DETERMINED ADMISSIONS CRITERIA FOR VOLUNTARY AIDED SCHOOLS, FOUNDATION SCHOOLS AND ACADEMIES

DETERMINED ADMISSIONS CRITERIA FOR VOLUNTARY AIDED SCHOOLS, FOUNDATION SCHOOLS AND ACADEMIES FOR 2016/2017 1

Introduction This document contains the determined criteria for all own admission authority schools/academies in Cambridgeshire, for admission in September 2016, where changes were proposed as part of the annual consultation process. Where no admission policy is shown in this document a copy of the determined arrangements will be available from the school/academy directly. Should you have any comments relating to the determined arrangements in this document please contact the Schools Adjudicator, who has discretion to consider objections to admission arrangements. The Adjudicator can be contacted at: Mowden Hall, Staindrop Road, Darlington, DL3 9BG. Telephone: 01325 735303, email: osa.team@osa.gsi.gov.uk. 2

Contents School Status Page Secondary Schools Bassingbourn Village College Academy 4 Cambourne Village College Free 7 Comberton Village College Academy 10 Coleridge Community College, Cambridge Academy 14 Parkside Community College, Cambridge Academy 17 St Bede s Inter-Church School, Cambridge Academy 20 Thomas Clarkson Academy Brooke Weston Trust, Wisbech Academy Trust 22 Trumpington Community College, Cambridge Academy 36 Witchford Village College Academy 39 Primary Schools Crosshall Infant, St Neots Academy 40 Great and Little Shelford Church of England Primary School Voluntary Aided 46 Jeavons Wood, Cambourne Foundation 49 Peckover Primary Academy Brooke Weston Trust, Wisbech Academy Trust 52 St Laurence Roman Catholic Primary School, Cambridge Voluntary Aided 54 The Shade, Soham Academy 59 The Vine Inter-church, Cambourne Voluntary Aided 61 3

Bassingbourn Village College The Governing Body of Bassingbourn Village College is the admission authority for the College. This means that it is the Governing Body that sets and applies the admissions policy for the College. All decisions regarding the admission of children into the College are made by a sub-committee of the Governing Body. How to Apply The application process for admissions into Year 7 is co-ordinated by Cambridgeshire Local Authority (LA), which acts on behalf of the governing body to offer places at the College. Parents should apply online at www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/admissions or submit a Cambridgeshire Application Form, available from their child s primary school or from the LA Admissions Team, no later than the National Closing Date of 31 st October, each year. Offer letters will be issued by the LA on the National Offer Date (1 st March or first working day after). Late applications (those submitted between the November deadline and the end of the co-ordination period) will be handled by the Admissions Team. 1 To apply for a place after the start of the school year, or for any other year group, please contact the LA Admissions Team for an application form by phoning 0345 045 1370 or by email to admissions@cambridgeshire.gov.uk. The application form must be returned to the LA Admissions Team who will then contact your preferred schools to determine the availability of a school place. The LA Admissions Team will then write to you to confirm the details of the school at which a place is to be offered and, where appropriate, a suitable start date. Where the Admissions Team is unable to meet any preferences expressed a place will be offered at the next nearest alternative school with places available. Parents wishing to visit the College prior to submitting an application are welcome to do so, though it may not always be possible to organise this at short notice. Visits are not interviews and do not affect any decision regarding the availability of a place. Please contact the College to make arrangements. How places are offered For admission into Year 7 each September, the Local Authority, on behalf of the Governing Body, will offer places to 125 children. This is the Published Admission Number (PAN) for that year group. In the event that more than 125 applications are received, the oversubscription criteria will be applied to determine priority for places by the LA on behalf of the Governing Body. All preferences are treated equally. Oversubscription Criteria Bassingbourn Village College is a non-selective comprehensive school with an agreed admissions limit of 125. This is reviewed each year by the Governors and published in the College prospectus. The College primarily serves a catchment area 1 For further information and specific dates, please refer to the full scheme for secondary coordination, available from the LA Admissions Team or from the website, www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/admissions 4

comprising the catchment areas of the following partner primary schools: Bassingbourn County Primary School, Guilden Morden Primary School, Petersfield Primary School, Orwell and Steeple Morden Primary School but welcomes applications from families who live outside this area. Children who have a statement of special educational needs that names the school will be admitted. NB. Those children with a statement of special educational needs that does not name the school will be referred to Student Assessment to determine an appropriate place. Should applications exceed the agreed admissions number, priority will go, in order, to: 1. Children in Care, also known as Looked After Children (LAC) and children who were looked after but ceased to be so by reason of adoption, a resident order or special guardianship order. 2. A child who lives in the catchment area and attends Bassingbourn County Primary School, Guilden Morden Primary School, Petersfield Primary School, Orwell or Steeple Morden Primary School, and has a sibling* at Bassingbourn Village College at the time of admission. 3 A child who lives in the designated catchment area who attends one of the named primary schools within it (see 2 above). 4 A child who lives in the designated catchment area with a sibling at Bassingbourn Village College at the time of admission. 5. A child who lives in the designated catchment area of the named primary schools 6. A child who lives outside the designated catchment area who attends one of the named primary schools within it and who has a sibling at Bassingbourn Village College at the time of admission 7. A child who lives outside the designated catchment area who attends one of the named primary schools within it. 8. A child who lives outside the designated catchment area who has a sibling at Bassingbourn Village College at the time of admission 9. If places remain available, the distance between home and school as measured by the shortest straight line distance In cases of equal merit, priority will go to children within Cambridgeshire by measuring the straight line distance. The distance, for admissions purposes, is measured using the straight line distance from the reference point of the home to the reference point of the school both as determined by the Ordnance Survey(OS) AddressBase Premium. These distances are produced by the LA Admissions team for the school. For families who live outside the area covered by the Cambridgeshire mapping system, distances are determined using a combination of local maps and on-line resources. 5

For Years 8 to 11, the PAN is 150. If a place becomes available it will be offered to the child at the top of the reserve list for the year group or, if no reserve list exists, the place will be offered to the first child for whom an application is received. Home Address The home address is defined as the address of the adult with parental responsibility with who the child normally lives and which applies at the time of application. For further details, please see the full definition in the LA admissions booklet for parents, Admissions to schools in Cambridgeshire a guide for parents. Siblings A sibling is defined as children, usually brothers or sisters, aged between 4 and 16, who live together in the same family unit. Unless otherwise stated, for the purposes of the over-subscription critieria, children who are in an attached nursery or sixth form provision are not included. Reserve Lists When an application is refused, the child s details are automatically placed on a reserve list for the year group, ranked according to the oversubscription criteria. As part of the co-ordinated scheme for secondary admissions, the LA Admissions Team holds the initial reserve list on behalf of the governing body until the end of the first week of the autumn term in the initial year of intake. The governing body then manages the reserve list until the end of the autumn term. Where mid-phase applications are received, children s details will be held on the reserve list for a period of one term following the term for which the place was refused. Parents will be contacted immediately if a place becomes available for their child, but should be aware that their child s place on a reserve list may change if an application is subsequently received that meets a higher criterion than their own. Appeals The parent of any child who is refused a place at the College has a right of appeal to an independent Appeals Panel. The panel consists of three people who are independent of the school s Governing Body and the Local Authority. The panel will consider the circumstances of the case put before them. Both the Governing Body and the parents must abide by the decision it makes. Appeals for the school are currently arranged by the Governing Body s Admissions Sub-Committee / LA Admissions Team on behalf of the Governing Body. Further information and appeal forms are available from the Admissions Team or from the College. 6

Cambourne Village College Cambourne Village College, a school within the Comberton Academy Trust, is open to pupils in Years 7, 8 and 9. CATCHMENT AREA FOR ADMISSION TO YEARS 7, 8 AND 9: Children living in the catchment area of the following feeder primary schools in Cambourne: Monkfield Park, The Vine Inter Church, Jeavons Wood, Hardwick (the village of Cambourne only) 1) POLICY AND NUMBERS Pupils will be admitted without reference to ability or aptitude. The published admission number for years 7, 8 and 9 for the year commencing in September will be 150. 2) ADMISSIONS CRITERIA TO BE APPLIED IF PLACES ARE OVERSUBSCRIBED Where numbers of applications for any year group exceed the number of published year group places, after the admission of pupils with a statement of SEN naming the school, applications will be considered in the following order or priority. 1) Children in Care, also known as Looked- After Children (LAC) to include those who were previously looked-after, but ceased to be so because they were adopted or became subject to a residence order or special guardianship order. 2) Children living 1 in the catchment 2 area and who have a sibling 3 at the school at the time of admission. 3) Children living 1 in the catchment 2 area. 4) Children who live outside the catchment area, who attend a feeder primary school within it and who have a sibling 3 at the school at the time of admission. 5) Children who live outside the catchment area who have a sibling 3 at the school at the time of admission. 6) Children who live outside the catchment area who attend a feeder primary school within the catchment area. 7) Children who live outside of the catchment area. 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 front door of the pupil's accommodation to the relevant point. 7

3) HOW TO APPLY FOR A PLACE IN YEAR 7 The application process for admissions into year 7 is co-ordinated by Cambridgeshire Local Authority (LA), which acts on behalf of the governing body to offer places at the College. Parents should apply online at www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/admissions or submit a Cambridgeshire Application Form, available from their child s primary school or from the LA Admissions team, no later than the LA deadline at the end of October. Offer letters will be issued by the LA on the National Offer Date (1st March or first working day after). Late applications (those submitted between the October deadline and the end of the co-ordination period) will be handled by the Admissions team. For further information and specific dates, please refer to the full scheme for secondary co-ordination, available from the LA Admissions Team or from the website, www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/admissions LA Admissions Team Contact: 0345 045 1370 or admissions@cambridgeshire.gov.uk All parents are advised to read the Next Steps Local Authority booklet for parents on secondary admissions. Parents wishing to visit the school prior to submitting an application are welcome to do so, though it may not always be possible to organise this at short notice. Visits are not interviews and do not affect any decision regarding the availability of a place. Please contact the school to make arrangements. How places are offered For admission into year 7 September 2016 the LA, on behalf of the Governing Body, will offer places to 150 children. This is the Published Admission Number (PAN) for that year group. In the event that more than 150 applications are received, the oversubscription criteria will be applied to determine priority for places. (See section 2). 4) HOW TO APPLY FOR PLACES IN YEARS 8 AND 9 For applications for places in years 8 and 9, at any time of the year, a Local Authority in-year application form must be completed and returned to the Local Authority. See website: www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/admissions In the event of over-subscription the criteria set out above in Section 2 will be applied and places offered in accordance with those criteria. Parents wishing to visit the school prior to submitting an application are welcome to do so. However, this is not always possible to organise at short notice and visits are usually conducted in small groups. Visits are not interviews and do not affect any decision regarding the availability of a place. 1 The home address is defined as the address of the adult with parental responsibility with whom the child normally lives and which applies at the time of application. Applications based on future addresses can only be considered up to 6 teaching weeks before the child is expected to take up the place and upon confirmation of a minimum of six month tenancy agreement or exchange of contracts. 2 A map showing the catchment area and/or further information can be obtained from the Local Authority. 3 A sibling is defined as another child living in the same family home 8

5) OPERATION OF THE RESERVE LIST Year 7 intake: As part of the co-ordinated scheme for secondary admissions, the LA Admissions team holds the initial reserve list on behalf of the governing body until the end of the autumn term in the initial year of intake. Parents will be contacted immediately if a place becomes available for their child, but should be aware that their child s place on a reserve list may change if an application is subsequently received that meets a higher criterion than their own. In year applications: Parents whose applications are not immediately successful will be held on the reserve list for that year group by the LA Admissions team on behalf of the governing body for a period of one term following the term of application. All mid-phase applications should be co-ordinated with the LA Admissions team. Applications will be ordered on the list according to the over-subscription criteria and when places become available, they will be offered accordingly. Parents should be aware that their place on the reserve list may vary if applications are subsequently received which meet a criterion higher on the list than their own. Parents wishing to remain on the list should contact the Local Authority. 6) APPEALS The parent of any child who is refused a place at the school has a right of appeal to an independent Appeals Panel. The panel consists of three people who are independent of the school s Governing Body and the Local Authority. The panel will consider the circumstances of the case put before them. Both the Governing Body and the parents must abide by the decision it makes. Arrangements will comply with the Schools Admission Appeals Code found on the Cambridgeshire County Council website. Please go to the link below for further information: http://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/childrenandfamilies/education/secondary/applyfor secondaryschool/secondaryadmissionappeals.htm 9

Comberton Village College CATCHMENT AREA FOR ADMISSION TO YEARS 7 & 8 Children living in the catchment areas of the following feeder primary schools: Barton, Barnabas Oley Great Gransden, Bourn, Caldecote, Coton, Dry Drayton, Hardwick, Haslingfield, and Meridian, Comberton. CATCHMENT AREA FOR ADMISSION TO YEARS 9 Children living in the catchment areas of the following feeder primary schools: Barton, Bourn, Caldecote, Coton, Dry Drayton, Hardwick, Haslingfield, and Meridian, Comberton. CATCHMENT AREA FOR ADMISSION TO YEARS 10 Children living in the catchment areas of the following feeder primary schools: Barton, Bourn, Caldecote, Coton, Hardwick, Haslingfield, and Meridian, Comberton. CATCHMENT AREA FOR ADMISSION TO YEARS 11 Children living in the catchment areas of the following feeder primary schools: Barton, Bourn, Caldecote, Coton, Hardwick, Haslingfield, and Meridian, Comberton, Monkfield Park, Jeavons Wood and The Vine in Cambourne. 1) POLICY AND NUMBERS Pupils will be admitted without reference to ability or aptitude. The published admission number for year 7, 8, 9 and 10 for the year commencing 1 September 2016 will be 240; for year 11 the admission number is 300. 2) ADMISSIONS CRITERIA TO BE APPLIED IF PLACES ARE OVER- SUBSCRIBED Where numbers of applications for any year group exceed the number of published year group places, after the admission of pupils with a statement of SEN naming the school, applications will be considered in the following order of priority. 1) Children in Care, also known as Looked After Children (LAC) to include those who were previously looked-after, but ceased to be so because they were adopted or became subject to a residence order or special guardianship order. 2) Children living 2 in the catchment area 3, who attend one of the feeder primary schools listed above and who have a sibling 4 at the school at the time of admission. Parents may contact the Local Authority (LA) if they are uncertain whether or not they reside in the catchment area. 2 The home address is defined as the address of the adult with parental responsibility with whom the child normally lives and which applies at the time of application. Applications based on future addresses can only be considered up to 6 teaching weeks before the child is expected to take up the place and upon confirmation of a minimum of six month tenancy agreement or exchange of contracts. 3 A map showing the catchment area and/or further information can be obtained from the Local Authority. 4 A sibling is defined as another child attending Comberton Village College or Comberton Sixth Form living in the same family home at the time of application. 10

3) Children living 1 in the catchment 2 area and who have a sibling 3 at the school at the time of admission. 4) Children living 1 in the catchment 2 area and who attend one of the feeder primary schools listed above. 5) Other children living 1 in the catchment 2 area. 6) Children who live outside the catchment area, who attend a feeder primary school within it and who have a sibling 3 at the school at the time of admission. 7) Children who live outside the catchment area who have a sibling 3 at the school at the time of admission. 8) Children who live outside the catchment area who attend the primary schools within the catchment area. 9) Children who live outside the catchment area. If more applications are received than there are places under any of the oversubscription 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 front door of the pupil's accommodation to the relevant point. 3) HOW TO APPLY FOR A PLACE IN YEAR 7 The application process for admissions into year 7 is co-ordinated by Cambridgeshire Local Authority (LA), which acts on behalf of the governing body to offer places at the College. Parents should apply online at www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/admissions or submit a Cambridgeshire Application Form, available from their child s primary school or from the LA Admissions team, no later than the LA deadline at the end of October. Offer letters will be issued by the LA on the National Offer Date (1 st March or first working day after). Late applications (those submitted between the October deadline and the end of the co-ordination period) will be handled by the Admissions team. 4 For further information and specific dates, please refer to the full scheme for secondary co-ordination, available from the LA Admissions Team or from the website, www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/admissions LA Admissions Team Contact: South Team: 01223 699200 or admissions@cambridgeshire.gov.uk All parents are advised to read the Next Steps Local Authority booklet for parents on secondary admissions. Parents wishing to visit the school prior to submitting an application are welcome to do so, though it may not always be possible to organise this at short notice. Visits are not interviews and do not affect any decision regarding the availability of a place. Please contact the school to make arrangements. How places are offered For admission into year 7 in September 2016, the LA, on behalf of the Governing Body, will offer places to 240 children. This is the Published Admission Number 11

(PAN) for that year group. In the event that more than 240 applications are received, the oversubscription criteria will be applied to determine priority for places. (See section 2) 4) HOW TO APPLY FOR PLACES IN YEARS 8, 9, 10 AND 11 For applications for places in years 8, 9, 10 and 11 at any time of the year, a Local Authority in-year application form must be completed and returned to the Local Authority Admissions team. See website www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/admissions In the event of over-subscription the criteria set out above in Section 2, will be applied and places offered in accordance with those criteria. Parents wishing to visit the school prior to submitting an application are welcome to do so. However, this is not always possible to organise at short notice and visits are usually conducted in small groups. Visits are not interviews and do not affect any decision regarding the availability of a place. 5) HOW TO APPLY FOR PLACES IN YEARS 12 AND 13 For all issues relating to admission to years 12 and 13, please refer to the separate Admissions Policy for Comberton Sixth Form which is available on the Comberton Sixth Form website http://www.combertonsixthform.org/ 6) OPERATION OF THE RESERVE LIST Year 7 intake: As part of the co-ordinated scheme for secondary admissions, the LA Admissions team holds the initial reserve list on behalf of the governing body until the end of the autumn term in the initial year of intake. Parents will be contacted immediately if a place becomes available for their child, but should be aware that their child s place on a reserve list may change if an application is subsequently received that meets a higher criterion than their own. Mid-phase applications: Parents whose applications are not immediately successful will be held on the reserve list for that year group by the LA Admissions team, on behalf of the governing body, for a period of one term following the term of application. All midphase applications should be co-ordinated with the LA Admissions team. Applications will be ordered on the list according to the over-subscription criteria and when places become available, they will be offered accordingly. Parents should be aware that their place on the reserve list may vary if applications are subsequently received which meet a criterion higher on the list than their own. Parents wishing to remain on the list should contact the Local Authority. 7) APPEALS The parent of any child who is refused a place at the school has a right of appeal to an independent Appeals Panel. The panel consists of three people who are independent of the school s Governing Body and the Local Authority. The panel will consider the circumstances of the case put before them. Both the Governing Body and the parents must abide by the decision it makes. Arrangements will comply with the Schools Admission Appeals Code found on the Cambridgeshire County Council 12

website. Please go to the link below for further information: http://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/childrenandfamilies/education/secondary/applyfor secondaryschool/secondaryadmissionappeals.htm 13

Coleridge Community College The Governing Body of The Parkside Federation is the admission authority for Coleridge. This means that it is the Governing Body that sets and applies the admissions policy for the College. All Policy decisions regarding the admission of children into the College are made by a sub-committee of the Governing Body. How to Apply The application process for admissions into Year 7 is co-ordinated by Cambridgeshire Local Authority (LA), which acts on behalf of the governing body to offer places at the College. Parents should apply online at www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/admissions or submit a Cambridgeshire Application Form, available from their child s primary school or from the LA Admissions Team, no later than the national closing date on 31 st October. Offer letters will be issued by the LA on the National Offer Date (1 st March or first working day after). Late applications (those submitted after the national closing date) will be handled by the Admissions Team. 5 To apply for a place after the start of term or in any other year group, please contact the LA Admissions Team for an application form. LA Admissions Team Contact: 0345 045 1370, or admissions@cambridgeshire.gov.uk Parents wishing to visit either campus prior to submitting an application are welcome to do so, though it may not always be possible to organise this at short notice. Visits are not interviews and do not affect any decision regarding the availability of a place. Please contact the campus office to make arrangements. Coleridge Campus Contact: 01223 712300 enquiries@parksidefederation.org.uk How places are offered For admission into Year 7 each September, the LA, on behalf of the Governing Body, will offer places to 120 children. This is the Published Admission Number (PAN) for that year group. In the event that more than 120 applications are received, the oversubscription criteria will be applied to determine priority for places. All preferences are treated equally. Children whose statement of special educational needs names the school take priority over all other applicants and will be admitted irrespective of whether there are places available in the year group. Those children with a statement of special educational needs that does not name the school will be referred to Student Assessment to determine an appropriate place. 5 For further information and specific dates, please refer to the full scheme for secondary coordination, available from the LA Admissions Team or from the website, www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/admissions 14

1. Children in care, also looked after children (LAC), and children who were looked after but ceased to be so by reason of adoption, a resident order or special guardianship order; 2. Children who live in the Coleridge catchment area, who have a sibling at Coleridge at the time of admission; 3. Children who live in the Coleridge catchment area; 4. Children who have a sibling at Coleridge at the time of admission. 5. Children who attend a primary school within the Coleridge catchment area 6. Children who live nearest Coleridge by the shortest straight line distance by measuring a straight line from the centre point of the home to the main pupil entrance to the secondary school. In cases of equal merit, priority will go to children living nearest the school according to the shortest straight-line distance. The distance, for admissions purposes, is measured using the straight line distance from the reference point of the home to the reference point of the school both as determined by the Ordnance Survey (OS) Address Base Premium. These distances are produced by the LA Admissions team for the school. For families who live outside the area covered by the Cambridgeshire mapping system, distances are determined using a combination of local maps and on-line resources. a. Sibling means any child of compulsory school age living in the same family unit. b. Home address means the place the child resides for the majority of school nights with an adult who has parental responsibility. c. A map of the catchment area is available from the College or the LA Admissions Team. Details of which streets are in the catchment are available from the Admissions Team. How to apply for places in all other year groups, or Year 7 after the beginning of the Academic Year Applications for places in these year groups at any time of the year: A Cambridgeshire application form must be completed and returned to the LA Admissions Team who will then contact your preferred schools to determine the availability of a school place. The LA Admissions Team will then write to you to confirm the details of the school at which a place is to be offered and, where appropriate, a suitable start date. Where the Admissions Team is unable to meet any preferences expressed a place will be offered at the next nearest alternative school with places available. In the event of over-subscription the criteria set out above, will be applied and places offered in accordance with those criteria. Parents wishing to visit the school prior to submitting an application are welcome to do so. However, this is not always possible to organise at short notice and visits are usually conducted in small groups. Visits are not interviews and do not affect any decision regarding the availability of a place. 15

Reserve Lists Year 7 As part of the co-ordinated scheme for secondary admissions, the LA Admissions Team holds the initial reserve list on behalf of the governing body until the end of the autumn term in the initial year of intake. Parents will be contacted immediately if a place becomes available for their child, but should be aware that their child s place on a reserve list may change if an application is subsequently received that meets a higher criterion than their own. In-Year applications: Where an in-year application is received, the child s details will be held on a reserve list by the LA Admissions Team on behalf of the Governing Body for a minimum period of one term following the term of application. Applications will be ordered on the list according to the over-subscription criteria and when places become available, they will be offered accordingly. Parents should be aware that their place on the waiting list may vary if applications are subsequently received which meet a criterion higher on the list than their own. Parents wishing to remain on the list should contact the school or the LA Admissions Team. Appeals The parents of any child who is refused a place at the school has a right of appeal to an independent Appeals Panel. The panel consists of three people who are independent of the school s Governing Body and the Local Authority. The panel will consider the circumstances of the case put before them. Both the Governing Body and the parents must abide by the decision it makes. Appeals for the school are currently arranged by the LA Admissions Team on behalf of the Governing Body. Further information and appeal forms are available from the Admissions Team. The Governing Body of The Parkside Federation is the admission authority for Coleridge. This means that it is the Governing Body that sets and applies the admissions policy for the College. All Policy decisions regarding the admission of children into the College are made by a sub-committee of the Governing Body. 16

Parkside Community College The Governing Body of The Parkside Federation is the admission authority for Parkside. This means that it is the Governing Body that sets and applies the admissions policy for the College. All policy decisions regarding the admission of children into the College are made by a sub-committee of the Governing Body. How to Apply The application process for admissions into Year 7 is co-ordinated by Cambridgeshire Local Authority (LA), which acts on behalf of the governing body to offer places at the School. Parents should apply online at www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/admissions or submit a Cambridgeshire Application Form, available from their child s primary school or from the LA Admissions Team, no later than the national closing date on 31 st October. Offer letters will be issued by the LA on the National Offer Date (1 st March or first working day after). Late applications (those submitted after the national closing date) will be handled by the Admissions Team. 6 To apply for a place after the start of term or in any other year group, please contact the LA Admissions Team for an application form. LA Admissions Team Contact: 0345 045 1370, or admissions@cambridgeshire.gov.uk Parents wishing to visit either campus prior to submitting an application are welcome to do so, though it may not always be possible to organise this at short notice. Visits are not interviews and do not affect any decision regarding the availability of a place. Please contact the campus office to make arrangements. Parkside Contact: 01223 712600, or enquiries@parksidefederation.org.uk How places are offered For admission into Year 7 each September, the LA, on behalf of the Governing Body, will offer places to 120 children. This is the Published Admission Number (PAN) for that year group. In the event that more than 120 applications are received, the oversubscription criteria will be applied to determine priority for places. All preferences are treated equally. Children whose statement of special educational needs names the school take priority over all other applicants and will be admitted irrespective of whether there are places available in the year group. Those children with a statement of special educational needs that does not name the school will be referred to Student Assessment to determine an appropriate place. 6 For further information and specific dates, please refer to the full scheme for secondary coordination, available from the LA Admissions Team or from the website, www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/admissions 17

Oversubscription Criteria for Parkside 1. Children in care, also looked after children (LAC), and children who were looked after but ceased to be so by reason of adoption, a resident order or special guardianship order; 2. Children who live in the Parkside catchment area, who have a sibling at Parkside at the time of admission; 3. Children who live in the Parkside catchment area. 4. Children who have a sibling at Parkside at the time of admission. 5. Children who attend a primary school within the Parkside catchment area 6. Children who live nearest Parkside by the shortest straight line distance by measuring a straight line from the centre point of the home to the main pupil entrance to the secondary school. In cases of equal merit, priority will go to children living nearest the school according to the shortest straight-line distance. The distance, for admissions purposes, is measured using the straight line distance from the reference point of the home to the reference point of the school both as determined by the Ordnance Survey (OS) Address Base Premium. These distances are produced by the LA Admissions team for the school. For families who live outside the area covered by the Cambridgeshire mapping system, distances are determined using a combination of local maps and on-line resources. a. Sibling means any child of compulsory school age living in the same family unit.. b. Home address means the place the child resides for the majority of school nights, with an adult who has parental responsibility. c. A map of the catchment area is available from the College or the LA Admissions Team. Details of which streets are in the catchment are also available from the Admissions Team. How to apply for places in all other year groups, or Year 7 after the beginning of the Academic Year Applications for places in these year groups at any time of the year: A Cambridgeshire application form must be completed and returned to the LA Admissions Team who will then contact your preferred schools to determine the availability of a school place. The LA Admissions Team will then write to you to confirm the details of the school at which a place is to be offered and, where appropriate, a suitable start date. Where the Admissions Team is unable to meet any preferences expressed a place will be offered at the next nearest alternative school with places available. In the event of over-subscription the criteria set out above, will be applied and places offered in accordance with those criteria. Parents wishing to visit the school prior to submitting an application are welcome to do so. However, this is not always possible to organise at short notice and visits are usually conducted in small groups. Visits are not interviews and do not affect any decision regarding the availability of a place. 18

Reserve Lists Year 7 As part of the co-ordinated scheme for secondary admissions, the LA Admissions Team holds the initial reserve list on behalf of the governing body until the end of the autumn term in the initial year of intake. Parents will be contacted immediately if a place becomes available for their child, but should be aware that their child s place on a reserve list may change if an application is subsequently received that meets a higher criterion than their own. In-Year applications: Where an in-year application is received, the child s details will be held on a reserve list by the LA Admissions Team on behalf of the Governing Body for a minimum period of one term following the term of application. Applications will be ordered on the list according to the over-subscription criteria and when places become available, they will be offered accordingly. Parents should be aware that their place on the waiting list may vary if applications are subsequently received which meet a criterion higher on the list than their own. Parents wishing to remain on the list should contact the school or the LA Admissions Team. Appeals The parents of any child who is refused a place at the school has a right of appeal to an independent Appeals Panel. The panel consists of three people who are independent of the school s Governing Body and the Local Authority. The panel will consider the circumstances of the case put before them. Both the Governing Body and the parents must abide by the decision it makes. Appeals for the school are currently arranged by the LA Admissions Team on behalf of the Governing Body. Further information and appeal forms are available from the Admissions Team. 19

St Bede s Inter-Church School School Mission Statement To create and sustain, with God s help, a learning, caring and serving community where all people are valued for who they are and who they may become in the light of Jesus Christ. This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. St Bede s is a joint Church of England / Roman Catholic foundation, and its purpose is to serve Church of England / Roman Catholic families who live within travelling distance of the school. If there is room, the school also welcomes pupils from committed Christian families of other denominations and from families of other faiths who accept the aims and ethos of this Christian school. The Governing Body of St Bede s Inter-Church School is the admission authority for the school. This means that it is the Governing Body that sets and applies the admissions policy for the school. All decisions regarding the admission of children into the school are made by a sub-committee of the Governing Body. For admission into Year 7 each September, the Local Authority, on behalf of the Governing Body, will offer places to 160 children. This is the Published Admission Number (PAN) for that year group. In the event that more than 160 applications are received, the oversubscription criteria will be applied to determine priority for places. All preferences will be treated equally, but first priority will be given to Looked After Children. Any child with a Statement of Educational Needs. When the school is oversubscribed, students will be admitted in the order of priority stated below: 1. Children from Church of England / Roman Catholic families whose application is supported 2 by their priest or minister 2. Children from families belonging to other Churches that are members of Churches Together in Britain and Ireland whose application is supported 2 by their priest or minister 3. Children from families belonging to other Christian churches whose application is supported 2 by their Church minister or leader 4. Children from families practising other world faiths whose application is supported by their spiritual leader 5. Children from other families in sympathy with the aims and ethos of this Christian school Within each of the above categories, priority will be given firstly to those children who at the time of admission have a sibling 3 at the school and secondly to those children who live nearest to the school 4. The application process for admissions into Year 7 is co-ordinated by Cambridgeshire Local Authority (LA), which acts on behalf of the Governing Body to offer places at the school. Parents should submit a Common Application Form, available from their child s primary school or from the LA Admissions Team, no later 20

than 31st October. Offer letters will be issued by the LA in March. Late applications (those submitted between November and September) will be handled by the Admissions Team. All parents wishing to apply under the school s religious criteria must also complete the Supplementary Information Form. This must be returned to the School by the LA application deadline or, for mid-phase applications, at the same time as the school s application form is submitted. To apply for a place after the start of term or in any other year group, please contact the School or the LA Admissions Team for an application form. LA Admissions Team contact 0345 045 1370 or email admissions@cambridgeshire.gov.uk Parents wishing to visit the school prior to submitting an application are welcome to do so, though it may not always be possible to organise this at short notice. Visits are not interviews and do not affect any decision regarding the availability of a place. Please contact the school to make arrangements. Tel. 01223 568816, email office@stbedes.cambs.sch.uk Any child who is refused a place at the school has a right of appeal to an Independent Appeals Panel. The panel is made up of three people who are independent of the Governing Body and the Local Education Authority. They will take into consideration all the circumstances of the case put before them and any decision they make is binding on the Governing Body and the parents concerned. Any parent wishing to appeal should put their case in writing to the Chair of Governors, who will ask for an Independent Panel to be convened. When an application is refused, the child s details are automatically placed on a reserve list for the year group, ranked according to the oversubscription criteria. As part of the co-ordinated scheme for secondary admissions, the LA Admissions Team holds the initial reserve list on behalf of the Governing Body until the end of the first week of the autumn term in the initial year of intake. The Governing Body then manages the reserve list until the end of the autumn term. Where mid-year applications are received, child s details will be held on the reserve list for a period of one term following the term of application. Parents will be contacted immediately if a place becomes available for their child, but should be aware that their child s place on a reserve list may change if an application is subsequently received that meets a higher criterion than their own. 2 Support is defined as the family s Christian commitment being recognised within the parish of the priest or minister. The school may seek further clarification from the priest or minister if such recognition is unclear. 3 Sibling is defined as a child either living in the same home or blood related but living at a different address. 4 Distance to school is measured according to the shortest straight line distance. 21

Thomas Clarkson Academy Brooke Weston Trust A copy of Brooke Weston Trust s Determined Admission Arrangements is published on the following website http://www.brookewestontrust.org/page/default.asp?pid=45 Associated Policies Admissions (SEN); Equal Opportunities; Inclusion; Disability Statement; Gender Equality; Race Equality 1. Policy Statement 1.1 The Brooke Weston Trust will consider all applications for places at each of its Academies. Where fewer applications are received, the individual named Academy will offer places to all those who have applied. In the Primary Phase, (where relevant) where fewer applications than the specified published admission number, are received the specified and named Academy will offer places to all those who have applied. 2. To whom does this policy apply? 2.1 All pupils/students applying to one of the Brooke Weston Trust Academies. (Named on specified application Form) 3. Who is responsible for carrying out this policy? 3.1 The Principal and Governors of the named Academy in their operation of the admissions policy. 4. What are the principles behind this policy? 4.1 The Brooke Weston Trust is committed to ensuring that its intake across all of its schools is representative of the national ability range and is comprehensive in intake. For primary phase where named it ensures each Academy services its local area. 5. Procedures 5.1 See Annex A - attached to this policy 6. Policy Review 6.1 This policy will be reviewed annually as part of the Brooke Weston Trust internal review process. 22

ANNEX A - THE ADMISSION OF PUPILS TO THE BROOKE WESTON TRUST ACADEMIES - generic policy GENERAL 1. This annex may be amended in writing at any time by agreement between the Secretary of State and the Brooke Weston Trust. 2. The Brooke Weston Trust will act in accordance with, and will ensure that each of the Independent Appeal Panels is trained to act in accordance with all relevant provisions of the School Admissions Code and the School Admission Appeals Code published by the Department for Education ( the Codes ) as they apply at any given time to maintained schools and with equalities law and the law on admissions as they apply to maintained schools. For this purpose, reference in the Codes or law to admission authorities shall be deemed to be references to the governing body of the Brooke Weston Trust. 3. Notwithstanding the generality of paragraph 2 of this Annex B, the Brooke Weston Trust will participate in the co-ordinated admission arrangements operated by the LA (Local Authority) for the specified area and the local inyear fair access protocol. 4. Notwithstanding any provision in this Agreement, the Secretary of State may: (a) Direct a named Academy within the Brooke Weston Trust to admit a named pupil to the specified individual Academy on application from a local authority. Before doing so the Secretary of State will consult the Brooke Weston Trust and individual Academy. (b) Direct the named Academy to admit a named pupil to the Academy if the Brooke Weston Trust has failed to act in accordance with this Annex or has otherwise failed to comply with applicable admissions and equalities legislation or the provisions of the Codes. 5. The Brooke Weston Trust shall ensure that parents and relevant children will have the right of appeal to an Independent Appeal Panel. The right of appeal is exercisable by any parent or relevant child who is dissatisfied with an admission decision of the Trust that affects that parent or child. The Independent Appeal Panel will be independent of the Academy. The arrangements for appeals will comply with the School Admission Appeals Code published by the Department for Education as it applies to Foundation and Voluntary Aided schools. The determination of the appeal panel is binding on all parties. 6. The Brooke Weston Trust shall prepare guidance for parents and relevant children about how the appeals process will work and provide them with a named contact who can answer any enquiries they may have about the process. The Brooke Weston Trust may, if it chooses, enter into an agreement with a LA or any other organisation for it to recruit, train and appoint appeal panel members, and to arrange for the process to be independently administered and clerked. 7 In paragraphs 5 and 6 above, relevant children means: a) In the case of appeals for entry to a sixth form, the child, and; 23

b) In any other case, children who are above compulsory school age, or will be above compulsory school age by the time they start to receive education at the school. Relevant Area 8 Subject to paragraph 9, relevant area for consultation means the Relevant Area determined by the local authority for maintained schools in the area (in accordance with the meaning of Relevant Area within the School Admissions Code). 9. If the Trust does not consider this meaning to be appropriate, it must apply to the Secretary of State by 1 August for a determination, setting out the reasons for this view. 10. The Secretary of State will consider the Academy s application and will by 30 September either: a. determine the area for consultation; or b. determine that the meaning within paragraph 8 should apply. 11. The Secretary of State may consult the local authority before making such a determination 12. Within 14 days of the Secretary of State s determination, the Academy will notify the consultees listed in paragraph 14 of the determination. 13. In the event of a paragraph 10a determination, a map of the relevant area (or a list of post-codes) will be requested from the LA. ANNUAL PROCEDURES FOR DETERMINING ADMISSION ARRANGEMENTS Consultation 14. The Brooke Weston Trust shall consult the following parties on the proposed admission arrangements for a minimum of eight weeks between 1 November and 1 March in the Determination Year 1: a) The LA. b) The admission forum for the LA. c) Any other admission authorities for primary and secondary schools located within the relevant area for consultation. d) Any other governing body for primary and secondary schools (as far as not falling within paragraph c) located within the relevant area for consultation. e) Affected admission authorities in neighbouring local authority areas. f) Parents living in the relevant area for consultation whose children have attained the age of two but are not above compulsory school age and who are or will be eligible to apply to be admitted to the Academy; g) Community groups which the Trust and individual Academy considers relevant; h) Teaching unions if the consultation includes an increase in admission number. Such consultation shall be in line with the requirements of the Codes and relevant admissions legislation, which at the date of this Agreement is section 89 of the 24