A guide for parents about admission arrangements to Secondary Schools City of Metropolitan District 2015-16

Closing date 31 October 2014 Apply online at www.bradford.gov.uk/admissions

Department of Children’s Services – Aiming high for children Timetable for applications to start secondary school for the school year 2015-2016

Monday 8 September 2014 Online applications can be made by logging on to Bradford Council’s website, www.bradford.gov.uk and clicking on ‘Online School Admissions’. Common application forms and booklets are available t from you child’s primary school.

Friday 31 October 2014 Closing date to complete online applications or to return common application forms. Also deadline for

t supplementary information forms to be sent to the relevant schools.

Sunday 1 March 2015 If you have applied online, you will receive an email telling you which school your child has been offered. All applicants will be sent a confirmation letter informing t them of the school offered on Monday 2 March 2015

Monday 16 March 2015 Deadline to return acceptance slips and waiting list t forms (if required). t

Friday 27 March 2015 Deadline for the return of appeal forms t

April 2015 onwards Re-allocations from waiting lists if places become available t

June – July 2015 Appeal hearings take place t

Closing date for applications is 31 October 2014 This deadline is important. If you do not apply by this date, it is unlikely that your child will get a place at your preferred school.

Online applications You can apply for a school place online by visiting the Bradford Council website: www.bradford.gov.uk/onlineschooladmissions There are many advantages of applying online: l It’s quick, easy and secure l It’s available 24 hours a day, seven days a week from 8 September 2014 until the closing date on 31 October 2014, and you can apply from home, work, a library or from your mobile phone as long as you have an email address. l You will get an email to confirm that your application has been received. l The system helps you by checking for mistakes. l You can view your application at any time and make changes up to the closing date. l There is no need to fill in a paper application form. l You will receive an email on 1 March 2015 to tell you the result of your application. Contents 3

Inside front cover Section 2 - Schools admission policies Timetable for applications to start secondary school 18 Appleton 4 Introduction 18 Bingley Grammar (Voluntary-Aided) 19 Bradford Academy Section 1 21 Bradford Forster Academy (proposed) 22 Bradford Girls’ Grammar (Free School) 5 Changes for 2015 23 5 Co-ordinated admission arrangements 25 6 Types of schools 26 Dixons McMillan and Dixons Trinity Academies 6 How do I decide which schools to apply for? 27 (academy) - Bradford Council and School websites 28 Immanuel College (voluntary-aided) - Visiting schools 29 Kings Science Academy - Other information to consider 30 Laisterdyke Business and Enterprise College 7 How does this information help me? (Foundation) 7 How do I apply? 31 Oakbank School - Supplementary information forms 32 One in a Million - Fair banding assessments 34 St Bede’s and St Joseph’s Catholic College - How do I fill in the common application form? 35 The Holy Family Catholic School (voluntary-aided) 9 How do you deal with my application? - Am I more likely to get a place at my first preference school? - What happens if I miss the deadline or want to Section 3 change my preferences? - Does moving house affect my application? 37 List of secondary schools in the Bradford Metropolitan - How do you decide who is offered a school place? District - Would you ever withdraw the offer of a school 41 List of special schools in the Bradford Metropolitan place? District 11 What happens if I don’t get the school I want? 41 List of neighbouring Local Authorities - Waiting lists - Independent appeals - Can I educate my child at home? Section 4 11 Special educational needs - What should I do if my child has special 42 Maps of priority admission areas educational needs? - What happens if my child has a statement of special educational needs? 12 What can I do to help my child succeed at school? - Attendance - Holidays in term-time - What happens if my child is too ill to go to school? 13 In year admissions and transfers - What if my child wants to transfer to another secondary school? - Fair Access Protocol 13 Financial help - School meals and clothing - The journey to school 15 Secondary school open evenings – questions to ask and points to consider 4

Introduction

This booklet tells you about the secondary schools in the district and how you can find out more about them. It explains how we deal with your request for your child to start secondary school and gives advice about how you can get financial help with paying for travel.

We have written this booklet for you if you have a child who is due to start Year 7 at secondary school in September 2015. These are children born between 1 September 2003 and 31 August 2004. We hope you find this booklet useful in helping you decide on a school for your child.

We have split the booklet into four sections. l The first contains general information. l The second contains policies on admissions (decisions schools make on which children they take). l The third contains details about every secondary school in the Bradford district. l The fourth contains maps showing schools with priority admission areas.

A growing number of secondary schools are becoming academies and it is the school governing body that makes decisions on who to offer places to. You can find details of these in section 2.

If you would like general information about schools, you should go to their open evenings or look at their websites. If you need information about applying for schools, please You can get advice on free school meals from any council contact the Admissions Team at the address below. advice and information centre, phoning 01274 432772 or from the council’s website. Admissions Team Department of Children’s Services We have used the term ‘parent’ throughout this booklet to Future House refer to the person or people who are legally responsible Bolling Road for the care of a child. Bradford BD4 7EB Many schools are popular and oversubscribed so it Phone: 01274 385967 is important that you are fully aware of the admission Email: [email protected] process and ensure your application is completed properly and on time. We will do our best to offer you a place at one You can get independent advice from the Choice Advisor, of the schools you list on your application form. Last year based at Barnardo’s Bradford Parent Partnership Service around 96% of children starting secondary school were by phoning 01274 481183 or emailing him at offered a place at one of their preferred schools. [email protected] This booklet was accurate at the time of printing If you have any questions about assistance with travel, (September 2014). However, it is possible there could be you can contact the School Travel Team by phoning some changes before, during and after the 2015/2016 01274 385581 or emailing them at school year. [email protected]

The council’s website, www.bradford.gov.uk gives general information on all the schools in the Bradford area. You may download a copy of this booklet from there. s e c t i o n 5

Changes for 2015 Co-ordinated admissionone arrangements l Bradford Forster Academy Under the Education Act 2002, local authorities (LAs) must draw up a scheme which co-ordinates admission ‘Bradford Forster Academy’ is a new 11-16 academy arrangements for all secondary schools (but not special which will be situated on Fenby Road in the BD4 schools) in their area. area of Bradford. The Academy proposes to open in September 2015 and will provide places for 210 year 7 Our co-ordinated admission arrangements make sure that pupils initially. The school will build upwards from year every parent of a pupil living in the Bradford local authority 7 and will reach full capacity by September 2019. area who has applied for a secondary school place during the normal admission round receives an offer of one Bradford Forster Academy is a member of the Bradford school place on the same day. Each authority exchanges Diocesan Academies Trust (BDAT) which operates a information about any preferences for a school outside the number of academies in the Bradford Area, including LA in which the pupil lives with the ‘home’ authority. its sister school, Bradford Academy. You can apply for up to five secondary schools on one For admissions into 2015 only, applicants must form (known as the ‘common application form’) or apply apply direct to Bradford Forster Academy using the on-line. The offer of a place is the responsibility of the academy’s application form. If applying on faith ‘home’ authority. grounds, applicants must also complete the joint ‘supplementary information form’. Both forms can be We have fully co-ordinated admission arrangements obtained from the Bradford Forster Academy website with Calderdale, Kirklees, North Yorkshire and Leeds www.bradfordforsteracademy.co.uk or from Bradford authorities. This means that after information has been Academy on Teasdale Street, BD4 7QJ. Both forms exchanged, if more than one LA can offer a place at your must be returned to Bradford Academy by 4pm on 31 preferred school, the ‘home’ authority will offer a place at October 2014. the school which you have ranked highest. The opening of Bradford Forster Academy is proposed All offers of a secondary school place will be sent by letter until funding is agreed by the Department for to parents on 2 March 2015. Education and parents are advised to apply for other schools on the Local Authority’s common application form as well as applying separately for the academy. 6 section one Apply online at www.bradford.gov.uk/admissions

• Grammar Types of schools • Kings Science Academy • Oasis Academy, Lister Park • One in a Million There are five types of secondary school in Bradford. • The Samuel Lister Academy It is important to know which type of school you would • University Academy Keighley like your child to go to because different people are responsible for making decisions on which children to Community schools admit. Either we, as the local authority, or the school governors decide who gets a place. Voluntary-aided, These are schools which the Local Authority provides foundation, trust schools and academies have their own the funding for and who are responsible for deciding oversubscription rules. These are the rules used when who gets a place. there are too many children for the number of places • Belle Vue Boys’ available at the school. • • Titus Salt The following list tells you who is making the decision for the particular type of school. Applications for all Voluntary-aided schools schools must be made on the common application form. The Local Authority provides funding for these schools Some schools require parents to complete but the governors are responsible for deciding who is supplementary forms. These are used if you are aplying given a place at the school. These schools are: for faith reasons or to register for the fair banding • St Bede’s and St Joseph’s Catholic College assessment. • The Holy Family Catholic School • Bingley Grammar Academies/Free School • Immanuel College – Church of There are state schools, independent of the local authority, and funded directly from the Department for Foundation schools Education. The Local Authority provides the funding for these • schools but the governors decide who is given a place. • Beckfoot These schools are: • Belle Vue Girls’ School • Laisterdyke Business and Enterprise College • Bradford Academy • Oakbank • Bradford Forster Academy (proposed) • Bradford Girls Grammar School Trust schools • Dixons Allerton Academy Trust schools are state funded foundation schools • Dixons City Academy supported by a charitable trust and the governors • Dixons McMillan Academy decide who is given a place. These schools are: • Dixons Trinity Academy • Parkside • Feversham • Queensbury School • Grange • Thornton Grammar • Hanson (proposed) • Tong School

Applications for all schools must be made on the common application form (with the exception of Bradford Forster Academy).

How do I decide which schools to apply for?

Information from schools Visiting schools Every secondary school has their own website which Before you decide on a particular school, you should visit gives a lot of information on the day-to-day running of the the schools in your area. school. See section 3 for school website addresses. Each school also produces a booklet for parents with similar Other information to consider information. If you would like information on how particular schools Bradford Council website are performing, you can get a summary of the latest Ofsted report on their website www.ofsted.gov.uk Look at ‘School Finder’ to locate the schools in your You can find information on the school’s exam results area. You can also view school priority admission maps. on www.gov.uk or on the school’s website. Section 3 gives you information on the schools in the Bradford district and details of their applications for last year. Apply online at www.bradford.gov.uk/admissions section one 7

How does this information help me?

Read this booklet: before you apply for any schools, Make your preferences count: You can apply for five it is important to get a realistic idea of whether your child secondary schools. If you only apply for one school, you is likely to be offered a place. This guide provides a lot of will only be considered for that school and will be wasting information to help you, such as: the opportunity to be considered for any others. You will only be able to put your child’s name on the waiting l the admission criteria for each school (these are the list or appeal for schools that you have applied for. Last rules under which applicants are considered) and who year, 96% of children were offered one of their preferred makes the decisions; schools. l how many applications there were last year and how the places were allocated; The school I would like is in another local l the total number of places at the school; and authority – what should I do? If you live in the l  maps showing school priority admission areas. Bradford district and want your child to go to a school outside the area, you must still apply on-line or list the Be realistic: although we will do all we can to give school on the Bradford common application form. If you you the school you want, we cannot guarantee a place. live outside the Bradford district, you can apply for any Demand for schools varies each year, and the fact that of our schools. However, you must apply to your ‘home’ your neighbour was offered a place last year does not authority. There is a list of our neighbouring authorities at mean you can rely on being given a place this year. Many the back of this booklet. You can also phone admission schools are oversubscribed, in other words they receive officers on 01274 385967 for more help. more applications than they have places to offer. We strongly advise you to apply for five schools and include the one you live closest to or the school in whose priority admission area you live as one of your preferences.

How do I apply?

You will find a full timetable of important dates on the paying schools. You should find out about the admission inside front cover. To apply for a secondary school place, arrangements for each school. you must: l apply on-line (there are simple step-by-step Supplementary information forms instructions for you to follow); or If you are applying for a Catholic school, Bradford l fill in a paper common application form Academy or Immanuel CE College on faith grounds, you must also fill in the school’s supplementary information Please do not do both. form. You must fill in a supplementary information form for We prefer you to apply online and there are many each church school that you are applying for and return advantages if you do. Your child should have a ‘Unique them to the school by 31 October 2014. If you do not do Identification’ number (UID), when you apply online all so, your child will be considered for a place within the your child’s details will already be completed including last category of the admission policy. Contact the schools your child’s address, date of birth and current school. This for more advice. Supplementary information forms are will make applying online quicker and easier. If you don’t available from the schools or can be downloaded from have a UID or have lost it, you can still apply online but it the council’s website. Please remember that you must still will take a little longer. apply online or fill in the common application form. If you would rather fill in a paper application form, they are available from your child’s primary school, or the Council’s Fair banding assessments Admissions Team if your child attends a school in another If you are applying for any of the Dixons Academies, authority. The form must then be returned to the primary Bradford Girls’ Grammar or Kings Science Academy, you school or to the Admissions Team at the address on will need to complete the schools’ own supplementary page 1. However you apply, you must do so by 31 October forms in order to register for the ‘fair banding 2014 at the latest. assessments’. This is because their admission policies You should list five schools you are prepared to consider state that their pupils must come from a wide ability range. in order of preference. You can apply for any school in To achieve this, all applicants need to take an assessment the Bradford district or outside the district except fee- to divide them into different ability bands. The schools then 8 section one Apply online at www.bradford.gov.uk/admissions

admit the required number from each band based on the appropriate, by 31 October 2014. This letter would spread of ability of those applying. need to explain why the school is the only school to If you are applying for any of the Dixons Academies, you meet your child’s needs, and why no other school must fill in their supplementary forms and return it to the could provide the appropriate support in order for your relevant academy no later than 3.30pm on Friday 26 child to be prioritised under these exceptional grounds. September 2014. If you return the form by the deadline, your child will be invited to sit an assessment at the 3 Children in public care school on 18 October 2014. Only fill in this section if your child is in public care or If you are applying for Kings Science Academy, you was previously looked after but ceased to be so because must fill in their supplementary form and return it to the they were adopted (in accordance with the Adoption and Academy by 17 October. Your child will then be invited to Children Act 2002) or became the subject to a residence sit an assessment in mid November. order or special guardianship order (in accordance with the Children Act 1989). You will need to send evidence of If you are applying for Bradford Girls’ Grammar, you must this to the Admissions Team by the closing date. fill in the school’s own form by 31 October 2014. Your child will then be invited to sit an assessment in mid November. 4 Special educational needs Only fill in this section if your child has a statement of How do I fill in the common special educational needs. application form? It is important that you read this booklet before applying. If 5 Parent or carer details you need more help to fill in the form, please contact the The application should be made by the parent who Admissions Team on 01274 385967. the child normally lives with and who has parental 1 Child’s details responsibility for the child (this means legal responsibility for making decisions about the child’s welfare, education Child’s name and address: This should be your and so on). Please include a daytime contact phone child’s legal name and the address at which they live number. permanently. Where a child lives with parents with shared responsibility, parents must decide which address to use 6 Declaration for the allocation process. You must not use the address of a relative or child minder. If you have moved or are about You must sign the declaration to confirm that you have to move house you must send us proof of your child’s parental responsibility and that the information you have permanent address. given is accurate. For on-line applications, you must confirm that the information you have provided is correct. Current school: This is your child’s current primary school. Where separated parents have shared responsibility, only Please include the school’s postcode as shown in section one application must be made and both parents must 3 of this booklet if applying on the paper form. agree on which schools to apply for. We will not process the application until parents come to an agreement. 2 School preferences Name up to five schools you are prepared to consider for If you give deliberately false or misleading information your child, in order of preference. Make sure that your first or withhold important information that could affect your preference is the school you most want for your child, as application it may result in the place offered being this is the one we will try to offer you where possible. withdrawn. You would then need to re-apply, possibly after all allocations have been made, and legal action may Brothers and sisters: Please give details of the youngest be taken. brother or sister who is already attending the secondary school that you want and who will still be at the school in September 2015. Include stepbrothers, stepsisters or fostered or adopted children living at the same address as your child because they will be considered as brothers and sisters too. Reasons for your preference: It is important that you tell us anything that could affect our decision, for example: l if there are specific social or medical reasons why your child must go to a particular school, you must send us a letter from your child’s paediatrician, consultant or relevant professional from social services, as Apply online at www.bradford.gov.uk/admissions section one 9

How do you deal with my application?

If you apply online, you will receive confirmation by email What happens if I miss the deadline or that we have received your application. If you have filled want to change my preferences? in the paper common application form, you must return it to your child’s primary school or to the Admissions Team 1 Before decisions about offers are made at Future House. If you live outside the Bradford area, you If we receive your application after the closing date or must return an application to your ‘home authority’. if you want to change your preferences, it will only be If you have applied for a voluntary-aided, foundation, considered as on time if we receive it before decisions about offers of a place are made (end of November) and trust school or an academy, we will send the details of where there are exceptional circumstances. Exceptional your application to the governors and they tell us who circumstances may include, for example, a family moving they are accepting. We also send applications to other into the area, or a family returning from abroad. local authorities and they tell us which children they can offer places to. For community schools, we look at the 2 After decisions about offers are made applications and use the Council’s admission policy to All late applications received after 24 November 2014 will decide which applicants will be offered a place. We also be considered after those received on time. check any supporting letters you have provided that could affect the decision. In the Bradford authority, parents can apply for five schools. We will not accept any further applications or Any parents who apply online will receive an email on 1 changes of preference after 24 November 2014 unless: March informing them of the result of their application. If l there are exceptional circumstances (as described your child attends a Bradford district primary school, the above); or letter will be sent to you via the school on 2 March 2015. l the late application or change of preference is for an If your child does not attend a Bradford district primary undersubscribed school (in other words, a school with school your letter will be posted to you. The letter may unfilled places). include an acceptance slip which parents need to return to the relevant school by 16 March 2015. We will not accept any further applications or changes of preference, but this would not prevent you from applying for another school from September 2015 (see ‘In-year Am I more likely to get a place at my first admissions and transfers’ on page 13). preference school? We will send late applications to other admission Each school you apply for will be treated as a separate authorities, but they may not be able to consider them. You may need to check with neighbouring authorities application and we or the governors work out if your to see how they treat late applications and changes of child qualifies for a place at each school using the preferences. oversubscription rules (see section 2). This means that, for example, if how close children live to the school is an important factor, the children living closest are most likely Does moving house affect my application? to be offered places, regardless of the order the school We hold details on our computer records of all children was listed on the application form. The order in which you attending a Bradford Authority school. If the address you named the schools only matters if more than one of the give on your application is different from that which we schools can offer your child a place. If that happens, we have on our records, or if you move house during the will offer you the school which is the higher preference. application process, you will need to provide proof of your It is important that you list five different schools – asking house move. This would normally be a council tax, gas, electricity or phone bill. for just one school or naming the same school several times on the application form will not increase the chances When considering applications, the address that is used is of your child being offered a place there. Also, you cannot the ‘child’s permanent address at the time of admission’. appeal or be placed on a waiting list for a school that you If you expect to move by September but you are still living have not applied for, unless there is a significant change in at your current address when you apply, we can only consider your application from the new address if you your circumstances (for example, you move house). provide the following documents: 10 section one Apply online at www.bradford.gov.uk/admissions

l Proof of exchange of contracts on your new property

and a solicitor’s letter to confirm the sale of your previous property; or l A rental agreement on the new property and confirmation of the sale or ending of your tenancy agreement for the previous property. We will not accept mortgage offers or letters from estate agents as proof. If your house purchase or rental has not reached a stage where you can provide these documents by 19 December, we will consider your application from your current address. However, it is important that you tell us if you move house at any time, as it could affect your child’s allocation. Investigations will be made if we have reason to doubt where your child lives.

How do you decide who is offered a school place? This section is a summary of our admission policy for community schools and some trust, foundation schools and academies. You should read the full versions starting needs or an educational health and care plan which on page 16. names a particular school.

l  Community, trust schools and academies listed in they have a significant medical condition and their Part 1 of Section 2 consultant or paediatrician says that they must go to the particular school; or Sometimes there are more children wanting a place l there are social reasons, supported by a relevant at a school than there are places. If this is the case, professional, for your child to go to a particular school. applications will be considered in the following order: For us to consider your child on these exceptional 1. Children living within the priority admission area of the grounds, you must send us a supporting letter from the school who have an older brother or sister in Years 7 relevant professional by the closing date, which must to 10 at the moment who lives at the same address explain why a particular school can meet your child’s and will still be at the school in September 2015. specific needs. Stepchildren and fostered children are included as part of the same family, but cousins or children from Admission policies for foundation trust and different families sharing the same house are not. voluntary-aided schools and academies 2. Other children living in the priority admission area. If there are not enough places for everyone, children All these schools have their own admission policies. living the nearest to the school as measured by a We have printed the main parts of these in Section 2. It straight line, between home and the school, will be is important that you read the policy if you are going to offered a place. apply for any of these schools. You will also need to fill 3. Children living outside the priority admission area who in supplementary application forms for each voluntary- have a brother or sister in Years 7 to 10 at the moment aided school if you are applying for faith reasons. You can who lives at the same address and will still be at the get supplementary application forms from the schools or download them from our website www.bradford.gov.uk school in September 2015. 4. Other children living outside the priority admission area. Any remaining places will be offered to children Would you ever withdraw the offer of a who live nearest to the school, as measured by a school place? straight line between home and the school. Once we have made an offer of a school place, we would only withdraw the offer in limited circumstances. These Exceptions are: There are exceptions to the above admission policy and l if you have not accepted the place you have been your child will be given a place before any other if: offered within a reasonable time (if required); l  l your child is in public care or has been previously and if you have deliberately made a fraudulent or is now adopted; or misleading application (for example, you have falsely l your child has a statement of special educational claimed that your child’s permanent address is nearer to the school, which means that a child with a stronger Apply online at www.bradford.gov.uk/admissions section one 11

What happens if I don’t get the school I want?

claim has not been offered a place); or consider exceptional reasons why your child should be l If your child has been offered a place by mistake. admitted to the school above the admission number. If we are unable to give you any of your preferred schools, Appeal forms are available from the Admissions Team, we will offer your child another school with an available except for Bingley Grammar, Dixons Academies and place. This may include church and single sex schools. Oakbank. For these schools you must contact the schools We decide which is the most appropriate school, taking direct for an appeal form. For schools outside the Bradford into consideration all children without a school place and district, you must contact the relevant local authority. available bus routes. If you do not apply for a local school During any academic year you can only appeal once for and it becomes full, you may find that the nearest school a particular school, however you may request a further that has places is some distance from your home. appeal if your circumstances have changed significantly. If your appeal is unsuccessful, you can contact the Waiting lists Admissions Team on 01274 385967 to discuss what happens next. We expect parents to take up any You can ask for your child’s name to go on a waiting list for place offered by an independent appeals panel within any schools that you applied for. The list will be made up a reasonable time, which would normally be by the of any parent who requests it or who appeals. beginning of the next term. If any places become available, they will be filled in the We urge you to accept a place at the school you have same order as the admission policy and not how long been offered – it will not affect your chances of getting a the name has been on the list. It is possible for names place at your preferred school either from the waiting list or to fall down the waiting list if other children are added at appeal. You could also risk your child having no school who qualify higher within the admission policy. Waiting place in September. lists are generally kept until the end of the Autumn term (December) either by us or the school. When we write to you to tell you which school your child Can I educate my child at home? has been offered, we will tell you who to contact regarding If you prefer to educate your child at home, the law allows the waiting list for your preferred schools. this. However, the law says that you must make sure your child gets ‘efficient full-time education suitable to her or his age, ability and aptitude and to any special needs she or Independent appeals he may have’. You can make a formal appeal, to an independent appeals If you plan to educate your child at home, you must tell panel for any school that you have applied for. us as we have a duty to make sure you do this properly. This is a legal process and places are not ‘reserved’ for Please phone us on 01274 385611. appeal panels to decide which children should be given places. The year group will be full and the panel will only

Special educational needs

What should I do if my child has special What happens if my child has a statement needs? of special educational needs? Children with special educational needs have learning If your child currently has a ‘Statement of Special difficulties or disabilities that may make it harder for them Educational Needs’, there is a process in place to convert to learn or access education than most children of the the statement into an Education Health and Care Plan. same age. If your child has special educational needs and The conversion review will take place when your child is you live in the Bradford district, you must use the Bradford in year 6. All children and young people with a statement online application system or the common application form will transfer to Education Health and Care Plans by 1 April to apply for a place for your child at a secondary school. 2018. 12 section one Apply online at www.bradford.gov.uk/admissions

For children who have an ‘Education Health and Care l Bradford Academy (provision for pupils with Physical Plan, the transfer to secondary school will be discussed Disabilities and pupils on the autistic spectrum); at your child’s annual review which is held during the l Grange Technology College (provision for pupils on the summer term when your child is in year 5 or, at the latest Autistic Spectrum); at the start of the following autumn term. We will write to l Oasis Academy Lister Park (provision for pupils with you about your preference for secondary school during Speech and Language Difficulties); the summer before your child starts year 6. You must then l Parkside School (provision for pupils on the Autistic apply for a secondary school in the normal way. Spectrum); l The Holy Family Catholic School (provision for pupils Early in the autumn term of year 6, a caseworker from on the Autistic Spectrum); the Special Educational Needs Team will consult your l Thornton Grammar School (provision for pupils with preferred school and issue a proposed Education Health complex Learning Difficulties) and Care Plan, confirming the secondary school by 15 l  (provision for pupils with complex February 2015 Learning Difficulties). has an ‘Additional Resourced Centre’ A small number of schools provide specialist facilities (ARC) for Hearing Impaired and Visually Impaired for children who have special educational needs, called children. ‘Designated Special Provision’ (DSP) and Additional Resourced Centres (ARC). These schools employ In some cases a child’s special educational needs cannot specialist staff who can meet the needs of specific groups be met in a mainstream school. Bradford has a number of of pupils. The children are supported within the school special schools and you can find details of these in section wherever possible, and they also receive intensive support 3. Contact the Special Educational Needs Team on 01274 in small groups when needed. Schools which have 435750 for more information. ‘Designated Special Provision’ are: If you would like independent advice about special education needs provision and the decisions affecting your l  (provision for pupils with Physical child in school, contact Barnardo’s Parent Partnership Disabilities); Service on 01274 481183.

What can I do to help my child succeed at school?

Planning ahead for your child Holidays in term-time Your child will probably be both excited and anxious about You should take family holidays or trips abroad during changing school. This is normal. Some children may need the school holidays. If you have to take holidays during more support in managing change and challenge at this term-time, talk to your child’s school first. Schools will time. You, your child’s primary school and the secondary take into account your child’s attendance and academic school can help to prepare your child for this change. progress and may give you permission for up to two weeks’ absence. Schools will only allow longer than two Attendance weeks in exceptional circumstances. If you take your child on holiday in term-time without the school’s permission, Your child must go to school regularly so she or he can you may be fined. learn, achieve and make friends. Even if your child only misses school occasionally, it can affect their work. It is The school may take your child off its register if they do your responsibility to make sure that your child goes to not return on the agreed date. This means you would need school regularly and on time. It is really important that your to apply again for a place for your child when they return. child builds up a good pattern of attendance early in their There is no guarantee that they will be able to continue at secondary school. Good attendance at school will help the school. You may have to apply for a place for them at your child to achieve. another school, which will disrupt their education. If you think your child is having difficulties in school or seems reluctant to go, talk to the school and share What happens if my child is too ill to go your concerns. You can also speak to someone in the to school? Attendance and Welfare Team if your child is not going to school regularly. Call them on 01274 385761. There is a teaching service for children who are too ill to go to school or who are in hospital. Bradford Royal Infirmary and Airedale General Hospital have teachers present for all or part of each week during term-time. Apply online at www.bradford.gov.uk/admissions section one 13

As a general rule, we will provide a tutor to come to your You can find out more about the service by contacting home if your child has been away from school for more an Education Welfare Officer through the school or by than 15 working days. If your child is educated at home, phoning 01274 385761. he or she should receive at least five hours’ teaching each week. In all cases we must have medical evidence, for example, a letter from your doctor.

In-year admissions and transfers

What if my child wants to transfer to Fair Access Protocol another secondary school? All local authorities must have a Fair Access Protocol to If you want to apply for admission into any year group ensure that access to education is secured quickly for after 1 September and at any other time during the children who have no school place. Children who are school year, you must fill in an ‘in-year application form’. dealt with under the protocol are likely to be the most In the Bradford district, children can only change schools vulnerable or present challenging behaviour and who at the start of a full term unless there are special reasons. cannot reasonably be managed through the normal We prefer you not to change schools as this can affect admissions process. Children admitted through the your child’s education. In-year application forms are protocol may be placed in a year group which is full and available from schools, from our office at Future House will take precedence over other children on the waiting or can be downloaded from the Bradford Council website list. It is the local authority’s decision to determine which children are dealt with by the protocol and therefore www.bradford.gov.uk. If applying for any Catholic school the procedure falls outside the normal admission or Kings Science Academy, please contact the school arrangements set out in this booklet. direct.

Financial help

Free school meals and clothing You can get advice on free school meals at www.bradford.gov.uk/schoolmeals, by phoning (01274) Bradford Council no longer provides a school clothing 432772 or by visiting any Council Enquiry Office. allowance for low income families. Bradford schools have now taken on the responsibility for providing parents with support for this where appropriate. How schools provide The journey to school this support will vary from school to school so parents should contact the allocated school for more information. Bradford Council promotes ‘sustainable school travel’ and you can help. Think about how your child will travel to If your child attends a tax-payer funded school and you school. Could your child walk or cycle? Does the school live in the Bradford district you may be able to get Free have a ‘walking school bus’? If you live further away, could School Meals. Families should apply if they get any of you and your child use public transport, a school bus these benefits: service or car share? If you encourage sustainable travel choices from an early age you will have a positive effect l  Income Support on your child’s health and safety and on the environment, l Income Based Jobseekers Allowance and it will help them to gain valuable life and social skills. l Income Related Employment and Support Allowance You can find more information in the Council’s ‘Sustainable l Child Tax Credit with an annual income of less than Schools Travel Strategy for Children and Young People’ at £16,190, provided you are not receiving Working Tax www.bradford.gov.uk Credit When you apply for a place at your preferred school you l the ‘Guaranteed’ element of the State Pension Credit are advised to consider the practicalities and cost of l  support under Part VI of the Immigration and Asylum getting your child to and from school. Please be aware Act 1999 that your child may be travelling to and from school on the l  Working Tax Credit run-on (paid for 4 weeks after you public transport network and that in some instances this stop qualifying for Working Tax Credit) could mean changing buses on route. You should also l Universal Credit take into consideration the cost of the journey by bus and You should make your application after you have received that bus fares may rise over time. your allocated school place. 14 section one Apply online at www.bradford.gov.uk/admissions

Reduced fares The assessment process Reduced fares are available to pupils in full-time education We determine your nearest ‘suitable qualifying school’ with travelling on all trains and most buses displaying the Metro places available at the time of allocation of school places. symbol. If you apply outside of this time, because for example you move address; we will determine it at the time of the l 11 to 16 year olds can pay half fare if they buy a Young application. We then consider the needs of your child Person’s PhotoCard. and the qualifying criteria set out in the Council’s “Policy l  16 to 18 year olds can pay half fare if they buy a Covering Travel Between home, School And College”. The Scholar’s PhotoCard.s following is a brief outline. l Five to 18 year olds can buy a School Plus Metro Card for travel on most buses (but not trains) at any time of Children below the age of eight may qualify for assistance the day including evenings and weekends. with travel if they live over two miles walking distance from the nearest school with places. For children age eight and For more information about reduced fares and bus and above the walking distance is three miles. We measure train times, phone Metroline on 0113 245 7676, open 8am the distance along a safe walking route, on ‘metalled roads to 8pm, seven days a week or visit the Metro website: and footpaths’ accompanied as necessary by an adult. www.generationM.co.uk ‘My bus’ services also operate to certain schools. If you Extra entitlement for children from would like more information on these services, please low-income families contact the Metro ‘My bus’ hotline on 0113 348 1122. Children from low-income families, aged 11 to 16, are entitled to assistance with travel to one of their nearest Assistance with travel from home to three schools between two and six miles from their school home. For those attending schools on the grounds of The Travel Policy for home to school and college their parent’s religion or belief, they are entitled to receive is changing. The Council has removed most of the assistance with travel to schools between two and 15 discretionary assistance it previously provided including miles from their home. Children from low-income families to those schools attended on the basis of belief or lack of are those who are entitled to free school meals or whose belief. Children who may have historically been provided parents receive the highest level of Working Tax Credit. with assistance may not now be entitled to it. Children Once eligible for assistance with travel because of low starting a new school from October 2014 or applying for income, your child will receive assistance for the rest of school travel for the first time will be assessed using the the school year, subject to there being no other changes new policy. The new policy, along with the current policy, that may affect eligibility, such as a house move or change can be found at www.bradford.gov.uk/bmdc/education_ of school. and_skills/schools/school_transport/school_travel_policy. htm Entitlement for children with additional needs Assistance with travel to school will be made only to the nearest available school to your home, otherwise Children who are unable to walk to school because of their assistance will not normally be provided. We consider special educational needs, disability or temporary medical all “qualifying schools” in relation to your home address position may qualify for assistance. You will need to give which now include free schools and academies, including full details on the application form and your application those outside the Bradford District. “Priority admission must be supported by specialist advice relating to the areas” used in the admission process are not taken into medical or behavioural needs of your child and after consideration, neither is any distinction made between consultation from the school and other agencies involved single sex and co-educational schools. in your child’s well being.

Unsafe walking routes Travel provision Many routes that were previously categorised as unsafe If your child qualifies, we will usually give them a ‘smart were not taken into account when measuring the distance card’ to travel free on the bus or train for one journey to to school. Over many years improvements have been and from school each day. If your child has additional made to the highway system including new pavements, needs and is unable to travel by bus or train, we may traffic calming, crossing facilities and speed reductions. provide dedicated or specialist transport, personal budget The Council is reviewing all the unsafe routes to school or travel training. For more detailed information on and those that are now designated safe will be removed assistance with travel to school, visit the Bradford Council from the list. This may impact on who will qualify for website, www.bradford.gov.uk /Education and Learning/ free travel to school as the measured distance may Home to School Travel Policy or contact the School Travel now be shorter and less than the qualifying distance for Team on 01274 385581 or email schooltravel@bradford. assistance. gov.uk Apply online at www.bradford.gov.uk/admissions section one 15

How and when to apply Complete the application form that best meets your child’s You can download one from the Bradford Council website, circumstances: or request one from the School Travel Team. Most people apply when they have their school place confirmed. l a child attending a mainstream school; Application forms should be returned by the deadline date l a child with special educational needs, a disability or on the form in order for us to process your application for temporary medical condition attending a mainstream the term starting in September. school; l a child attending a special school or designated special provision;

Secondary school opening evenings – Questions to ask and points to consider

Questions you may like to ask during Points to look for when you visit with your visit: your son/daughter: l How is the school organised? l Do we feel the school considers our visit l How does the school group students? important? l How are parents encouraged to help support l Can we visit all the areas we feel are their child’s learning? important? l How do the school’s examination and l Have we had the chance to speak to assessment results compare to those of other individual members of staff and have they schools? been happy to answer our questions? l What range of courses and qualifications are l Are there informative displays of students’ offered at pre-16 and post-16? work? l In what way are students encouraged to l Do books and equipment seem readily continue their education when they leave available to the students? secondary school? After visiting the school and reading the school l How does the school monitor a student’s booklet, think carefully about what you have progress and how often is this reported to found. You may want to visit a few schools before parents? you make your final decision. l What special help does the school give if a student starts to find difficulty with a certain subject or area of learning? Questions to ask yourself l What special provision is made for very able students or those with particular abilities? l Do I live in my preferred school’s priority l How are parents expected to support the admission area? school’s discipline policy? l Have I discussed with my child how he l How many students are there in a class? or she feels about the schools we have l What activities take place at lunchtime and visited? What are the reasons for his or her outside school hours? preference? l What are the school policies in areas such l To what extent will I take into consideration as sex education, equal opportunities, the views of my child on which school he or religious education, collective worship and she would like to attend? assemblies? l How far do I feel it is reasonable for my l What are the current pastoral support child to travel to school? What transport arrangements? arrangements are there? l How does the school deal with issues of l Do I want my child to attend the same school bullying? as most of his or her friends? l What careers advice and guidance is available to students? 16 s e c t i o n two School Admissions Policies

Pupils with a statement of special 1 Admission policy for the following educational needs or an education, health community schools and academies: and care plan Beckfoot, Belle Vue Boys’, Carlton Bolling The admission of pupils with a statement of special College, Grange Technology College, Oasis educational needs or an education, health and care plan Academy Lister Park and Titus Salt: is dealt with by a separate procedure. Such children will be admitted to the school named on the statement without reference to school admission policies. Where the number of preferences for a school exceeds the number of places available, priority will be given to Distances from school children in the following categories: In some of the admission policies in Section 2, proximity 1. Looked after children or children who were previously to school is used as a tie-breaker, those living the closest looked after but ceased to be so because they were being given priority. This is a straight line measurement, adopted or became subject to a child arrangements or taken from the Ordnance Survey reference point for the special guardianship order. home address to the main entrance of the school. 2. Children who have exceptional social or medical Where the offer of places to those applicants with needs, supported by a written recommendation from equi-distant addresses would lead to oversubscription, the child’s paediatrician/consultant or professional the decision of whom will be offered the place will be from Children’s Services. The letter must explain made by random selection. why the school is the only suitable school to meet the child’s needs and why no other school could provide Twins and triplets the appropriate support. Where a family of twins or triplets request admission and 3. Children whose home address in the school’s priority there is only one place available, the remaining siblings admission area who have a brother or sister, attending will also be offered places above the admission number. from the same address, who are at present in years 7 – 10 and who will still be attending the school at the Admission Policy for Entry into Sixth Form time of admission (in-area siblings). Entry requirements are set by each school and full details 4. Other children whose home address is in the school’s of these can be found in the respective schools’ sixth form priority admission area. prospectus and website. Students not currently on roll of the school who wish to join the sixth form must complete 5. Children whose home address is outside the school’s an application form and return it to the school by the date priority admission area who have a brother or sister, specified. attending from the same address, who are at present in years 7 – 10 and who will still be attending the school Year 11 students currently on roll at the school may at the time of admission (out-of-area siblings). proceed to Year 12 where the entry requirements are met. 6. Other children whose home address is outside the school’s priority admission area.

Tie Break When demand exceeds places in any of the above criteria, the distance between the child’s home and school, measured by a straight line distance from the Ordnance Survey address point of the home to the main entrance to the school building, will be used to decide who is given a place; those living nearest being given the available places. Where the offer of places to applicants with equi- distant addresses would lead to oversubscription, the decision of who will be offered the place will be made by random selection. Apply online at www.bradford.gov.uk/admissions section two 17

Notes * Where the school has more than one priority admission area, criteria 2 and 3 above will apply for the whole of 1. A ‘looked after child’ is a child who is in the care of the priority area 1 and then for the whole of priority area 2; local authority, or being provided with accommodation if there are remaining unallocated places, criterion 4 will by a local authority in the exercise of their social then be considered. services functions (as defined in the Children Act 1989). 2. The term ‘sisters’ and ‘brothers’ refers to children who Exceptions live with the same family at the same address. Children The crieria listed above may be overridden and a place living with the same family e.g. foster, adopted children offered, where the parents’ preference is based on: and step-sisters and brothers are also included. l special medical reasons for admission where they 3. ‘Home address’ refers to the child’s permanent home are deemed essential by an independent professional at the date of admission. Where the child lives with recommendation from the child’s paediatrician/ parents with shared responsibility, it is for the parents consultant or: to determine which address to use when applying for a l socal reasons for admission where they are deemed primary school. Proof of residency may be required at essential by a professional recommendation any time during or after the allocation process. and the school governors consider that a place should be 4. Twins or triplets – where a family of twins or triplets offered on these grounds. request admission and only one of the siblings can be offered a place, the remaining siblings will also be Tie Break offered places above the admission number. When demand exceeds places in any of the above criteria, the distance between the child’s home and school, 2 Admission policy for the following measured by a straight line distance from the Ordnance Trust, Foundation Schools, and Survey address point of the home to the main entrance Academies: to the school building, will be used to decide who is given a place; those living nearest being given the available Belle Vue Girls’, Buttershaw B&E College, places. Where the offer of places to applicants with Hanson Academy, Ilkley Grammar, Parkside equi-distant addresses would lead to oversubscription, School, Queensbury, Samuel Lister Academy, the decision of who will be offered the place will be made Thornton Grammar, Tong High School and by random selection. University Academy Keighley. Notes Where the number of preferences for a school exceeds 1. A ‘looked after child’ is a child who is in the care of the the number of places available, priority will be given to local authority, or being provided with accommodation children in the following categories: by a local authority in the exercise of their social 1. Looked after children or children who were previously services functions (as defined in the Children Act looked after but ceased to be so because they were 1989).

adopted or became subject to a child arrangements or 2. The term ‘sisters’ and ‘brothers’ refers to children special guardianship order. who live with the same family at the same address. 2. Children whose home address in the school’s Children living with the same family e.g. foster, priority admission area* who have a brother or sister, adopted children and step-sisters and brothers are attending from the same address, who are at present also included.

in years 7 – 10 and who will still be attending the 3. ‘Home address’ refers to the child’s permanent home school at the time of admission (in-area siblings). at the date of admission. Where the child lives with 3. Other children whose home address is in the parents with shared responsibility, it is for the parents school’s priority admission area*. to determine which address to use when applying for a primary school. Proof of residency may be required at 4. Children whose home address is outside the school’s any time during or after the allocation process. priority admission area* who have a brother or sister, attending from the same address, who are at present 4. Twins or triplets – where a family of twins or triplets in years 7 – 10 and who will still be attending the request admission and only one of the siblings can school at the time of admission (out-of-area siblings) be offered a place, the remaining siblings will also be offered places above the admission number. 5. Other children whose home address is outside the school’s priority admission area*

18 section two Apply online at www.bradford.gov.uk/admissions

Education Trust will consider all such applications and if 3 Other academies, trust, foundation the year group applied for has a place available, admit the and voluntary-aided schools child unless one of the permitted relief’s applies. If more applications are received than there are places available, Some of the admission policies in this section are the oversubscription criteria shall apply. summaries of the schools’ full admission arrangements. Waiting lists and rights of appeal Parents are advised to contact individual schools or visit their websites for full details. For entry into year 7, a waiting list will be maintained until the end of the Autumn Term. There will be a right of appeal Appleton Academy to an Independent Appeals Panel for external applicants refused admission. All applications for places at Appleton Academy must be made on Local Authority’s common application form. Bingley Grammar (Voluntary-Aided) Admission Arrangements Appleton Academy has an agreed published admission Admission Policy number (PAN) of 60 pupils in Upper Foundation Stage Where the number of applicants for admission exceeds (Reception) and 165 pupils in Year 7. the number of places available, the following criteria will be applied, in the order set out below, to decide which Pupils in Year 6 will have an automatic right to transfer children to admit. into Year 7, however, parents must still complete the common application form listing Appleton Academy as a) Children in public care and children who were looked their first preference if they wish their child to continue in after, but ceased to be so because they were adopted Year 7. Children attending Nursery for at least one term (or became subject to a child arrangements order or prior to the application deadline for Reception places will special guardianship order). have the automatic right to transfer to Upper Foundation b) Children who live within the priority admission area, (Reception) who have an older brother or sister attending from the same address and who will still be attending the school The published admissions number for years 5 and 6 is 30, at the time of admission, ie in Years 7-10. (in area and for Year 11 is 75. siblings). Oversubscription criteria c) Children who live in the priority admission area. d) Children who live outside the priority admission area, Where the number of applications for admission is greater who have an older brother or sister attending from the than the published admission number, applications will be same address and who will still be attending the school considered against the criteria set out below: at the time of admission, ie in Years 7-10. (out of area a) children in public care or children who were previously siblings). looked after but ceased to be so because they were e) Children who live outside the school’s priority adopted or became subject to a residence or special admission area. guardianship order; Where demand exceeds places in any one of the above b) admission of pupils whose sibling currently attends the criteria, the distance between home and the main entrance Academy and who will continue to do so on the date of the school building, measured by a straight line, will of admission; [Note: The term ‘sibling’ includes all full be used to decide who is to be given a place, with places siblings and legally adopted children, and also includes being awarded to those living nearest. step-siblings and half-siblings resident at the same address.] These criteria may be overridden and a place offered, c) children of staff employed on permanent contracts where the parents’ preference is based on special d) admission of pupils on the basis of proximity to the medical reasons, deemed essential by an independent Academy using a straight line measurement from the professional recommendation from the child’s main entrance of the Academy to the child’s home. paediatrician/consultant. Staff children: The school reserves the right to offer In Year Admissions places to the children of permanent staff in “skills shortage areas” in order to attract and retain those staff and benefit If an applicant for admission wishes to apply to have the pupils in the school. They will not be included in the their child transferred into any year group other than total admission number. Nursery, Reception or Year 7, they must contact the A child with a statement of special educational needs Academy Administration Office in the first instance. These which names , will be admitted arrangements will be coordinated by the Local Authority, without reference to the above oversubscription criteria. so parents will be required to complete the Bradford Local Authority’s in year common application form. The McMillan Apply online at www.bradford.gov.uk/admissions section two 19

Admissions into the Sixth Form Applications on faith grounds will not be considered unless both forms have been completed in full. Year 11 students may proceed into Year 12 where the course entry requirements are met. Full details of these Admission Criteria can be found in the Sixth Form Prospectus. Students not Where the number of applications for admission is greater currently on roll, who wish to join the sixth form, must complete an application form and return it to the school no than the published admissions number, applications will be later than 5th September for admission in that academic year. considered against the criteria set out below. After the admission of pupils with statements of Special Notes Educational Needs or Educational Health & Care Plan 1. The amended priority area now excludes Cullingworth where the academy is named, the criteria will be applied in and includes East Morton as far west as Swine Lane. the order in which they are set out below: This includes properties accessed from Swine Lane in the Waterside Fold development only. 1. Looked after children and children who were looked after, but ceased to be so because they were adopted 2. The terms “sisters” and “brothers” refer to children who reside with the same family at the same address. (or became subject to a residence order of special Foster children and step brothers and sisters living guardianship order). with the same family are included. 2. Special Medical or Social Reasons 3. Residence refers to the pupil’s permanent home a) Special medical reasons for admission where medical at the date of admission. Where a child lives with circumstances mean that admission to Bradford parents with shared responsibility, it is for the parents Academy alone is deemed essential by an independent to determine which address is to be used for the professional recommendation from the child’s allocation process. paediatrician/consultant, 4. Any available places following the initial allocation will or be given on the basis of the distance from the main b) Social reasons for admission where social entrance of the school to the home, measured in a circumstances mean that admission to Bradford straight line. Academy alone is deemed essential by an independent 5. Pupils will not be admitted above the published professional recommendation from a Director of Social admission number for the school unless exceptional Services, Probation, or the Children and Family Court circumstances apply. Advisory and Support Service.

6. If an application for admission has been turned down 3. Children of staff at the school by the governors, parents have the right to appeal a) where the member of staff has been employed at the against this decision. The relevant appeal forms can school for two or more years at the time at which the be obtained by contacting the Admissions Secretary at application for admission to the school is made, and/or the school. b) the member of staff is recruited to fill a vacant post for which there is a demonstrable skill shortage. Bradford Academy 4. Brothers and sisters Bradford Academy has an agreed published admission Children who have a brother or sister attending the number of 205 pupils. Where there are fewer applicants Academy, and who will be attending the Academy, in than places available, all applicants will be admitted. years: Reception, Y1 – Y4 and Y7 – Y11, at the date of application. Please note, children in our Nursery will not Application Process be considered under sibling criteria. Applications for places at the academy will be made in accordance with the LA’s co-ordinated admission The terms ‘brothers’ and ‘sisters’ refer to children who arrangements and will be made on the common live with the same family at the same address. Children application form (CAF). An additional supplementary living with the same family, such as foster children and information form must also be completed for those stepbrothers and sisters are also included. applying for a place within the Faith Proportion. The supplementary information form must be returned to 5. The Faith Proportion the Academy no later than 4pm 31st October 2014. Up to a maximum of 35% of the remaining places after Supplementary information forms are available from SEN and pupils listed in 1 – 4 above will be allocated the Academy, or can be downloaded from the academy on the basis set out below, provided that sufficient website, www.bradfordacademy.co.uk or from Bradford applications from eligible candidates are received Council website. 20 section two Apply online at www.bradford.gov.uk/admissions

a. Children of the Christian faith (15% of the remaining places); Applications must be supported by completion of the supplementary form and a written reference from a Minister of Religion to show that the child’s family attend church on average on two occasions each month or more; b. Current attendance at a Church of England Junior or Primary Schools that are either Voluntary Aided or Voluntary Controlled schools (10% of the remaining places);

c. Children of other faiths (10% of the remaining places); These are places for children of faiths other than a Christian faith; Applications must be supported by completion of the 7. Community Proportion supplementary form and a written reference from religious The remaining places will be allocated on the basis the leader that shows the commitment of the child’s family to distance between the home and the school, measured by that faith by regular attendance at a place of worship on a straight line, from the main entrance of the Academy, as average on two occasions each month or more. measured by the LA’s geographical information system.

In the case of over subscription in either criteria 5a, b or c, Waiting lists priority will be given by the following; the distance between Where in any year Bradford Academy receives more the home and the school, measured by a straight line, from applications for places than places are available, a waiting the main entrance of the Academy to the Ordnance Survey list will operate. This will be maintained by the academy in address point of the home. conjunction with the Local Authority and it will be open to any parent to ask for his or her child’s name to be placed In the case where 5a, b or c are undersubscribed, the on the waiting list, following an unsuccessful application. available places remaining will be allocated, in equal The waiting list will remain open until the end of the measure, to the other faith proportion categories (e.g. if 5a academic year. A child’s position on the waiting list will be is undersubscribed; the available places would be divided determined solely in accordance with the over subscription equally between 5b and 5c) criteria.

6. The Feeder School Proportion Arrangements for Appeals Panels The remaining places; divided equally between the Parents will have the right of appeal to an Independent following two groups; will be allocated to children, who Appeal Panel if they are dissatisfied with an admission attend the named feeder primary schools, decision of Bradford Academy. The Appeal Panel will be independent of the Academy. Appeal forms are available a) Bowling Park Primary School; Knowleswood at the Academy, on line, www.Bradfordacademy.co.uk, or a Primary School; Lower Fields Primary School; request can be made to the school main reception. Newhall Park Primary b) St John’s CE Primary School; St Matthew’s CE In Year applications Primary School; St Stephen’s CE Primary School Applications during the school year must be made on the Local Authorities In-Year Application form and submitted to In the case of over subscription in either criteria 6a or 6b, the Local Authority. These are available at the Academy, priority will be given by the following; the distance between on line, www.Bradfordacademy.co.uk or the Council’s the home and the school, measured by a straight line, website, www.bradford.gov.uk. from the main entrance of the Academy to the Ordnance Where places become available they will be allocated Survey address point of the home as measured by the to children on the waiting list in accordance with the LA’s geographical information system. oversubscription criteria.

In the case where either 6a or 6b are undersubscribed, the available places remaining will be allocated to the other feeder proportion (e.g. if 6a is undersubscribed; the available places would be allocated to 6b) Apply online at www.bradford.gov.uk/admissions section two 21

Bradford Forster Academy professional recommendation from a Director of Social (proposed) Services, Probation, or the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service. For September 2015 admissions only, applications for places at Bradford Forster Academy must be made 3. Children of staff at the school by direct application to BDAT c/o Bradford Forster a) where the member of staff has been employed at the Academy. For this year only Bradford Forster Academy school for two or more years at the time at which the is not included in the Local Authority’s co-ordinated application for admission to the school is made, and/or admission arrangements and applicants must not list b) the member of staff is recruited to fill a vacant post for the academy on the Local Authority common application which there is a demonstrable skill shortage. form or online system. Applicants will need to apply on the Bradford Forster Application Form. An additional 4: Brothers and sisters supplementary information form must also be completed Children who have a brother or sister attending Bradford for those applying for a place within the Faith proportion. Academy, and who will be attending the Academy, in Years Y7 - Y11, at the date of application. Both forms must be returned to c/o Bradford Academy, Teasdale Street, Bradford, BD4 7QJ no later The terms ‘brothers’ and ‘sisters’ refer to children who than 4pm 31st October 2014. live with the same family at the same address. Children living with the same family, such as foster children and Application forms and supplementary forms can stepbrothers and sisters are also included. be downloaded from the academy’s website, www. bradfordforsteracademy.co.uk or www.bradfordacademy. 5: The Faith Proportion co.uk, or a request can be made to the Bradford Academy Up to a maximum of 50% of the remaining places after school main reception. Applications on faith grounds will SEN and pupils listed in 1 – 4 above will be allocated not be considered unless both forms have been completed on the basis set out below, provided that sufficient in full. applications from eligible candidates are received.

Consideration of applications a. Children of the Christian faith (15% of the remaining Bradford Forster Academy has an agreed published places) admission number of 210 pupils in year 7. Where fewer Applications must be supported by completion of the than 210 applications are received, the academy will offer supplementary form and a written reference from a places to all those who have applied. Minister of Religion to show that the child’s family attend church on average on two occasions each month or Admission Criteria more. Where the number of applications for admission is greater b. Current attendance at a Church of England Junior than the published admission number, applications will be or Primary Schools that are either, Voluntary Aided considered against the criteria set out below. or Voluntary Controlled schools (20% of the remaining places) After the admission of pupils with statements of Special Educational Needs or Educational Health & Care Plan c. Children of Other Faiths (15% of the remaining where Bradford Forster Academy is named, the criteria will places); be applied in the order in which they are set out below: These are places for children of faiths other than a Christian faith. 1. Looked after children and children who were looked Applications must be supported by completion of the after, but ceased to be so because they were adopted supplementary form and a written reference from a (or became subject to a residence order or special religious leader that shows the commitment of the guardianship order). child’s family to that faith by regular attendance at a place of worship on average on two occasions each 2. Special Medical or Social Reasons month or more. a) Special medical reasons for admission where medical circumstances mean that admission to Bradford Forster In the case of over subscription in either criteria 5a, b or c, Academy alone is deemed essential by an independent priority will be given by the following; the distance between professional recommendation from the child’s the home and the school, measured by a straight line, from paediatrician/consultant, or the main entrance of the Academy to the Ordnance Survey b) social reasons for admission, where social address point of the home. circumstances mean that admission to Bradford Forster Academy alone is deemed essential by an independent 22 section two Apply online at www.bradford.gov.uk/admissions

In the case where 5a, b or c are undersubscribed, the Arrangements for Appeals Panels available places remaining will be allocated, in equal Parents will have the right of appeal to an Independent measure, to the other faith proportion categories (e.g. if 5a Appeal Panel if they are dissatisfied with an admission is undersubscribed; the available places would be divided decision of Bradford Forster Academy. The Appeal Panel equally between 5b and 5c) will be independent of the Academy.

6. The Feeder and Trust School Proportion In Year Admissions The remaining places will be allocated without reference Applications during the school year must be made on the to faith; divided equally between the following three Local Authority’sIn-Year Application form and submitted to groups; children who attend the named feeder primary the Local Authority. These are available at the Academy, schools or BDAT primary Trust schools, on line at www.bradfordforsteracademy.co.uk or the Council’s website, www.bradford.gov.uk. a) Trust schools: Christ Church Academy, St Oswald’s CoE Academy, St Philips CoE Primary School or any new schools which join our Trust. Bradford Girls’ Grammar b) Fearnville Primary; Ryecroft Primary Academy (A Northern Education Trust school); Carrwood (Free School) Primary; Marshfield Primary; Newby Primary, BGGS will be an all-through school, co-educational in the Lowerfield Primary. primary phase and all girls in the secondary phase. c) East Bierley CoE VC Primary School; St Columba’s The agreed capacity for Year 7 of the secondary phase Catholic Primary School St Matthews CoE Primary will be 96. Those girls from the primary phase requesting School automatic transfer to the secondary phase in accordance In the case of over subscription in either criteria 6a - 6c, with school procedures will be admitted. The remaining priority will be given by the following; the distance between number of places will be offered to applicants being the home and the school, measured by a straight line, from admitted from outside the School until Year 7 meets its the main entrance of the Academy to the Ordnance Survey capacity of 96. The agreed admissions for Reception address point of the home address. of the primary phase will be 48. In the case where either 6a or 6b are undersubscribed, Application Process the available places remaining will be allocated to the Applications for places at the School will be made on other feeder proportion (e.g. if 6a is undersubscribed; the the Common Application Form (CAF) provided and available places would be allocated to 6b) administered by the local authority. All pupils applying from the Trust primary academies will Parents will also need to complete a Supplementary be given priority where places are available. Information Form (SIF) in order to register for the fair 7. Community Proportion banding assessment. The SIF should be returned to the The remaining places priority will be given in the school at the same time as they submit the CAF to the following post codes in the Bradford district: BD2; BD3; Local Authority. Applicants who have completed a SIF will BD4; BD5; BD6; BD7. Places will be allocated on the be invited to sit an assessment on 15 November 2014. basis of the distance between the home and the school, Where the number of applications is not more than the measured by a straight line, from the main entrance of published admission number, places will be offered to all the Academy, to the Ordnance Survey address point of those who have applied. the home . Girls in Year 6 of the primary phase whose parents wish them to continue into Year 7 are entitled to do so without Waiting lists further application through the Local Authority provided Where in any year Bradford Forster Academy receives their parents make their intentions known through an more applications for places than there are places application to the school. available, a waiting list will operate. This will be maintained by BDAT in conjunction with the Local Authority 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. The waiting list will remain open until the end of the academic year for which the application has been made. A child’s position on the waiting list will be determined solely in accordance with the over subscription criteria. Apply online at www.bradford.gov.uk/admissions section two 23

Banding which the application was made. This will be maintained Banding will be applied to all the Year 7 applications to by the school and it will be open to any parent to ask for ensure a comprehensive intake. All applicants will be his or her child’s name to be placed on the waiting list, placed into 1 of 5 ability bands based upon the score following an unsuccessful application. Where places achieved in the GL Assessment Non Verbal Reasoning become vacant they will be allocated to children on the test which will be taken by all applicants. The five ability waiting list in accordance with the oversubscription criteria. bands will be constructed relative to the scores achieved by the pupils within a given cohort of applicants. Applicants Admission into other year groups will be placed in bands, such that, wherever possible an The School will consider all such applications and if the equal proportion will be selected from each band. year group applied for has a place available, admit the child. If more applications are received than there are Oversubscription Criteria places available then the relevant oversubscription criteria Where the number of applicants in each band is greater shall apply. Admission to year groups without a published than the number of places available in that band, admission number will be based upon; the size of teaching applications will be considered against the criteria set out groups already existing and the efficient use of resources, below. After the admission of pupils with statements of up to a combined limit for the School and the child’s Special Educational Needs where the school is named on ability to access the curriculum in these years through the statement, the following criteria will be applied to each reasonable modifications. band, in the order in which they are set out below: Appeals (a) Previously looked after children and children who Parents will have the right of appeal to an independent are in public care at the date of the relevant application appeal panel if they are dissatisfied with an admission for admission is made and who a local authority has decision. The appeal panel will be independent and will be confirmed will continue to be looked after by it in operated by the Local Authority. accordance with section 22 of the Children Act 1989 at the time they are admitted to the Free School;

(b) Pupils for whom it is essential to be admitted to the Dixons Allerton Academy secondary phase because of special circumstances to do with significant medical or social needs Application Procedures evidenced by written professional advice. The definition of what constitutes medical or social needs is ”Bradford Applications for places at the Academy will be made Girls’ Grammar school is the only school that can meet in accordance with the local authority’s Coordinated the child’s needs” Admission Scheme, as published in this Guide. Where the Academy receives more applications than places (c) Pupils who on the date of admission will have a available, the oversubscription criteria for admission will sibling at the school. The term “sibling” means a apply. full, step, half, adopted or fostered brother or sister, but not cousins, who will be living permanently with Applications must be made on both the Common them at the same address at the date of entry. Parents Application Form (CAF) provided by the local authority will be required to produce birth certificates of both and the Dixons supplementary form which can be siblings to prove relationship. obtained directly from the Academy or from Bradford Local (d) If a tie-break is necessary in criterion (c) then random Authority’s website. There will be a strict deadline for allocation will be applied by allocating each applicant return of the supplementary form; forms received by this a number which will be randomly sorted by a computer deadline will be considered first. programme. The process will be overseen by an independent scrutineer. Oversubscription criteria (e) The remaining places will be offered by random The Academy will admit up to 240 children in the relevant allocation. Random allocation within each of the 5 age group each year if sufficient applications are received. bands will be applied by allocating each applicant All applicants will be admitted if 240 or fewer apply. a number which will be randomly sorted by a computer If the Academy is oversubscribed, after the admission of programme. The process will be overseen by an children with a Statement of Special Educational Needs independent scrutineer. where the Academy is named in the Statement, priority for admission will be given to those children who sit the If false or misleading information is used to gain entry to assessment and meet the criteria in the order set out the school, the offer of a place may be withdrawn. below: Waiting Lists a) Looked-after children or children who were previously looked after (e.g. because they were adopted or Where in any year the school receives more applications became subject to a residence or special guardianship than there are places available, a waiting list will operate. order). See note 1. This will operate until the end of the summer term for 24 section two Apply online at www.bradford.gov.uk/admissions

b) Children whose siblings live at the same address, applying. currently attend the Academy, and will continue to do The assessment is externally set and marked by an so on the date of admission. (See note 2.) If demand educational assessment agency. The marks are divided exceeds places at this point, places will be decided into nine bands and we are instructed how many children based upon proximity to the Academy (as detailed at to take from each band e.g. if 20% of those applying are point c). identified in band 5, then 20% of our intake has to be c) Admission of children on the basis of proximity to the from this band. This ensures that the 240 places we offer Academy using straight line measurement from the reflect the ability range of our applicants. The likelihood of main entrance of the Academy to the main entrance being offered a place at the Academy is the same in every to the child’s home (see note 3). Where the offer band. of places to applicants with equi-distant addresses The assessment is not a traditional entrance exam which would lead to oversubscription, the decision of who children either pass or fail. It is done to ensure that we will be offered the place will be made by independently take a fair number of children across the whole ability scrutinised random allocation. range. d) Children whose parents did not return/complete a supplementary form by the advertised deadline but Calendar for applications named the Academy on the CAF, in the order set out above. July onwards Dixons’ supplementary form available. Exceptions September Open evening on Wednesday 17 September, The criteria listed in the above policy may be overridden 5-7pm and a place offered, based on: i) special medical reasons for admission where they 3.30pm,26 September 2014 Deadline for the return of are deemed essential by an independent professional the supplementary form. recommendation from the child’s paediatrician/ 31 October 2014 Deadline for applying on the consultant, or Local Authority’s common ii) social reasons for admission where they are deemed application form. essential by an independent professional. Saturday 8 November 2014 Assessment for all Allocation of a place would be decided based on receipt of applicants who apply by the a letter by the governors by the deadline date and where deadline. the governors consider that a place should be offered on 2 March 2014 Local Authority writes with these grounds. offers of places to parents

Twins or triplets Post 16 admission criteria Where a family of twins or triplets request admission Year 11 students may proceed into Year 12 where the and only one of the children can be offered a place, the minimum and/or specific course entry requirements are remaining sibling(s) will also be offered a place/(s) above met. Full details of these will be published in the Post- the admission number. 16 (sixth-form) prospectus that is available annually. Students not currently on roll who wish to join Post-16 Notes must complete an application form and return it to the 1. A ‘looked after child’ is a child who is in the care of the Academy by the advertised deadline date. local authority, or being provided with accommodation by a local authority in the exercise of their social Waiting lists and appeals services functions (as defined in the Children Act 1989). 2. The term sibling includes legally adopted children, and If your child is not offered a place at the Academy, your step- and half-brothers or sisters living at the same child’s details will automatically remain on the waiting list address. until the end of December in that admission year. After 3. ‘Home address’ is as identified by the local authority this date, you will need to contact the Academy on an (i.e. ‘the child’s permanent address at the time of annual basis to ask for your child’s details to be kept on admission’). the waiting list in case a place becomes available. Furthermore, if you wish your child to be considered for Admitting children of all abilities a place at the Academy, you would also need to re-apply each year on the local authorities’ in-year application form. Our intake is representative of the full ability range and Where places become available they will be allocated in exactly matches the ability profile of the children applying. accordance with the oversubscription criteria above and To achieve this, all applicants by the deadline are invited will be fair-banded. to take a non-verbal reasoning assessment to divide them into 9 ability bands or “stanines”, from Band 1 at the bottom If you are dissatisfied with the admission decision, up to Band 9 at the top. We will admit the required number you will have the right of appeal. The Appeals Panel is from each band based on the spread of ability of those Apply online at www.bradford.gov.uk/admissions section two 25

independent of the Academy. The Panel’s decision is final at least two years or to staff recently appointed to a and binding on the Academy. If you are considering an post for which there is a demonstrable skill shortage. appeal, please contact the Clerk to the Governing Council d) Children whose siblings at the time of application are for further information and advice. within Years 7 to 10 at the Academy and who live at the same address. (See note 2) In-year admissions from September 2015 e) All other children. Places will be filled on the basis of independently scrutinised random allocation. l  There are 240 places in each year. f) Children whose parents did not return/complete the l All parents must also complete an in-year application supplementary form by 3.30pm on 26 September 2014, form, available from the local authorities, as part of the but named the Academy on the CAF, in the order set coordinated admission scheme. out above. Where vacancies occur, places are not offered based If demand exceeds places at points c) and d), places will on the length of time names have been on the list. They be decided based upon random allocation. are filled in co-ordination with the local authorities in line Exceptions: with the oversubscription criteria above. It is, therefore, possible that a child may be added to the list who qualifies The criteria listed in the above policy may be overridden higher within the admission policy than children already and a place offered, based on: on the list. Wherever possible, places are also filled on a i) special medical reasons for admission where they like-for-like basis based upon the ability band of the child are deemed essential by an independent professional who is leaving. recommendation from the child’s paediatrician/ consultant, or ii) social reasons for admission where they are deemed essential by an independent professional. Allocation of a place would be decided based on receipt of a letter by the governors and where the governors consider that a place should be offered on these grounds. Dixons City Academy Twins or triplets: Where a family of twins or triplets request admission Application Procedure and only one of the children can be offered a place, the There are 165 places available. Applications for places remaining sibling(s) will also be offered a place/(s) above at the Academy will be made in accordance with the the admission number. local authorities Co-ordinated Admission Scheme, as Notes published in this Guide for Parents. Where the academy 1. A ‘looked after child’ is a child who is in the care of the receives more applications than places available, the local authority, or being provided with accommodation oversubscription criteria for admission will apply. by a local authority in the exercise of their social Applications must be made on both the common services functions (as defined in the Children Act application form (CAF) provided by local authorities and 1989). the Dixons supplementary form which can be obtained 2. The term sibling includes legally adopted children, directly from the Academy or from Bradford Local and step- and half-brothers or sisters living at the Authority’s website. There will be a strict deadline for same address. Please note that we are heavily return of the supplementary form; forms received by this oversubscribed and we cannot always guarantee to deadline will be considered first. offer a place to every sibling. Oversubscription criteria Admitting students of all abilities The academy will admit up to 165 children in the relevant Our intake is representative of the full ability range and age group each year if sufficient applications are received. exactly matches the ability profile of the children applying If the academy is oversubscribed, after the admission of here. To achieve this, all applicants (by 26 September) children with a Statement of Special Educational Needs are invited to take a non-verbal reasoning assessment to where Dixons City Academy is named in the Statement, divide them into nine ability bands or “stanines”, from Band priority for admission will be given to those children who sit 1 at the bottom up to Band 9 at the top. We will admit the the assessment and who meet the criteria in the order set required number from each band based on the spread out below: of ability of those applying. For example, if 20% of those a) Looked-after children or children who were previously applying are in band 5, then 20% of our intake (33 places) looked after e.g. because they were adopted or has to be from this band. became subject to a residence or special guardianship order. (See note 1) The assessment is, therefore, not a traditional entrance b) 16 places will be awarded to children who show a exam which students either pass or fail. It is done to particular aptitude for Performing Arts. ensure that we take a fair number of students across the c) Up to three children of staff who have been in post for 26 section two Apply online at www.bradford.gov.uk/admissions whole ability range. Dixons McMillan and Dixons Trinity Calendar for applications Academies 31 July onwards Dixons The following application procedures and admission supplementary arrangements apply to both Dixons McMillan and Dixons form available Trinity Academies: 18 September 2014, 4.15 – 7.00pm Open evening Application Procedure There are 112 places available. Applications for places 3.30pm on Friday 26 September 2014 Deadline for return at the Academy will be made in accordance with the of supplementary local authorities Co-ordinated Admission Scheme, as form published in this Guide for Parents. Where the academy Saturday 18 October 2014 Assessment for receives more applications than places available, the all applicants who oversubscription criteria for admission will apply. apply by deadline date Applications must be made on both the common Performing Arts workshops/auditions for all applicants who application form (CAF) provided by local authorities and apply by 26 September will also take place on this date. the Dixons supplementary form which can be obtained Where possible, parents will be informed of the outcome of directly from the Academy or from Bradford Local the performing arts application prior to 31 October 2014. Authority’s website. There will be a strict deadline for return of the supplementary form; forms received by this 31 October 2014 Deadline for deadline will be considered first. submission of the local authorities’ Oversubscription criteria application form The academy will admit up to 112 children in the relevant 2 March 2015 LAs write with age group each year if sufficient applications are received. offers made to If the academy is oversubscribed, after the admission of parents children with a Statement of Special Educational Needs where the Academy is named in the Statement, priority for admission will be given to those children who sit the Applications to the Academy assessment and who meet the criteria in the order set out Every year, there are many more applicants for Dixons below: City Academy than we have places for. a) Looked-after children or children who were previously Applications Places looked after e.g. because they were adopted or became subject to a residence or special guardianship 2014 742 165 order. (See note 1) 2013 802 165 2012 724 165 b) Up to three children of staff who have been in post for at least two years or to staff recently appointed to a 2011 775 165 post for which there is a demonstrable skill shortage. These figures clearly demonstrate that no-one can be c) Children whose siblings at the time of application are guaranteed a place at the Academy. The LA operates an within Years 7 to 10 at the Academy and who live at equal preference system for all schools in Bradford. The the same address. (See note 2) best advice to parents is to put their favourite school first: d) All other children. Places will be filled on the basis of if their child does not get a place, this will not affect their independently scrutinised random allocation. chances of getting into the other schools on their list. e) Children whose parents did not return/complete a If your child is not offered a place supplementary form by the advertised deadline but named the Academy on the CAF, in the order set out If your child is not offered a place at the Academy, your above. child’s details will automatically remain on the waiting list until the end of December 2015. After December 2015 If demand exceeds places at points b) and c), places will you can ask for your child to be placed onto a new waiting be decided based upon random allocation. list. Where places become vacant they will be allocated in accordance with the admissions criteria. Exceptions The criteria listed in the above policy may be overridden If you are dissatisfied with the admission decision, you and a place offered, based on: will also have the right of appeal. The Appeal Panel will be independent of the Academy. The Panel’s decision is i) special medical reasons for admission where they final and binding on the school. If you are considering an are deemed essential by an independent professional appeal, please contact the Clerk to the Governing Council recommendation from the child’s paediatrician/ on 01274 776777 for further information. consultant, or ii) social reasons for admission where they are deemed essential by an independent professional. Apply online at www.bradford.gov.uk/admissions section two 27

Allocation of a place would be decided based on receipt Applications to the Academy of a letter by the governors and where the governors Each year, there have been many more applicants for consider that a place should be offered on these grounds. Dixons Trinity Academy than we have places for. Twins or triplets Applications Places Where a family of twins or triplets request admission 2014 486 112 and only one of the children can be offered a place, the 2013 428 112 remaining sibling(s) will also be offered a place/(s) above the admission number. For its first year of opening, Dixons McMillan Academy received 480 applications. Notes These figures clearly demonstrate that no-one can be 1. A ‘looked after child’ is a child who is in the care of the guaranteed a place at the Academy. The LA operates an local authority, or being provided with accommodation equal preference system for all schools in Bradford. The by a local authority in the exercise of their social best advice to parents is to put their favourite school first: services functions (as defined in the Children Act if their child does not get a place, this will not damage their 1989). chances of getting into the other schools on their list. 2. The term sibling includes legally adopted children, and step- and half-brothers or sisters living at the If your child is not offered a place same address. Please note that we are heavily If your child is not offered a place at the Academy, your oversubscribed and we cannot always guarantee to child’s details will automatically remain on the waiting list offer a place to every sibling. until the end of December 2015. After December 2015 you can ask for your child to be placed onto a new waiting Admitting students of all abilities list. Where places become vacant they will be allocated in Our intake is representative of the full ability range and accordance with the admissions criteria. exactly matches the ability profile of the children applying If you are dissatisfied with the admission decision, you here. To achieve this, all applicants by the deadline (26 will also have the right of appeal. The Appeal Panel will September) are invited to take a non-verbal reasoning be independent of the Academy. The Panel’s decision is assessment to divide them into nine ability bands or final and binding on the school. If you are considering an “stanines”, from Band 1 at the bottom up to Band 9 at appeal, please contact the Clerk to the Governing Council the top. We will admit the required number from each on 01274 424350 for further information band based on the spread of ability of those applying. For example, if 20% of those applying are in band 5, then 20% of our intake (22 places) has to be from this band. Feversham College (Academy) The assessment is, therefore, not a traditional entrance exam which children either pass or fail. It is done to ensure The College caters for children of parents who are that we take a fair number of children across the whole practising members of the Islamic Faith (Sunni Muslims) ability range. within the Postal Code Priority Admission Areas as defined by the Priority Area Map who made a preference for Calendar for applications Feversham College on the Council’s Common application 31st July 2014 onwards Dixons’ supplementary form. (The respective Individual Postal Code Area maps form available. can be viewed at the school or at Future House, Bolling 9 and 15 September 2014 Open events: parents Road, Bradford BD4 7EB). However, it is intended that should attend at 9am the Governors will admit a maximum of 10% non-Muslim or 2pm or 6pm on students if the College is under-subscribed. either date. Postal Code Priority Admission Areas 3.30pm, 26th September 2014 Deadline for the return of the supplementary Postcode area Year 7 places form. BD1 5 Saturday 18 October 2014 Assessments for all BD2 6 applicants by the deadline date. BD3a 15 31 October 2014 Deadline for BD3b 15 submission of the local BD5 30 authorities’ application BD7 30 form 2 March 2015 LAs write with offers BD8 13 made to parents BD9 6 Total 120 28 section two Apply online at www.bradford.gov.uk/admissions

Where the number of preferences, within each of the l Please note Priority Admission Areas do not cover the Postal Code Priority Admission Areas, exceeds the whole of each post code area. number of places available in that Postal Code Priority l The definition of a Muslim for admission to the College Admission Area, the following criteria will apply in the order is a girl who honours in her words and actions the set out below: SHAHADA and remembers always that there is nothing or no one worthy of worshipping other than 1. Girls who are looked after or who were looked after, ALLAH (SWT), and that MUHAMMAD (PBUH) is the but ceased to be so because they were adopted final prophet of ALLAH. (or became subject to a residence order or special guardianship order). Priority being given to those Application Procedure pupils who fall within the definition of a Muslim as Applications for Feversham College must be made on shown below the Bradford common application form which must be 2. Muslim girls who live in the Postal Code Priority completed by 31 October 2014. Admission Area who have an older sister attending the college from the same address, who are at present in Waiting Lists years 7 – 10 and who will still be attending the college Waiting lists for admission to year 7 will be maintained by at the time of admission (in area siblings) the Local Authority’s Admission Team until the end of the 3. Muslim girls who reside in the Postal Code Priority Autumn Term, tel 01274 385967. Admission Area. 4. Muslim girls who have a sister attending the college who are at present in years 7 – 10 and who will still be attending the college at the time of admission who live Immanuel College (voluntary-aided) at the same address (Out of area siblings) We are a voluntary-aided Church of England school and 5. Muslim girls who live outside the college’s Postal Code therefore the governors are the admissions authority for Priority Areas the school. The admission number is 240 and governors 6. Other applicants will apply the following policy only in the event that there If there are two or more children eligible for one remaining are more applications than places available. Applications place who live equal distant from home to college we can be made for either a church place or a community would apply random selection. place. Where demand exceeds places in any one of the above Children with statements of special educational need, criteria, the distance between the home and college, naming Immanuel College, will be allocated a place measured by a straight line, from the students’ home to the at the school. This is a statutory entitlement (under main entrance of the college, will be used to decide who Section 324 of Education Act 1996) and is not part of the is to be given a place; those living nearest being given the oversubscription criteria. available places. First priority will be given to all students who are in Local If there are still some places unfilled the college may take Authority looked after care, including adopted children, up a maximum of 10% non-Muslim girls. Those girls living those with a residency order and those with special closest to the college will be offered a place as measured guardianship immediately following being looked after. by the nearest available walking route. Section 1: The church proportion shall be 50% Please be aware that every year many more students In the event of there being more applicants in this category apply for Feversham college than we have places for. than places, the following priorities will apply: For September 2014, we received 305 applications for 120 places. Priority 1 Those parents and/or children who are at the heart of the church (ie worship at least twice a Notes month or more frequently at a Christian church) l The term “sister” refers to children who reside with the Priority 2 Those parents and/or children who are attached same family at the same address. Children living with to the church (ie worship monthly at a Christian church) the same family, eg foster children and step-sisters are Priority 3 Those parents and/or children who are known also included but cousin-sisters are not. to the church (ie are infrequent worshippers l Address refers to the student’s permanent address at at a Christian church; or have had a service the date of admission. l  of baptism, blessing or dedication within a The admission of pupils with a statement of special Christian church; or are pupils at a Church of educational needs is dealt with by a separate England school or other Christian school or are procedure and such pupils will be admitted to children of Immanuel staff who have worked at Feversham College if the school is named on the the school for two years or more at the time at statement without reference to the above criteria. which the application is made. Apply online at www.bradford.gov.uk/admissions section two 29

In the event of there being more applications than places All other admissions in each of these priorities, preference will be given first to Any parent or carer who would like to apply for a place at those children who: Immanuel at any time other than transition (see above) 1. worship at a Church of England church or attend must complete an ‘in-year common application form’ a Church of England school within the Bradford or which is available from the Local Authority and should Ripon-Leeds Anglican Dioceses; be returned to them. If the application is for a church 2. have a brother or sister already attending Immanuel place, a Supplementary Information form and Minister’s who will be continuing at the College in the year for Confidential Reference form should also be completed and which the applicant will be admitted; returned to Immanuel College. The Supplementary Form 3. have a permanent address nearest to Immanuel. and Minister’s Confidential Reference Form are available Applications for places within this category should be from Immanuel College and on the Council website and supported by the Supplementary Form and the Minister’s should be returned to Immanuel College separately from Confidential Reference Form from the relevant vicar/ the ‘in-year common application form’ after completion. minister. The forms can be obtained from Immanuel Where a child is refused an offer of a place at Immanuel College or from the Local Authority and should be College, due to oversubscription, parents and carers may returned to Immanuel College after completion. Please request that their child’s name be placed on Immanuel’s note: if the sole grounds for applying for a church place waiting list. The waiting list will be maintained for the are attendance at a Church of England school or other remainder of the academic year for which application Christian school, the Supplementary Form still needs to be was made. Waiting lists will be maintained in order of the used (though the Minister’s Confidential Reference is not oversubscription priorities. needed.) Right of appeal Any places not allocated within this section will be added to the percentage allocated under the Community section. Unsuccessful applicants have the right of appeal to an independent appeals panel. Appeal forms are available Section 2: The Community proportion shall be 50% from the Local Authority’s Admission Team, telephone 01274 385967. In the event of there being more applicants in this category than places, the following priorities will apply: Priority 1 Those children whose permanent address is Kings Science Academy inside the local authority’s Priority Admission Area for Immanuel and have a brother or Kings Science Academy, will seek to predominantly sister already attending Immanuel who will be serve the communities of West Bradford though, given its continuing at the College in the year for which specialism, would hope to attract pupils from across the the application is made city. As an Academy, Kings is required to provide education Priority 2 Those children whose permanent address is for children of different abilities who are ‘wholly or mainly inside the school’s Priority Admission Area and drawn from the area in which the school is situated.’ have a permanent address nearest to Immanuel Priority 3 Those children whose permanent address is Admission policy outside the school’s Priority Admission Area a) Kings Science Academy wishes to ensure that its and have a brother or sister already attending intake includes a proportionate spread of children Immanuel who will be continuing at the College of different abilities. It is therefore proposed to apply in the year for which the application is made banding to applicants before the application of other Priority 4 Those children whose permanent address is over-subscription criteria. outside the school’s Priority Admission Area and b) We will administer a non-verbal reasoning test to have a permanent address nearest to Immanuel divide applicants into five bands and then seek to Any places not allocated within this section will be added admit the required number from each band based on to the percentage allocated under the Church section. the spread of ability of those applying.

Notes N.B. Any remaining places within each band will be evenly filled by applicants falling into the next nearest bands ‘Christian’ in this policy is defined by those churches who (either above or below). If following the allocation process, are members of the ‘Churches Together in Britain and there are still unfilled places, these will be offered by Ireland’ or who assent to the Nicene Creed. random allocation to applicants who have not taken the ‘Nearest’ in this policy is calculated by a direct line from non-verbal reasoning test. the main entrance of the child’s permanent address to the main Reception of Immanuel College. Applications for September 2015 entry and A map showing the priority admission area for Immanuel is onwards: printed in section 4 and on the council website. a) 55% of places will be offered to an inner catchment 30 section two Apply online at www.bradford.gov.uk/admissions

area, which will include all addresses in post code Calendar for admission zone BD7. September 2014 Prospectus available to b) 45% of places will be offered to an outer catchment parents. area, which will include all addresses in the post code 4.00pm, 17 October 2014 Deadline for the return zones BD1-6, 8,9,11,12,13, 14,15 and 18. of the Academy’s In the event of more than 180 applications being received supplementary form. for places in Year 7, then the following criteria for 27 Oct - 22 Nov 2014 Non-verbal reasoning admissions will be used in the order set out below: assessments for all applicants. 1. Children in public care, or children who were 31 October 2014 Deadline for the previously looked after but ceased to be so because completion of the LA they were adopted or became subject to a residence common application form. or special guardianship order who apply to the school, December 2014 The LA sends details of will be offered a place. applications made on 2. Children with a Statement of Special Educational the common application Needs, where Kings Science Academy is named on form to the Academy. The their statement, will be considered for a place without Academy sends its ranked reference to the following over-subscription criteria. In list of offers to applicants addition to this, governors may grant a place to a child to the LA. with a very exceptional medical or social need on the February 2015 Bradford LA assigns recommendation of an independent professional. places for its own 3. Children of current members of the permanent community schools. teaching staff. This includes legally adopted children, 2 March 2015 Bradford LA writes with and step-children living at the same address. offers made to parents. 4. Children whose siblings at the time of application will be within Key Stages 3 or 4 at the Academy. The term Appeals sibling includes legally adopted children, and step and Parent(s) wishing to appeal against the Academy’s half- brothers or sisters living at the same address. decision should complete an Appeal Form stating the 5. Children who are entitled to Free School Meals reason for the appeal based on the published Admissions (FSM). The Academy will ensure a certain number of Criteria. students come from FSM background. All the students who are entitled to FSM are grouped together in each The appeals will be heard in private by an Independent catchment area and 15% are selected at random from Appeal Panel. each Catchment Area. The Clerk to the Appeal Panel will make an appointment 6. The remaining places in each band will be decided on within a reasonable time, during the month of (May/June the basis of random allocation. 2014. Appeal forms are available from the LA’s Admissions Team. Procedures i. Applications to be made in accordance with Bradford Waiting Lists LA’s Coordinated Admission Scheme, as set out in its ‘Guide for Parents about Admission Arrangements to Where Kings Science Academy receives more applications Secondary School’; for places in Year 7 than there are available, a waiting ii. applications to be made on the Common Application list will operate. This will be maintained by Kings Science Form provided by the Local Authority but also to Kings Academy until the end of the Autumn Term. It will be Academy’s supplementary application form; open to any parent to ask for his or her child’s name to iii. Kings Academy to consult with other admission be placed on the waiting list, following an unsuccessful authorities in Bradford on admissions arrangements; application. iv. to submit proposed changes to the Academy’s No waiting lists will be maintained at any other time or for admission arrangements to the Secretary of State for any other year group. approval; v. Kings Science Academy to work as part of a local behaviour and attendance partnership to improve attendance and reduce exclusions; the Academy will consider the admission of hard to place students in the Laisterdyke Business & Enterprise course of an academic year; College (Foundation) vi. that, throughout, Kings Academy admissions policy and arrangements will be in line with admissions There are 180 places available and these will be allocated law, the School Admissions Code and the Schools to the children of parents who express a preference for Admission Appeals Code as they stand and as they Laisterdyke Business & Enterprise College on the common currently apply to maintained schools. application form. Apply online at www.bradford.gov.uk/admissions section two 31

All children with statements of special educational need, In Year Admissions naming Laisterdyke Business & Enterprise College, will These must be made on the In-Year Common Application be allocated a place at the college. This is a statutory Form available from the Admissions Team, entitlement (under Section 324 of Education Act 1996) and Metropolitan Council or the college. This must be returned is not part of the oversubscription criteria. to the Admissions Team, Children’s Services Department, Future House, Bolling Road, Bradford BD4 7EB. If there Over-subscription criteria are no places available at the college parents/carers can Applications for places will be made in accordance with the request that their child is placed on the waiting list. Any Local Authority’s Coordinated Admission Scheme. When places that become available will be filled in accordance applications for admission exceed the number of places with our oversubscription criteria. available, the following over-subscription criteria will be applied, in the order set out below.

Oakbank School (Foundation) 1. Looked after children and children who were looked after, but ceased to be so because they were adopted Students will be admitted without reference to ability or (or become subject to a residence order or special aptitude. guardianship order). A student who has a statement of special educational 2. Where children have exceptional social and/or needs which names Oakbank School, will be admitted medical needs which would be best served if they to the school without reference to the oversubscription attended Laisterdyke Business & Enterprise College. criteria below. The parent/carer must provide medical and/or social Applications for year 7: need evidence in the form of a letter or report from a 1.1 If there are more applications than places available, doctor and/or social worker to support the case. The places will be allocated in the following order of evidence should establish that Laisterdyke Business priority: and Enterprise College is the best/only school to serve the child’s needs. The evidence should state why other a) Looked after children and children who were schools could not provide the appropriate support for looked after, but ceased to be so because they the child. were adopted (or became subject to a residence order or special guardianship order) (but see 3. Children who have brothers or sisters (siblings) of paragraph 2.3 below). statutory school age attending the college at the time b) Students living within the priority admission area of the admission of the sibling. ‘Siblings’ includes agreed by the Governors of Oakbank School foster children and step-sisters and step-brothers who and attending named feeder schools (Holycroft, live at the same address as the child for whom a place Nessfield, Oakworth, Oldfield, Haworth, Lees, is applied. Oxenhope, Stanbury, Ingrow, and Worth Valley). 4. Children who live nearest to the college, as measured c) Students living within Oakbank’s priority by a straight line distance, will be given priority. admission area, but who do not attend one of the Ordnance Survey address points will be used to above named feeder schools. determine proximity. Proof of residency may be d) Students who attend one of the above named requested before places are offered. The address is feeder schools, but who do not live within defined as being the home where the child lives on a Oakbank’s priority admission area. regular basis with his or her parents/carers. e) Students who live outside the priority admission area and who do not attend one of the above named feeder schools. Waiting lists 1.2 Each of these criteria will be applied in order, from (a) After all available places have been filled a waiting list will to (e) until the point is reached at which to accept all be kept for students not allocated a place at Laisterdyke the students who met the criterion in question would Business and Enterprise College. This will be kept for result in over-subscription. the first term of the academic year of admission. Position 1.3 In determining which of the students who satisfy the on the waiting list will strictly adhere to the published criterion in question will be offered places, precedence oversubscription criteria. Therefore, the position of a given will be given to students who have siblings already child may alter as new children are added to it. Parents/ attending the school. To satisfy this criterion the carers can contact the college at any time to enquire sibling or siblings must be attending Oakbank at the about their child’s position on the list. Parents who make time at which the application is made, and must be an unsuccessful application for admission to Laisterdyke expected by the school to be still attending Oakbank Business & Enterprise College will be informed of their at the time of the applicant’s admission. The sibling statutory right of appeal. can be attending in any year, including post-16. 32 section two Apply online at www.bradford.gov.uk/admissions

By siblings we mean brothers and sisters with both or Oakbank as the appropriate school will be accepted either parent in common; children fostered in the same even if there are no available places. Applications on family home; and cousins and members of the extended behalf of looked-after children will also be accepted family who are living at the time of application in the even if there are no available places, unless the same family home, and who can be shown to have been Headteacher believes that their admission would doing so consistently over an extended period of time. seriously prejudice the provision of efficient education This condition only applies, however, for siblings currently or the efficient use of resources in the school. attending Oakbank; no precedence will be given to the siblings of former students. 1.4 If any further need to discriminate between students One in a Million (Free School) satisfying the criterion in question should arise, precedence will be given to students living nearer Application Procedure the school. Distance between home and school will The school’s Published Admission Number (PAN) is 60 be calculated by straight-line measurement from the for entry into year 7 and for all other year groups. All home in question to the main student entrance to applicants will be admitted if 60 or fewer apply. the school building (currently the White Doors near Student Reception). Applications will be made on the common application form. 1.5 These criteria may be over-ridden and a place offered If applying for one of the ‘Arts, Enterprise or Sports’ places on the following exceptional grounds: then in addition to listing the school on the common a) Where the parents’ preference is based on application form, applicants must provide supporting special medical reasons for admission which are evidence from a relevant professional by the deadline date deemed essential by an independent professional for applications, ie 31 October 2014. recommendation from the child’s paediatrician or The admission of pupils with a statement of special medical consultant. The school will require written educational needs which names the school, is dealt with evidence of this recommendation, signed by the by a separate procedure. Such children will be admitted expert in question. without reference to the oversubscription criteria below. b) Where social reasons for admission exist which are deemed essential by an independent Oversubscription Criteria professional recommendation from the Director of a) ‘Looked after children’ or ‘previously looked after Social Services, or the Director of the Probation children’ (see note 1) Service, or the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service. The school will b) Children with a sibling attending the school at the time require written evidence of this recommendation, of application (see note 2). signed by the Director or an equivalent senior figure. c) Children with an exceptional medical or social need, 1.6 Where parents or carers are unsuccessful in applying supported by a written recommendation from for a place at Oakbank for their child, they will be an independent professional such as a hospital informed in writing about the reasons, and about their consultant/paediatrician or social worker. The letter right to appeal against the decision to an independent must explain why the school is the only suitable panel, and about the procedures for doing so. school to meet the child’s needs and why no other school could provide the appropriate support.

Applications for other year groups: d) Children who clearly show an aptitude in Arts, 2.1 Applications made outside of the normal admissions Enterprise or Sports (up to 10% of places). This cycle will be accepted if places are available in will be assessed by clear written evidence from a the year group in question, and will continue to be relevant professional(s) and/or previous teachers accepted in the order in which they are received of competence at a high level (see note 3). If more until no more places are available. If a number of applications are received than available places, they applications are received on the same day, and there will be offered by random selection. are fewer available places than applications, the e) Children whose home address is within the following criteria described above will be applied. three priority areas (see note 4): 2.2 If there are no available places and parents or carers are unsuccessful in their application, they will be 1. Less than one mile straight line distance from informed in writing about the reason, and about their the school (up to 20% of places) right to appeal against the school’s decision to an 2. Between one and two miles straight line distance independent panel, and about the procedures for from the school (up to 40% of places) doing so. 3. Over two miles straight line distance from the 2.3 Applications made on behalf of students with school (up to 40% of places) statements of special educational need which name Apply online at www.bradford.gov.uk/admissions section two 33

Tie Break 4 Admission policies for When demand exceeds places in any of the above criteria, Catholic schools places will be offered by random selection which will be independently adjudicated. The following explanatory notes apply to the admission Notes policies for St Bede’s & St Joseph’s Catholic College and 1. A looked after child is a child who is (a) in the care The Holy Family Catholic School and form part of their of a local authority, or (b) being provided with oversubscription criteria: accommodation by a local authority in the exercise Catholic means a member of a church in communion with of their social services functions (see the definition in the See of Rome. A certificate of baptism in a Catholic Section 22(1) of the Children Act 1989). A ‘previously church, or a certificate of reception into the full communion looked after child’ is a child who was looked after, of the Catholic Church, will normally evidence this. This but ceased to be so because they were adopted or includes the Eastern Catholic Churches. became subject to a residence order. Catechumens are those children who have expressed 2. Sibling is defined in these arrangements as children an explicit desire to be baptised into the Roman Catholic who are brothers or sisters living in the same house, Church and who are currently preparing to receive the including natural brothers or sisters, adopted siblings, same by regular participation in Sunday worship and a stepbrothers or sisters and foster brothers and sisters. recognised programme of preparation. A letter from the 3. Letters to support the application for one of the Arts, Catholic priest preparing the child is required. Enterprise or Sports places, must be sent directly to One in a Million School by the deadline date for Looked After Child has the same meaning as in section applications (31 October). 22 of the Children Act 1989, and means any child in the 4. ‘Home address’ refers to the child’s permanent home care of a local authority or provided with accommodation at the date of admission. Where the child lives with by them (e.g. children with foster parents). separated parents with shared responsibility, it is for Defined area or parish is a geographical area. Please the parents to determine which address to use when see boundary maps available for inspection in school applying for a secondary school. Proof of residency (boundaries determined by the Diocese of Leeds). may be required at any time during or after the allocation process. Siblings (brothers and sisters) includes children with The straight line distance is taken from the Ordnance brothers and sisters (including step-siblings, adoptive Survey address point of the home address to the main siblings and foster siblings) of statutory school age, living entrance of the school building. at the same address, in attendance at the same school, or a school on the same site, on the date of admission. 5. Multiple births – where a family of twins or triplets request admission and only one of the siblings can Twins or Triplets (or multiple births) - where a family of be offered a place, the remaining siblings will also twins or triplets request admission and if one sibling has be offered places above the admission number. been offered the last place, the other twin/triplets will be offered a place. Refused and late applications Unsuccessful applicants may request that their child Live In all Categories “live” means the child’s permanent be placed on a waiting list which will be maintained by home address. A child is normally regarded as living with a the school for two terms. Should any places become parent or guardian and we will use the parent or guardian’s available, they will be filled in accordance with the address for admission purposes. You cannot lodge a child oversubscription criteria and not how long the child’s name with a friend or relation in order to gain a place at a school. has been on the list. For admissions purposes only one address can be used as a child’s permanent address. When a child lives with Appeals more than one parent/carer, at a different addresses, we The One in a Million Free School appeals process will will use the preference expressed by the parent/carer at be in accordance with the School Admission Appeals the address where the child lives the majority of the time Code and is documented separately as the ‘Admissions during the school week as the main place of residence. Appeals Procedure’. The procedure and appeal forms will Where there is more than one application from a postal be available on the School’s website or on request from address contained within a block of flats, places will be the school. The appeal panel will be independent of the decided by random allocation. If two or more pupils live school. equidistant from the school, the distance each pupil lives In-Year Admissions by road from the preferred school will be measured and Mid year applications to the school should be made using the place offered to the pupil who lives nearest by this the Local Authority’s ‘In Year Application Form’ which can means. In the event of this being equal, places will be then be obtained from the Admissions Team, tel 01274 385967 decided by random allocation. or from the Bradford Council website www.bradford.gov.uk 34 section two Apply online at www.bradford.gov.uk/admissions

Straight Line Distance will be measured from the main 9. Other applicants. entrance of the school to the home. Measurements are Catechumens are to be given priority next after taken from the child’s home address to the main entrance baptised Catholics in each of the above categories. of the school building. The attendance of a brother or sister at the school at the time when the younger child starts school will increase the priority of an application within each category. St Bede’s & St Joseph’s (see notes) Catholic College Notes: St Bede’s and St Joseph’s Catholic College is a co-educational school which has admitted boys and Tie Break girls since September 2014. The governing body has l Where the offer of places to all the applicants in any of responsibility for admissions to the school and intends to the categories listed above would still lead to admit 290 children to Year 7 and 12 external applicants oversubscription, the available places will be offered into Year 12 (Sixth Form). to those living nearest to the St Joseph’s site. ‘Straight Whenever there are more applications than places line distance’ will be used as the measure. l  available priority will always be given to Catholic applicants If two or more children live equi-distant from the in accordance with the oversubscription criteria listed school, the distance each pupil lives by road from below. If the number of preferences received is less than the preferred school will be measured and the place the admission number then all preferences will be met. offered to the pupil who lives nearest by this means. By applying to this school, parents or carers are declaring In the event of this being equal, places will then be their support for the aims and ethos of the school. decided by random allocation (see notes). l Where there is more than one application from a Oversubscription Criteria postal address contained within a block of flats, places will be decided by random allocation (see notes) 1. “Looked After” children from Catholic families or children who were previously looked after but ceased Admission to the sixth form to be so because they were adopted or became subject to a residence or special guardianship order. The sixth form is available for all existing children. Twelve 2. Baptised Catholic children who are living in the remaining places in the sixth-form of the school will be parishes of St Anthony, Clayton, St Clare, St Mary distributed in line with the oversubscription criteria. All (St Columba and St Mary’s & St Peter), St Cuthbert applicants must meet the requirements of individual and First Martyrs of Rome, St Francis of Assisi and courses. Immaculate Conception, Mary Mother of God (St Winefride and St John the Evangelist), St Joseph, Application Procedures and Timetable Bradford, St Patrick, St Matthew, Our Lady of Failure to provide a Common Application Form (CAF) Czestochowa, St William (St William and Sacred would mean that the application is not valid and failure to Heart), Our Lady and St Joseph, Bingley, St Theresa provide a Supplementary Information Form (SIF) could Benedicta of the Cross (St Walburga and St Aidan), mean that the applicant is placed in the last criteria. and go to the Catholic primary schools serving these A standard application form, known as the Common parishes. A list of these schools is included in the Application Form must be completed and returned to the notes. Local Authority’s Admissions Team by 31 October 2014. 3. Other baptised Catholic children resident in the above The school’s SIF should be submitted by 31 October 2014 named parishes. to the school. Parents or carers will be advised of the 4. Other baptised Catholic children in the Catholic outcome of their applications on 2 March 2015. primary schools serving these parishes. Admissions outside the normal admission round 5. Other baptised Catholic children. Applications should be made to the school and will be 6. Other “Looked After” children or children who were dealt with by the governing body. If there is more than one previously looked after but ceased to be so because application for an available place the oversubscription they were adopted or became subject to a resident or criteria listed in the appropriate policy for the year group special guardianship order. will be used. Unsuccessful applicants will be given reasons 7. Non Catholic children attending Partner Catholic related to the oversubscription criteria listed above and will Primary Schools. (see point 2 above) be advised of their rights to appeal the governors’ decision 8. Children of other Christian denominations or of other to an independent appeal panel. Faiths whose parents or carers are in sympathy with the aims and ethos of the school and whose Waiting Lists application is supported in writing, by a minister of As well as their right of appeal, unsuccessful applicants religion, or an appropriate religious leader. will be placed on a waiting list. This waiting list will follow Apply online at www.bradford.gov.uk/admissions section two 35

the order of the oversubscription criteria set out above. 3. Other baptised Catholic children who live in the above Names are taken off the list at the end of the academic named defined areas. year. 4. Other baptised Catholic children in the Catholic primary schools serving these areas. Partner Primary Schools 5. Other baptised Catholic children. Our Lady & St Brendan’s, The Bank, Bradford BD10 0QA 6. Children of Catholic Parents evidenced by a Baptismal Certificate from one parent. St Anthony’s, Bradford Road, Clayton BD14 6HW 7. Other looked after children other children who were St Anthony’s, High Busy Lane, Shipley BD18 1HD previously looked after but ceased to be so because St Clare’s, Fagley Road, Bradford BD2 3JD they became adopted or became subject to a St Columba’s, Tong Street, Bradford BD4 9PY residence or special guardianship order.. 8. Children of other Christian denominations or of other St Cuthbert’s & First Martyrs’, Scotchman Road, Faiths whose parents or carers are in sympathy Heaton BD9 5AT with the aims and ethos of the school and whose St Francis’, Myers Lane, Bradford BD2 4ES application is supported in writing, by a minister of St John The Evangelist, Beacon Road, Bradford BD6 3DQ religion, or an appropriate religious leader. 9. Other children who attend a Catholic school named in St Joseph’s, Crownest Road, Bingley BD16 4HQ Category 2. St Joseph’s, Park Lane, Bradford BD5 0RB 10. Other applicants. Catechumens are to be given St Mary’s & St Peter’s, Upper Nidd Street, priority next after baptised Catholics in each of the Bradford BD3 9ND above categories. St Matthew’s, Saffron Drive, Allerton BD15 7NE St Walburga’s, Victoria Park, Shipley BD18 4RL St William’s, Young Street, Bradford BD8 9RG St Winefride’s,St Pauls Avenue, Bradford BD6 1SR

The Holy Family Catholic School (voluntary-aided)

If the number of preferences received is less than the admission number then all preferences will be met. However, when there are more applications than places available, priority will always be given to Catholic applicants in accordance with the oversubscription criteria listed below. By applying to this school parents, or carers, are declaring their support for the aims and ethos of the school. The governing body has responsibility for admissions to the school and intends to admit 150 pupils to Year 7 .

Oversubscription criteria At any time where there are more applications for places than the number of places available, places will be offered in the following order of priority: 1. Looked after children from Catholic families or children who were previously looked after but ceased to be so because they became adopted or became subject to a residence or special guardianship order. 2. Baptised Catholic children who live in the primary school defined areas of St Anne’s Keighley, St Joseph’s Ingrow, Our Lady of Victories Guardhouse, St Stephen’s School Skipton and go to the Catholic primary schools serving those areas. 36 section two Apply online at www.bradford.gov.uk/admissions

The attendance of a brother, or sister, at the school at the time when the younger child starts school will increase the priority of an application within each category (see notes). Students who have entered school under the in-year fair access protocol do not count towards this tie-break.

Tie Break Where the offer of places to all the applicants in any of the categories listed above would still lead to oversubscription, the available places will be offered to those living nearest to the school. ‘Straight line distance’ will be used as the measure (see notes).

Admission to the Sixth Form Entry to the Sixth Form is available to all existing students subject to fulfilling the individual requirements of suitable courses. Admission arrangements are dealt with separately by the Associated Sixth Form. The Governing Body of The Holy Family Catholic School retains the right to refuse admission to the Sixth Form if necessary.

Application Procedures The common application form must be completed and returned to the Local Authority (School Admissions, Future House, Bolling Road, Bradford BD4 7EB) by 31 October 2014. The Supplementary Information Form which is available from the partner primary schools and The Holy Family Catholic School should be submitted by 31 October 2014 to the school, addressed to the Admissions Officer, The Holy Family Catholic School, Spring Gardens Lane, Keighley, BD20 6HL. Parents or carers will be advised of the outcome of their applications on 1 March 2015. Failure to provide a common application form would mean that the application is not valid and failure to provide a Supplementary Information Form could mean that the applicant is placed in the last criteria. Unsuccessful applicants will be given reasons related to the over-subscription criteria listed above and advised of their right of appeal to an independent appeal panel.

Appeals Parents have the right to appeal to an independent appeal panel if their application results in their child being refused a place at The Holy Family Catholic School. Appeal forms can be obtained from the Admissions Team at Future House.

Waiting Lists As well as their right of appeal, unsuccessful applicants can apply to be placed on a waiting list. This waiting list will follow the order of the oversubscription criteria set out above. Names are normally taken off the list after six months. s e c t i o n three 37 Secondary schools in the Bradford Metropolitan District

School Applications for 2014 Admission Admission General (including address, phone Type of (number of applications number for on roll information and name of headteacher) school considered and how Sept 2015 allocations were made)

Appleton Academy Academy 175 Applicants. 165 1170 The academy is an all- Woodside Road, , Bradford, BD12 8AL 23 pupils transferred from through school for Phone: 01274 600550 primary phase. children aged 3 – 19. Email: [email protected] 40 siblings allocated. Pupils attending the Website: www.appletonacademy.co.uk 102 allocated (furthest academy in year 6 will Mrs H Jones distance 4.86 miles). automatically transfer to year 7 but application forms must still be completed.

Beckfoot School Academy 578 applicants. 270 1635 The school has a Wagon Lane, Bingley, BD16 1EE 12 allocated on Designated Special Phone: 01274 771444 exceptional grounds Provision for pupils with Email:[email protected] 258 allocated within physical disabilities. Website:www.beckfoot.org priority area (furthest Mr D Horn distance 1.90 miles). . Belle Vue Boys’ School Community 120 525 Thorn Lane, Haworth Road, Bradford BD9 6ND 77 applicants. Phone: 01274 493533 110 allocated. Email: [email protected] Website: www.bvb.ngfl.ac.uk Mr C Willsher

Belle Vue Girls’ School Academy 180 1145 Thorn Lane, Bingley Road, Bradford BD9 6NA 193 applicants. (40 extra Phone: 01274 492341 220 allocated. places in Email: [email protected] 2014) Website: www.bvg.ngfl.ac.uk Mrs M Copeland

Bingley Grammar School VA 300 1809 447 applicants. Keighley Road , Bingley BD16 2RS 2 allocated on exceptional Phone: 01274 807700 grounds. Email: [email protected] 127 allocated in priority Website: www.bingleygrammar.org area. Mr L Weston 171 allocated outside priority area (furthest distance 3.32 miles). Bradford Academy 205 1666 If applying on faith Academy Teasdale Street, Bradford BD4 7QJ (25 extra grounds, applicants 574 applicants. Phone: 01274 256789 places in must also complete 90 allocated from feeder Email: [email protected] 2014) the academy’s schools. Website: www.bradfordacademy.co.uk supplementary form and 90 allocated on faith Mr G Dawkins return it to the academy grounds. by 31 October 2014. 50 community places The academy has a allocated. designated specialist provision for pupils with physical difficulties and autism.

Bradford Forster Academy 210 N/A It is proposed that Academy Fenby Avenue, Bradford BD4 8RE this academy opens (proposed) Not applicable. Phone: 01274 256789 in September 2015. Email:[email protected] Applications must be Website: www.bradfordforsteracademy.co.uk made directly to the academy by 31 October 2014. If applying on faith grounds, applicants must also complete and return the supplementary form by the same date. 38 section three Apply online at www.bradford.gov.uk/admissions

School Applications for 2014 Admission Admission General (including address, phone Type of (number of applications number for on roll information and name of headteacher) school considered and how Sept 2015 allocations were made)

Bradford Girls’ Grammar School Free 748 applicants. 96 770 The closing date Squire Lane, Bradford BD9 6RB School 47 pupils transferred for the return of the Phone:01274 545395 from primary phase. supplementary form is 31 Email: [email protected] 49 pupils allocated October 2014. Applicants Website: www.bggs.com from five ability bands. will then be invited to sit a Mrs K Matthews fair banding assessment on 15 November 2014.

Buttershaw Business Trust 284 applicants. 270 1509 It is proposed that the and Enterprise College 1 allocated on school will transfer to Reevy Road West, Buttershaw, exceptional grounds. Academy status during Bradford BD6 3PX 207 allocated in the 2014-15 school year. Phone: 01274 676285 priority area. Email: [email protected] 62 allocated outside Website: www.bbc.bradford.sch.uk priority area (furthest Mr R Hughes distance 3.88 miles).

Carlton Bolling College 228 applicants. Undercliffe Lane, Bradford BD3 0DU C 240 allocated. 240 1466 Phone: 01274 633111 Email: [email protected] Website: www.carltonbolling.co.uk Mr A Kneeshaw

Dixons Allerton Academy 350 applications. Oaks Lane, Allerton, Bradford BD15 7RU Academy 189 allocated from 240 1438 The closing date Phone: 01274 770230 nine ability bands. for the return of the Email: [email protected] 34 siblings allocated. supplementary form is Website: www.dixonsaa.com 17 allocated on 3.30pm on 26 September Mrs R Kidd distance grounds 2014. Applicants will be (furthest distance 0.46 invited to sit a fair banding miles). assessment on Saturday 18 October 2014.

Dixons City Academy Academy 742 applications. 165 1087 The closing date for the Ripley Street, Bradford BD5 7RR 165 pupils allocated return of supplementary Phone: 01274 776777 from nine ability bands form is 3.30pm on Email: [email protected] by random selection. 26 September 2014. Website: www.dixonsca.com Applicants will be invited Ms S Watson to sit a fair banding assessment on Saturday 18 October 2014.

Dixons McMillan Academy Free 112 pupils allocated 112 n/a The closing date for the Trinity Road, Bradford BD5 0BE School from nine ability bands return of supplementary Phone: 01274 424350 by random selection. form is 3.30pm on 26 Email: [email protected] September 2014. Website: www.dixonsma.com Applicants will be invited Mr W Davies to sit a fair banding assessment on Saturday 18 October 2014.

Pupils are currently accommodated in the Dixons Trinity Academy building.

Dixons Trinity Academy Free 486 applicants. 112 223 The closing date for the Trinity Road, Bradford BD5 0BE School 112 pupils allocated return of supplementary Phone: 01274 424350 from nine ability bands form is 3.30pm on Email: [email protected] by random selection. 26 September 2014. Website:www.dixonsta.com Applicants will be invited Mr L Sparkes to sit a fair banding assessment on Saturday 18 October 2014. Apply online at www.bradford.gov.uk/admissions section three 39

School Applications for 2014 Admission Admission General (including address, phone Type of (number of applications number for on roll information and name of headteacher) school considered and how Sept 2015 allocations were made)

Feversham College Academy 319 applicants. 120 665 Cliffe Road, Bradford BD3 0LT Allocated pupils – Phone: 01274 559500 5 - BD1 priority area Email: [email protected] 6 - BD2 priority area Website: www.fevershamcollege.com 15 – BD3a priority area Miss C Skelding 15 - BD3b priority area 30 – BD5 priority area 30 – BD7 priority area 13 – BD8 priority area 6 – BD9 priority area

Grange Technology College Academy 364 applicants. 300 1846 The school has two Haycliffe Lane, Bradford BD5 9ET 5 allocated on designated specialist Phone: 01274 775335 exceptional grounds. provisions for autism. Email: [email protected] 295 allocated within Website: www.grangetechcollege.co.uk priority area (furthest Mr N Bell distance 1.09 miles).

Hanson School Foundation 300 applicants. 300 1745 The school also has an Sutton Avenue, Bradford BD2 1JP 300 allocated. Additional Resourced Phone: 01274 776200 Centre for visually and Email: [email protected] hearing impaired pupils. Website: www.hansonschool.com It is proposed that the Ms E Churton school will transfer to academy status during the 2014/15 school year.

Ilkley Grammar School Academy 289 applicants. 245 1541 Cowpasture Road, Ilkley LS29 8TR 248 allocated within (3 extra Phone: 01943 608424 priority area one places in Email: [email protected] (furthest distance 3.71 2014) Website: www.ilkleygrammarschool.com miles). Ms H Williams

Immanuel College VA 311 applicants. 240 1378 If applying on faith Leeds Road, Idle, Bradford BD10 9AQ 42 allocated on faith grounds, applicants must Phone: 01274 425900 grounds. complete the school’s Email: [email protected] 139 allocated within supplementary form by 31 Website: www.immanuelcollege.net priority area October 2014. Mrs J Tiller 59 allocated outside priority area (furthest distance 1.62 miles). Kings Science Academy Academy 376 applicants. 180 538 Closing date for the return Northfield Road, Bradford BD7 2AN 99 allocated within of the supplementary Phone: 01274 449706 inner catchment. form to the academy is 17 Email: [email protected] 81 allocated in outer October 2014. Applicants Website: www.kings.ac catchment (by random will then be invited to sit a allocation). fair banding assessment in November.

Laisterdyke Business & Enterprise College Foundation 200 applicants. 180 1030 Thornbury Road, Bradford BD3 8HE 1 allocated on Phone: 01274 401140 exceptional grounds. Email: [email protected] 98 siblings allocated. Website: www.laisterdykehigh.org.uk 81 allocated by Mrs J McIntosh distance (furthest distance 0.81 miles).

Oakbank School Foundation 278 applicants. 300 1607 Oakworth Road, Keighley BD22 7DU 281 allocated. Phone: 01535 210111 Email: [email protected] Website: www.oakbank.org.uk Mr D Maxwell 212 applicants. Oasis Academy Lister Park Academy 160 984 The school has a 142 allocated within North Avenue , Bradford BD8 7ND (20 extra designated specialist priority area. Phone: 01274 362050 places in provision for children with 18 allocated outside Email: [email protected] 2014) speech and language priority area (furthest Website: www.oasisacademylisterpark.org difficulties. distance 0.93 miles). Mr I Richardson 40 section three Apply online at www.bradford.gov.uk/admissions

School Type of Applications for 2014 Admission Admission General (including address, phone and school (number of applications considered and number for on roll information name of headteacher) how allocations were made Sept 2015

One in a Million School Free 104 applicants. 60 60 Valley Parade, Bradford BD8 7DY School 8 siblings allocated Phone: 01274 723439 1 Arts, Enterprise & Sports place. Email: [email protected] 11 allocated less than 1 mile. Website: www.oneinamillion.org.uk 20 allocated between 1-2 miles. Mr J Stockill 20 allocated over 2 miles Parkside School Trust 183 applicants. 180 1033 The school has a Parkside Terrace, Cullingworth, 7 allocated on exceptional designated specialist Bradford, BD13 5AD grounds. provision for pupils Phone: 01535 272752 39 in priority area one. 39 in with autism Email: [email protected] priority area two. Website: www.parksideschool.net 95 outside priority areas (furthest Mr A Taylor distance 3.28 miles). Queensbury School Trust 159 applicants. 240 240 Deanstones Lane, Queensbury, 240 allocated. Bradford, BD13 2AS Phone: 01274 882214 Email: [email protected] Website: www.qbury.com Mrs E Hart St Bede’s & St Joseph’s Catholic College VA 502 applicants. 290 2165 Key Stage 3 (years Cunliffe Road, Bradford BD8 7AP 265 feeder school/parish places. 7 – 9) are based at Phone: 01274 401500 25 faith places the site on Cunliffe Email: [email protected] (furthest distance 1.21 miles). Road and Key Stage Website: bedes.net 4 (years 10 – 13) Exec Head: Mr P Heitzman are at the site on Head: Mr C O’Donnell Highgate Road. The Holy Family Catholic School VA 193 applicants. 150 885 The school has a Spring Gardens Lane, Keighley BD20 6LH 20 feeder school/ parish places. designated specialist Phone: 01535 210212 1 faith place. provision for pupils Email: [email protected] 26 non-faith places (furthest with autism. distance 0.40 miles). Website : www.holyfamily.ngfl.ac.uk 3 allocated on exceptional Mr M Hings grounds. The Samuel Lister School Academy 104 applicants 180 694 Cottingley New Road, Bingley, BD16 1TZ 178 pupils allocated Phone: 01274 567281 Email: info@samuellister,co.uk Website: www.samuellister.co.uk Ms B Osbourne Thornton Grammar School Trust 324 applicants. 260 1515 Leaventhorpe Lane, Thornton, 133 allocated in priority area one. Bradford BD13 3BH 31 allocated in priority area two. Phone: 01274 881082 96 outside priority areas (furthest Email:[email protected] distance 1.65 miles) Website: www.tgsonline.co.uk Mr C Sampson Titus Salt School Community 370 applicants. 240 1458 Higher Coach Road , Baildon, 1 allocated on exceptional (10 extra Shipley BD17 5RH grounds. 181 allocated in priority places in Phone: 01274 258969 area. 2014) Email: [email protected] 68 allocated outside priority area Website: www.titussaltschool.co.uk (furthest distance 1.55 miles). Mr I Morrel Tong High School Trust 216 applicants. 270 1568 Westgate Hill Street, Bradford BD4 6NR 266 pupils allocated. Phone: 01274 681455 Email: [email protected] Website: www.tongschool.co.uk Mr S Curran University Academy Keighley Academy 134 applicants 180 661 Greenhead Road, Keighley BD20 6EB 143 pupils allocated. Phone: 01535 210333 Email: [email protected] Website: www.uak.org.uk Miss L Wallsgrove Apply online at www.bradford.gov.uk/admissions section three 41

List of secondary special schools in the Bradford Metropolitan District The special schools below provide for pupils with severe learning difficulties, profound and multiple learning difficulties and severe and complex autistic spectrum disorders. Oastler School provides for pupils with emotional, social and behavioural difficulties.

School Age of pupils (including address, phone number and name of headteacher)

Beechcliffe Special School 11 - 19 years Greenhead Road, Keighley BD20 6ED Tel: 01535 603041 Mrs P Pearson

Hazelbeck Special School 11 -19 years Wagon Lane, Bingley BD16 1EE Tel: 01274 777107 Mrs S Pierce

High Park School 3 -19 years Thorn Lane, Heaton, Bradford BD9 6RY Tel: 01274 696740 Mrs A Andrew

Oastler’s School Flockton Road, Bradford BD4 7RH 11 -19 years Tel: 01274 307456 Mrs L Brown

Southfield School 11 - 19 years Haycliffe Lane, Bradford BD5 9ET Tel: 01274 779662 Mr D Wall

Calderdale Council, Admissions Team, School and Children’s Services, Northgate House, Halifax HX1 1UN Tel: 01422 392696 The North Halifax Grammar School, Moorbottom Rd, Illingworth, Halifax HX2 9SU These are selective grammar schools. Closing date for The Crossley Heath School, Savile Park, Halifax, HX3 0HG applications is 12 September 2014. Hipperholme & Lightcliffe High School, Stoney Lane, Lightcliffe, Halifax HX3 8TL

Kirklees Metropolitan Council, Education Service, Oldgate House, 2 Oldgate, Huddersfield HD1 6QW Tel: 01484 225007

Leeds Council, Admissions, Merrion House, 110 Merrion Centre, Leeds LS2 8DR Tel: 0113 222 4414

Benton Park School, Harrogate Road, Rawdon, Leeds LS19 6LX

Guiseley School, Fieldhead Road, Guiseley, Leeds LS20 8DT This school traditionally serves pupils living in Menston.

Prince Henry’s Grammar School, Farnley Lane, Otley LS21 2BB

St Mary’s Catholic School, Bradford Road, Menston LS29 6AE

Priesthorpe School, Priesthorpe Lane, Farsley, Pudsey LS28 8SG

North Yorkshire County Council, Admissions Team, Harrogate Education Office, Ainsty Rd, Harrogate HG1 1XU Tel: 0845 0349420

Ermysted’s Boys Grammar School, Gargrave Road, Skipton BD23 1PL This is a selective grammar school for boys. All applications for selection tests must be put in writing to Craven Local Education Office. NB. The closing date was 15 August 2014

Skipton Girls’ High School, Gargrave Road, Skipton BD23 1QL  This is a selective grammar school for girls. Registration for the selection tests must be completed and returned to the school by 17 September 2014

South Craven School, Holme Lane, Cross Hills, Keighley BD20 7RL The school traditionally serves pupils living in Silsden, Eastburn and Steeton as well as the Craven district. 42 s e c t i o n four Maps showing secondary school priority admission areas The following schools include priority areas as part of their admission arrangements:-

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Buttershaw Business & Enterprise College 44 Parkside School 49

Carlton Bolling College 45 Queensbury School 50

Feversham College 45 The Samuel Lister Academy 50

Grange Technology College 46 Thornton Grammar School 51

Hanson School 46 Titus Salt School 51

Ilkley Grammar School 47 Tong High School 52

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