When can my child join Abbots Green Academy?
Children can be admitted to the Evergreen Nursery from 2 years of age. All children can attend school full time in the September following their 4th birthday.
Please note that you must apply for a place in the Reception class at Abbots Green even if your child is already attending the school Nursery.
Admissions for children starting at Abbots Green Academy at the beginning of the Reception year are made through the Local Authorities Admission Team.
Applications can be made online at:
Tel: 0345 600 0981
Email: admissions@suffolk.gov.uk
In-year applications
Our school is part of Unity Schools Partnership (USP). USP has its own admissions authority and processes its own in-year admissions applications.
New Reception intake (normal admissions) applications should be made through the local authority’s admissions website.
You can apply for a place for your child at any time to our school outside of the normal admissions round. USP, as the Admission Authority, is responsible for in-year admission arrangements. This responsibility is devolved to the Trust’s Primary Admissions Committee. Parents who wish to transfer their child to a USP Suffolk primary school during the course of a school year are advised to contact the relevant school secretary to obtain an in-year admissions form. The School will, upon allocation of a school place to a pupil transferring in-year, notify the LA of the proposed admission to enable the LA to keep up-to-date figures on the availability of places.
If your child is changing schools, you need to think about:
· why you are applying to change schools
· if our school is right for your child
· how your child will travel to our school
· the availability of places in the year group at our school. Be aware that even if our school is full, you are still able to apply for a place.
If you wish to make an in-year application to our school, you should:
1. Apply for a place by completing an ADM1 form.
ADM1-editable-form-2025-2026.docx
2. Send the application form directly to office@abbotsgreenacademy.co.uk
If you do not have a printer please contact our office and we can arrange for a paper application form to be sent in the post.
Check the oversubscription criteria for our school on the Admissions policy of the school you wish to apply for.
Once a place has been made available for your child, they must take up that place by the date given in our offer letter. Our school will put your child on roll by this date. If your child does not take up the place it will be withdrawn and may be reallocated.
Unsuccessful applications
If your application is unsuccessful then you will have a legal right to appeal the decision. The details of how to appeal will be included in the decision letter and further information can be found on Suffolk’s website at www.suffolk.gov.uk/admissions
Waiting lists
If your application has been refused, Unity Schools Partnership will not process another application for the same school in the same school year, unless there has been a significant change in circumstances of the parent/carer, child or school. This might be a house move or a place becoming available at a school.
If circumstances have not changed you can make another application for the following school year. However, this will not normally be considered more than half a term ahead of the date when you want your child to start at the school.