Admission to Millthorpe

Every year there is an Open Evening when we welcome visitors to the school, to show our pupils working on varied activities and to allow families to look round. Please telephone for details or see the invitation distributed to all primary schools prior to the Open Evening. Parents, both prospective and current, are always welcome to visit the school; a simple telephone call to arrange a mutually convenient time is all that is needed.

Request for a place in Year 7 to commence from September 2005

Any child in any Primary School is entitled to a place at Millthorpe School given available space.

Parents living within the City of York Council boundary will receive a form via the current primary school during December or January on which to make the choice of school. Parents living outside York ’s boundary should write as early as possible requesting a place addressing the letter to the Admissions Officer, Education & Leisure, Mill House, North Street , York YO1 6JD . All children will be given a place providing there is space within the school.

If the school were to be oversubscribed, children living in the catchment areas of Archbishop of York's, Copmanthorpe, Dringhouses, English Martyrs', Hob Moor (South), Knavesmire, Poppleton Road , Scarcroft, St. Barnabas and St. Paul 's schools would be the first to be allocated a place. The remaining places would then be allocated first to those with brothers or sisters already attending the school and then according to distance from school - nearest first.

Requests for places in other years or at other times

Parents should contact the school to enquire whether there is space and, if so, make an appointment with the head or other senior member of staff. Our prime concern is to ensure that the courses taken by the prospective new pupil at his/her previous school can be followed with minimal adjustments. Contact with the previous school is clearly a vital factor in ensuring that any transfer is smooth. Occasionally transfer between nearby schools occurs. However, there must be extremely sound reasons for such moves to be allowed, as unnecessary disruption in a pupil's education must be avoided. Any discussions to even consider such a possibility will involve both schools concerned.