Devon County Council is the admissions authority for our school, responsible for the admissions policies and decisions when there is an application for admission. We have an admissions policy for each academic year. Policies are written to comply with the School Admissions Code 2021 and the School Admissions Appeals Code 2022. We take part in the normal round and the in-year co-ordinated admissions schemes of Devon County Council.

Come and visit us

If you are interested in your child attending our school, you are welcome to come in and visit us. You can arrange a visit on 01837 83354 or by emailing admin@winkleigh.devon.sch.uk

Applying to come here

Once you decide you would like a place you must make a formal application. You can do this by applying to the Local Authority (Devon County Council).

If your child is due to start Reception (Foundation Stage) children are offered places to start in Reception at the beginning of the September term after their fourth birthday, even if they intend to defer admission until later in the academic year.

Winkleigh Primary School’s Governing Body is consulting on a proposal to extend the age range of the school from 2-11 to 0-11 years of age from December 2025.

Winkleigh Primary School - Proposal to extend the age range

Winkleigh Primary School has an age range of 2-11 years of age with a nursery class for 2, 3 and 4 year olds. The school has recently established a separate provision for babies and children up to the age of 2 years. The provision for 0-2 year olds is currently managed separately from the school and has been set up due to demand in the area for additional provision and in light of the increase to early years entitlements for working families. 

The simplest and most effective way for the school to manage all the early years provision will be to extend the age range of the school to 0-11 years of age so that the provision for the 0-2 year olds will become part of the school.

If the age range is extended, there will be no difference in the practical day-to-day arrangements for children and families.  All children in the nursery provision would be on the role, or admissions register, of the school. Children and families will experience very little change to the service they currently receive.  There will be no change to staffing arrangements.  The financial and administrative arrangements of the 0-2 year old provision will be easier to manage through the extension of the age range of the school.

The consultation period will run from 16 October to 13 November 2025.

For further information, please see: Winkleigh Primary School: Proposal to change the age range - Have your say

Responding to the consultation

Please reply by 13 November 2025 to either:

Email: admin@winkleigh.devon.sch.uk

Please mark your email ‘Nursery Consultation’.

Or by writing to: Winkleigh Primary School, Farmer Frank’s Lane, Winkleigh, Devon, EX19 8JQ

All responses to the consultation will be fully considered by the school’s leadership team and governors of Winkleigh Primary School but we will not send individual responses to any specific points made.

Please see the school’s Privacy Notice explaining how the school processes personal data: 2B4E9EBDEB4D0C502CD88D32B7ECC6B4.pdf

 

 

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