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The agreed admissions number for Year 7 of the school will be 200.
The admission and review of students with an EHCP or a statement of special educational needs is dealt with by a completely separate procedure involving parents, schools, the LA and a range of professionals. This procedure is integral to the making and maintaining of a compliant EHCP (or statement) by the student’s home Local Authority. Details of this separate procedure are set out in the Special Education Needs Code of Practice.
Where the number of applications for admission is greater than the places available and after the agreed admission of any children with an Education, Health and Care Plan, the following over-subscription criteria will be applied in the order below:
i. 20% of the available places will be allocated to those applicants whose home address is closest to the school. The point to which measurements will be made is the mid-point on a line drawn between the centre of the Burghill Road and Concorde Drive entrances to the school.
ii. 80% of the available places will be allocated to those whose home address is closest to a point defined by the mid-point at the junction of Elmlea Avenue and Rylestone Grove; this point lies close to the centre of the NPA.
Available places, is defined as the number of places remaining once the number admitted under 1 and 2 above are subtracted from the 200 originally available. If there are surplus places available under either 3i or 3ii, they will transfer to the other category in the first instance.
4. Should there be fewer applications from within the APA than there are available, then all applicants from outside the APA will be considered. Again,
i.20% of the available places will be allocated to those applicants whose home address is closest to the school. The point to which measurements will be made is the mid-point on a line drawn between the centre of the Burghill Road and Concorde Drive entrances to the school.
ii.80% of the available places will be allocated to those whose home address is closest to a point defined by the mid-point at the junction of Elmlea Avenue and Rylestone Grove; this point lies close to the centre of the NPA. In this instance, places available is defined as the number remaining after the application of criteria 1, 2 and 3i and 3ii.
Admissions Priority Area
If you live outside of the APA, you are not prevented from applying for a place.
Distance tie-breaker
If more applications are received than there are places under any of the over-subscription criteria then the places will be offered in order of distance from the home address to the relevant point, distance being measured in a straight line from the middle of the front door of the pupil's accommodation to the relevant point. For this purpose, the ground floor is considered closer than the first and so on. Should there be a 'tie' between two or more applicants for a place in any category then lots will be drawn.
Operation of waiting lists
Where in any year the school receives more applications for places than there are places available, a waiting list will operate for the first year This will be maintained by the School and it will be open to any parent to ask for his or her child's name to be placed on the waiting list following an unsuccessful application. A child's position on the waiting list will be determined solely in accordance with the oversubscription criteria set (as applicable). Where places become vacant they will be allocated to children on the waiting list in accordance with the oversubscription criteria.
Home Address
The home address is where the child spends the majority of time and is living with the person who has parental responsibility and is the parent as defined in Section 576 of the Education Act 1996 (we may require documentary evidence). If a child regularly lives at more than one address the Governing Body will have to reach a conclusion about which should be counted as the main address when allocating places. This will normally be the address where Child Benefit is paid and where the child is registered with a doctor.
Boundaries
Where the Admissions Priority Area (APA) has a boundary defined by roads, all houses with a postal address on that part of the road marked on our admissions map will be included in the area. If a boundary divides a property, that property will be deemed to be within the area.