Admissions

Reception (age 4)

At Lynams there are 3 classes in each of Reception/Year 1/Year 2, comprising about 45 children in each year. We add a fourth class (i.e. c. 20 children) at the Year 3 stage.

Visiting the School

You are very welcome to visit the school at any stage of the process. Please ring the School Administrator (Pat Gilgrass) to make an appointment (Tel: 01865 315541).

Registration

All applications for admission should be made to the Registrar at the Bardwell Road address. A pupil may be registered at any time after birth. All ages are calculated as at 1st September. Children born after the 15th September are put into the following year, so they go through as the oldest in their year, rather than the youngest.

The registration form should be returned accompanied by a cheque for £100, being the Registration Fee, made payable to the Dragon School Trust Ltd. (The registration fee is to cover the cost of administering the registration procedure, including administration of the waiting lists. This payment is not returnable).

The School will then respond either by telling parents that the child has been placed on the main list for the year in question, or by telling parents that the child has been placed on the waiting list, in which case is important that parents have a second choice school.

PLEASE NOTE THAT ALL OUR LISTS ARE SPECIFIC TO THE YEAR IN QUESTION. You can ask to be on other lists (both for day and boarding), but this is not automatic.

Open Day

The school will be in touch about eighteen months before the proposed date of entry to invite all those on the Reception lists to an Open Day.

Deposits and Contracts

In the September of the year prior to entry, those with the definite places are invited to secure them by paying a deposit by a stated date. Those who do not do this lose their places and these are then offered to those on the waiting list.

  • The deposit will be returned by a credit on the account at the end of the pupil's final term.
  • If a child is withdrawn after the deposit has been paid and the contract signed, the school reserves the right to charge the first term's fees unless a term's notice has been given.

General

Although every effort will be made to notify parents, please note that the School reserves the right to change the Admissions procedure without notice at any time.

The School reserves the right when compiling these lists to give preference in its absolute discretion to the children of staff, Old Dragons, siblings and any others it sees fit, where places are available.

Parents are also advised that they should keep any current school informed of any intended move to the Dragon and must observe their regulations regarding the giving of due notice. We cannot accept anyone from another independent school who has failed to meet their commitments to the previous school in full prior to joining us.

The information on this site is not part of any agreement between parents and the School. Although correct at the time of construction, certain statements may go out of date from time to time. Parents wishing to place specific reliance upon any statement in the web pages should seek written confirmation before accepting an offer of a place.