The Local Authority has set the school intake number at 43 pupils per year group and 12 places in the Specialist Centre. The school governors have adopted Powys’s LA admission policy, copies of which are available in the school.

Parents who are considering sending their children to Mount Street Infant School are most welcome to contact the school and arrange a meeting with the head teacher.

In Powys there is a one school intake in each school year. This intake will be in September, the beginning of the Autumn Term, after a child has had their fourth birthday.

Please note that if you are moving into the area then you are welcome to start at anytime of the year – please contact the school office for a transfer form or download the form from the Powys County Council website. This form will need to be returned to the address on the form and not the school. However, we would welcome you to come and look around the school.

Below is a time table of when children can start school:

Pupils born between                                                                              Can commence School

1st September 2018 – 31st August 2019                                                  September 2023

1st September 2019 – 31st August 2020                                                 September 2024

1st September 2020 – 31st August 2021                                                 September 2025

1st September 2021 – 31st August 2022                                                 September 2026

1st September 2022 – 31st August 2023                                                September 2027

Applying for a School Place

For pupils starting school in September 2024 Parental Preference for Primary School Application forms will be available from October 2023. Forms will be available from www.powys.gov.uk as well as the council’s Admission and Transport Team, primary schools and pre-school settings. Please click here to apply online.

The admission authority does not hold a waiting list, so please note a child’s name cannot be put down in advance.

Smarties – 3 and 4 Year old Setting

The pre-school provision for 3 and 4 year olds is 10 hours per week. A child can begin at a registered, approved, funded pre-school education setting, such as nursery, Cylch Meithrin or a playgroup, a the start of the term following their 3rd birthday. For full details regarding our 3 and 4 year old setting Smarties please click here

The table below shows when a child will become eligible for up to five terms of funded part-time pre school provision:

If your child was born between                                                                    Eligible Term to Commence

1st April and 31st August                                                                                    Autumn Term after 3rd birthday

1st September and 31st December                                                                   Spring Term after 3rd birthday

1st January and 31st March                                                                               Summer term after 3rd birthday

Applying for a pre-school place

To register your child for the Smarties setting at Mount Street Infant School please contact Powys County Council and fill in the admission form. A place will then be allocated to you by the authority (not the school as in previous years). Please follow this link to the application form.

Please click here for information about Smarties

A list of current providers is available on www.powys.gov.uk/fis

Strategic Equality Plan

The Strategic Equality plan is in place and available at the school office. Parents with disabled pupils are asked to contact the school in advance of the start date so that any remedial works can be completed prior to admission.