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Reception - Year 2 Admissions Process

Our admissions process is listed below, including how to register and how to book an Open Morning or Stay & Play session. Places will be offered after the Stay & Play sessions.

Get to Know Us

We understand what a big decision it is to choose the right school and we aim to make the process as simple as possible. We pride ourselves on getting to know you as a family and we look forward to welcoming you to Felsted for a visit.

Please do contact our experienced Admissions Team if you would like to discuss anything ahead of your initial visit. Further information is also available below.

Admissions Registrar: Miss Lauren Clark
Address: Felsted School, Felsted, Essex CM6 3LL
Tel: 01371 822 611, Email: prepadmissions@felsted.org

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The school is also bucking the trend with their incredible oversubscription for admissions: this is clearly a fantastic school that people want to send their children to. Gwen Byrom - TES Awards

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Reception Entry Admissions Process
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Reception Entry Admissions Process

If you are interested in your child starting Reception at Felsted we encourage you to visit us and complete the registration process as soon as you are ready. Below is a guideline of the Admissions steps for Reception entry.

By September (one year prior to year of entry)	Attend a ‘Welcome Wednesday’ open morning event
By October (one year prior to year of entry)	Complete online registration form
November (one year prior to year of entry)	Stay and Play sessions to observe social and learning skills
December (one year prior to year of entry)	Confirm your place - pay deposit to secure Reception place
January - May (year of entry)	We host a number of events for those already confirmed for September entry. Our Admissions team will be in contact with more details.
June (year of entry)	Meet the Teacher - a chance for all new Reception children to meet their teachers prior to starting in September
September (year of entry)	Start at Felsted School

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After visiting and completing the registration process, we will send you a Pre-School Questionnaire to complete so that we can start getting to know your child and their current development stage. We will also ask their current nursery or pre-school to complete the same questionnaire.

The next step is to attend one of our Stay & Play sessions, where children can experience a short classroom-based taster session with our Early Years team and take part in a carousel of structured, child-led activities.

On arrival, we will gently encourage children to go into the classroom without their parents so that they can access the play based activities.

Our team of caring teachers will observe the children as they play and will look at their levels of engagement and interaction so that we can be sure that they will thrive within our Reception environment.

The Stay & Play sessions last around 45 minutes, and we invite parents to stay on-site for refreshments and a short ‘question and answer’ session with the Head of phase.

Offers of places will be confirmed after the Stay & Play sessions and we encourage early booking to avoid any disappointment.

Year 1 and 2 Entry

Please contact the Admissions Office to discuss your enquiry. As well as September admissions, we are often able to offer in-year admissions, as long as spaces are available.

If you would like to find out more, please contact the Admissions Office to find out about availability at our Welcome Wednesdays.

If you would like to proceed with an application, we will ask you to register and complete a short online application form, where we ask you to send through a copy of your child’s most recent school report and any other relevant reports, as well as a Pupil Information Form. We will also request a reference from your child’s current school.

We will invite your child to join us for a taster day in their current year group and they should bring their current school reading book with them. Prospective pupils will be welcomed by their class buddy for the day and they will join in with normal lessons. We carry out informal assessments as part of the class activity. Taster days can be arranged on an individual basis and places offered once this process is complete.

Our Little Voices Big Thoughts project is now in its sixth year, following pupils through the phases of Felsted Prep. From a Mermaid to a Scientist or an Engineer. Find out how Felsted develops individual character and prepares pupils to go out into the world and make a difference.

I wish to thank the Felsted dream team on the superb job you have done this term. I’m sure intake at Reception takes energy every year, but this year must have been wild! We are both so very impressed with the experience our daughter has had to the start of her school life; simple things for us like hearing her progression in reading words in particular when she calls them out on TV or road signs in passing, speaking some Spanish within a few weeks, her writing, her love of books and reading already! Honestly just lovely for us to see.

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Experience a Felsted school day and meet the teachers, pupils and other children who are hoping to join Felsted!

Excellent Inspection

Felsted School was inspected in March 2019 by the Independent Schools’ Inspectorate. This full inspection resulted in the best possible outcome for Felsted. We were found to be compliant in all areas and ‘excellent’ in both judgements of educational quality.

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Felsted is committed to the One Tribe Partnership, helping our community make a difference to the sustainability of our planet. With every admissions registration, and for every long haul overseas school trip, we will donate a percentage of the transaction to One Tribe. Each individual registration or school trip will equate to 500 trees being protected.