Grasmere Academy
Admissions at Grasmere Academy
Why choose us?
Grasmere Academy is a non-selective inclusive mainstream primary school and a member of North Tyneside Learning Trust. The school has a free Breakfast Club available daily - please enquire about availability.
Grasmere Academy provides flexible attendance options for children in Nursery as well as an additional wrap around care arrangements for Nursery age children as well as provision for 2 year olds.
The school caters for children of all abilities from the very able to those who need additional intensive support. This includes Additionally Resourced Provision (ARP) for children with Moderate Learning Difficulties. Children from across North Tyneside can be admitted to the ARP and this is controlled by North Tyneside Local Authority.
Admission Arrangements for 2026/2027
Consultation Admission Arrangements for 2027/2028
Grasmere Academy wish to inform you of a statutory consultation on admissions arrangements for the 2027/28 academic year. There is no change to the number of pupils being admitted to Grasmere Academy and no change to the oversubscription criteria used to allocate places if more applications are received that there are places. Despite there being no significant change, consultations are required to take place every seven years and the last consultation took place in 2019. Consequently, a consultation is taking place.
Please find a copy proposed policy for admissions from September 2027 on the school website under key information in admissions. There are minor amendments to the wording of the admissions policy which are designed to make it clearer. These have been highlighted in yellow to help stakeholders to see where these small changes are being made. There is one change to deadlines being made to keep Grasmere Academy in line with other North Tyneside schools and the North Tyneside Council co-ordination of school admissions. This changes the deadline for late applications to be heard by an admissions panel from 31 January to 23 January.
If you would like to submit your opinion on the admission policy, please email info@grasmereacademy.org.uk or write to the Clerk, Jacqui Sugden, at Grasmere Academy, Grasmere Court, Killingworth, NE12 6TS. The consultation will run close at 3 p.m. on 30th January 2026.
Draft Learning Trust and Academy First and Primary Admissions Policy 2027
Draft Co-ordinated Scheme First and Primary Schools 2027
Further Information
Determined School Admission Arrangements for September 2026
Admission Arrangements for 2026/27
Detailed below are the admission arrangements that were determined by the (GOVERNING BODY OF SCHOOL NAME) on DATE in accordance with the School Admission Code 2021.
Further information
An objection to the determined admission arrangements must be made to the Schools Adjudicator by 15 May 2025.
View information about the Office of the Schools Adjudicator by following the link below:
https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/office-of-the-schools-adjudicator
Or email: osa.team@osa.gsi.gov.uk
For further information about school admission arrangements in North Tyneside contact the Access Team by:
Tel: (0191) 6438724
Email: school.admissions@northtyneside.gov.uk
In – Year Admissions
Children may be admitted to school during the academic year. The following procedure is followed when a child is transferring from a local authority school or from beyond North Tyneside. Regardless of whether a parent or carer approaches the school directly or through the local authority, they will be required to complete an application form which is returned to the local authority to enable them to apply the equal preference scheme.
Admission Appeals
In accordance with the School Admission Appeals Code admission authorities must publish a timetable for organising and hearing appeals.