Admissions Policy
Where schools have more applications than places available, Governors will draw up a ranked list based on the criteria listed below and the local authority allocate places accordingly.
Children who have a Statement of Special Educational Needs which names the school will be admitted. This will reduce the number of places available. See “Starting School In Leicester’ for further details about special needs provision.
Local Authorities are required to have Fair Access Protocols in order to make sure that unplaced children who live in the home local authority, especially the most vulnerable, are offered a place at a suitable school as quickly as possible. This includes admitting children above the published admissions number to schools that are already full.
First priority in all categories will be given to siblings (see note 4) that is, children who will have brothers or sisters attending the school at the proposed time of admission.
In Categories 1 – 3, priority (after sibling priority) will be given to children whose parents / carers have completed and returned a Mass Verification Form if this has been issued.
- Catholic children who are in the care of a local authority. (see notes 1and 2 ).
- Catholic (see note 2) children living in the parish(es) served by the school
- Catholic (see note 2) children living outside these parish(es)
- Other children who are in the care of a local authority (see note 1).
- Children who are baptised or dedicated members of other churches which belong to ‘Churches Together in England’. (See Note 3).
- Other children and those for whom no Supplementary Form has been received
Tie Breaker
If any of the categories remains oversubscribed, preference will be given to children living nearest the school
(measurement of distance is in a straight line from the point that the homeproperty's front entrance (including flats) meets a public highway to the school's main designated front gate, usinga computerised mapping system.)
In a very few cases, it may not be possible to decide between the applications of those pupils who are the final qualifiers for a place (eg children who live at the same address or have the same distance measurement). In this exceptional situation, if there is no other way of separating the applications then the governors will admit the additional child above the planned admissions number. If however, admission would result in the legal limit of 30 children being exceeded, then the place will be allocated by drawing lots.
Note 1 - Definition of Child in Public Care (Looked after).
A child who is looked after by a local authority in accordance with Section 22 of the Children’s Act 1989 (b) at the time application for his / her admission is made and who the Local Authority can confirm, will still be looked after at the time when he / she is admitted to school.
A child who is looked after by a local authority in accordance with Section 22 of the Children’s Act 1989 (b) at the time application for his / her admission is made and who the Local Authority can confirm, will still be looked after at the time when he / she is admitted to school.
Note 2 - Definition of Catholic
- A child baptised in the Catholic Church (Roman rite or Eastern rites) whose members are in full communion with the Bishop of Rome. (Pope Benedict XV1) Advice available from Diocesan Education Service.
- A child baptised in another Christian denomination who has been received into full communion with the Catholic Church
- A child who, with his or her family, is enrolled in a recognised course of preparation leading to baptism or reception into the Catholic church (parishes are requested to keep appropriate records).
Note 3 – Churches Together in England
(See www.churches-together.org.uk for further details on membership)
The Baptist Union
British Antiochian Orthodox Church
Cherubim and Seraphim Council of Churches
The Church of England
Church of God Prophecy
Church of Scotland (in England)
Congregational Federation
Coptic Orthodox
Council of African and Caribbean Churches
Council of Oriental Orthodox Churches
Ichthus Christian Fellowship
Independent Methodist Churches
Joint Council for Anglo-Caribbean Churches
Lutheran Council of Great Britain
The Methodist Church
United Reform Church
Wesleyan Holiness Church
Note 4 - Definition of brothers and sisters (siblings)
The governors of each school use the same definition as used by the Local Authority. See ‘Starting School in Leicestershire ”
Note 5 - Place of Residence
The governors of each school use the same definition as used by the Local Authority. See ‘Starting School in Leicestershire ”
Note 6 – Parents / Carers
The governors of each school use the same definition as used by the Local Authority. See ‘Starting School in Leicestershire “
Please contact the school for full guidance and definitions or to make an application.
