Annual Admissions Consultation
Dear colleagues
Nottinghamshire’s annual consultation on admission arrangements is now open and I write to ask for your help in drawing this to the attention of parents. The County Council, as the admission authority for community and voluntary controlled schools, is required by the School Admissions Code to determine admission arrangements annually. Any changes have to be consulted upon prior to determination.
This year, the consultation for the admission arrangements for 2025-2026 for all community and voluntary controlled schools in Nottinghamshire will be open between 2 October 2023 and 26 November 2023. Could I please ask that you and your governors consider this year’s consultation carefully and ensure that you share it widely with parents and other partner organisations through your own newsletters and school websites? A poster is attached which you may wish to include in any communication.
The consultation includes:
A summary of the consultation is attached, and the full proposed arrangements are available on our public website www.nottinghamshire.gov.uk/admissionsconsultation
It is important that all consultees have an opportunity to comment on the proposed arrangements if they wish to do so, comments can be made up to 26 November 2023 by:
School admissions consultation
Head Lice - Advice
Head lice and nits are very common in young children and their families. They do not have anything to do with dirty hair and are picked up by head-to-head contact. They are small insects around 3mm long and it can be very difficult to detect them in your child’s hair.
Please be aware that we are still having issues with head lice in school. Year 2 has a larger number of children suffering with lice. Unfortunately, until all children have been checked and treated, the issue will not go away.
An easy and more cost-effective way to check your child’s hair is by following the wet or dry detection methods below:
Wet detection combing
To use the wet detection method:
If you find head lice, you should check the rest of your family. Treat everyone found to have head lice on the same day.
Dry detection combing
To use the dry detection method:
What do I do if eggs or head lice are detected?
If any head lice or eggs are detected. You would need to treat your child’s hair. The steps below should be followed in accordance with NHS advice:
You cannot prevent head lice! There's nothing you can do to prevent head lice but you can help stop them spreading by wet or dry combing regularly to catch them early.
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