Admissions
Junior School Applications 2024-25
f your child was born between 1 September 2020 and 31 August 2021 you should appy for their infant or primary school place by 15 January 2025. You'll be able to apply from 9am on 11 November 2024.
We will be writing to parents at Riddings Infant school to invite them to come along and visit our school. For Parents of children at other local schools, please contact the school office to arrange a visit.
Published Admission Numbers
Year 3 - 60 Pupils
Year 4 - 60 Pupils
Year 5 - 60 Pupils
Year 6 - 60 Pupils
Applications for Riddings Junior School
If you wish your child to attend Riddings Junior School you will need to apply to the Local Authority. Find out how to apply here.
Derbyshire County Council manage the admissions arrangements for our school as part of the EMBARK Federation, details of the process can be found here.
If you make an application during the school year, you will be notified if there is a place for your child as soon as possible, there may be a waiting list. We strongly encourage visits from pupils and their parents considering applying for a place at Riddings Junior School to tour our school and meet the school staff.
To book, please call 01773 528492.
New Starter Information
I hope that our website will give you a flavour of what our school is about and how we look to make the children's time with us enjoyable and positive. We make no apologies for having high expectations of everybody, ourselves included - indeed we are proud of these expectations and our children rise to the challenges we set them. We talk about PRIDE constantly - we have no written rules just an real understanding of how to show PRIDE in everything we do.
Although it can be difficult for parents of Year 2 children to consider this, once your child starts with us we are looking forward 4 years aiming to equip your child to take on the challenges of a secondary school. This time will go by very quickly and working with you we have to ensure that your child is ready, academically and socially, for this next step.
We work closely with all the schools that Year 2 children come from to ensure that we have a clear picture of their individual strengths and whether they require additional support. Year 3 teachers meet with Year 2 colleagues and, if possible meet the children in their infant schools.
The move to the Key Stage 2 curriculum (Year 3 - 6) as well as a move to a new school brings additional demands on children, parents and staff and we all have to work hard to settle the children into a new way of working.
Our Inclusion Team, led by Mrs Godfrey, the school's Special Educational Needs Co-ordinator, provides superb support to all our children. She works alongside infant school SENCOs to understand the needs of those children for whom school has extra challenges. Alongside other staff including Mrs Fox who works across Riddings Infants and Riddings Junior Schools, Mrs Patrick and Miss Smith, our Wellbeing Mentors, the team also provides support to families and children where difficulties are not solely about learning.
You can find lots more guidance and information under the Inclusion 'tab'.
Year 2 - 3 Transition
Currently our Year 3 group is taught by a team of 3 teachers - our 60 children therefore have the opportunity to work in groups of 20 on many occasions so that we can provide a really positive start to their time with us. Later in the year, then for the remainder of their time with us, children will be in classes of 30. This additional teacher staffing is provided through our use of Pupil Premium funding as for us the time when our children require most support is upon entry to Year 3.
Our current Year 3 teachers - Miss Punter (Eaton Class), Miss Jones (Hilton Class) & Miss Jarrett (Shrewsbury Class) posted this video for the children who joined us a few years ago - it will give you a chance to see them and hear some of what Year 3 had in store for them on their first visit to us.