Consultation on William Gilbert Endowed CE Primary School & Nursery 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 William Gilbert Endowed CE Primary School & Nursery.

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

ADMISSIONS POLICY 2027/28

If you require a hard copy, please contact the school office on: 01332 840395.

In accordance with statutory DfE guidance, the consultation will run for at least six weeks and, as an interested party of William Gilbert Endowed CE Primary School & Nursery, 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 William Gilbert Endowed CE Primary School & Nursery

Vicarage Lane

Duffield

Belper

DE56 4EB

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 William Gilbert Endowed CE Primary School & Nursery 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 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.

Further details are available on Derbyshire’s website