ADMISSION ARRANGEMENTS
FEEDER SCHOOLS
Guillemont Junior School serves the designated catchment areas of Parsonage Farm, Pinewood and Southwood Infant Schools.
The majority of each September’s intake is admitted from these schools. However, each year children do join the school from other local schools or from out of catchment, whose parents feel Guillemont is just the right school for their child. The Governors are happy to consider such applications for admission.
We liaise closely with all feeder schools throughout the year, but particularly during the Spring Term and Summer Term. Children and staff often visit each others’ schools for special occasions like a performance, a Christmas play, an assembly or just to get to know each other better and see the work each school is doing. Recently Guillemont, Parsonage Farm, Pinewood and Southwood Schools have been involved in an extensive Mathematics Project and teacher assessment moderation meetings to ensure the best possible continuity of progress when children transfer to junior school.
UPON TRANSFER
There are six parallel Lower Junior classes and new children entering the school each September will be allocated to one of these classes. Your child’s current infant school advises us about the groupings of children to fit our class organisation because they know the children best at this stage.