Parents often ask us how long, in terms of time, is our waiting list. Unfortunately, this is an impossible question to answer. Although we of course know the number of children on the list, that information alone gives no indication of the length of time that it will take for a place to become available.

The reasons for this are:-

• The school is located in an area of high mobility in terms of parents' employment and therefore children come and go from the school quite regularly
• Since the school's terms and conditions ask for one term's notice of a child leaving, we only know one term in advance of any vacancies arising.

The fact that we have a waiting list for children in a particular age group does not therefore mean that it will not be possible to obtain a place at the school. It simply means that we are not able to say when a place will become available. Our waiting lists, for any given admission date, are maintained in strict date order, determined by the date that we receive your registration form. Consequently, if you believe that you would like your child to attend the school in the future, it is important that you send us a registration form as early as possible.

The chart below sets out the current waiting list and vacancy position. This will be updated regularly in the coming months and we regret that, even if you contact us directly, we cannot give any further information until such time as we have received your registration form. When looking at this information do bear in mind that that things do change. For example, parents who registered their interest in a place at the school two or three years before their intended start date may have since moved away and therefore no longer require their position on the waiting list. The school will not know this until an offer of a place is made. Although we have waiting lists, we have never yet been unable to offer a place to a child in pre school. We always therefore continue to accept registrations and the only certainty is that without a registration form we cannot offer a place!