Please contact the school office on 01803 292313 to arrange an appointment.
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 01803 292313 or by emailing ilsham@lapsw.org . Mr Grinsill or Miss Dunn will be able to discuss admission with you.
Applying to come here
Once you decide you would like a place in the main intake into [Reception] (we call this the normal round) or at any other time after this, you must make a formal application. You can do this by applying to the Local Authority and not direct to the school.
For the normal round intake into school, 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.
Most children join our academy at the normal round, the main intake into school from the start of September in Reception. As a parent, you can apply for a place to the Local Authority.
There are different options for parents of children starting school in Reception. This includes part-time education and deferring or delaying admission until later in the Reception year or, for children with birthdays in the summer term, to the following September. Come and talk to us if you are considering this.
Do come and talk with us if you are interested in a place in a different year group for any reason.
Part time offer for reception children of non-compulsory school age
We invite parents to visit so that we can discuss the provision on offer to children in our Reception class, how it is tailored to meet the needs of the youngest children, parent concerns, how their needs would be met as they move through the school and school readiness. Children follow the same Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) curriculum in Reception as in Nursery and Childminder settings. The Early Years is delivered in a way where learning involves lots of play and exploration rather than formal learning at tables and can be tailored to meet the needs of the individual child.
Applications for residents of Torbay are made between 15 November and 15 January for primary schools at www.devon.gov.uk/admissionsonline
Please also visit other pages on our website, our Twitter page or our Facebook page to find out more about our fabulous academy; we work extremely hard to keep everything up to date, sharing all of the fabulous learning that takes place each term.
The following may be useful to prepare your child to start school.
Preparing your child for school
Choosing a school for your child can be an anxious time, made even more difficult with the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. Have a look at the sheet for answers to some of your questions, but please do contact the school office if there is anything further you need to know:
Through play and experience, your children will also receive an outstanding Mathematics education in EYFS. There are fantastic resources to support their learning and understanding of number. One particular resource that we recommend is Numberblocks https://www.bbc.
Ilsham Academy is proud to be one of 34 English Hubs as appointed by the Department for Education, due to our excellent track record in teaching early years phonics, and reading outcomes.
To find out more, visit Learning Academy Partnership Ilsham English Hub.
To find out about Read Write Inc Phonics, visit their parent section.
