpdesk at the following addresses below
Starts 7th 12 noon --- Ends 30th 12 noon

11. Admission to Fair Hill Primary School and Nursery Unit

12. Fair Hill Primary School
Admission to P1 in September 2020

14. The Board of Governors will apply the following criteria in the order indicated to identify which children should be admitted to P1.
1 Children who will have brothers or sisters in attendance at Fair Hill Primary School during the 2020/2021 school year.
2 Children for whom Fair Hill Primary School or the former Carnew or Gransha or Kinallen Primary School is the nearest Controlled Primary School to the child’s home.
3 Children for whom Fair Hill Primary School or the former Carnew or Gransha or Kinallen Primary School is not the nearest Controlled Primary School to the child’s home.

15. In the event of the number of applicants meeting criterion 1 or criterion 2 or criterion 3 being greater than the number of places available the following sub-criteria will be applied as appropriate in the indicated order to identify the children to be selected:-
Children, who at the date of the application, are the eldest child of the family to be eligible to apply for admission to the school. Including cases where the eldest sibling is not eligible to attend mainstream school or cases where a child is more than 7 years younger than their next eldest sibling
Other children.

16. APPLICATIONS AND ADMISSIONS TO PRIMARY 1
Should over-subscription occur when a particular sub-criterion is applied priority will be given to those children living closest to the school, measured on an OS map as the crow flies, from the front gate of the school to their house entrance at the roadway. School in this context is interpreted as the nearest of the following to the child’s home: Fair Hill Primary School or the former Carnew or Gransha or Kinallen Primary School.
APPLICATIONS AND ADMISSIONS TO PRIMARY 1
Year
Total Applications
Total Admissions
2017/2018 38
2018/2019 39
2019/2020 48 47

17. Evidence required:
Birth Certificate in order to verify the age and full names of a child.
Proof of current address within the last six months: i.e utility bill.
This information is still to be left at the school for this admissions cycle, even if applying through the online portal by 12 noon on 7th February 2020
From 7th January a paper copy of the application form should be available from the school office if you are experiencing difficulties with the online portal. Contact us if you have a problem.

18. Admissions Helpdesk Contact details
Admissions Helpdesk can be contacted by phoning
Lines are open Monday- Friday 9am-5pm
You can also contact the Admissions Helpdesk at the following addresses below
Starts 7th 12 noon --- Ends 30th 12 noon

19. Staff
Miss Russell
Mrs Turner
Mrs Watson
Mrs Hughes
Miss Hylands

20. Numbers staying steady in School
Enrolment Number: 320 temporary Admissions Number: 46 temporary Fair Hill has never refused a P1 admission
Year
Admission 47 39 38 40 46 41 49

21. P1 School Day 8.25: children meet with duty teacher in main hall
8.40: children in playground with duty teacher
8.55: school day starts
10.30: break time
12.15: lunch time
School finishes at 1.50
There is a settling in period for three weeks in September

22. Curriculum Play based learning in part of the morning
Reading for each child when they are ready to progress
Structured communication and mathematics approach
Use of adaptive linguistic phonics for spelling
Increasing use of ICT including computers , laptops and i-pads
Topic work that catches the interest of the children

23. Learning through Play outdoors

24. Developing Mathematical skills.

25. Developing Literacy Skills

26. We help raise money for Charity

28. The School Year in P1 Shared Education with St Colman’s
After schools clubs : For a fee between 1.50pm and 2.50pm Multi Sport (Mon) Ruckus Rugby (Tues) Drama (Wed) Dance (Thurs) Evo Soccer (Fri)
Summer School Trips
Christmas Production
RISE team: social and emotional well being
Charity days.

29. Class Structure
All classes in Fair Hill are full with approx. 30 children
Structure in but next year it could change depending on the numbers.
Class
Pupils P1 29
P1/2
P P2 P2 P3 28
P3/4
P P4
P4/5
P P5 P5 32 P6
P6/7
P P7 P7 30

30. P1 composite decided by age
The Youngest P1’s are usually in the straight P1.
Most children will experience a composite class at some stage in their primary career.
Criteria
Split of classroom assistance
Grouping of children into manageable groups
Equal mix of gender

31. What’s next Applications must be made by 30th January 12 noon
Governors meet after 7th February, when all documentation is with the first preference school, to consider applications.
Criteria to be included on your application:
(1) Older siblings who attend the primary school
(2) Closest primary school to home (including the three amalgamated schools)
(3) Eldest/only child
Final spaces are decided by straight line distance on an OS map from the front gate of the school to their house entrance at the roadway. ‘School’ is the closest of the amalgamated schools or Fair Hill PS
Friday 7th February :You will have until 12 noon to bring supporting documentation for all listed preferences to your 1st preference school.
Letter of placement: Tuesday 28th April 2020