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Any parent is welcome to register their son at Woodcote.\u00a0 All parents making an enquiry will be sent a prospectus, accompanied by an Entry form and letter inviting them to arrange a visit if they think Woodcote might be suitable for their son.<\/span><\/p>\n No prospective parent will be denied this information, although they may be advised at this early stage if the year group into which they wish to enter their son is full and a place is unlikely.\u00a0 Woodcote will consider a place for any pupil who is able to make the most of the opportunities offered and flourish in the school\u2019s caring environment, including boys from overseas.<\/span><\/p>\n Initial visits to the school would normally involve a discussion with the Headmaster, followed by a tour with him, with a senior member of staff, or with boys. If parents feel that Woodcote is the rights school for their son, they will be asked to complete a Registration Form and pay the non-refundable registration fee of \u00a3100. Parents would then be offered a further visit with their son for a brief informal interview in the year before he is due to start. At this point, the boy will be asked to take an assessment test \u2013 at a level appropriate to his age. A Taster Day is then offered in the term before a pupil is due to start.<\/span><\/p>\n Admission thereafter is on a first come first served basis and, only be if a boy appeared socially or academically very far behind, would the Headmaster refuse a place if one existed.\u00a0 In such cases, he would take advice from the Special Educational Needs Coordinator (SENCo) before doing so. \u00a0Regardless of whether a pupil has any special educational needs or disability, all boys must be able to cope with the academic curriculum and high standards of behaviour expected. \u00a0Woodcote reserves the right to deny entry to any boy who the Headmaster or SENCo feel will not flourish at the school or who may affect the education or welfare of other pupils.\u00a0 Please refer to our Disability Inclusion, Special Educational Needs and Learning Support Policy for further information about the arrangements and provisions for pupils with SEND and pupils with EAL.<\/span><\/p>\n Provided that there is adequate room within the school and within a boy\u2019s year group, no other form of selection would operate. No boy will be barred from entry on the grounds of race, religion or belief.<\/span><\/p>\n Once a place is offered and accepted, parents would be sent joining instructions and be required to pay a refundable Entry Fee in the form of a \u00a31,000 deposit.\u00a0 Further visits will then be arranged to sort uniform and to meet staff and boys.\u00a0 At the end of the term preceding a boy\u2019s entry, final instructions will be sent, followed by a bill for the first term, which becomes payable by the first day of that term.\u00a0 Thereafter, a full term\u2019s notice will always be required before a boy leaves.<\/span><\/p>\n Once at Woodcote, the school undertakes if at all possible to continue to educate a boy until his agreed leaving age, provided fees are met.\u00a0 Only if parents are warned formally and in writing that a boy\u2019s behaviour is prejudicing the best interests of the school would exclusion be considered; in such cases the school would see it very much as part of its brief to seek appropriate alternatives on behalf of the parents.\u00a0 A boy would never be excluded on grounds of pure academics, though the school would of course alert parents if it felt there were grounds for concern.\u00a0 If a boy is excluded, any fees paid in advance for any remaining days of term would be refunded to parents.<\/span><\/p>\n September 2021<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Admissions Policy Any parent is welcome to register their son at Woodcote.\u00a0 All parents making an enquiry will be sent a prospectus, accompanied by an Entry form and letter inviting them to arrange a visit if they think Woodcote might be suitable for their son. No prospective parent will be denied this information, although they may be advised at this early stage if the year group into which they wish to enter their son is full and a place is unlikely.\u00a0 Woodcote will consider a place for any pupil who is able to make the most of the opportunities offered and flourish in the school\u2019s caring environment, including boys from overseas. Initial visits to the school would normally involve a discussion with the Headmaster, followed by a tour with him, with a senior member of staff, or with boys. If parents feel that Woodcote is the rights school for their son, they will be asked to complete a Registration Form and pay the non-refundable registration fee of \u00a3100. Parents would then be offered a further visit with their son for a brief informal interview in the year before he is due to start. At this point, the boy will be […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":" \u00a0<\/p>\r\n Parent\u2019s first contact with the school will normally be either by telephone or by letter or email, perhaps as a result of looking at the website.\u00a0 As a result of this first contact, parents will be sent a prospectus, accompanied by a brief handwritten note from the Headmaster inviting them to arrange a visit if they think Woodcote might be suitable for their son.<\/p>\r\n No prospective parent would be denied this information, although they may be advised at this early stage if the year group into which they wish to enter their son is full and a place is unlikely.<\/p>\r\n Initial visits to the school would normally involve a discussion with the Headmaster, followed by a tour with him, with a senior member of staff, or with boys.\u00a0 Parents would then be offered an Entry Form, completion of which would guarantee a place for an agreed term, subject to the conditions below.<\/p>\r\n Admission thereafter is on a first come first served basis, but no place is offered without the boy meeting the Headmaster for a brief informal interview in the year before he is due to start.\u00a0 At this point the boy will be asked to take an assessment test - at a level appropriate to his age.\u00a0 Only if a boy appeared socially or academically very far behind would the Headmaster refuse a place if one existed, and in such cases he would take advice from the Special Needs Coordinator before doing so. Provided that there is adequate room within the school (taking into account the limited number of Day places) and within a boy\u2019s year group, no other form of selection would operate. No boy will be barred from entry on the grounds of race, religion or belief.<\/p>\r\n Once a place is offered and accepted, parents would be sent joining instructions and be required to pay a refundable Entry Fee in the form of a \u00a31,000 deposit.\u00a0 Further visits \u2013 for clothes, to meet staff and boys, to spend a day with a proposed class \u2013 may then well be arranged.\u00a0 At the end of the term preceding a boy\u2019s entry final instructions and the Parents\u2019 Handbook will be sent, together with a bill for the first term, which becomes payable by the first day of that term.\u00a0 Thereafter, a full term\u2019s notice will always be required before a boy leaves.<\/p>\r\n Once at Woodcote, the school undertakes if at all possible to continue to educate a boy until his agreed leaving age, provided fees are met.\u00a0 Only if parents are warned formally and in writing that a boy\u2019s behaviour was prejudicing the best interests of the school would exclusion be considered; in such cases the school would see it very much as part of its brief to seek appropriate alternatives on behalf of the parents.\u00a0 A boy would never be excluded on grounds of pure academics, though the school would of course alert parents if it felt there were grounds for concern.\u00a0 If a boy is excluded, any fees paid in advance for any remaining days of term would be refunded to parents.<\/p>\r\n June 2020<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n <\/p>\r\n","_et_gb_content_width":"","_analytify_skip_tracking":false,"_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"0","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false,"footnotes":""},"dipi_cpt_category":[],"ticketed":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.woodcotehouseschool.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/138"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.woodcotehouseschool.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.woodcotehouseschool.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.woodcotehouseschool.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.woodcotehouseschool.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=138"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.woodcotehouseschool.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/138\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11704,"href":"https:\/\/www.woodcotehouseschool.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/138\/revisions\/11704"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.woodcotehouseschool.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=138"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"dipi_cpt_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.woodcotehouseschool.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/dipi_cpt_category?post=138"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Admissions Policy<\/h1>\r\n