Admissions Policy

It is our intention to make our pre-school genuinely accessible to children and families from all sections of the local community. In order to accomplish this, we will:

• ensure that the existence of the pre-school is widely known in all local communities. We will place notices advertising the pre-school in places where all sections of the community can see them, in more than one language if appropriate
• arrange our waiting list in order of date of birth

• keep a place vacant, if this is financially viable, in order to accommodate emergency admissions

• describe the pre-school and its practices in terms which make it clear that it welcomes both fathers and mothers, other relations and other carers, including childminders, and people from all cultural, ethnic, religious and social groups, with and without disabilities

• monitor the gender and ethnic background of children joining the group to ensure that no accidental discrimination is taking place

• make our equal opportunities policy widely known

• continue to consult local parents to ensure that the group goes on meeting the changing needs of the local community.

This policy was adopted at the Blakesley Pre-School Playgroup Annual General Meeting on 30th June 2003