Admissions

Turnditch School has a one point entry system. This means that pupils enter school in the September before their fifth birthday.

Admissions - How to Apply

Parents / carers considering application to Turnditch are most welcome to visit the school by appointment. Please call the office on 01773 550304 or email enquiries@turnditch.derbyshire.sch.uk.

Parents who wish for their children to be admitted to Turnditch School must make their application directly to the Local Authority - Derbyshire County Council. Please see our Admissions Policy below for the admission criteria. Follow this link (or copy and paste into your browser) for further information about applying for a school place, and to apply online.

Applications for admissions to Reception in September 2026 will be accepted by Derbyshire County Council from 10th November 2024, the closing date for online applications is 15 January 2025. Derbyshire Admissions information can be found here:

Apply for a school place - Derbyshire County Council

Turnditch Primary School determined admissions arrangements can be found here:

Download determined admission arrangements here for 2024-25

Download determined admission arrangements here for 2025-26

Download determined admission arrangements here for 2026-27

Consultation on Turnditch CE Primary School Admission Arrangements for September 2027

The Local Trust Committee (formally called the Local Academy Committee) are proposing to consult on a revised school admissions policy for September 2027. The proposed changes are as follows:

- Local Academy Committee has been amended to Local Trust Committee throughout the policy.
- The policy has been streamlined in line with all other DDAT school admissions policies. We have different versions of the policy across our schools and therefore we are streamlining our policies further for consistency across all schools for 2027/28 admissions.

The consultation period will commence on 20^th October 2025 and run until 28^th November 2025. During this time, individuals and organisations are invited to express their views and any concerns about the proposed admissions policy for Turnditch CE Primary School.

The proposed Admissions Policy for the 2027/28 academic year is available to download here:

Turnditch Admissions Policy 2027-28.pdf

If you require a hard copy, please contact the school office on: 01773 550304.

In accordance with statutory DfE guidance, the consultation will run for at least six weeks and, as an interested party of Turnditch CE Primary School, we are keen to hear your views; therefore, we invite you to participate in the consultation if you have any concerns regarding the matter.

All responses to the consultation should be made in writing and submitted before 12 noon on Friday 28^th November 2025 to: admissionsconsultation@ddat.org.uk

If you wish to submit any correspondence by hand or by post to the school, please mark the correspondence:

FAO DDAT Consultation Team,
c/o Turnditch CE Primary School Ashbourne Road

Turnditch

Belper

DE56 2LH

Please note that all responses need to include your school’s name and should outline your personal details, including your name, address and relationship to the school.

At the end of the consultation period, the Local Trust Committee will meet to consider responses. The outcome of the consultation will be published on the Turnditch CE Primary School website as soon as possible following a decision being reached by the Local Trust Committee. Hard copies of the final report will be made available on request to all respondents of the consultation.

If you wish to further discuss this matter, or anything mentioned, please contact:

admissionsconsultation@ddat.org.uk.

Appeal Process

For any parents wishing to appeal against the governors’ refusal to admit a child information and appeals forms are available from DCC here: School admission appeals - Derbyshire County Council or by contacting:

Business Services (School Admissions & Transport Team)

Children & Younger Adults Department

Council House

Saltergate

Chesterfield

Derbyshire S41 1LF

Appeal Deadlines

The School Admission Appeals Code 2012 at Section 2.1 states that appeals for applications made in the normal admissions round, which in this case is Reception and Junior applications for September 2024/25, must be heard within 40 school days from the deadline for lodging appeals.

Timescales for appeals being heard

For decisions notified on National Offer Day, appeals must be heard within 40 school days of the deadline for lodging appeals.

For decisions relating to late applications notified after the National Offer Days, appeals should be heard with 40 school days from the deadline for lodging appeals where possible, or within 30 school days of the appeal being lodged.

Parents will be given 10 school days’ notice of the date and arrangement of the appeals hearing.
The deadline by which the appellant must submit any further evidence is 6 days prior to the appeals hearing.
Admission authorities must submit their evidence 5 school days prior to the appeal hearing.
The clerk will send out the appeal papers at least 5 school days prior to the appeal hearing.
The clerk will notify the appellant of the decision within 5 school days of the appeal hearing.

Published Admissions Number (PAN)

Our published admissions number is 12.