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Admissions Process

In the first year of opening, applications for a YR place at Newlands Primary Academy (previously known as West of Waterlooville Primary School) will be processed by the admissions authority, The University of Chichester Academy Trust, outside the normal local authority process for co-ordinating school offers. This means that parents will need to apply directly to the Trust using the application form available from the list below. Parents should also complete their home local authority’s common application form for their other school choices in addition to their separate application for Newlands Primary Academy.

The Trust's admission policy sets out the number of places available and how applications will be prioritised if there are more applications than places available.

Offers will be made on 16 April 2025.

For subsequent years, the local authority will co-ordinate main round applications for the school. This means that parents will apply through their home authority using the local authority application form (naming up to three preferences).

You can get an application from the following:

You can use this link Application for a Year R place at Newlands Primary Academy to an online copy of the application form, or you can download it from our website.

If you would like a paper copy of this form, you can pick one up in person at Berewood Primary School, Kentidge Way, Waterlooville, PO7 3BE or by:

  • Email unicat@chi.ac.uk
  • Write to The University of Chichester Academy Trust, Arran House, Upper Bognor Road, Bognor Regis, West Sussex, PO21 1HR
  • Telephone 01243 793500

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(The Newlands Primary Academy Application Form and the Newlands Primary Academy Guidance documents can be found at the bottom of this page).