Please click on this link to see the dates of our school tours for children starting school in September 2025: Tour Dates
The School has an admission limit of 17 pupils per year group at present. The initial admissions at Foundation Stage are dealt with through County with the school responsible for any in-year applications. Application forms can be obtained from the Somerset County Council website or the school office.
County will look at the following criteria when making their decisions:
- Child with a Statement of Special Educational Needs (SEND) or an Education, Health and Care plan (EHC) if the school is named.
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Children Looked After – Children in the care of the Local Authority or formally adopted.
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Children without a statement of Special Educational Needs, identified with a sensory, physical or medical disability (High Needs Pupils), where a multi-agency professional team has identified the school as the nearest suitable school.
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Children living in the catchment area, with an older sibling at the school at the time of admission, and who live at the same address.
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Children living in the rural catchment area.
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Children living in the catchment area.
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Children living outside the catchment area, with an older sibling at the school at the time of admission, and who live at the same address.
In VC schools with a religious foundation:
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Children and/or parent(s) who are practising members of the founding religious body of the school (Anglican)
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Children and/or parent(s) who are practising members of other churches or religious denominations.
Where an application has been refused in any year group, the child will be placed on a waiting list. This will be kept strictly in order of oversubscription criteria by the Local Authority, as the Admission Authority, and the child will remain on the waiting list until the end of the academic year in which the application was refused. Parents are responsible for informing the Admission Authority of any changes in their circumstances, which could affect their place on the waiting list.
Starting School Guidance - Somerset Local Authority
In year application form
SCHOOL ADMISSIONS CODE Publications - GOV.UK
Statutory guidance that schools must follow when carrying out duties relating to school admissions Read more...
Foundation Starters 2024
When deciding on the right school for your child it is very important that you visit the school first in order to ensure the school will meet your child's needs and that you like the direction which the school is travelling - every school is different.
For more information about your child's first year at Abbas and Templecombe school please see the information booklet given to parents at our tours.
School Readiness - LA pack - Somerset Readiness Pack
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Consultation on Admission Arrangements for 2026/27.
In accordance with the requirements of the 2021 School Admissions Code, the Bath and Wells Multi Academy Trust (The Admission Authority) is consulting on proposals to alter the Admission Arrangements for Abbas and Templecombe Church School for 2026/27.
It is intended that the revised Admission Arrangements will be introduced with effect from 1st September 2026.
You may view the proposed School Admission Arrangements along with the launch notice (which details the changes proposed, and how you can comment) here - https://www.bwmat.org/Admissions/
The consultation will open on 2nd December 2024 and will close on 20th January 2025.