PROPOSED OVERSUBSCRIPTION CRITERIA FOR YEAR 7 – 2018/19

1. Places will be allocated to those children whose parents/carers have expressed a preference for that school by submission of an application form to their home Local Authority by 31 October 2017. If there are more preferences expressed than available places, they will be allocated in accordance with the following criteria in order of priority: Places will be offered firstly to Looked After Children and Previously Looked After Children. Applications made under this criterion must be accompanied by details of circumstance and professionally supported evidence (e.g. from a social worker).

To qualify for the highest priority, currently looked after and previously looked after children are defined as:

 children who are (a) in the care of a Local Authority, or (b) being provided with accommodation by a LA in the exercise of their social services functions in accordance with Section 22 of the Children Act 1989, at the time an application for a school is made.

 Previously looked after children who were looked after immediately prior to being adopted or who became subject to a child arrangement order under the Children and Families Act 2014, (previously known as a residence order) or a special guardianship order.

2. Children who have an exceptional medical or social need requiring attendance at Grey Court rather than any other school. Such needs must be supported, at the time of application, by reports or letters from suitable professionals such as GPs, consultants or social workers. Circumstances cannot be taken into account unless information is provided at the time of application and failure to provide such information at that stage may therefore affect whether or not the children are allocated places at the preferred schools. All information submitted will be regarded as confidential.

3. Children who have siblings (by which is meant full, step-, half- and adopted siblings living in the same household) at the school at the point of admission. 4. Children (by which is meant full, step-, half- and adopted siblings living in the same household) of staff directly employed by Grey Court School for two years or more before the admission application and at the point of admission.

5. Any other children on the basis of distance from home to Grey Court, measured by the shortest route by road and maintained footpath, from the middle (the “seed- point”) of their home, out of the front entrance, to the nearest pedestrian school gate used by the relevant year-group.

Notes:

Any offer of a place on the grounds of proximity is conditional on the child being resident at the address provided at the closing date for application. A business address, a childminder’s address, or any address other than the child’s permanent home will not be accepted. Proof of address will be sought and may be the subject of further investigation. Temporary addresses will not be used for the purpose of administering applications.

Student with a statement of special educational need that specifies Grey Court as the placement school will be allocated a place through a separate procedure, in accordance with the Special Educational Needs Code of Practice.

Any places subsequently refused will be re-offered, using the same method, to the priority area in which they were originally offered.

The Authority’s Pupil Placement Panel may make placements, over the admission number if the school is full, for children who are deemed to be ‘hard to place’.