Primary and Secondary Schools in

A parents’ guide to admissions 2016

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Dear Parent(s) Carer(s) This booklet has been prepared to help you apply for a place in a Slough nursery, infant, junior, primary or secondary school. It includes information about the application process for Reception and Year 7 (secondary transfer) in September 2016. For Reception and Year 7 applications for September 2016, you can apply online at www.slough.gov.uk/admissions. For Year 7 applications the website will be open from 1 September 2015 and for Reception applications it will open on the 1 September 2015. Schools and local authorities will be sharing information on applications, to ensure the admissions process runs as smoothly as possible for you and your child. If you need further assistance or advice, staff will be pleased to help you. They can be contacted by:

ç Emailing: [email protected] ç Telephoning: 01753 875728 Lines are open 10.00am - 5.30pm Wednesday and Friday ç Visiting: MyCouncil, Slough High Street Tuesday and Thursday 10.00am - 5.30pm ç Writing to: Admissions and Transport Team St Martins Place 51 Bath Road Slough SL1 3UF Finally I hope your child has a successful start to their primary or secondary education. Yours sincerely

Cllr. Pavitar Mann Robin Crofts Commissioner for Director of Education Education and Children

Apply online at www.slough.gov.uk/admissions 1 Slough Schools’ Charter for Parents and Carers - a charter for success; realising ambition for Slough children

Purpose We know that parental involvement with a child’s learning makes an important difference to the achievement for that child. The purpose of this charter is to describe shared expectations across all Slough schools for working together with parents, carers and families.

Vision We want every child in Slough to share values that contribute to a successful community. A successful child in Slough will become: • confident • creative • curious • resilient • able to handle challenge In order to promote successful learning for all Slough children, schools will work in partnership with parents, carers and families in a proactive way that values parental contributions and is mindful of the individual needs of families due to differing life circumstances.

Shared expectations of a successful learner Together we have identified a number of key expectations that we believe help children to succeed in learning. All schools in Slough share these expectations and they underpin our work with children and their families. A successful learner benefits from: • open, two-way communications between school and home • parents/carers and the school working in partnership to meet their individual needs • parents/carers who have high aspirations for them • full attendance and being punctual • parents/carers who are interested and involved in their child’s learning journey • parents/carers who support school expectations e.g. behaviour, homework, uniform • the chance to take part in a range of school and extra-curricular activities

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Page 15 Secondary transfer timetable 4 Childcare in Slough 15 What if I change my mind about my choice of school after 31 October 2015? 4 Cost of Childcare 15 Will my child go on a waiting list if they are not 4 Funded Early Learning for 2,3 and 4 year olds offered a place? 4 Where are funded Early Learning places 15 Grammar Schools available? 16 The Langley 4 What hours are available for 2, 3 and 4 year olds? 16 5 Who will pay for my child’s place? 17-30 Slough Secondary Schools 5 How do I choose and apply for a place for my child? General Information 5 If my child attends a nursery class in a school, 31 What are the dates of the school terms and will my child automatically transfer to the main holidays for 2015/2016 and 2016/2017 school? 32 Late applications 6 Explanation of terms 32 Changes of preference Primary Education 32 Can I appeal against a schools decision? 7 At what age must my child start school? 32 Can the offer of a place be withdrawn? 8 When should I apply for a place for my child? 33 School exclusions 9 How do I apply? 33 Applying for a school place after the normal time 10-12 Primary School List of admission? 12 Is there a limit to the number of children 33 Will my child be entitled to any assistance with admitted to infant classes? transport? 12 Will my child go on a waiting list, if they are not 33 Pupils from low income families offered a place? 34 Are pupils over 16 entitled to transport? 12 Can I defer my child’s entry to school? 34 Is my child entitled to free school meals? 12 Will my child transfer from infant to junior 34 Choice Advice school automatically? 12 Applications to other year groups and Junior School Admissions Arrangements schools Page 35-95 Secondary Education 13 At what age does my child start secondary Primary School Map school? Page 96-97 13 What types of school are there in Slough? 14 Can I choose the school my child attends? Secondary School Map 14 How do I apply? Page 98-99 14 Completing the form

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Childcare in Slough • Help may also be available from your employer, either directly or through a Childcare Voucher There is a range of childcare available across Slough. scheme. Childcare settings must be registered with Ofsted if For more information, contact the FIS or look at they work with children under 8 years old for more the Paying for Childcare website than 2 hours per day. Childcare settings for children www.payingforchildcare.org.uk/ aged eight and above or offered directly by a school do not have to be registered by Ofsted. However, the Funded Early Learning for 2, 3 and 4 year olds provider may chose to register on the voluntary part Children must attend school from the term after of the Ofsted Childcare Register. their 5th birthday but most Slough schools admit You can check to see if a childcare provider is children earlier than this. registered with Ofsted by asking to see the setting’s Funded Early Learning is available at a wide range registration certificate or by calling Slough Children of settings to all children, starting at the beginning and Young People’s Information Service on 01753 of the term after their 3rd birthday. Places are also 476589. Ofsted regularly inspects childcare settings available to some eligible 2 year olds starting in and you will find the reports of these inspections on September 2014. the Ofsted website (www.ofsted.gov.uk). For more information, contact the FIS. The types of childcare available in Slough include: Where are Funded Early Learning Places • Childminders available? • Day Nurseries and Pre-schools Parents may choose to access Funded Early • Children’s Centres Learning Places from a range of Early Years Providers across Slough, including: • Out of School Care which includes Breakfast, After-school and Holiday Clubs • Approved Childminders Most childcare is available during the day between 8 • Children’s Centres am and 6 pm but some providers offer care earlier or • Day Nurseries and Pre-schools later in the day. Some childminders offer a flexible service with earlier starts and later finishes, • Nursery Classes in Schools including evening and weekend care. • Nursery Schools For more information about childcare and to find • Private & Independent Nursery Schools details of providers in Slough, look at the Slough Services Guide, www.servicesguide.slough.gov.uk in These providers will all be approved by Slough Early the ‘For Family’ section under ‘Childcare’. Years Service and registered with Ofsted. You can also contact the Family Information Service The list of approved providers can be found on the (FIS) on 01753 476589 or [email protected] Slough Services Guide, www.servicesguide.slough.gov.uk in the ‘For Family’ Cost of Childcare section under ‘Education, Learning & Employment’ Childcare costs will vary according to the age of the / ‘Funded Early learning for 2, 3 and 4 year olds’. child and the number of hours used. Childcare Hard copies of the list are available from the FIS. providers will have their own fee structures and you should contact them for details. What hours are available for 2, 3 and 4 year olds? Parents using registered childcare may be eligible to All children, from the beginning of the term after get help with the costs of childcare: their 3rd birthday, and those eligible 2 year olds, from the beginning of the term after their 2nd • Depending on your income you may be eligible birthday, are entitled to up to 570 hours funded for a tax credit covering up to 70% of your early learning per year. childcare costs through the Childcare Element of the Working Tax Credit. For more information contact HMRC on 0845 300 3900.

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These hours can be taken as; • Applications can be made after the child’s 2nd birthday for possible admission in the term • 15 hours per week term time only (38 weeks a following the child’s 3rd birthday. year). This can be offered as 3 hours per day or flexibly over a minimum of 2 days a week • Most Early Years Settings admit children each term. between 8am and 6pm. • Parents may be asked for proof of identity and • Fewer hours a week over the whole year. address. Parents should discuss the hours they wish to book • Unsuccessful applicants will be considered with with the providers before accepting a place. the next batch of applicants. Providers will only be able to offer hours that fit in If my child attends a nursery class in a school, with the sessions that they operate and so parents will my child automatically transfer to the main may wish to talk to more than one provider before school? making a decision. No. If your child has a place in a nursery school or Who will pay for my child’s place? class they do not automatically transfer to the main There will be no cost to the parent for funded early school. You will need to apply for a place at the learning within the 570 hours described above. Any main school along with other parents who want additional hours will have to be paid for. their child to attend the school. More information on how to do this is in the following section of this How do I choose and apply for a place for my booklet starting on page 7. child? For more information about childcare in Slough All early years settings are different and so it is please contact the Family Information Service on important that you find one that feels right for you 01753 476589 or email [email protected]. and your child and that can offer you the hours you You can also find lists of childcare on need. www.servicesguide.slough.gov.uk Look through the list of available settings and Nursery schools decide which ones you may be interested in. For example, you may choose settings that are near to There are five nursery schools in Slough and there is your home or that you have heard about from a link below to their websites. friends or neighbours. You should contact the • Baylis Court Nursery settings that you are interested in to check if they www.bayliscourtnurseryschool.co.uk have a place available for your child. Arrange to visit with your child to see for yourself how the setting • Early Years Centre operates. During your visit, feel free to ask any www.chaveynurseryschool.co.uk questions you have; this may include asking about • Nursery School the admissions criteria. You may also wish to look at www.cippenhamnurseryschool.co.uk the latest Ofsted report about the setting; you can find a link to the report on the Slough Services • Lea Nursery School Guide. www.lea-nursery.slough.sch.uk Once you have decided which setting you are • Slough Centre Nursery School interested in you should complete the application www.sloughcentrenursery.co.uk form and return it to the setting. Each setting will have an Admissions Policy and will apply its own criteria to all applications. Please note the following: • Places in schools and nursery schools can only be offered to children resident in other Local Authorities once children resident in Slough have been offered a place and the Local Authority has approved the application.

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Explanation of Terms Admission Numbers/Planned Admission Catchment Area Number (PAN) The catchment area is the geographical area served This is the minimum number of pupils that a school by a school. Where there is a catchment area the is required to admit up to in the normal year of areas are shown on the map on pages 96 and 98. entry if the school is over-subscribed. The number is If you have any queries on catchment areas please calculated using a DfE (Department for Education) contact the Admissions and Transport Team. formula, which takes into consideration the number of pupils that can be accommodated safely into the Admissions and Transport Team 01753 875728 teaching space available. Schools must offer up to lines open 10.00am to 5.30pm Wednesday and the Admission Number and once reached, any Friday. further admissions would normally need to be Distance decided by an Independent Appeals Panel. Distance will be measured in a straight line from the Common Application Form front door of the child’s home address (including All parents must apply for a school place using the flats) to the main entrance of the school, using the Common Application Form (CAF). You must apply LA’s computerised measuring system, with those on the CAF issued by your home Local Authority. living closer to the school receiving the higher The CAF is also available online. priority.

For Secondary Transfer 1 September 2015 to Equal Preference Model 31 October 2015 Parents put their preferences on the CAF in rank order. All preferences listed by parents on the CAF For Windsor Middle 1 September 2015 to are considered using the over-subscription criteria and Upper 31 October 2015 for each school regardless of where they are ranked. (not available online) Where a pupil can be offered a place at more than For Reception Transfer 1 September 2015 to one school on the CAF, the offer will be to the 15 January 2016 highest ranked school. For Infant to Junior 1 September 2015 to Transfer 15 January 2016 Oversubscribed Schools Now available online at When there are more applications for places than www.slough.gov.uk/allocations the Schools Admission Number or the Planned Admission Number, the school is over-subscribed. The form will give parents the opportunity to state a Places are offered according to Slough Borough preference for up to six schools in Secondary Council’s or the school’s admission criteria, full Transfer and up to three schools in Reception details of which are on pages 35-95. Transfer. Co-ordinated Admission Scheme If you are a Slough resident and you wish to apply to All parents living in Slough apply for a school any other school outside the Slough area, you must through the Co-ordinated Admissions Scheme. This use the CAF you have received from Slough scheme requires agreement of a joint admissions Borough Council. Other local authorities will not timetable, completion of a single application form, accept requests for application forms. sharing of information between Slough and other Local Authorities, also Foundation and Voluntary Additional/Supplementary Forms Aided Schools and Academies. At the end of the All parents who list their preferred schools on the process a single letter offering a place will be sent to local authority’s CAF are regarded as having made all parents who have applied for a place. valid applications. An additional or supplementary form may also have to be completed for applicants Academies, Foundation Schools and Voluntary considered under faith criteria of faith schools, for Aided Schools may still set and apply their own boarding schools and for selective schools. over-subscription criteria, but this will be administered within the Co-ordinated Scheme Supplementary forms should be returned to the agreed by Slough Local Authority. school requesting the information.

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Siblings At what age must my child start school? Children are considered as siblings if they have Fifth Birthday Your child must start brothers or sisters including step, adopted or foster school no later than: brothers or sisters living in the same family unit and 1 September 2015 The start of the Spring attending the school at the time the child is due to - 31 December 2015 term 2016 start the school. *Please note that this does not apply if the older brother or sister joined the school 1 January 2016 - The start of the Summer at sixth form level, or if the older child is in year 11 31 March 2016 term 2016 at the time of application. 1 April 2016 - The start of the Autumn 31 August 2016 term 2016 *Please check individual schools criteria. 1 September 2016 - The start of the Spring Parents/Family Members 31 December 2016 term 2017 A parent is any person who has parental 1 January 2017 - The start of the Summer responsibility for or is the legal guardian of the 31 March 2017 term 2017 child. 1 April 2017 - The start of the Autumn Strong medical or social grounds for 31 August 2017 term 2017 admissions If you want us to consider your child for a place at a What types of primary schools are there in school under this category (c), you must include Slough? supporting evidence from an independent There are 31 primary, infant and junior schools in professional person who is aware of the situation Slough. Of these five are Community schools, seven and supports your reasons. are Voluntary Aided, two are Foundation, one is Voluntary Controlled, 14 are Academies and one A panel including educational professionals (for Free school. The five Community schools and the Community and Voluntary Controlled schools) or two Voluntary Controlled schools follow Slough governors (for Foundation, Voluntary Aided and Borough Council’s admission policy. The Governors Academies) will decide which children will be of Foundation and Voluntary Aided schools are considered under this category before we make any responsible for their admission policy. Free schools allocations. We will not consider your application and Academies admission policies are set by their if you do not provide written independent Trust. evidence as we are not able to collect evidence on your behalf. In Slough your child will attend a primary school between the ages of four or five to eleven or an Looked After Children infant school from four or five to seven and a junior A ‘looked after child’ is a child who is (a) in the care school from seven to eleven. Infant and junior of a local authority, or (b) being provided with schools are often located on the same site but have accommodation by a local authority. This also different head teachers and governing bodies. All includes previously looked after children who schools admit boys and girls (co-educational). ceased to be looked after due to adoption, residence or a special guardianship order. Admissions Arrangements Multiple Births The Admissions and Access Team deal with admissions to Reception on behalf of Slough Places will be offered according to the over- Borough Council. subscription criteria for the schools requested. In the event that it is possible to offer a place to one child and not the other(s) we will work with the parents/carer to find the best solution for them and their children. In most cases the place would be allocated using Random Allocation.

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Before you decide on your preferences, it is • If your child meets the admission criteria for more important that you take into consideration some than one school, we will look at your ranked changes that have been made to the admissions order of preference and we will offer you a place arrangements. at the school that you have shown as the highest • There are some changes to the admissions criteria ranked preference. for some schools. Please see pages 35 to 95 for the • This process has made applying for a school place up to date admissions policies. easier for parents. In the past, some children have • There is a co-ordinated admissions scheme. This been offered places at several schools, where scheme includes a joint admissions timetable, the parents were able to make multiple applications, completion of one single application form, whilst at the same time other children have had to sharing of information between the Local wait for a place to become available. The co- Authority (LA) and schools, and other LAs, at the ordinated system will take away this uncertainty. end of the process, and a single letter offering a • The CAF is available from the Admissions and place. Foundation and VA schools are all part of Transport Team and from schools and the LA co-ordinated admissions scheme but will nurseries. The form must be completed and use their own over-subscription criteria for each returned to the Admissions and Transport application. (See page 35 to 95 for VA and Team by the closing date of 15 January 2016. Foundation schools’ admissions criteria). Alternatively the CAF can be returned to the • Parents will be asked to express a preference by nursery school who will forward it to the completing a Common Application Form (CAF). Admissions and Transport Team after they Parents and carers can list the names of up to have seen your child’s birth certificate and three schools that they are interested in and give proof of address. reasons for each preference listed. When should I apply for a place for my child? When completing the form please consider the If your child will reach the age of five between points below carefully: 1 September 2016 and 31 August 2017, you must • It is important that you state three preferences so complete a CAF to apply for a place at any school. that we know which schools you are interested in. The CAF is to apply for a place in Reception only. If you are applying for a place in junior school or any • If you put the same school more than once it does other year group, please contact the admissions not increase your chances of securing a place at team for the appropriate form. that school. Details of how to complete the CAF are set out on • You do not have a right to choose which school page 9. Once the closing date is reached the your child will go to. You only have a right to Admissions and Transport Team, together with the express a preference for a school. We will try as Governing Bodies of the Foundation Schools and far as reasonably possible to satisfy that preference Voluntary Aided schools and Academies in Slough but this will depend on the demand for a place at will begin to process the applications. We will send that school. If the school is over-subscribed, the you an offer letter letting you know the outcome of admissions criteria listed on pages 35 to 95 will your application. be used to work out which pupils will be offered places. • All schools in Slough have an equal - preference system for admissions. This means that they consider all applications equally against their admissions criteria and, for example, an application from a parent who has given a school as their third ranked preference is treated initially in the same way as an application where the school is shown as the first preference. Schools that rank their own applications are not told by the LA what position they are placed on the CAF.

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You can apply online The first section requests some personal details The online system opens for Reception about your child and contact details for you as application from 1 September 2015 and closes at parents and guardian/carers. Some of the midnight on the 15 January 2016. information given in this section will need to be verified by the Admissions and Transport Team Important dates to remember before your application can proceed. This Closing date for online and particularly applies to your child’s date of birth and paper applications: 15 January 2016 home address. We need to know your child’s date of Parents informed of birth to ensure that they are the correct age to start decision by letter sent on: 16 April 2016 school. *As this falls on a weekend, letters will be posted on 18/4/15 You must supply a copy of the child’s birth Parents accept or decline certificate, or the Admissions and Transport place by: 29 April 2016 Team are happy to sight the original at the time Closing date for Community of application. PLEASE DO NOT SEND and Voluntary Controlled ORIGINALS IN THE POST FOR SECURITY school appeals: 12 May 2016 REASONS. Closing date for Foundation and Voluntary Aided school In order to verify the address, we request that you appeals: 12 May 2016 send a copy of a current Council Tax statement. The LA may request additional proof in certain How do I apply? circumstances. We will write to you and let you know if this is the case. Slough Borough Council Parents generally prefer their children to attend a reserves the right to withdraw the offer of a place if school close to home especially when they are false or deliberately misleading information is given young. Most schools serve a catchment area. For and a place is offered on the basis of that Community, Voluntary Controlled schools and information. Foundation schools and Academies the approximate areas are shown on pages 96 and 97 of this booklet. The second section asks you to list all the schools If you are unsure about which school is the that you are interested in applying to, in the order catchment school for your home address, the that you would like to be offered. This section will Admissions and Transport Team will be able to help also ask you to tell us about other children you may you. have in the school you are applying for. You must The Common Application Form (CAF) also tell us if your child has a Statement of Special Educational Needs or if they are Looked After (in All applications for a place in Reception must be the care of the Local Authority). made on a CAF. Forms are available from the If you are applying to a particular school because of Admissions and Transport Team, from the schools strong social or strong medical grounds, these and nurseries. Completed forms must be returned to reasons must have supporting evidence from the either the school, nursery or the Admissions and relevant professional, i.e. Doctor or Social Worker; Transport Team by the closing date of 15 January this will also need to be given in by the closing date 2016. of 15 January 2016. The CAF is made up of three sections. It is The third section asks you to sign and date your important that you complete all sections. application. The Admissions and Access Team is available to give advice to parents. Tel: 01753 875728 opening times 10.00am to 5.30pm Wednesday and Friday Email: [email protected] Visitors to MyCouncil, High Street, Slough on Tuesday and Thursday 10.00am to 5.30pm

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Key to the school list C Community, CE Church of , F Foundation, NOR Number on roll (Jan 2015 Excluding Nursery), PTP Part Time Places, RC Roman Catholic, PAN Published Admission Number, VA Voluntary Aided, VC Voluntary Controlled, A Academy.

SCHOOL TYPE NOR PAN ADDRESS TELEPHONE NAME CASTLEVIEW A 610 60 Woodstock Avenue, 01753 810615 Mrs Clare Beynon Primary Slough SL3 7LJ Fax 810851 (Nursery Class) 52ptp email: [email protected] CIPPENHAM A 270 90 Dennis Way, Slough, 01628 604732 Clare Lambourne & Infant SL1 5JP Fax 669518 Stephanie Holding Co-headship email: [email protected] CIPPENHAM A 780 60 Elmshott Lane, Slough, 01628 604665 Mrs Nicky Willis Primary 150 SL1 5RB Fax 660696 year 3 email: [email protected] CLAYCOTS C 874 120 Monksfield Way 01753 521215 Mr G Morris Primary (Nursery Class) Slough, SL2 1QX Fax 01753 512974 Executive Head 104ptp Mr J Meek Associate Head email: [email protected] CLAYCOTS C 382 120 Town Hall, Bath Road, 01753 531415 Mr G Morris Town Hall 78ptp Slough, SL1 3UQ Executive Head Ms R Whitlock Associate Head email: [email protected] A 184 30 High Street, Colnbrook, 01753 683661 Mrs Susan Marsh CE Primary Slough, SL3 0JZ Fax 689302 Headteacher (Nursery Class) 52ptp email: [email protected] FOXBOROUGH C 424 60 Common Road, Langley, 01753 546376 Mrs M Hernández Estrada Primary (Nursery Class) Slough, SL3 8TX Fax 594111 Executive Head Hearing Impaired 52ptp Resource Base email: [email protected] GODOLPHIN A 360 120 Warrington Avenue, 01753 521888 Ms Lucy Somner Infant Slough, SL1 3BQ Fax 571359 Headteacher email: [email protected] GODOLPHIN A 388 90 Oatlands Drive, 01753 521481 Miss C Singh Junior Slough, SL1 3HS Fax 552630 Acting Head email: [email protected] HOLY FAMILY VA 429 60 High Street, Langley, 01753 541442 Mrs Sara Benn Catholic Primary School Slough, SL3 8NF Fax 549721 (Nursery Class) 52ptp email: school.admin@ holyfamilycatholicschool.org.uk IQRA SLOUGH VA 620 90 Fernside, off 01753 520018 Mr. N. Anwar ISLAMIC PRIMARY Road, Slough SL2 5FF Fax 824457 SCHOOL Admissions email: [email protected] JAMES ELLIMAN A 725 120 Elliman Avenue, Slough, 01753 810686 Miss S Rasheed Academy SL2 5BA Fax 790816 Interim Principle (Nursery Class) 104ptp email: [email protected] KHALSA VA 419 60 Wexham Road, Slough 01753 823501 Ms Mandy Johannson Primary school SL2 5QR Fax 522055 (Nursery Class) 52ptp email: [email protected]

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LANGLEY HALL A 728 104 Lower School 01753 580516 Mrs S Eaton PRIMARY ACADEMY St Mary’s Road, Langley email: [email protected] Slough SL3 6BZ Upper School (main site) Station Road, Langley Slough SL3 8GW LYNCH HILL SCHOOL A 840 120 Garrard Road, Slough, 01753 524170 Mrs G Coffey OBE Primary Academy SL2 2AN Executive Head web: www.lhsprimaryacademy.org.uk (Nursery Class) 120ptp email: [email protected] MARISH A 724 90 Swabey Road, Slough, 01753 819900 Gill Denham Primary SL3 8NZ Fax 818996 Head and A Marish Academy 104ptp Executive Head Trust School email: [email protected] (Nursery class) MONTEM A 792 120 Chalvey Grove, Slough, Tel: 01753 528050 Ms Ann Probert Academy SL1 2TE Principal (Nursery Class) 104ptp email: [email protected] OUR LADY OF PEACE VA 356 90 Derwent Drive, Slough, 01628 661886 Mrs Jean O’Keeffe Catholic Infant SL1 6HW Fax 660130 and Nursery 60ptp email: [email protected] OUR LADY OF PEACE VA 357 90 Derwent Drive, Slough, 01628 666715 Mrs Jean O’Keeffe Catholic Junior SL1 6HW Fax 01628 666950 email: [email protected] PARLAUNT PARK A 549 90 Kennett Road, Slough, 01753 542269 Ms J Sweeney Primary SL3 8EQ Fax 670127 (Nursery Class) 52ptp email: [email protected] PENN WOOD C 561 120 Penn Road, Slough, 01753 521811 Mrs Jane Girle Primary SL2 1PH Fax 536052 (Nursery Class) 104ptp email: [email protected] PIPPINS F 210 27 Raymond Close, 01753 682937 Mrs Tracy Ball Primary Rodney Way, Colnbrook, Fax 685549 (Nursery Class) 26ptp Slough, SL3 0PR email: [email protected] PRIORY F 780 120 Orchard Avenue, Slough, 01628 600300 Mrs J Laver Primary SL1 6HE (Nursery Class) 60ptp email: [email protected] RYVERS A 626 90 Trelawney Avenue, 01753 544474 Miss A Fell Primary Slough, SL3 7TS Fax 594064 (Nursery Class) 78ptp email: [email protected] ST. ANTHONY’S VA 570 90 Farnham Road, Slough, 01753 645828 Mrs M Stacey Catholic Primary School SL2 3AA Fax 645011 and Nursery 60ptp email: [email protected] ST. ETHELBERT’S VA 420 60 Wexham Road, Slough, 01753 522048 Mrs S Catholic Primary School SL2 5QR Fax 552613 Murphy-Dutton and Nursery 52ptp email: [email protected] ST. MARY’S CE VC 562 60 Yew Tree Road, Slough, 01753 534791 Mrs R Cross Primary SL1 2AR Fax 512452 (Nursery Class) 52ptp email: [email protected] THE LANGLEY A 0 90 Langley Road, Slough, 01753 214450 Mrs Tracey Bowen ACADEMY PRIMARY SL3 7EF email: [email protected]

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WESTERN HOUSE A 570 90 Richards Way, 01753 526326 Mrs H Badcock ACADEMY Cippenham, Slough Fax 574109 Principal (Nursery Class) 90ptp SL1 5TJ email: whaoffice@the parkfederation.org WEXHAM COURT C 649 90 Church Lane, Wexham, 01753 524989 Miss Navroop Mehat Primary Slough, SL3 6LU 01753 524533 (Nursery Class) 78ptp email: [email protected] WILLOW PRIMARY A 60 Fernside, Slough, 01753 551854 Mrs G Denham SCHOOL SL2 5FF Fax 01753 574388 Executive Head A Marish Academy 394 52ptp email: [email protected] Trust School

Is there a limit to the number of children If you wish to defer beyond these dates, the place admitted to infant classes? will be not be held for your child and a new application will have to be made for the school. Yes. The law says that Key Stage 1 pupils (Reception, year 1 and year 2 age 4 to 7) should be Will my child transfer from infant to junior in classes of no more than 30, schools can refuse to school automatically? take a child in if that child will bring the number to No. You will need to complete an in-year application over 30 in a class. You still have the right to appeal, form. however, you should be aware that the law strictly limits the powers of appeal panels to uphold Applications to other year groups and Junior appeals at Key Stage 1. Schools Will my child go on a waiting list if they are 1 Application to reception - complete a CAF or not offered a place? apply online. Applications can be made from 1 September 2015 until 15 January 2016. You If you have not been allocated your highest must include any schools outside of Slough preference you will automatically be added to the Borough Council that you are applying for. waiting list for all your higher preferences. Waiting lists are passed over to the schools to maintain at the 2 Application from infant to junior - Complete beginning of the Summer. online at www.slough.gov.uk/admissions. The online portal opens from 1 September 2015 and Can I defer my child’s entry to school? close 15 January 2016. You must include any If your child has not reached compulsory school schools outside of Slough Borough Council that age, you can request that the date your child is you are applying for. Please check schools are admitted to school is deferred until later in the same part of this phased transfer. Not all primary school year or until your child reaches compulsory schools have an additional Year 3 intake. school age in that school year and, you can request 3 Application for all other primary year that your child takes up the place part-time until the groups - complete a lilac in-year primary child reaches compulsory school age. You would not transfer form. Applications are processed be allowed to defer entry beyond the beginning of throughout the academic year. the term after your child’s fifth birthday, nor beyond the academic year for which the original application was accepted.

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At what age does my child start secondary What types of school are there in Slough? school? There is a brief summary overleaf. If you would like In Slough children transfer school when they are your child to attend any of the schools listed below, eleven. If your child is eleven between 1 September you should list them in order of preference on your 2015 and 31 August 2016 they will start secondary CAF. school in September 2016.

NAME TYPE GENDER PAN NUMBER OF INFORMATION ON 2015 APPLICATIONS 2014 ENTRY 2014 ALLOCATION Baylis Court Academy Girls 160 471 Allocated to all SEN, Looked After, 10% and Siblings, Remaining places allocated randomly. Beechwood Community Boys and Girls 150 461 Catchment, sibling feeder School link to a distance of 3.209m. Late applications added to waiting list. Ditton Park Academy Academy/ Boys and Girls 180 147 All timely applications Free School allocated Eden Girls’ School Academy/ Girls 100 N/A All applicants allocated Free School Herschel Grammar Academy Boys and Girls 120 1049 Rank score cut off: 114 Distance cut off: 8.635m. Langley Grammar Academy Boys and Girls 150 1115 Rank score cut off: 122. School The Langley Academy Boys and Girls 180 794 20 nearest to the school Academy allocated from each band. Lynch Hill Enterprise Academy/ Boys and Girls 120 137 All timely applications Academy Free School allocated. St Bernard’s Catholic Catholic Boys and Girls 120 691 Please contact the school for Grammar School Voluntary Aided details of 2015 allocation. Grammar School St. Joseph’s Catholic Catholic Boys and Girls 135 365 Please contact the school for High School Voluntary Aided details of 2015 allocation. High School Slough and Eton Academy Boys and Girls 180 609 All timely catchment, sibling, Business and feeder and some distance to Enterprise College 1.558m. Upton Court Academy Boys and Girls 145 1072 Rank score cut off: 116 Grammar Distance cut off: 13.1m. The Westgate Academy Boys and Girls 180 811 All timely trust schools in catchment and some catchment up to a distance of 1.250m. Wexham Community Boys and Girls 140 495 All timely catchment, School siblings, feeder school and some by distance of 4.076m.

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Can I choose the school my child attends? Completing the Form By law parents are allowed to indicate which school When completing the form please consider the they wish their child to attend and the Local points below carefully: Authority (LA) has a duty to meet this request if • Where you rank each school is confidential. We possible, but each school has a limited number of will not tell any school how you have ranked them places available. The number for each school for before we complete allocating all the places. September 2016 is as shown on page 13. If there are more applications than there are places available • The process works as if you have made up to six then it is not possible to provide a place for all those separate applications to the schools you have who apply. listed. Your chance of getting each one depends on the over-subscription criteria for the school and We will do everything possible to ensure that not on where you have ranked them on the list. parents are offered a place at one of the schools ranked on their CAF, but please do consider the • You should rank your most preferred school points below carefully. highest. If you would prefer a grammar school, you should place grammar schools highest on 1 Please ensure your application is received by your preference list. This will ensure that if we can the closing date of 31 October 2015. offer a grammar school, it will have priority over 2 All preferences listed on the CAF will be the non-selective schools that might also be able considered using the over-subscription criteria to offer a place. for each school. • If you rank a non-selective school higher than a 3 If more than one school can be offered, then a grammar school, we will offer a place at that non- place will be given at the school ranked selective school if we can, even if your child has highest on the CAF. Therefore, parents are passed the 11+. advised to rank the schools in order of • Do not rank the same school more than once. It preference. does not increase your chances. How do I apply? • It is important that you consider the likelihood of By completing the online CAF available at obtaining a place at a school that has been over- www.slough.gov.uk/admissions. Online subscribed in the past, particularly if you do not applications can be made from 1 September live in the catchment area of the school. If we are 2015. unable to offer you a place at any of the schools listed as a preference we will offer a Parents who live outside of Slough should get a place at the nearest school with a vacancy. In CAF from their home authority, even if their the past this has not always been a Slough child is attending a Slough primary school. Borough Council maintained school. Parents are advised to contact their home authority for a form as soon as possible or apply Home address on their home authority’s online admissions The address you give on the form must be your website. permanent address on the closing date. You may be You must state on this form all the schools you wish asked for proof of this address. to apply for, including Grammar schools and If we offer a place at a school, and then discover schools outside of the Slough area. that the offer was made on fraudulent or misleading information, (for example, a false claim to living in a catchment area) and this denied a place to a child with a stronger claim, we will withdraw the offer of a place. We can withdraw the offer even after your child has started at a new school.

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Secondary transfer timetable If your letter arrives after 31 October 2015, we will only consider your request after all other 2015 applications and requests, which arrived by the May and 11+ Registration forms open/closes. closing date. Online applicants can make changes June anytime up to the closing date. September 1 - Admissions open, applications can be made Will my child go on a waiting list if they are online Saturday 12 September 2015 not offered a place? 11+ sat for all children at one of the four Your child’s name will be held on a waiting list for grammar test centres. Community schools and The Westgate School, October w/c 19 - Consortium Grammar schools send 11+ which is an academy school. results to parents 31 - Closing date for CAF; paper and online. Baylis Court Girls School, The Langley Academy, St. November During November and December we will share Joseph’s and the Grammar School Consortium will to information with other LA’s, Foundation, manage their own waiting lists and notify the December Academies and Voluntary Aided schools Admissions and Transport Team of any places regarding applications. offered. 2016 Other authorities such as and January to During January and February we will share Windsor and Maidenhead will have details about February information with other LA’s, Foundation, their schools waiting lists. Academies and Voluntary Aided schools regarding offers. Grammar schools March 1 - National Offer Day. Email sent to all online applicants after 1pm; letters posted for non- The consortium Grammar school will let parents online applicants on 1 March 2016. know the results of the 11+ test when they are April Closing date to appeal. available week commencing 19 October 2015. This is before the closing date for the Common May Transfer appeal start. Application Form. If your child has met the required April to All late applications and late change of mark of 111 to be considered for a grammar school, September preferences are processed. you will need to rank the grammar school in order of preference on the CAF. If your child has not met What if I change my mind about my choice the mark and you wish to appeal against this of school after 31 October 2015? decision you will still have to include at least one Once you have made your preferences you will of the grammar schools on your CAF. not be allowed to change them without genuine Herschel Grammar: Please check the admissions reasons for doing so, for example, if you have criteria on page 77. Herschel’s intake number is 120; recently moved address. they will now admit the first 70 according to rank Any changes must be made in writing giving full order in the 11+ test and the remaining 50 by reasons for the changes. proximity - straight line distance from home to school. Any request for changes to preference or rank received before 31 October 2015 will be considered Upton Court Grammar: Upton Court’s intake as timely. number is 145; they will now admit the first 15 pupils who are currently, or have been eligible Please write to: within the previous six years, for free school meals Admissions and Transport Team (pupil premium), the next 100 pupils by rank order Slough Borough Council, St Martins Place, in the 11+ test, and the remaining 30 by proximity - 51 Bath Road, Slough, SL1 3UF straight line distance from home to school.

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Langley Grammar: Please check the admissions Baylis Court School criteria on page 80. Langley Grammars intake Please check the admissions criteria on page 71 for number is 150; if the school is over subscribed, Baylis Court School. Baylis Court’s intake number is priority will be given to applicants living in the 160, the school will now admit according to their schools admission area. new criteria as follows: (1) Children in public care; St. Bernards RC Grammar: Please check the (2) Special needs; (3) Specialist Arts College Places - schools admissions criteria on page 87. St. Bernard’s 10%; (4) children of staff at the school; (5) twins intake number is 120; please ensure you complete and same year siblings. If the school is all the Supplementary Forms (Form A and Form B), oversubscribed a random electronic allocation failure to do so will affect the schools ability to system will be used to decide which of the children allocate a place to your child if they reach the should be offered the remaining places. The use of qualifying mark. random allocation will be independently monitored. The Langley Academy Applicants who wish to audition for a Specialist Arts place must complete an application form, which will Applicants applying for The Langley Academy will be available from the school and return to the school need to sit a NFER Non Verbal Reasoning test. The by 3pm Friday 23 September 2015. Auditions will Langley Academy must be named on your CAF in be held at the school on Saturday 8 October 2015, preference ranking order. You will need to register applicants will be notified of the outcome before the to sit the test. Registration forms are available closing date for the CAF. If your child is not from The Langley Academy. The Langley Academy successful for an Arts place they will still go into the will send full details to all applicants that register to random selection process. sit the test giving details of testing procedures, dates and times. The mark from the test will be used to place your child in one of the 9 bands. There is no pass mark and all children will be placed in a band and considered for a place. Banding: This is a system of over-subscription criteria in which all children applying for a place at a banding school are placed into bands based on their performance in a test or other assessment. Places are then allocated so that the schools intake reflects the ability profile of those children applying to the school.

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Baylis Court School

KEY INFORMATION 11-18 NOR (Jan’15): 901 Planned Admission: 160 Uniform Academy Girls Secondary School

Address: Admissions: Gloucester Avenue If there are more applicants than spaces, Slough a random electronic system will be used. SL1 3AH Specialist Arts College Places Telephone: The school will accept up to 10% of 01753 531760 Fax 01753 553719 pupils on the basis of aptitude for dance, music and/or drama. Applicants who Email: wish to be considered under this category [email protected] must submit an application form to the school by 3pm on Friday 23 September Website: 2015. Auditions on Saturday 8 October www.bayliscourt.slough.sch.uk 2015.

Headteacher: Open Evening: Mrs Deborah Ajose Monday, 14 September 2015 6.00pm to 8.00pm School hours: Monday - Friday Open Mornings: 8.20am - 3.00pm Monday, 21 September 2015 Lunch 9.40am to 10.30am 1.10pm - 2.00pm Tuesday, 22 September 2015 9.40am to 10.30am (By appointment only)

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Beechwood School

KEY INFORMATION

11-18 NOR (Jan’14): 859 Planned Admission: 150 Uniform Community School Co-educational Comprehensive

Address: Admissions: Long Readings Lane If there are more applicants than places, Slough places will be offered using the SL2 1QE admissions criteria on page 70. The following schools are linked to Telephone: Beechwood: 01753 520473 Fax: 01753 759618 Email: Claycots Primary [email protected] Godolphin Junior James Elliman Primary Executive Headteacher: Lynch Hill Primary Miss Kathleen Higgins Priory Primary Penn Wood Primary School hours: 8.40am - 3.10pm Open Evening: Thursday 17 September 2015, 6.30pm - 8.30pm

Visits: The school welcomes visits during the school day. Please contact the school for further information.

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Ditton Park Academy

KEY INFORMATION

11-18 Planned Admissions: 180 Uniform Co-educational Academy/Free School

Address: Open Day/Evening: Temporary Site 2015-2016 Thursday 24 September 2015 Wellington Street 4pm-8pm Slough Friday 25 September 2015 9am-11am SL1 1YG Saturday 26 September 2015 10am-12 noon Email: [email protected] Tours will be conducted on a Thursday morning at 9am. Please ring to arrange Principal: an appointment. Mr Nick Caulfield

School hours: Monday to Thursday 8.30am-3.40pm Friday 8.30am-1.30pm

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Eden Girls’ School

KEY INFORMATION

11-18 Planned Admission: 100 Uniform Academy Girls Free School

Address: Admissions: 117-119 Whitby Road If the school is oversubscribed, the Slough school will admit girls in accordance SL1 3DR with the oversubscription criteria on page ? once all girls with a statement of Telephone: special educational needs or education, 07774 563212 (Temporary) health and care plan, naming the school, Email: have been admitted. [email protected] Eden Girls’ School, Slough will consider Website: all applications equally without reference www.edengirlsslough.com to faith.

Principal: Open Evening: Mr Karim Murcia Thursday 8 October 2015 5pm-8pm School hours: Monday to Thurday Open Morning: 8.00am-3.00pm By appointment: Friday Friday 9 October 2015 8.00am-11.55am 10am-11am Monday 12 October 2015 10am-11am

Please contact the school to book a place on one of our open mornings.

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Herschel Grammar School

KEY INFORMATION

11-18 NOR (Jan’15): 906 Planned Admission: 120 Uniform Academy/Leading Edge School Co-educational Grammar Technology, Science, Mathematics and Computing Specialist

Address: Admissions: Northampton Avenue This Grammar school with academy Slough status serves Slough and the surrounding SL1 3BW area. Admission is subject to successful performance in the 11+ entry tests. Tests Telephone: will take place on Saturday 12 September 01753 520950 Fax: 01753 530984 2015. Please contact the school or visit the schools website for further Email: information. [email protected] Open Evening: Website: Monday 21 September 2015 www.herschel.slough.sch.uk 5.00pm - 8.00pm.

Headteacher: School Tours: Ms Joanne Rockall Please see the admissions page on the school website for dates and times. School hours: 8.25am-1.05pm, 1.40pm-2.50pm

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Langley Grammar School

KEY INFORMATION

11-18 NOR (Jan’15): 1078 Planned Admissions: 150 Uniform Co-educational Grammar with Academy Status National Teaching School National Support School

Address: Admissions: Reddington Drive serves Slough and Langley the surrounding area. Admission is subject SL3 7QS to successful performance in the 11+ entry tests. Tests will take place on Saturday 12 Telephone: September 2015. 01753 598300 Fax: 01753 598302 Open Evenings: Email: Tuesday 22 September 2015, [email protected] 3.30pm - 8.00pm Website: Open Mornings: www.lgs.slough.sch.uk Wednesday 7 October 2015 Further information and admissions details are available from the school website. Open Mornings begin promptly at 9.15am with a presentation from the Headteacher, followed Headteacher: by tours of the school concluding at 11.00am. Mr John Constable BSc It is important to attend the whole session and School hours: visitors are asked to arrive no later than 9.10am. Monday to Friday 8.20am - 3.15pm Lunch 1.10pm - 2.05pm

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The Langley Academy

KEY INFORMATION

11-18 NOR (Jan’14): 1,190 Planned Admissions: 180 250 in Sixth Form Uniform Co-educational Academy

Address: Admissions: The Langley Academy The Academy will operate a banding system to Langley Road ensure that the intake reflects all levels of Slough ability. Children will sit an NFER test which Berkshire uses non verbal reasoning. It is not an SL3 7EF intelligence test and it does not test the child’s ability in either English or Maths. There is Telephone: nothing new for students to learn. There is no 01753 2144400121 262 6091 Fax: 0121 262 pass mark for this test; it allows us to put students into ability bands. Places will be Email: allocated as detailed in The Langley Academy [email protected] admissions policy which can be viewed Website: towards the end of this booklet in the school www.langleyacademy.org admissions arrangement section. Alternatively refer to the Academy website. Principal: Closing date for you to register for the test is Mr Rhodri Bryant 31 October 2015. Test will be sat at The Academy hours: Langley Academy on Saturday 14 November 2015. Monday, Tuesday and Thursday 8.20am - 3.40pm Opening Evening: Wednesday Wednesday 23 September 2015, 8.20am - 2.50pm 4.00pm - 8.00pm Friday Talks: 4.30pm, 6.00pm and 7.15pm 8.20am - 1.20pm (no tours after 7.15pm talk) Open Mornings: 8.30am - 10.00am By Appointment on 01753 214485 Thursday 1 and 8 October 2015 Tuesday 6 and 13 October 2015 You will need to register to sit the NFER non- verbal reasoning test. Registration forms available from The Langley Academy. Closing date for registration is 31 October 2015. All students will take the test at The Langley Academy site and will need to attach a recent passport photograph for student identification. Apply online at www.slough.gov.uk/admissions 23 Secondary Education

Lynch Hill Enterprise Academy

KEY INFORMATION

11-18 NOR (Sept’15): 160 Planned Admissions: 120 Uniform Academy Mixed Secondary School Specialist Enterprise and STEM School

Address: Admissions Stoke Road If there are more applicants than places, the Slough Academy will use the admissions criteria SL2 5AY listed in the admissions policy.

Telephone: Enterprise and STEM 01753 691583 The Academy develops young people for future success at university, training and for Email: the world of work. Students will develop [email protected] problem solving skills, creative thinking and leadership. Skills through the STEM Website: curriculum science, technology, engineering www.lhea.org.uk and maths.

Executive Headteacher: Open Evening: Mrs G Coffey OBE Tuesday 22 September 2015, 6.00-8.00pm Headteacher: Ms Jane Everton (M.A.) Open Morning: The Academy welcomes visits from parents School hours: and students throughout the academic year. Monday 8.30am-3.35pm Should parents wish to visit the school, Tuesday 8.30am-4.30pm please contact the school office to make an Wednesday 8.30am-3.35pm appointment. Thursday 8.30am-3.35pm Friday 8.30am-2.50pm

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St Bernard’s Catholic Grammar School

KEY INFORMATION

11-18 NOR (May’15): 872 Planned Admissions: 120 Uniform Voluntary Aided Catholic School Co-educational Grammar

Address: Admissions: 1 Langley Road This school is a Voluntary Aided Catholic Slough Co-Educational Grammar school. SL3 7AF Admission is subject to successful performance in the 11+ entry tests. Priority Telephone: is given to baptised Roman Catholics with a Admission: 01753 695072 Priest’s reference. Please contact the school Fax: 01753 576919 or the school’s website for a copy of the full Main: 01753 527020 admission’s criteria.

Email: Open Evening: [email protected] Information Evening - invitation for parents only Website: Wednesday 30 September 2015, 8.00pm www.st-bernards.slough.sch.uk Tours of the school - invitation for parents and children Headteacher: Tuesday 6 October 2015, Mr M Stimpson (MA) Wednesday 7 October 2015, Thursday 8 October 2015, School hours: All tours start at 9.15am prompt. 8.35am - 1.05pm, 2.05pm - 3.30pm

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St Joseph’s Catholic High School

KEY INFORMATION

11-18 NOR (Mar’15): 735 Planned Admissions: 135 Uniform Voluntary Aided School Co-educational High School

Address: Open Evening: Shaggy Calf Lane Monday 21 September 2015, 6.00pm Slough SL2 5HW Visits: Tuesday mornings by appointment only. Telephone: Please contact the admissions secretary at 01753 524713 Fax: 01753 579128 St. Joseph’s.

Email: [email protected]

Website: www.st-josephs.slough.sch.uk

Headteacher: Mr Ciran Stapleton MA, NPQH

School hours: Monday - Friday 8.30am - 1.20pm, 1.55pm - 3.00pm

Admissions: Priority is given to baptised Roman Catholics with a Priest’s reference. Please see St Joseph’s full Admissions Policy on page 87.

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Slough and Eton Church of England Business and Enterprise College A member of the Slough and East Berkshire C of E Multi Academy Trust

KEY INFORMATION

11-19 NOR (Jan’15): 1118 Planned Admissions: 180 Uniform C of E Academy Co-educational Comprehensive

Address: Admissions: Ragstone Road If there are more applicants than places, Slough places will be offered using the admissions SL1 2PU criteria on page 86. • Slough and Eton has a resource base for Telephone: pupils with speech, language and 01753 520824 Fax: 01753 574914 communication needs and one for students with complex learning needs. Email: • Students are expected to stay on into our [email protected] Sixth Form which offers a range of A levels and vocational subjects to meet the Website: needs of the majority of students. www.slougheton.com • All pupils and students are expected to take part in at least one extra-curricular Executive Headteacher: activity every week to enhance their Mr. P. McAteer M.A. learning.

School hours: Opening Evening: Thursday 1 October 2015, 8.30am - 2.50pm 4.30pm - 7.30pm. Sixth Form to 3.40pm Visits: The executive headteacher offers a tour of the school every Thursday at 9.15am.

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Upton Court Grammar School

KEY INFORMATION

11-18 NOR (July’14): 1090 Planned Admissions: 145 Uniform Academy/Leading Edge School/Language College/ National Teaching School/Science College Co-educational Grammar

Address: Admissions: Lascelles Road This school serves Slough and the Upton surrounding area. Admission is subject to Berkshire successful performance in the 11+ entry SL3 7PR tests.

Telephone: Upton Court Grammar School is part of the 01753 522892 Fax: 01753 538618 Slough Consortium of Grammar Schools.

Email: Open Evening: [email protected] Tuesday 29 September 2015, 4.00pm - 7.00pm Website: www.uptoncourtgrammar.org.uk Open days by appointment Tuesday 6 October 2015 Principal: Thursday 8 October 2015 Mrs M M Hernández Estrada, MA 9.00am - 1.20pm

School hours: Visits: 8.30am - 3.20pm Monday, Tuesday, and Parents are welcome to visit during the Thursday school day, by appointment. 8.30am - 3.00pm Wednesday and Friday

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The Westgate School

KEY INFORMATION

11-18 NOR (Jan’15): 993 Planned Admissions: 180 Uniform Academy Co-educational Secondary

Address: Admissions: Cippenham Lane The Westgate has a resource for pupils with Slough physical impairment. Numbers are limited SL1 5AH to 15 in total. Telephone: Open Evening: 01753 521320 Tuesday 15 September 2015. 6.00pm - 8.30pm. Email: [email protected]

Website: www.westgate.slough.sch.uk

Headteacher: Mr D Nicholas

School hours: 8.50am - 3.00pm

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Wexham School and Specialist Sports College

KEY INFORMATION 11-18 NOR (Jan’14): 900 Planned Admissions: 140 Uniform Community School and Specialist Sports College Co-educational Comprehensive

Address: Admissions: Norway Drive If there are more applicants than places, Slough places will be offered using the admissions SL2 5QP criteria on page 70.

Telephone: The also provides a 01753 526797 Fax: 01753 573916 number of places for pupils on the Autism Spectrum. Allocation of these places is Email: decided by an Autism Spectrum Disorder [email protected] Admissions Panel.

Headteacher: Open Day/Evening: Mr L Smith Tuesday 29 September 2015, 9.30am - 11.30am School hours: 4.30pm - 6.30pm 8.50am - 3.10pm Visits: Visitors are welcome at other times, by appointment.

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What are the dates of the school terms and holidays for 2015/2016 and 2016/2017? Please note that not all schools follow these dates. Parents are advised to check with their child’s school.

2015/2016 SCHOOL YEAR 2016/2017 SCHOOL YEAR AUTUMN 2015 AUTUMN 2016 Term 1 Term 1 Term starts on: Wednesday 2 September 2015 Term starts on: Thursday 1 September 2016 Term ends on: Friday 23 October 2015 Term ends on: Friday 21 October 2016 October Holiday: Monday 26 October 2015 to October Holiday: Monday 24 October 2016 to Friday 30 October 2015 Friday 28 October 2016 Term 2 Term 2 Term starts on: Monday 2 November 2015 Term starts on: Monday 31 October 2016 Term ends on: Friday 18 December 2015 Term ends on: Tuesday 20 December 2016 Christmas Holiday: Monday 21 December 2015 to Christmas Holiday: Wednesday 21 December 2016 to Friday 1 January 2016 Tuesday 3 January 2017 SPRING 2016 SPRING 2017 Term 3 Term 3 Term starts on: Monday 4 January 2016 Term starts on: Wednesday 4 January 2017 Term ends on: Friday 12 February 2016 Term ends on: Friday 10 February 2017 February Holiday: Monday 15 February 2016 to February Holiday: Monday 13 February 2017 to Friday 19 February 2016 Friday 17 February 2017 Term 4 Term 4 Term starts on: Monday 22 February 2016 Term starts on: Monday 20 February 2017 Term ends on: Thursday 24 March 2016 Term ends on: Friday 31 March 2017 Spring Holiday: Friday 25 March 2016 to Spring Holiday: Monday 3 April 2017 to Friday 8 April 2016 Monday 17 April 2017 (Good Friday - 25 March; Easter Monday - 28 March 2016) (Good Friday - 14 April; Easter Monday -17 April 2017) SUMMER 2016 SUMMER 2017 Term 5 Term 5 Term starts on: Monday 11 April 2016 Term starts on: Tuesday 18th April 2017 Term ends on: Friday 27 May 2016 Term ends on: Friday 26th May 2017 May Holiday: Monday 30 May 2016 to May Holiday: Monday 29 May 2017 to Friday 3 June 2016 Friday 2 June 2017 Term 6 Term 6 Term starts on: Monday 6 June 2016 Term starts on: Monday 5 June 2017 Term ends on: Thursday 21 July 2016 Term ends on: Friday 21 July 2017

*INSET Days - There are five inset (or teacher training) days to be taken during the 2015/16 and 2016/17 academic year. These five days must be taken within the 195 days given above.

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Late applications Can I appeal against a school’s decision? All applications received after the set closing date Yes. If your child is not offered a place at the school will be considered as late applications and processed you have applied to, then you can appeal against as follows: this decision. To make an appeal for a Community or Voluntary Controlled school, you will have to (a) Applications for selective Slough schools will complete a form. be forwarded to the Grammar School for consideration. Please make sure you leave enough time to complete it and return it by the deadline. Parent’s appeals are (b) Applications for non-selective Foundation and considered by panels that are independent of the Community Slough schools will be processed school and the Local Authority. Please contact the after the offer date. number below for a form. (c) Applications for other admitting authorities Democratic Services Section 01753 875317. will be forwarded to the authority responsible for admissions for consideration. This includes If you decide to appeal for place in Reception, year 1 St Joseph’s RC High School and The Langley or year 2, please consider that if there are already 30 Academy. in the class the law has put limits on the powers of the appeal panels. Appeals for these year groups can Changes of preference ONLY be upheld if: It is important that you return the CAF by the (a) you can prove maladministration by the Local closing date. We will only consider late applications Authority which led to your child being after applicants who met the deadline have been disadvantaged when school places were offered offered places. However we may consider some late or applications where it can be reasonably assumed that an application could not be made by the closing (b) If you can show that we have acted date. Parents will be asked to send evidence to unreasonably. support the application. For Voluntary Aided school, Foundation schools You may not normally change your preferences after and Academies please contact the school for details the closing date. If you do change your mind after about how to appeal. you have sent in your CAF, you should let the If your child has been turned down for a place in Admissions and Transport Team know of the change reception because there are already 30 children in in writing. If your changes are before the closing the class you do still have the right of appeal, but date we will take those changes into account when the appeal panel can only offer a place in very places are allocated. If your request for changes is specific circumstances. For more information please after the closing date, we will only consider your contact the number above. request after all applications and changes that arrived on or before the closing date. Can the offer of a place be withdrawn? Please write to: Yes. The over-subscription criteria takes into account the information that you have supplied on Admissions and Transport Team your CAF or online. We take this as being correct Slough Borough Council and up to date. If you give incorrect or intentionally St Martins Place, 51 Bath Road misleading information and a place is offered on the Slough SL1 3UF basis of that information, Slough Borough Council may withdraw the offer of a place. If this happens you will be required to make a fresh application giving the correct details and the application will be processed with the new information.

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School exclusions Will my child be entitled to any assistance Your child could be excluded from school on either with transport? a temporary (fixed term) or permanent basis. If you Pupils aged 11-16 attending maintained schools are have concerns about this please contact the Access provided with a free travel pass or equivalent if: Officer on 01753 787684 for advice. • they live in the Borough of Slough and Applying for a school place after the normal • they attend their catchment or nearest school and time of admission. • they live more than 3 miles from the school If you have recently arrived in Slough and wish to The distance will be calculated by the LA using the apply for a non-selective school, you must complete shortest available walking route from the child’s a Casual admissions application form. These forms home to the school. Catchment schools are those are available from the Admissions and Transport that serve the catchment areas as defined by the LA. Team at St Martins Place. Admissions to all non- If the catchment school is full, transport may be selective schools in Slough are considered on a provided to the nearest school with a place available monthly basis by a Panel. If the school requested is as determined by the LA. Parents may be asked to full you still have the right to appeal, however we do provide evidence that they have been unsuccessful advise you to consider schools where there are in applying for a place at their catchment school and vacancies also. any other schools. If you want your child to move from one Slough Pupils from low income families school to another Slough school but you are not moving home, you still have the right to apply. If the Pupils aged 11-16 years (years 7 to 11) who live school cannot take your child, you have the right to more than 2 miles from one of the 3 “nearest appeal. Whether or not an appeal is successful will qualifying schools” are provided with a free travel depend on individual circumstances and why the pass or equivalent if they are: transfer is thought necessary in the first place. If you • entitled to Free School Meals OR feel there are problems in your child’s current school, it is always best to try and sort the problem • their parents are in receipt of their maximum out rather than move your child from the school. level of Working Tax Credit. Before we proceed with your application we will ask The 2 mile limit is measured as the shortest your child’s current school for information, also, we available walking route. will request that the application is signed by the Pupils aged eleven to sixteen years (years 7 to 11) head teacher or head of year to verify that the who live more than 2 miles but less than fifteen transfer has been agreed. miles from the nearest suitable school preferred on Applications for grammar schools are considered by grounds of religious belief, are provided with a free the Admissions Team. Your child will still need to be pass or equivalent if they are: tested for suitability for a grammar school. • entitled to Free School Meals OR Applying for a place in Sixth Form • their parents are in receipt of their maximum Sixth Form places in each school will be considered level of Working Tax Credit. by the school’s entry requirement. This will be the The 2 mile limit is measured as the shortest same for both external and internal candidates. available walking route. Please refer to the schools own website for an application form and further information. NB For Parents applying under this criterion - a new application needs to be submitted every school year. Parents with children eligible for transport will be required to re-apply for transport if they move house or their child(ren) change(s) school.

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Are pupils over 16 entitled to transport? Help yourself and your child’s school - Pupils and students without a statement of SEN, register for free school meals aged between 16 and 19 and in full-time further Taking up free school meals has benefits for education can apply for a Student Reduced Fare everyone: Card. The card will allow students to travel on First • Children get a healthy nutritious meal Beeline buses and First Great Western trains on the specified journey only in the area at a reduced rate. • Families entitled to free school meals could save more than £400 per child per year. The card will be available free of charge to students whose parents are receiving the maximum level of • Schools can benefit directly by receiving £1300 Working Tax Credit, or Income Support or Income for each eligible primary school child and £900 Based Job Seekers Allowance. Students will need to for each secondary child. send in verification of parents benefits ie. tax award If you think you are eligible for free meals, apply notice (TC602) for 2014/15 or letter from online at www.slough.gov.uk. Department of Work and Pensions. Passes are limited to first come, first served. CHOICE ADVICE For more information please contact Transport on 01753 875729 Transferring to Secondary School can be a School meals? difficult and confusing time for parents, carers and children. If you are having Food served in school must meet high food standards problems understanding the secondary so that children have healthy, balanced diets. Meals school admission process, there is help must provide high quality meat, poultry or oily fish available. and vegetables as well as suitable carbohydrates. Foods high in fat and/or sugar are limited. The Choice Advisor can assist you with Is my child entitled to free school meals? making the right choices of secondary school by giving you information on: Free school meals are offered to children of families who receive: • How co-ordinated admissions works • Different admissions policies • Income support • Ofsted reports • Income Based Jobseeker Allowance (IBJSA) • Online admissions • Imcome-related Employment and Support And any other advice you may need. Allowance The Choice Advisor is impartial and • Support under Part VI of the Immigration and independent of Admissions and Access. Asylum Act 1999 • Child Tax Credit (TC602) - if you have a yearly If you require general information or income of less than £16,190 and do not get assistance please contact the Choice working tax credit, then your child/children are Advisor on 01753 787663. entitled to free school meals

• Guarantee Element of State Pension Credit Contact detials for other local authorities: (M1000 Award Notice). • Bucks Admissions: Not claiming benefits, but have a child in Tel: 01296 383250 reception, Year 1 and Year 2 from September Email: [email protected] 2015? • The Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead There are clear advantages in pupils having a school Tel: 01628 683870 dinner, so the Government have continued to find Email: [email protected] universal free school meals for every child in the above year groups.

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For Community Schools (Primary) For James Elliman, Montem Primary and Children with a Statement of Special Educational Claycots Annex Needs (SEN) that names a specific school must, by For the above schools there has been some variation law, be admitted to that school. Any request for in their admissions criteria. Priority will still be allocation of a place to a child who is in the care of given to children with a Statement of Educational the Local Authority or provided with Needs (SEN). accommodation in that authority in accordance with (1) Looked after children Section 20 or 37 of the Children’s Act 1989 (Looked After Children), will be considered next. (2) Siblings of children After these two requirements have been satisfied the (3) Medical and social grounds following criteria will apply. They are set out in (4) Catchment area; and descending order of priority: (5) Other applicants. (A) Children who live in the catchment area of the For St. Mary’s CE (Voluntary Controlled school (details of each of the community’s primary school) school’s catchment areas are on pages 96 and 98). The oversubscription criteria for St Mary’s has been varied so that, they appear in the order: (B) Children who have strong medical or social grounds for admission. These reasons must be (1) Looked after children fully supported in writing from a professional (2) Siblings person involved in the case, such as a doctor or (3) Catchment area social worker. This must show that the school requested is the only school that the child can (4) Denominational attend because of the medical or social needs. (5) Medical and social grounds; and All documents must be submitted with the (6) Other applicants. CAF or with a printed copy of the online form if completed online (See page 9). Other Primary Schools (C) Children who have older brother(s) or sister(s) The Governors of Foundation Schools are at the school when the applicant would enter responsible for setting their admissions criteria. The (see page 7 for definition of sibling). LA administers the offer to Reception places on their (D) Children who attend an Infant or Junior that is behalf. If you require more detailed information you must contact the school concerned for their formally linked to the school (Godolphin prospectus. Infant/Junior, Cippenham Infant/Primary). (E) All other applicants. Castleview School In some cases a tie-breaker will be required. If a • The school’s standard admission number is 60. school does not have places for all the children in • The Policy limits the number of pupil one of the above criteria, priority will be given to admissions in Early Years [Reception to Year 2] children who fulfil more than one of the admission to no more than 30 pupils per class (2 form criteria. The greater the number of criteria fulfilled, entry Years Rec. 1 & 2 in 2016) and in KS2 32 the higher the priority. After this, the final decision pupils per class (3 form entry in Years 3, 4, 5 will be made according to straight line distance and 6) between the home and the school. Those living nearer to the school will be given the higher priority. • Children will be admitted without reference to Straight line distance is based on the co-ordinates aptitude or ability. for the property and the school as defined in the • Children will be admitted into the Reception Local Land and Property Gazetteer and based on the Year in the academic year of their 5th birthday Ordnance Survey’s National System. [i.e. their 5th birthday is between 1st September to 31st August of the following year]

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• There will be one intake into Reception Year in 4. Children living outside the area served by the September each year. A parent can request that school and having a sibling attending the school the date their child is admitted to school is at the closing date for application and also at deferred and that their child takes up the place the time of the child’s admission to school part-time until the child reaches compulsory 5. Children who have strong medical or social school age. grounds for admission. These reasons must be • Applications for admission into Reception Class fully supported in writing from a professional September 2016 must be received by the closing person, such as a doctor or social worker, and date specified by Slough Local Authority. returned with the application form. (Examples • Applications received after the closing date will of strong compelling medical or social grounds be deemed late and will be considered after could be serious domestic or family problems or those received by the due date if places are still the child having a chronic medical condition). available 6. proximity of the applicant’s home to the school, • Slough LA will hold a Priority List for all Year to those living nearest distance using Slough groups in the school. A child’s name will be Borough Council’s Geographical distance placed on the Priority List on a written request system. from a parent on completion of a Common Should there be too many applicants in a particular Application Form [CAF] available on line at criteria the Governing Body will take the remaining www.slough.gov.uk/admissions or from Slough criteria in ascending order LA Admissions Tel. No. 01753 875728. If a For example, if there are too many applicants in a place becomes available all names on the criteria 2 or 3, the Governing Body will take into Priority List will be considered against our consideration the following criteria in order Admissions Criteria and the places allocated accordingly. • those who have strong medical or social grounds for admission • The school will establish arrangements for appeals against non admission which will be • proximity of applicant’s home to school referred to an Independent Appeals Panel. Tie breaker Details of admission and appeals will be In the event of two or more children being equally published each year. qualified for a single vacancy, the following tie If the number of applications exceed the number of breaker will apply: places available, priority will be given to Random allocation, supervised by a person or applications in the order set out below:- persons completely independent of the school. Children with a Statement of Special Education Verification of the applicant’s permanent residence Needs, where Castleview School is named on the at the time of allocation will be required before a statement school place can be offered. This documentation e.g. 1. Looked After Child [in LA care] or who was Council Tax, Utilities bill, Child Benefit, house previously looked after but immediately after purchase contract, Electoral Roll etc. as decided being looked after became subject to an annually by the Admissions Panel. If the address is a adoption, residence or special guardianship rented property the original properly witnessed order. lease, signed by a solicitor, must be provided – we 2. Children having a sibling attending the school will not accept photocopies or downloaded at the date of admission and living within the agreements. The tenancy agreement must extend at area served by the school at the closing date for least 6 months beyond the admissions date. The application and also at the time of the child’s governors define a permanent residence to be where admission to school the family live, eat and sleep 7 days per week. DfE Code of Practice states ‘an offer of a school place 3. Children living within the area served by the may be withdrawn if fraudulent or intentionally school at the closing date for application and misleading application from a parent/carer is made also at the time of the child’s admission to (eg a false claim of residency in a catchment area)’. school

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The burden of proof lies with you and your Parent/carers will be notified in March/April each application. year that a place is available in Reception for the Definitions following school year. Sibling: a brother or sister sharing a common parent Admissions criteria [not cousin living in an extended family] In the event of there being more applications than Area served by the school: area detailed on the places, children will be admitted in the order set out attached map. below: Cippenham Infant School a) Children with a Statement of Special Educational Needs (SEN) that names General information Cippenham Infant School will have priority Cippenham Infant School (age range 4 to 7) is an all over all other applicants. inclusive school and welcomes all applications. b) Looked after Children in the care of a Local Children will be admitted to the school without Authority. reference to academic ability or aptitude. c) Children who have siblings attending the school As an academy school within The Cippenham at the time the child would enter. Children are Schools’ Trust the Admissions Authority is the Trust considered as sibling if they have brother(s) or and is responsible for deciding on admissions to the sister(s) including step, adopted or foster school. However, our Local Authority, Slough brother(s) or sister(s) living in the same family Borough Council (SBC), co-ordinate the unit and attending the school at the time the arrangements for admissions to our school. child is due to start the school. Therefore, parents/carers will need to apply for d) Children whose home address* is in the school’s places at Cippenham Infant School by completing a catchment area (map available upon request). Common Application Form (CAF) and submitting Verification of the applicant’s residency will be this to Slough Borough Council in accordance with required at the time of application. their co-ordinated admissions scheme. e) All other applications will then be prioritised by Details of SBC’s scheme and application forms are distance from home to school. Distance will be available from SBC’s Admissions Team and are on measured in a straight line from the front door the SBC website: www.slough.gov.uk. Details of the child’s home address* to the main include the timetable for applications (including entrance of the school (Dennis Way, deadlines), how to express school preferences and Cippenham). For parents/carers living in a how parents/carers will be informed of the result of block of flats the distance will be measured from their application. the main entrance of the block of flats. Children Cippenham Nursery School parents please note: living closer to the school receive the higher Parents/carers wishing their child to transfer from priority. Cippenham Nursery School to our infant school (to *Where parent/carers are living apart, but have Reception) will also be required to complete the SBC shared responsibilities for a child, as defined in Common Application Form and submit this to SBC the Children Act 1989, Part 1. Section 3, the in accordance with their co-ordinated admissions home address shall be determined as the one scheme. where the child spends 3 week day nights The school has a Planned Admission Number (PAN) during term time. for 2015/2016 of 90 for Reception. Each class will Proximity of the child’s home, those living nearer admit up to 30 pupils. being accorded the higher priority, will also serve to We have a defined priority admission area differentiate between applications within criteria a) (catchment area); however, there is no guarantee of to e) above should the need arise. a place for children living in the area. We will admit Late applications children from outside this area if there are places Applications received after the published closing available. date each year will be considered to be casual applications, outside the normal intake timetable.

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Admissions (casual) Cippenham Primary School (A) When a parent/carer wishes to apply for a place at General information Cippenham Infant School at times other than the Cippenham Primary School (age range 4 to 11) is an normal admission periods and/or in year groups all inclusive school and welcomes all applications. which are not normal admission years (i.e. for Children will be admitted to the school without children moving into the designated area or wishing reference to academic ability or aptitude. to transfer from another school) these are considered to be casual applications, outside the As an academy school within the Cippenham normal intake timetable. Casual applications must Schools’ Trust the Admissions Authority is the Trust be made using SBC’s Common Application Form and is responsible for deciding on admissions to the and submitted to SBC in accordance with their co- school. However, our Local Authority, Slough ordinated admissions scheme. Applications will then Borough Council (SBC), co-ordinate the be considered in accordance with the criteria above. arrangements for admissions to our school. Therefore, parents/carers will need to apply for Waiting list places at Cippenham Primary School by completing A waiting list of children who have not been offered a Common Application Form (CAF) and submitting a place at Cippenham Infant School will be this to Slough Borough Council in accordance with established by SBC and then kept by the school. their co-ordinated admissions scheme. Parents/carers will be required to confirm to the Details of SBC’s scheme and application forms are school that they wish to remain on this list. The list available from SBC’s Admissions Team and are on will be retained for the remainder of the school year. the SBC website: www.slough.gov.uk. Details As and when places arise during the school year include the timetable for applications (including children on the list will be considered and vacant deadlines), how to express school preferences and places will be allocated in accordance with the how parents/carers will be informed of the result of criteria above. Allocation will not be based on the their application. length of time a child's name has been on the list. Please note: The school has a responsibility to admit any child who is the subject of a “direction” by the Local • Year 3: Parents/ carers wishing their child to Authority or is allocated to us under the Fair Access transfer from Cippenham Infant School to our Protocol and any such children take precedence primary school (to Year 3) will also be required over the waiting list. to complete the SBC Common Application Form and submit this to SBC in accordance Appeals against non-admission with their co-ordinated admissions scheme. Parent/carers have the right to appeal to an Although, we give priority to children attending independent panel if the school is unable to offer a Cippenham Infant School for Year 3 places place for their child. Appeals will only be heard using the criteria below, we are unable to from parent/carers who have first sought admission guarantee a place. via SBC’s co-ordinated admissions scheme and been • Secondary: Although The Westgate School is refused. Arrangements for appeals against non- also part of the Cippenham Schools’ Trust, admissions which will be independent of the school Parents / carers wishing their child to transfer and shall be heard in accordance with the Schools from Cippenham Primary School to The Admissions Appeals Code of Practice. Under this Westgate School will also be required to Code of Practice the school exercises its right not to complete the SBC Common Application Form consider further appeals for the same child within and submit this to SBC in accordance with their the same academic year. Further details are available co-ordinated admissions scheme. Places will be from the school upon request. allocated in accordance with The Westgate Equal opportunities School’s Admissions Policy 2015 / 2016. This policy applies to all families regardless of their The school has a Planned Admission Number (PAN) gender, colour, ethnicity, ability or disability, religion for 2015/2016 of 60 for Reception and of 150 for or nationality. Year 3. Each class will admit up to 30 pupils.

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We have a defined priority admission area Proximity of the child’s home, those living nearer (catchment area); however, there is no guarantee of being accorded the higher priority, will also serve to a place for children living in the area. We will admit differentiate between applications within criteria a) children from outside this area if there are places to f) above should the need arise. available. Late applications Parent/carers will be notified in March each year Applications received after the published closing that a place is available in Reception (or Year 3, as date each year will be considered to be casual appropriate) for the following school year. applications, outside the normal intake timetable. Admissions criteria Admissions (casual) In the event of there being more applications than When a parent/carer wishes to apply for a place at places, children will be admitted in the order set out Cippenham Primary School at times other than the below: normal admission periods and/or in year groups a) Children with a Statement of Special which are not normal admission years (i.e. for Educational Needs (SEN) that names children moving into the designated area or wishing Cippenham Primary School will have priority to transfer from another school) these are over all other applicants. considered to be casual applications, outside the b) Looked after Children in the care of a Local normal intake timetable. Casual applications must Authority. be made using SBC’s Common Application Form and submitted to SBC in accordance with their co- c) Children who have siblings attending the school ordinated admissions scheme. Applications will then at the time the child would enter. Children are be considered in accordance with the criteria above. considered as sibling if they have brother(s) or sister(s) including step, adopted or foster Waiting list brother(s) or sister(s) living in the same family A waiting list of children who have not been offered unit and attending the school at the time the a place at Cippenham Primary School will be child is due to start the school. established by SBC and then kept by the school. d) Children on roll attending Cippenham Infant Parents/carers will be required to confirm to the School prior to the admission date (Year 3 school that they wish to remain on this list. The list admissions only). will be retained for the remainder of the school year. As and when places arise during the school year e) Children whose home address* is in the school’s children on the list will be considered and vacant catchment area (map available upon request). places will be allocated in accordance with the Verification of the applicant’s residency will be criteria above. Allocation will not be based on the required at the time of application. length of time a child's name has been on the list. f) All other applications will then be prioritised by The school has a responsibility to admit any child distance from home to school. Distance will be who is the subject of a “direction” by the Local measured in a straight line from the front door Authority or is allocated to us under the Fair Access of the child’s home address* to the main Protocol and any such children take precedence entrance of the school (Elmshott Lane, over the waiting list. Cippenham). For parents/carers living in a block of flats the distance will be measured from Appeals against non-admission the main entrance of the block of flats. Children Parent/carers have the right to appeal to an living closer to the school receive the higher independent panel if the school is unable to offer a priority. place for their child. Appeals will only be heard *Where parent/carers are living apart, but have from parent/carers who have first sought admission shared responsibilities for a child, as defined in via SBC’s co-ordinated admissions scheme and been the Children Act 1989, Part 1. Section 3, the refused. Arrangements for appeals against non- home address shall be determined as the one admissions which will be independent of the school where the child spends 3 week day nights and shall be heard in accordance with the Schools during term time. Admissions Appeals Code of Practice.

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Under this Code of Practice the school exercises its Please note that the law states the School cannot right not to consider further appeals for the same give priority to nursery pupils for a place in child within the same academic year. Further details Reception class and that the above criteria will are available from the school upon request. apply. Colnbrook C. E. Primary School Prospective parents should contact the school well before the time their child is due to start school. Children can start in the Nursery at the start of the Places are allocated each year in April. The School term after they are 3 years old, on a mornings or Secretary will be pleased to make an appointment afternoon only basis. The year intake into the for prospective parents to visit. Primary phase Reception Class has been set at 30 children to be admitted in the September prior to Note 1 their 5th birthday. All children are required to attend A “looked-after child” is one who is in the care of a the Reception Class full time. local authority or being provided with accommodation Following the boundary change of April 1995, the by a local authority in the exercise of its social services school serves the area of the new parish of function. Adoption orders come under the terms of the Colnbrook and . Children also come to the Adoption and Children Act 2002, Section 46. A school from further afield through parental choice ‘residence order’ is one settling the arrangements to be when places are available. The school’s published made as to the person with whom the child is to live admission number is 30 for each year group. (Children Act 1989, Section 8). A ‘special guardianship order’ is one appointing one or more individuals to be a While considering admission to the school priority child’s special guardian/s (Children Act 1989, Section will be given to: 14A). Applications under this criterion must be 1. Children with a statement of special needs or accompanied by evidence to show that the child is EHC plan. looked after or was previously looked after (e.g. a copy 2. Looked after children and previously looked of the adoption, residence or special guardianship after children. (See note 1) order). 3. Children who have brothers or sisters attending Definitions the school when the applicant would enter the Parents: A parent is any person who has parental school. responsibility for or is the legal guardian of the child 4. Children whose home address is in the Home Address: The address on the form must be the catchment area of the school. permanent address on the closing date. Parents may 5. Children whose parents have selected the be asked for proof of this address. school on denominational grounds. Foxborough Primary School 6. Children who have strong medical or social Foxborough Primary School policy and regulations grounds for admission. These reasons must be for admissions are determined by the Local fully supported in writing from a professional Education Authority in consultation with all of its person, such as a doctor or social worker, and schools. As required by the Education Reform Act returned with the application form. 1988 the numbers are reviewed annually. The 7. Children of staff at the school. standard number for Foxborough Primary School 8. All other applicants. has been set at 60. In some cases a tie breaker will be required. If the 1. All parents enrolling children into education school does not have places for all the children in and all prospective parents moving into the one of the criteria above, priority will be given to Local Authority area can request a booklet from children who fulfil more than one of the admission the LA detailing policy and process. criteria. The greater the number of criteria fulfilled, 2. On application to Foxborough Primary school the higher the priority. After this the final decision all parents are provided with an application will be made according to straight line distance to form. the school. 3. Prospective parents seeking a school place for their child may visit the school by appointment.

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4. Foxborough Primary school has an equal There is no cost to the parent for funded early preference system for admissions, which means learning within the 570 hours described above. Any that all applications are considered equally additional hours will have to be paid for. against the admission criteria. The admission To apply for a place in the nursery, please complete procedure for Foxborough Primary School is an application form and return it to Foxborough below: school. Alternatively please come in to school to Children with a statement of Special complete the forms. You will be asked to show your Educational Needs (SEN) that names the school child’s birth certificate or passport to confirm their will be admitted. date of birth. If there are more applications for places than Places in our nursery can only be offered to children there are spaces available in both school and resident in other Local Authorities once children nursery the applications are put in order using resident in Slough have been offered a place. the following criteria: Applications can be made after the child’s second (a) Children who are in the care of the LA or birthday for possible admission in the term provided with accommodation in that following the child’s third birthday. We admit authority with Section 20 or 37 of the children to our nursery each term providing there Children’s Act 1989 (Looked After are spaces available. Parents may be asked to Children), including previously Looked provide proof of identity and address. Unsuccessful After children, will be considered next applicants will be considered with the next batch of applicants. (b) Children who live in the catchment area of the school (details are available from the The criteria for admissions to our nursery where LA) there are more applicants than spaces is outlined above. (c) Children who have strong medical or social grounds for admission. These reasons must The Godolphin Infant School be fully supported in writing from a The Governors of Godolphin Infant School are professional such as a doctor or social required by the authority to publish the standard worker number of pupils intended to be admitted in one (d) Children who have older siblings at the year. The figure for this school, for this academic school when the applicant would enter year, is 120 giving a planned accommodation level (including step, foster and adopted siblings of 360. living within the same family unit) The Local Authority (LA) manages the admission (e) All other applicants process via a Common Application Form (CAF) for children entering school as routine admissions into In the event of the school being oversubscribed, Reception Classes in September of each year. The parents can appeal to an Independent Appeals Panel. criteria used for admissions are as follows: Parents have 20 school days to lodge an appeal in writing from the date they were informed that there 1. Children who live in the catchment area of the are no spaces for their child. Forms will be sent to school. the parent and school then has to hear the appeal 2. Children who have strong medical or social within 40 school days of the closing date of grounds for admission. These reasons must be receiving the forms. fully supported in writing from a professional Nursery admissions person, such as a doctor or social worker. This must show that the school requested is the only All children, from the beginning of the term after school that the child can attend because of the their third birthday, and those eligible 2 year olds, medical or social needs. All documents must be from the beginning of the term after their second submitted to the LA with the CAF, or with a birthday are entitled to up to 570 hours funded early printed copy of the on-line form if completed learning per year. These hours are taken as 15 hours online. per week, term time only (38 weeks per year), which is 3 hours per day Monday to Friday.

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3. Children who have siblings attending the Potential pupils are added to the list for the year- school. This includes step siblings, foster band they fall into. The distance is calculated from a siblings, adopted siblings and other children pupil’s house to the school in meters. The one living permanently at the same address or closest to the school goes to the top of the list. The siblings who are former pupils of the school and Waiting List also incorporates the Admission are attending Godolphin Junior School. Criteria. Parents are notified when a space becomes 4. Children of staff at the school, will be given available. priority in either or both of the following Each term, we write to those who are still on the circumstances: list, asking them if they wish to remain on the list - a) Where the member of staff has been if no, they are removed from the list. Parents have to employed at the school for two or more years reply within one week. at the time at which the application for The Godolphin Junior School Academy admission to the school is made, and/or The Governors of Godolphin Junior School are b)The member of staff is recruited to fill a required by the authority to publish the standard vacant post for which there is a demonstrable number of pupils intended to be admitted in one skill shortage year. The figure for the school for the academic year 5. All other applicants (out of school catchment 2015 is 120 giving a planned accommodation level area). of 420. The following points should also be noted. The criteria the school uses for admissions is as follows: 1. In cases where insufficient places are available in the school to meet the needs of the children 1. Children whose home address is in the in a particular admissions category, admission designated area of the school. will be decided by identifying those children 2. Children who have siblings attending the whose applications fulfil more than one of the school, including Godolphin Infant School. admission criteria, applied in priority order. This includes step siblings, foster siblings, 2. Where application of the arrangements adopted siblings and other children living described in Point 1 above fails to distinguish permanently at the same address. sufficiently between the applicants, final 3. Children who have strong medical or social decisions on admissions will be based on grounds for admission. These reasons must be geographical proximity (according to the fully supported in writing from a professional Geographic Information Systems) to the school. person, such as a doctor or social worker, and 3. The governors will not allow any class to exceed returned with the application form. (Examples 30 other than for reasons of extreme need, such of strong medical or social grounds could be as admitting a Looked After Child. serious domestic and family problems or chronic medical conditions). In over-subscription the following criteria will apply: 4. Children who have attended Godolphin Infant School. • Pupils with a Statement of Special Needs have priority for a place a school where that school is 5. Children of staff at the school will be given named in the Statement. priority in oversubscription criteria in either or both of the following circumstances: • Slough Looked-After-Children are given priority for places at schools, after pupils with a) Where the member of staff has been statements, where the school is named in the employed at the school for two or more years statement. at the time at which the application for admission to the school is made, and/or Waiting list b)The member of staff is recruited to fill a A waiting list for admissions to the school is vacant post for which there is a demonstrable managed by the school, supported by data held by skill shortage the LA.

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6. All other applicants (out of school catchment The Holy Family Catholic Primary School area). Holy Family Catholic Primary School was founded The following points should also be noted. by the Catholic Church to provide education for 1. In cases where insufficient places are available children of Catholic families. As a Catholic school, in the school to meet the needs of the children we aim to provide a Catholic education for all our in a particular admissions category, admission pupils. At a Catholic school, Catholic doctrine and will be decided by identifying those children practice permeate every aspect of the school’s whose applications fulfil more than one of the activity. It is essential that the Catholic character of admission criteria, applied in priority order. the school’s education is fully supported by all families in the school. All applicants are therefore 2. Where application of the arrangements expected to give their full, unreserved and positive described in Point 1 above fails to distinguish support for the aims and ethos of the school. sufficiently between the applicants, final decisions on admissions will be based on The Published Admission Number (PAN) for the geographical proximity (according to the Reception intake at Holy Family is 60. The Geographic Information Systems) to the school. Governing Body has sole responsibility for admissions to this school and intends to admit 60 3. The governors will not allow any class to exceed children in the school year which begins in 30, as this is the maximum size suitable for the September 2016. Applications are welcome from classroom size of the school. families whose child reaches his/her 4th birthday In over-subscription the following criteria will between 1st September 2015 and 31st August 2016. apply: Whenever there are more applications than places • Pupils with a Statement of special needs have available, priority will always be given to Catholic priority for a place at the school where that applicants in accordance with the criteria listed school is named in the Statement. below. • Slough Looked-After-Children are given priority In this policy applicant refers to the person making for places at the schools, after pupils with an application on behalf of a child; candidate refers statements, where the school is named in the to the child on whose behalf the application is being statement. made. Parents should contact the Headteacher before the Oversubscription criteria commencement of a term, where possible, Where there are more applications than the number concerning the availability of places, as there is of places available, places will be offered according usually a waiting list. to the following order of priority: Waiting list 1. Catholic ‘looked after’ children and Catholic Potential pupils are added to the list in the year- children who have been adopted or made band they fall into. The distance is calculated from a subject to child arrangements orders or special pupil’s house to the school in metres. The one guardianship orders. closest to the school goes to the top of the list. The 2. Baptised Catholic children from practising Waiting List also incorporates the Admission Catholic families attending the Parish of Holy Criteria. Parents are notified when a space becomes Family and St Augustine. available. 3. Baptised Catholic children from practising Each term, we write to those who are still on the Catholic families who attend other Catholic list, asking them if they wish to remain on the list - parishes. if no, they are removed from the list. Parents have to reply within one week. 4. Other baptised Catholics. 5. Other ‘looked after’ children and children who have been adopted or made subject to child arrangements orders or special guardianship orders. 6. Catechumens.

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7. Christians of other denominations whose priority to a child where admission is requested application is supported by their Religious under any local protocol that has been agreed by Leader. both the Local Authority and the Diocese for the 8. Other Christians. current school year. The Governing Body has this power even when admitting the child would mean 9. Children of other faiths whose application is exceeding the published admission number. supported by their Religious Leader. In-year admissions 10. Any other children. Applications for In-Year admissions are made In each of the above criteria applicants will be directly to the school. If a place is available and granted places in the following order: there is no waiting/priority list the child will be a) Children of Holy Family School staff admitted. If there is a waiting list, then applications b) Siblings will be ranked by the Governing Body in accordance with the oversubscription criteria. If a place cannot c) Distance from school be offered at the time of application then you may A completed Priest’s/Religious Leader’s reference ask the school for the reasons, you will be offered form will be asked for to support the application, the opportunity of being placed on a waiting list and where relevant. you will be informed of your right of appeal. The Priest’s reference form waiting list will be maintained by the Governing Body in the order of the oversubscription criteria If any applicant is to be considered as a practicing and not in the order in which the applications are Catholic completion of the School Supplementary received. Names are removed from the list at the end Information Form B by a Parish priest is required. of each academic year unless a written request is This form can be obtained from the school, Holy received from the applicant to retain a candidate’s Family Church or the school website. name for the following year. When a place becomes Multiple applications available the Governing Body will make an offer to Where the final place is offered to a child who has the candidate who most closely fulfils our criteria. other siblings applying for a place in the same Reception year deferred entry school year, these siblings will also be admitted. Applicants may defer entry to school up until Applications in previous years statutory school age i.e. the first day of term For the past three years the governing body has following the child’s fifth birthday. Application is been unable to offer places to any applicants beyond made in the usual way and then the deferral is oversubscription criterion [3]. The school is usually requested. The place will then be held until the first oversubscribed by Catholic candidates. day of the spring or summer term as applicable. Applicants may also request that their child attend Tie break part-time until statutory school age is reached. Entry Where the offer of places to all the applicants in any may not be deferred beyond statutory school age or of the sub-categories listed above would still lead to beyond the year of application. Applicants whose oversubscription, the places up to the admission children have birthdays in the summer term should number will be offered in the following order; to be aware that, if they wish to defer until the children of Holy Family School staff, to siblings following September, they will need to apply again followed by those living nearest to the school and that there may no longer be spaces in Year 1. according to straight line distance between home Summer born children and the school. Straight line distance is based on the measurement system used by the Local Authority. Any application for a child to be educated out of his/her age group will be considered by governors Fair access on an individual basis and will only be granted in The school is committed to taking its fair share of exceptional circumstances. Parents should write to children who are vulnerable and/or hard to place, as the Chair of Governors during the autumn term in set out in locally agreed protocols. Accordingly, the (academic) year of application, giving reasons outside the normal admissions round, the and compelling professional evidence. Governing Body is empowered to give absolute

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Application procedure 2016-2017 Waiting list In order to make an application, you must complete In addition to their right of appeal, unsuccessful a Common Application Form (CAF) from your candidates will be offered the opportunity to be Local Authority and return it to them. You should placed on a waiting list. This list will be maintained also complete the School’s Supplementary in the order of the oversubscription criteria set out Information Form (SIF). The information on the SIF in the policy and not in the order in which enables the Governing Body to assess your applications are received or added to the list. Names application fully against the School’s criteria in the will be removed from the list on 31st August 2017, event of oversubscription. Please return the SIF (in unless applicants request in writing to remain on the person or by post) to the school (High Street, list. Langley, Berkshire. SL3 8NF) together with all other Pupils with a statement of special educational relevant paperwork required for your application. If needs/education, health and care plan (EHC) you do not complete both of the forms described above and return them by 15th January 2016, the The admission of pupils with a statement of Special Governing Body will be unable to consider your Educational Needs (SEN) or Education Health and application fully and your child’s offer may be Care Plan (EHC) is dealt with by a completely compromised. Applications received after the separate procedure, details of which are set out in closing date will be deemed late and therefore, dealt the Special Educational Needs Code of Practice. If with after the initial allocation process has been your child has a Statement of SEN or EHC plan you completed. must contact your local authority SEN officer. Applicants applying under criteria 2 and 3 must Change of details submit a priests’ reference form (PRF) by the closing If any of the details on either of your forms changes date. This form is available from the school, Holy between the date of application and the receipt of Family Church or from the school’s website at the letter of offer or non-admission, you must www.holyfamilycatholicschool.org.uk inform the School and the Local Authority The Local Authority will write to you on behalf of immediately. If misleading information is given or the Governing Body with the outcome of your evident on either of your forms, the Governing Body application on or about Monday 18th April 2016. reserves the right to withdraw the place, even if the This information will also be available on line. child has already started at the School. Parents/carers should accept the place by the NOTES (these notes form part of the oversubscription criteria) deadline stated by the Local Authority. ‘Looked after child’ has the same meaning as in S.22 of the Children Act 1989, and means any child in the care of a Local Authority or Nursery children provided with accommodation by them (e.g. children with foster parents at the time of making an application to the school). Attendance at the Nursery does not guarantee a ‘Adopted’ An adopted child is any child who has been formally adopted, place in the Reception class. having previously been in care and whose parent/ guardian can give Parents of children attending Holy Family nursery proof of this. ‘Child Arrangements Order’ A Child Arrangements order is an order must make a new application for Reception. under the terms of the Children Act 1989 s.8 settling the arrangements Right of appeal to be made as to the person with whom the child is to live. Children ‘looked after’ immediately before the order is made qualify in this If you are unsuccessful you may ask the Governing category. Body for the reasons for the refusal of a place. These ‘Special Guardianship Order’ A special guardianship order is an order reasons will be related to the oversubscription under the terms of the Children Act 1989 s.14A appointing one or more individuals to be a child’s special guardian(s). Children ‘looked after’ criteria listed in the policy and you will have the immediately before the order is made qualify in this category. right of appeal to an independent panel. Should you ‘Parent’ means the adult or adults with legal responsibility for the child. wish to appeal please read the appeal information on If the sibling is in Nursery or when the older child(ren) will leave before the website, contact the school for an appeal form the younger one starts. and return it to Holy Family School by the deadline ‘Catholic’ means a member of a Church in full communion with the See of Rome. This includes the Eastern Catholic Churches. This will stated by the Local Authority. You must include your normally be evidenced by a Certificate of Baptism in a Catholic church reasons for making an appeal. or a Certificate of Reception into the full communion of the Catholic Church.

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‘Baptised Catholic’ means to have received the sacrament of baptism in 3. Children from a Muslim background (up to a Catholic Church as evidenced by a copy of the baptismal certificate. 75% of the intake) ‘Practising Catholic’ means a Catholic child from a practising Catholic family where weekly Mass attendance is verified by a reference from a 4. Children from a non-Muslim background (up to Catholic priest in the standard format laid down by the School. ‘Family’ 25% of the intake) Within categories 2 & 3 includes the Catholic or Catholics who have legal responsibility for the child. applicants will be prioritised as follows: ‘Staff’ Children of staff concern only those members of staff who are (a) Children who have an older brother or sister at employed directly by the Holy Family Catholic School Governing Body the school when the applicant is due to be and have a permanent contract. They must have been in post continuously for two years prior to the date of application of their child admitted. and who will still be in post when their child joins the school. Siblings: Sibling refers to brother or sister, half ‘Catechumen’ means a child who is a member of the catechumenate of a Catholic Church. This will normally be evidenced by a Certificate of brother or sister, adopted brother or sister, step Reception into the Order of Catechumens. brother or sister, or the child of the ‘Eastern Christian Church’ includes Orthodox Churches, and is parent/carer's partner where the child for whom normally evidenced by a Certificate of Baptism or Reception/Dedication the school place is sought is living in the same from the authorities of that Church. family unit at the same address as that sibling ‘Christian’ for the purposes of this policy, means a member of one of the Churches in full membership with ‘Churches Together in Britain and (b) Children who have medical or social needs and Ireland’ at the time when the admission decisions are made. whose application can be supported in writing ‘Distance from school’ means distance as measured by a straight line, by the relevant professional such as a social from the front door of the child’s residential address (including flats) to a point at the school. worker GP Straight line distance is based on the measurement system used by the (c) Children who live in the catchment area of the Local Authority. school, which includes all Slough wards IQRA Islamic Primary School (VA) Distance: Distance will be measured in a Additional/supplementary forms straight line from the front door of the child's home address (including flats) to the main All parents who list their preferred schools on the entrance of the school, using the Local Local Authority's Common Application Form are regarded as having made valid applications. An Authority’s computerised measuring system, additional or supplementary form may also have to with those living closer to the school receiving be completed for applicants considered under faith the higher priority criteria of faith schools, for boarding schools and for (d) All other applicants selective schools. If places cannot be offered to all in one of the Parents/family members categories above then places will be offered to A parent is any person who has parental the applicants in that category who live closest responsibility for or is the legal guardian of the to the school. child. Where admission arrangements refer to James Elliman Academy ‘parent’s attendance at church’ it is sufficient for just Admissions 2015 one parent to attend. ‘Family members’ include only parents, as defined above, and siblings. James Elliman Academy will comply with the Schools Admissions and Appeals Codes. James Where a pupil has a Statement of Special Elliman Academy will be an inclusive school with Educational Needs naming the school, the school no religious faith affiliations. will admit the pupil whether there are places available or not. All other applicants will be Admissions policy 2015 allocated according to the published Admissions James Elliman Academy Council will determine the Policy. admissions criteria of James Elliman Academy. The In the event of the school being oversubscribed the Local Authority will administer the offer of places Governors will consider applications in the on its behalf. following priority order: Pupil admission number 1. Looked after children 90 places will be available for entry at reception. 2. Children of staff members Oversubscription criteria 2015

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If there are fewer applicants than places, all Waiting list applicants will be accepted. Where the school fills all places, a waiting list will Where the Academy is oversubscribed, after the be maintained by the academy in the order of the admission of pupils with statements of special over subscription criteria. Where a place becomes educational needs which names the Academy, available we will advise the Local Authority of the priority for admission will be given as follows: child who is top of the list so that the home Local 1. A looked after child (as defined in the Children Authority can inform the parent that an offer can be Act 1989) or a child who was previously looked made on behalf of James Elliman Academy. after but immediately after being looked after Late applications will be considered once all of the became subject to an adoption residence, or a "on-time" applications have been allocated. After special guardianship order. As defined in the this, if a school place cannot be offered, they will be Schools Admissions Code paragraph 1.7, a placed on the waiting list in order of the ‘looked after child’ is a child who is (a) in the oversubscription criteria. Late applications cannot care of a local authority, or (b) being provided be placed at the bottom of the waiting list as it is with accommodation by a local authority in the considered that the child is being penalised twice exercise of their social services functions (see and will therefore be placed on the waiting list in the definition in Section 22(1) of the Children the same order as a timely application if a school Act 1989) at the time of making an application place cannot be offered (2.14 of the Schools to a school. Admissions Code). 2. Children who suffer from a long-term medical In-year application or psychological condition, which makes it Application for in-year admission is to be made necessary for them to attend James Elliman direct to James Elliman Academy. Academy. Applications must be accompanied by medical evidence from a GP or Hospital Appeal Consultant. Parents who are refused a school place have the 3. Children who have a member of the immediate right to appeal to an Independent Appeal Panel. family who suffer from a long-term medical or Khalsa Primary School psychological condition which makes it 1. Introduction necessary for them to attend James Elliman Academy. Applications must be accompanied by Please Note: a place in Khalsa Nursery does not medical evidence from a GP or Hospital mean that your child will automatically have a place Consultant. in Khalsa Primary School; parents have to apply again for a Primary School place for the Reception 4. Children who have a sibling living in the same Class. household who currently attend the full time school (not the nursery) and will continue to do Khalsa Primary School is a VA school in the so on the date of admission. A sibling refers to a Trusteeship of the Slough Sikh School Trust. The brother or sister, half brother or sister with one school is conducted by its Governing Body as part of parent in common, adopted brother or sister. the Sikh community in accordance with its Trust Deed and Instrument of Government. The school 5. Children living nearest the school. Distance will exists primarily to serve the Sikh community, but be measured in a straight line from the point set welcomes applications, from those of other or no by Ordnance Survey at the child’s home address faith, who support and respect the religious ethos of and James Elliman Academy using a the school. The Trust requires the school to provide computerised mapping system. The distance 80% of the places to children of the Sikh faith and will be measured from the main gate of the 20% to children of non-Sikh families. The school to the front door of the child's home Governing Body is the ‘Admissions Authority’ for address including high rise flats. the school. The Local Authority will administer the Tie break: If two addresses are the same distance offer of places on its behalf. The Admission Panel from the academy, the offering of a place will be (on behalf of the Governing Body) makes all the decided by lottery. decisions in regards to allocating school places; the Head Teacher is not involved.

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The Governing Body applies the regulations on Please send the Admissions Form (AF) with a copy admissions fairly and equally to all those who wish of the applicants Birth Certificate, Proof of Address to attend this school. All applications will be treated and Cover Letter (CL) (if applicable), to Khalsa on merit and in a sensitive manner. Providing the Primary School, Wexham Road, Slough, SL2 5QR school can meet their needs, the background, level OR submit by hand to the Admissions Officer at the of ability of a child or any special needs that he or school office. A receipt for all applications will be she may have plays no part in the admissions policy provided. of this school. Step 4: 2. Reception admissions process The (RQ) will be then assessed objectively by the Age of child: Children are admitted to Khalsa in the Slough Sikh School Trust and the RQ results passed September following their fourth birthday to the Admissions Panel who will allocate school Step 1: places. The CL is not marked; it is for information only. There are 3 parts to you application: This information will be sent to Slough Borough a) Apply for school places using the Common Council. Application Form (CAF) form via your own Local Authority naming Khalsa Primary School, Slough Borough Council will inform you of your Slough as your preferred school. child's allocation by the April date designated each year. b) Complete a Khalsa Admissions Form (AF), provide a copy of the child's Birth Certificate For your application to be valid all three parts of the and proof of address. application must be submitted between the dates specified on the forms. c) Either if the Applicant has a sibling attending KPS Any part of the application received after the closing from Reception to Year 6 when the Applicant is date will be deemed late and be given lower priority due to start Reception class, parents are NOT than those received on time, regardless of their RQ required to fill in an RQ but MUST complete a score (if applicable) and will be placed on the covering letter (CL) answering the two waiting list, as detailed in the Admissions Criteria questions posed in it. below. Or Answers in English or Panjabi are acceptable for the if the Applicant does not have a sibling RQ and Covering Letter (CL). Support will be given attending KPS from Reception to Year 6 when to parents who require translation or a scribe. the Applicant is due to start Reception class, 3. Admissions over-subscription criteria parents ARE required to fill in a Religious The Governing Body of Khalsa Primary School Questionnaire (RQ). determines their admissions criteria. The Local NOTE: AF, RQ & CL are available on the School’s Authority administers the offer of places on its website: behalf. After the admission of pupils with statements www.khalsaprimaryschool.com/admissions.html of Special Educational Needs, where KPS is the Step 2: named school on the Statement, remaining school places will be allocated. If the school receives more All parts of your application can only be submitted than 60 applications for places in one year group, between the dates specified on the forms the following oversubscription criteria will be Step 3: Parents are strongly advised to keep a applied: photocopy of all parts of their application should 1st Children in public care (‘Looked After’ Children) any query arise. and previously looked after children who ceased to Please send the Religious Questionnaire (RQ) to be so because they were adopted or became subject Admissions, PO Box 4255, Slough, Berks, SL1 0RJ to a residence order or special guardianship order. by Recorded Delivery. 2nd Other or No Faith. The first 12 places (20%) will be allocated to children living with parents in the tradition of any faith other than Sikh or no faith.

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Evidence of this will be required through Note: AF, RQ & CL are available on the School’s completion of the RQ or CL. In the event that these website: places are not taken up by the end of the academic www.khalsaprimaryschool.com/admissions.html year or LA deadlines for statutory schooling Step 2: applications, these places will instead be offered to Sikh children as per the 3rd criteria below. All parts of your application can be submitted at any time of the year. 3rd Sikh Faith. Up to 48 places (80%) will be allocated to children living with parents, who Parents are strongly advised to keep a photocopy of demonstrate a commitment to the Sikh faith. all parts of their application should any query arise. Evidence of this will be required through the Step 3: completion of the RQ form (if applicable). Please send the Religious Questionnaire (RQ) to The ranking order for place allocation is applied to Admissions, PO Box 4255, Slough, Berks, SL1 0RJ the above described 2nd criteria first then the 3rd by Recorded Delivery. criteria: Please send the Admissions Form (AF) with and a) All applicants that have completed a CL who Cover Letter (CL) (if applicable), to Khalsa Primary have a sibling who is already attending KPS in School, Wexham Road, Slough, SL2 5QR OR submit Years 1 to 6, in the academic year the applicant by hand to the Admissions Officer at the school enters Reception class office. A receipt for all applications will be provided. b) RQs with a Good score and then by distance Step 4: c) RQs with a Satisfactory score and then by The (RQ) / (CL) will be assessed objectively by the distance Slough Sikh School Trust and the RQ results passed 4th Insufficient Scores. In the event places are still to the Admissions Panel who will allocate school remaining the ranking order for place allocation is: places. 1) Other or No Faith RQs with an Insufficient For your application to be valid both parts of the score and then by distance application must be submitted at the same time. 2) Sikh Faith RQs with an Insufficient score and Step 5: then by distance. Khalsa Primary School will inform you about the 4. In-year admissions process - Reception to outcome of your application within four weeks. Year 6 If the Year group you have applied to is already full Definition: In-year admissions are admissions to any your application will be placed on the waiting list, year group at any time within the academic year. ranked as detailed in the Admissions Over- Subscription Criteria on page 4. Step 1: Answers in English or Punjabi are acceptable for the There are two parts to your application: RQ and Covering Letter (CL). Support will be given a) Complete a Khalsa Admissions Form (AF), to parents who require translation or a scribe. provide a copy of the child's Birth Certificate 5. Explanatory admissions information and proof of address. • The area served by the school includes all b) Either Slough wards and neighbouring boroughs. If the applicant has a sibling attending KPS from Reception to Year 6 when the applicant is due to • The number of pupils in any one year group start at the school, parents are NOT required to from Reception to Year 6 is limited to no more fill in a RQ but MUST complete a Covering Letter than 60 (2 Form entry) and each class size to 30 (CL) answering the two questions posed in it. pupils. Or • Children must be admitted into their chronological year group. If the applicant does not have a sibling attending KPS from Reception to Year 6 when • All applications require a copy of the applicant’s the applicant is due to start, Parents ARE Birth Certificate and proof of address to be required to fill in a RQ. submitted at the time of application.

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• Sibling - qualifying relationship is immediate months beyond the admission date. The brother or sister only; this means children governors define a permanent residence to be sharing one or both common parents, step where the family live, eat and sleep 7 days a brother or step sister, or legally adopted week. However, in the case of shared custody, children, who live in the same household and evidence will be required from where the child are attending the school from Year Reception to resides for the majority of the week. Year 6 at the time the child is due to start the • A Religious Questionnaire (RQ) or Covering school. Other extended family relationships Letter (CL) can only be submitted once between (e.g. cousin-brother or cousin-sister) DO NOT Reception - Year 6. qualify for sibling consideration. • Any late applications for Reception admissions • Multiple Births: Where applications are received i.e. received after the closing date, will in respect of twins, triplets or children of other automatically be transferred to the waiting list. multiple births and KPS is able to offer one child a place in accordance with the Admissions Religious questionnaires (RQ) code, KPS will offer a place to the other The RQs are marked objectively into one of three child/children also. categories for both Sikh and non-Sikh children; • For ‘Parent’ read Parent, Guardian or Carer. Good, Satisfactory and Insufficient. A maximum of 30 marks can be scored. In the Sikh section of the • For Distance allocation: This is as measured in a RQ there are six questions so there are a maximum straight line using the Slough Borough Council’s of 5 marks per question. For the non-Sikh RQs there Geographical Information System from the is one question with three parts, carrying a Applicants/Child’s home address to the main maximum of 10 marks for each part, totalling a entrance of the KPS. maximum of 30 marks. • Where only one place is available and two or An RQ score of 21-30 will be considered Good, 11- more addresses produce identical distance 20 Satisfactory and 10-0 Insufficient. measurements (Proof of Residence will be required), the names of the applicants will be Waiting list written on separate pieces of paper and one of • A waiting list will be maintained by the them randomly drawn to allocate the place. Governing Body in the order of the • We only accept applications for children who oversubscription criteria which is not affected are living at a UK address. by the time of the application. Each time an application is received for the waiting list, it will • We can only speak to parents and legal be ranked according to the oversubscription guardians about a child’s admissions details. criteria above. This means that a child’s position • Khalsa Primary School has no link with Khalsa on the waiting list can go up or down. Secondary Academy - they are two separate • Allocation will not be based on the length of schools, each with their own admissions process time a child’s name has been on the list. and criteria. • The school will contact you when a place • Proof of the applicant’s permanent residence becomes available. Therefore, please keep the will be required at the time of allocation and school informed of any change of address or before a school place can be offered. Original phone numbers. copies of two items of any of the following documents in the applicant’s name need to be • Places if allocated from the waiting list cannot shown to the Admissions Officer at Khalsa i.e. be held. You will need to be in a position to take Council Tax bill, Utilities bill dated within the up the place within a fortnight of notification. last three months, Child Benefit, Electoral Roll, • Parents are required to confirm in writing by 30 etc. If the address is a rented property the June (in the academic year of application) to the original properly witnessed lease signed by a school that they wish to remain on the Khalsa solicitor must be provided - we will not accept Primary School waiting list for the following photocopies or downloaded agreements. The academic year. tenancy agreement must extend at least 6

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Admissions appeals Nursery admissions process Parents whose child has not been allocated a place at Step 1: Khalsa Primary School can appeal. The Appeal’s Fill in a Khalsa Nursery Admission Form and send form can be obtained from the school office or from to Khalsa Primary School, Wexham Road, Slough, the school’s website and should be sent to: The SL2 5QR OR submit by hand to the Admissions Clerk to the Appeals Panel, PO Box 4235, Slough, Officer at the school office. A receipt for all Berkshire, SL3 3FP. applications will be provided. An appeal can only be made once per academic year: A copy of the child's Birth Certificate will be Reception class appeals: required with the Admissions Form. Appeals have to be lodged within 20 school days of Proof of the applicant’s permanent residence will be allocation. All appeals lodged within this time must required at the time of allocation and before a school be heard within 40 school days of this date place can be offered, as described above on Page 6 of In-year (Years 1 to 6) appeals: this Policy. For in year applications, once the school have Step 2: refused a place, the parent has 20 school days to Submit the application any time after the child’s lodge the appeal from the date of the letter from the second birthday. school and 30 school days to hear the appeal from Step 3: that deadline. Places are allocated by the schools Admissions Panel An independent appeals panel’s decision is binding and you will be informed of the decision by May for all parties concerned. Details of appeals before the academic year your child is due to start. arrangements are set out in the School Admissions Appeals Code 2012. Nursery places allocation Withdrawal If the school receives more than 52 applications for Nursery places the following oversubscription School Admissions Code 2012 states ‘an offer of a criteria will be applied: school place may be withdrawn if fraudulent or intentionally misleading application from a 1st By Applicants who have siblings that already parent/carer is made (e.g. a false claim of residency attend Khalsa from Year Reception to Year 6 at the in a catchment area)’. The burden of proof lies with time of admission you and your application. 2nd By Distance: Distance allocation (as measured 6. Nursery admissions in a straight line using the Slough Borough Council’s Geographical Information System) from the Admissions Information for Nursery Applications Applicants/Child’s home address to the main Khalsa has a Nursery class of 5 mornings or entrance of the KPS. afternoons per week. This is non-statutory and has Where only one place is available and two or more its own admissions procedure. addresses produce identical distance measurements Please Note: a place in Khalsa Nursery does not (Proof of Residence will be required), the names of mean that your child will automatically have a place the applicants will be written on separate pieces of in Khalsa Primary School; parents have to apply paper and one of them randomly drawn to allocate again for a Primary School place for the Reception the place. Class. 3rd By Age from Oldest to Youngest A separate waiting list will be maintained for Langley Hall Primary Academy Nursery ranked in order of the places allocation as described below. Admissions There is no right of appeal for Nursery as attendance Langley Hall Primary Academy is a Free School, is non-statutory. which means that it is funded by the Government but not under Local Authority control. It is not connected in any way with Langley Academy or Langley Primary Academy which are other local schools.

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The school operates from two sites: the Langley For children born between 01.09.11 and 31.08.12: village site in Station Road for Upper School apply by the Slough Common Admissions Process children (years 3-6) and the St Mary’s Road, Langley for children entering Reception classes in the site for Lower School children (reception classes and September after their 4th birthday, as described years 1-2). below. How to apply Children born between 01.04.2012 and 31.08.2012 It is important that you make your choice to apply (“summer-born”) can, if parents prefer, request for a place at Langley Hall Primary Academy after admission to reception in September 2017: they you have looked at our website (www.lhpa.co.uk) should apply through the same admissions process and read about our vision, ethos and philosophy. as for 2016 entrants , after notifying both Slough Borough Council and the school of their intention to We hold Open Mornings throughout the year to give defer entry. Please discuss the implications of you an opportunity to look around the school and delayed admission with Mrs Eaton, Executive Head, ask us questions. Open Morning dates will be posted before committing to this course of action. on our website. Applicants need to complete the Slough admissions We believe that parents or carers should make a form, preferably on-line, at fully-informed decision to apply for a place at our www.slough.gov.uk/admissions between 1st school, as we have some very specific curriculum September 2015 and 15th January 2016. The form requirements (e.g. all children are required to learn can also be printed off and filled in manually if to play at least two musical instruments and to take preferred. Parents of children living in other part in swimming lessons unless there are medical boroughs should contact their own councils for reasons for exemption). Please be aware that we will advice on how to proceed. ask successful applicants to sign a home/school contract to confirm their acceptance of these Please also complete our “Expression of Interest” requirements. form so that we can keep in touch with you to inform you of any special events we are holding for How you make an application for a place at the prospective pupils and their parents. Do this as soon school, or to go on our waiting list will depend on as you decide you might apply to the school: do not the age of your child. As it can be confusing, we wait until December to fill in the Expression of have explained the process by age group below. Interest Form, which can be downloaded from our To apply for a place in Years 1-6 (ages 5-11) website. 1. Check our website ( www.lhpa.co.uk ) to see if • A total of 104 pupils will be admitted to the 4 the school is right for your child. reception classes (class size is set at 26 by 2. Come and visit us on one of our Open Mornings. permission of the Department for Education, due to restricted space). 3. If you wish your child to be admitted to a class other than in their normal year group (eg a year • Applications should be made after 1st December higher for gifted and talented or a year lower for 2015 and must be received by Slough Borough children who have missed a lot of school for any Council by midnight on 15th January 2016. reason) please discuss this first with the • Applications received after the closing date will Executive Headteacher. be deemed to be late applications and will be 4. Complete an application form and RETURN IT considered after those which are received on DIRECTLY TO THE SCHOOL, marked for the time. attention of the Admissions Manager. Forms • Applicants will be notified by letter sent in mid- can be downloaded from the website or April 2016 if a place is available for their child collected from the school office. to start in September 2016 (or September 2017 5. Your child will then be offered a place or placed for summer-born children choosing to defer on the waiting list according to our admissions admission). and oversubscription criteria. • Proof of your child’s age is required in the form To apply for a place at the school in the Reception of a copy of the short birth certificate or Year Group (age 4-5 only) for September 2016 passport, prior to admission.

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• The offer of a school place is made only if your 4. Children with a disability, medical or social child fulfils the admissions criteria. need where it is suggested that Langley Hall • If you supply false information which gives Primary Academy would meet their needs above your child an unfair advantage over other all other schools. Evidence of this would be applicants, the offer may be withdrawn. You required in the form of an official report from would be required to make a fresh application e.g. a Doctor, Social Worker or Educational giving the correct details, which would be Psychologist. processed in line with the new information. 5. Children whose home address is within the • Deferred entry or part-time schooling may be catchment area defined as being within a circle possible if your child is under compulsory of 3.25 miles’ radius from the Upper School’s school age (i.e. is between 4 and 5 years of age), front gate in Station Road, Langley. If more but only in the year of application. children qualify for admission under this criterion than there are places available then the *PLEASE NOTE: our Expression of Interest form is distance criterion shall be applied˟. only to register your interest in Langley Hall Primary Academy and allow us to keep in touch 6. All other applicants. If there are more children with you. It is not an application form and you must than places available then the distance criterion ˟ apply for a place via Slough admissions at: shall be applied . www.slough.gov.uk/admissions ˟Distance criterion Admissions criteria Those who live closest to the school as defined by Children with a Statement of Special Educational the distance from the Upper School’s front gate in Needs or Education and Health Care Plan, where Station Road, Langley to the front door of the child’s Langley Hall Primary Academy is named on the home using Slough Education Department’s distance Statement or Plan, will be admitted ahead of all calculator will be offered any remaining place(s). If other applicants. this calculator is not available for use, then the distance will be measured by the shortest travel Oversubscription criteria distance to school using Google maps car route In the event of there being more applications than option. places available, other applicants will be admitted in Tie breaker the following order: In the event of two or more children being equally 1. Looked-after children who are under the qualified for a single vacancy, the following tie supervision of the local authority at the time of breaker will apply: application or who have been adopted following a period of being in care. Random allocation, supervised by a person or persons completely independent of the school. 2. Children with an older sibling at the School at the time of admission. Siblings will include: Appeals brothers and sisters; half-brothers and sisters; Applicants have the right to appeal if a school is step-brothers and sisters; adopted brothers and unable to offer a place to their child. sisters, or the children of the parent/carer’s Appeals will only be considered if an application in partner, but only if the child for whom the place writing has been made and a place not awarded. is sought is living in the same family unit, at the same address as that sibling. Appeals must be in writing. 3. Children of all staff, including peripatetic staff, Advice on how to make an appeal is available on our who have worked at LHPA for at least 2 years, website. or of staff members who are recruited to fill a Appeals are heard by an independent panel which post for which there is a demonstrable skill operates according to the Appeals Code. shortage. Step-children, foster-children or The School will exercise its right to hear no more adopted children of staff, will be accepted than one appeal for any individual child in any within the definition of “children”. academic year.

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The deadline for appeals for reception places to time at which the application for admission commence in September 2015 will be announced on to the school is made, and/or our website. b)the member of staff is recruited to fill a Although appeals may be made at any time, the vacant post for which there is a demonstrable majority for reception will be heard within a short skill shortage. period after the deadline and it is likely that any 3. Children who have a sibling attending the available places would be allocated then. school. ‘Sibling includes step siblings, foster The address for appeals will be on our website but siblings, adopted siblings and other children please make sure that you read the advice section living permanently at the same address or before making an appeal siblings who are former pupils of the school’. Lynch Hill School Primary Academy 4. Children who have strong medical or social grounds for admission for which supporting Pupils will be admitted to the school into the evidence, eg. a letter, is supplied from their Reception year in September following their 4th doctor, health visitor or relevant professional. birthday (i.e pupils must be four years old by 31st August), without reference to ability or aptitude. 5. All other children ranked according to the The admission number for any one year group is proximity of the applicant’s home to the school 120 and class size is limited to 30 per class. measured from home to the school’s main entrance using GPS software. Oversubscription criteria Tie Breaker: If Lynch Hill School does not have Where applications for admission exceed the places for all the children in a particular category, number of places available, the following criteria random allocation will be used as a tie-break to will be applied. decide who has highest priority for admission if the The law requires the school to admit pupils with a distance between two children’s homes and the Statement of Special Educational Needs where a school is the same. This process will be Local Authority has specifically named Lynch Hill independently verified. School as the most appropriate placement. These Applications and offers applications will usually be agreed in advance of the main allocation process. Where they are a late Entry Admissions: applying for a place in application, the school can be required to admit Reception even if the admission number has been reached. There is one intake into Reception, in September, If the school is oversubscribed, after the admission each year. of pupils with a Statement of Special Educational An application for a place at Lynch Hill School is Needs where the school is named in the Statement, made using the common application form (CAF). priority for admission will be given to those children Admission to Reception is coordinated by Slough who meet the criteria set out below, in order: Borough Council. 1. Looked after children and previously looked Places are allocated on the basis of our determined after children. admission arrangements only, and a decision to offer A ‘looked after child’ is a child who is (a) in the care of or refuse admission is made by the Admissions a local authority, or (b) being provided with Committee established by the Governing Body. accommodation by a local authority in the exercise of their social services functions (see the definition in In the normal admissions round, an offer of a place Section 22(1) of the Children Act 1989) at the time of in Reception is sent by the local authority and the making an application to a school. school does not contact parents until after these Previously looked after children are children who were offers have been received. looked after, but ceased to be so because they were The timeline for this process is set be the local adopted (or became subject to a residence order or special guardianship order. authority. Applications received after the closing date will be deemed as late. These will be considered 2. Children of staff after those received by the due date, if places are a) where the member of staff has been employed available. at the school for two or more years at the

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If places are not available, the application will be Right to appeal held on the school’s waiting list. If a place becomes In all cases, where a decision has been made to available it will be allocated on the basis of the refuse a place at the school parents have the right of oversubscription criteria. appeal. Appeals information is available from the Deferred entry to school school office and on the website. All appeals need to Parents can request that the date their child is be made in writing to the Appeals Clerk and will be admitted to school is deferred until later in the considered by an independent panel. academic year or until the term in which the child Marish Primary School and Willow reaches compulsory school age, and Primary School Parents can request that their child takes up the Admissions policy place part-time until the child reaches compulsory school age. Marish Academy Trust policy and regulations for admissions are determined by the Local Education In-year admissions Authority in consultation with all of its schools. As This applies to admissions in all other year groups required by the Education Reform Act 1988 the and to Reception after the normal admissions round. numbers are reviewed annually. The standard Lynch Hill has 120 places per year group, year R to number for Marish Primary School has been set at year 6. 90. The standard number for Willow Primary School An application for an ‘in year’ admission is made has been set at 60. using the school admission form and is accepted at 1. All parents enrolling children into education any time through the year. Alternatively, an and all prospective parents moving into the application via Slough Borough Council is equally Local Authority area can request a booklet from acceptable. These applications are processed by the the LA detailing policy and process. school. All matters relating to entry admissions 2. On application to a Marish Academy Trust apply equally to in year admissions. school all parents are provided with an Withdrawing an offer or a place application form. Forms are also available on The school may withdraw an offer if it has been each school’s website to download. offered in error, a parent has not responded within a 3. Prospective parents seeking a school place for reasonable period of time, or it is established that their child may visit the school by appointment. the offer was obtained through a fraudulent or 4. Marish Academy Trust schools have an equal intentionally misleading application. preference system for admissions, which means Where an offer is withdrawn on the basis of that all applications are considered equally misleading information, the application will be against the admission criteria. The admission considered afresh, and a right of appeal offered if an procedure for Marish Primary School and offer is refused. Willow Primary School is as follows: Waiting lists If there are more applications for places than there The school maintains a clear, fair and objective are spaces available in both school and nursery the waiting list. Each added child will require the list to applications are put in order using the following be ranked again in line with the published criteria: oversubscription criteria. (a) Children with a statement of Special The waiting list is held for one academic year. The Educational Needs (SEN) that names either of list is closed on 31st August and fresh applications the Trust schools are required for the new school year. (b) Children who are in the care of the LA or Priority is not given to children based on the date provided with accommodation in that authority their application was received or their name was with Section 20 or 37 of the Children’s Act 1989 added to the list. Looked after children, previously (Looked After Children) will be considered next looked after children, and those allocated a place at (c) Children who live in the catchment area of the the school in accordance with a Fair Access Protocol school (details are available from the LA) take precedence over those on a waiting list.

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(d) Children who have strong medical or social The criteria for admissions to our nursery where grounds for admission. These reasons must be there are more applicants than spaces is outlined fully supported in writing from a professional above. such as a doctor or social worker Reception admissions (e) Children who have older siblings at the school Children are eligible for a Reception place from the when the applicant would enter (including step, September after their fourth birthday. If you are a foster and adopted siblings living within the Slough Borough Council resident the information same family unit) for how to apply for a place is on the Slough (f) All other applicants Borough Council website, www.slough.gov.uk. In the event of the requested Trust school being Applications are not processed via the school. oversubscribed, parents can appeal to an If you are not a resident of Slough Borough Council Independent Appeals Panel. Parents have 20 school you will need to apply through your Home days to lodge an appeal in writing from the date they Authority. You will still be able to apply for Slough were informed that there are no spaces for their Borough Council schools through your Home child. Forms will be sent to the parent and school Authority. then has to hear the appeal within 40 school days of Our Lady of Peace Infant School the closing date of receiving the forms. Introduction Nursery admissions This Policy is written in consultation with staff, All children, from the beginning of the term after governors and the local community as set out in the their third birthday and those eligible 2 year olds, School Admissions Code, in light of our mission from the beginning of the term after their second statement, in that it values and respects pupils and birthday are entitled to up to 570 hours funded early staff of Our Lady of Peace Catholic Infant and learning per year. These hours are taken as 15 hours Nursery School. Our aim is to respond to all per week, term time only (38 weeks per year), children in our care with sensitivity and which is 3 hours per day Monday to Friday. There is imagination. no cost to the parent for funded early learning within the 570 hours described above. Any Where a pupil has a statement of Special additional hours will have to be paid for. Educational Needs naming the school, the school will admit the pupil whether there are places To apply for a place in the nursery at a Marish available or not. Academy Trust setting, please complete an application form which is downloadable from the The Governors hope to offer places to every child Marish and Willow schools websites and return it to baptised into the Roman Catholic faith, who applies. the school of your choice. Alternatively please come Where the admission number is reached or in to school to complete the forms. You will be exceeded in any criterion, distance from the school asked to show your child’s birth certificate or will be the deciding factor when offering a place. passport to confirm their date of birth. Proof of residence will be required and where two children meet the same criteria, the shortest distance Places in our nursery can only be offered to children from the school will be the deciding factor when resident in other Local Authorities once children offering a place. Proximity to the school will be by resident in Slough have been offered a place. using the Slough Geographical Information System Applications can be made after the child’s second from the Local Authority. Distances are measured birthday for possible admission in the term from the map reference of the child’s home to the following the child’s third birthday. front gate of the school, using a computerised We admit children to our nursery each term Geographical Information System. All measurements providing there are spaces available. must be consistent and fair. Therefore, the Governors will not accept any other measuring Parents may be asked to provide proof of identity devise such as Google Maps. In the event of two or and address. more children being equally qualified for a single Unsuccessful applicants will be considered with the vacancy, a random allocation tie breaker will be next batch of applicants. used, supervised by a person or persons, completely

56 Apply online at www.slough.gov.uk/admissions School Admissions Arrangements independent of the school. There are 90 places When a vacancy occurs at the school, the Governors available in each year group. In the event of over will offer the place to the child who is listed first in subscription, priority will be given to applicants in the waiting list as judged by the admissions criteria. the following order: Definitions: 1. Looked after Children and previously looked Looked after children/previously looked after after children children: A ‘looked after child’ or a child who was 2. Practising Baptised Catholic children with a previously looked after but immediately after being sibling attending the Infant/Junior school at the looked after became subject became subject to an time of application. adoption, residence, or special guardianship order. A 3. Practising Baptised Catholic children. looked after child is a child who is (a) in the care of the local authority, or (b) being provided with 4. All other Baptised Catholic children. accommodation by a local authority in the exercise In the event of there being vacancies after all the of their social services functions (see the definition above applicants have been admitted, the Governors in Section 22(1) of the Children Act 1989). will admit children, whose parents wish their Previously looked after children are children who children to be educated in a Catholic environment. were looked after, but ceased to be so because they Priority will be given to applicants in the following were adopted (or became subject to a residence order: order or special guardianship order). 5. Children of Christian faiths. Sibling: Sibling is defined in these arrangements as 6. Children who have brothers and/or sisters in children who live as brother or sister in the same either Our Lady of Peace Infant or Junior house, including natural brothers or sisters, adopted Schools at time of application. siblings, stepbrothers or sisters and foster brothers and sisters. 7. All other children. Practising: Practising Catholics will be determined Parents have a right to defer their child’s place at by a successful Priest’s reference. Reception age and also has the option to request part time. Parents can request that their child’s Catholic means baptised in accordance with the rites admission is deferred until later in the academic of the Catholic Church within the See of Rome, or year or until the term in which the child reaches enrolled in a baptismal programme. (original copy compulsory school age and that parents can request of baptism certificate or letter from the Parish that their child takes up the place part-time until the Priest). child reaches compulsory school age. All decisions ‘Christian’ should be defined as ‘a member of one of will be made by the Governors on an individual the churches in full membership with Churches basis, after consulting with the Headteacher. Together in Britain and Ireland at the time when In the event of a child being unable to obtain a place admission decisions are made.’ in school, parents will be given full details of the www.churces-together.net/Articles/147646/Churches Appeals procedure on request to the Clerk to the _Together_in/About/Member_Churches.aspx Governors. Proof of church membership must be provided by Children’s religious faiths will be established the appropriate church leader. through reference to their “original” Baptismal Our Lady of Peace Catholic Junior School certificates or other faith equivalent. Introduction: Parents or carers of pupils who are re-locating from overseas must provide the information determined Our Lady of Peace Junior School is situated in the by the Immigration Rules of the UK Border Agency. Dioceses of Northampton and is maintained by Slough Unitary Authority. Following the Governors’ decision parents may request that their child is kept on a waiting list. The Governing Body of Our Lady of Peace Junior Parents may be asked from time to time by the School have responsibility for setting the admissions school to confirm that they wish their child’s name criteria to the school and applies the regulations on to remain on the list and in the absence of admissions fairly and equally to all applicants. confirmation, names will be removed.

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Slough Unitary Authority is the co-ordinating If a place is available and there is no waiting list the authority for the normal round of admissions. child will be admitted. If there is a waiting list, then The ethos of Our Lady of Peace Junior School is applications will be ranked by the Governing Body based on Christian Gospel values and the teaching in accordance with the oversubscription criteria. of the Roman Catholic Church. We ask parents Tie break applying for a place here to have sympathy with this In the case of a tie break proximity to the school will ethos and its importance to the school community. be the deciding factor. To fulfil the requirement of the law and having The shortest distance from the school will be the consulted with the Local Authority, the Diocese and deciding factor in offering a place. Proof of residence other local admissions authorities, the Governing is required (For “Home Address” please see body has set a planned admission number of 90 definition). Proximity to the school will be pupils for Year 3 admission. measured in a straight line from the top of the drive Where a pupil has a Statement of Special to the school to the main front entrance of the Educational Needs naming the school, the school child’s home using the Slough Geographical will admit the pupil whether there are places Information System. available or not. Final tie break In the event of oversubscription priority will be In the event of two or more children being equally given to applicants in accordance with the following qualified for a single vacancy, the following tie criteria: breaker will apply: Admissions criteria Random allocation, independently verified by a 1) All Looked after children and previous looked person or persons, completely independent of the after children (please see definition) school. 2) Baptised Catholic children attending Our Lady In the event of a child being unable to obtain a place of Peace Infant School (known as Our Lady of in the school, parents or carers will be given full Peace Infant and Nursery School) at the time of details of the Appeals Procedure and the date on application which Appeals will be considered by an 3) All other Baptised Catholic children who have Independent Panel. applied for a place at the school Following the decision of the Appeals Panel, if 4) Children of other Christian denominations unsuccessful, parents or carers may request that (please see definition) their child’s name is kept on file. Parents or carers will be contacted during the school year to confirm 5) All other Children attending Our Lady of Peace if they still wish their child’s name to remain on file. Infant School (known as Our Lady of Peace Infant and Nursery School). When a vacancy occurs at the school the Governors will offer a place to the child in accordance with the 6) Other children with a sibling attending Our published admissions criteria. Lady of Peace Junior School at the time of application. Documents required: 7) All other Children. Parents or carers wishing to apply for a place in the school should complete the following: In the case of a tie proximity to the school will apply except to children in Criteria 1 • Local Authority Common Application Form (CAF) Proof of residence is required. (please see required documentation to be sent to LA) Definitions: In-year admissions Years 3 - 6 Looked after children Applications for In-Year admissions are made • A looked after child is a child who is (a) in the directly to the school on the Common Application care of a local authority, or (b) being provided Form provided by the Local Authority. The with accommodation by a local authority in the published Admissions Criteria will apply to exercise of their social services functions (see applicants. the definition in Section 22(1) of the Children

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Act 1989) at the time of making an application 2 The Trust and PPPA will act in accordance with to the school. the School Admissions Code, the School Previously looked after children Admission Appeals Code, equalities law and the law on admissions. • Previously looked after children are children who were looked after, but ceased to be so Admission number because they were adopted (or became subject 3 The Published Admission Number (PAN) for to a residence order or special guardianship pupils into Reception is 90. PPPA will order). accordingly admit this number of pupils each • Home address - Is the address at which the child year if there are sufficient applications. Where resides for most of the week. Distances are fewer applicants for the relevant year group are measured from the top of the drive to the school received, PPPA will offer places to all those who to the main front entrance of the child’s home have applied. using the Slough Geographical Information Process of application System. 4 Arrangements for applications for places at • Catholic means baptised in accordance with the PPPA in Reception will be made in accordance rites of the Catholic Church or enrolled in a with Slough Borough Council’s (SBC) baptismal programme coordinated admission arrangements. Parents Siblings must make their application to the local authority where they live on that authority’s • Children with a sibling attending the school at Common Application Form (CAF). the time of application. Sibling is defined in these arrangements as children who live as 5 PPPA will use SBC’s timetable for applications brother or sister in the same house, including each year (exact dates may vary from year to natural brothers or sisters, adopted siblings, year). This will fit in with the timetable for the stepbrothers or sisters and foster brothers and co-ordination of admission arrangements within sisters. SBC. • Christian means a member of the churches 6 All children whose statement of Special Together in England (for clarification please Educational Needs (SEN) names PPPA will be refer to the list published on the following admitted. website: http://www.churches- Procedures where PPPA is oversubscribed together.net/Articles/147646/Churches_Togethe 7 Where the number of applications for r_in/About/Member_Churches.aspx admission to Reception is greater than 90, after • Other faiths means - all other faiths the admission of pupils with Educational Health Parlaunt Park Primary Academy and Care Plans or Statement of SEN naming the school, priority will be given to those children Admissions policy in the following order: Introduction (i) Looked after children and previously looked 1 Parlaunt Park Primary Academy (PPPA) is after children1/Those with Child sponsored by The Langley Academy Trust (the Arrangement Orders Trust) and offers unique opportunities for (ii) Children who live in the catchment area of children of all abilities with a philosophy based the School2 on providing an experience that allows them to become confident, independent and creative. (iii) Children who have strong medical or social 3 PPPA aims for the highest achievement for all grounds for admission and to provide a welcoming and imaginative (iv) Children who have older brother(s) or environment which enriches the lives of all sister(s) at the school when the applicant involved. We aspire to instil traditional values would enter4 and promote respect for other beliefs. (v) All other applicants.

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Tie-break applications than there are places available, a 8 If PPPA becomes oversubscribed in any of waiting list will operate until the end of the criteria 2-5 above, a tie-breaker will be required. academic year. PPPA will maintain the waiting Places will be offered according to straight line list and it will be open to any parent to ask for distance between the home5 and the main his or her child’s name to be placed on the entrance of PPPA. Those living nearer to PPPA waiting list, following an unsuccessful will be given higher priority. Straight line application. distance is based on the co-ordinates for the 15 A child’s position on the waiting list will be property and the school as defined in the Local determined solely in accordance with the Land and Property Gazetteer and based on the oversubscription criteria set out above. The Ordnance Survey’s National System. waiting list will be re-ordered in accordance 9 Random allocation undertaken by an with the oversubscription criteria every time independent body other than PPPA will be used there is a fresh applicant, or someone gives as a final tie-break in categories ii-vi above to notice they no longer wish to remain on the list. decide who has highest priority for admission if On request, parents will be informed of the total the distance between a child’s home and PPPA is number of children remaining on the list. equidistant in any two or more cases. 16 Children awarded a place on appeal take Late applications precedence over those on the waiting list. Likewise, looked after children, previously 10 Applications received after 15th January (the looked after children, and children placed primary admissions application deadline) will within PPPA as a result of the operation of the be considered late applications. Late Fair Access Protocol will take priority over applications will not be considered until after those on the waiting list. offers have been made to those who applied by the closing date. Appeals Deferrals 17 There will be a right of appeal to an Independent Appeal Panel for unsuccessful 11 Parents of children offered a place in Reception applicants. Details of how to appeal will be can ask for their child’s attendance at the school available from PPPA and will also be published to be deferred until the term immediately after on http://www.parlauntparkps.co.uk/. they reach compulsory school age - this is the term starting closest to 1st January or 1st April 18 Appeals must be registered within 20 school after their fifth birthday. Where entry is days of the primary offer date. deferred, the place will be held open and not 19 The arrangements for appeals will comply with offered to another child. Parents cannot defer the School Admission Appeals Code published entry beyond the beginning of the term by the Department for Education. immediately after the child’s fifth birthday, nor In-year and casual admissions beyond the academic year for which the original application was accepted. 20 Applications for in-year admission to any year group should be made directly to PPPA and the 12 Parents can also request that their children above over-subscription criteria will apply. attend part-time until they reach compulsory Notes school age. Each request will be considered by PPPA on its merits. 1A looked after child is a child who is a) in the care of a local authority, or (b) being provided with accommodation by a local Nursery children authority in the exercise of their social services functions (see definition in Section 22(1) of the Children Act 1989). A 13 Parents of children attending Parlaunt Nursery previously looked after child is a child who was looked after but unit will need to apply for a place in Reception ceased to be so because they were adopted (or became subject to in the same manner as all other applicants. a child arrangement order or special guardianship order). (See section 1.7 of The Admissions Code 2012.) Waiting lists 2Details of the catchment area are in Appendix 1 of this 14 PPPA will operate a waiting list for all year admissions policy. groups. Where in any year PPPA receives more

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3These reasons must be fully supported in writing from a order. A looked after child is a child who is in professional person involved in the case, such as a doctor or the care of a local authority, or being provided social worker. This must show that the school requested is the only school that the child can attend because of the medical or with accommodation by a local authority in the social needs. All documents must be submitted with the CAF or exercise of their social services functions. with a printed copy of the online form if completed online. • Children with a sibling attending the school at 4Children are considered as siblings if they have brothers or the time of application. Sibling is defined in sisters including step, adopted or foster brothers or sisters living these arrangements as children who live as in the same family unit and attending the school at the time the child is due to start the school. brother or sister in the same house, including natural brothers or sisters, adopted siblings, 5A child’s permanent address is the place of normal residence during term time. Where parental responsibility is shared, the stepbrothers or sisters and foster brother and address of the parent/carer who receives the Child Benefit sisters. Allowance for the child will be taken as the permanent address, or, in cases where no Child benefit Allowance is received, the • Where there are medical grounds (supported by address that is utilised is that which is registered with their a doctor’s certificate) for admitting the child. Doctor. Proof of residence can be asked for at any time. during • Other children by distance from the school, the admissions process. This will normally be in the form of a recent council tax bill or a utility bill less than 3 months old. with priority for admission given to children who live nearest to the school. Distance will be Pippins School measured in a straight line from the front door Policy and numbers of the child’s home address (including flats) to Children are admitted on a part-time basis the main entrance of the school, using the LA’s (mornings only) basis to the Nursery Class at the computerised measuring system, with those start of the school year (September) in which they living closer to the school receiving the higher reach their fourth birthday. They are admitted full- priority. Random allocation will be used as a tie- time to the Reception Class at the start of the year in break to decide who has highest priority for which they reach their fifth birthday, although there admission if the distance between two children’s is the option of attending part-time until the child is homes and the school is the same. This process five years old. The number of admissions for each will be independently verified. year is 27 (26 for the Nursery) Appeals Application to the Nursery should be made using Parents have the right to appeal if we are unable to the Pippins application form and those for the main offer a place to their child. An independent panel school using the Common Application Form. will be set up no more than once a term to consider Admission dates for all classes other than Nursery any appeal against non-admission. A copy of the will usually be in line with those set by Slough Local procedure is available from the school. Parents who Authority. Parents/Carers must also submit proof of have appealed unsuccessfully may reapply for a address in the form of a Council Tax or utility bill. place at the school in a later academic year. There is The child’s birth certificate must be seen by the no right of appeal for Nursery Class as this stage of school prior to admission, unless we have already education is non-statutory. recorded that it has been seen in the Nursery. Priory School (Foundation) Over subscription General information Where applications for admission exceed the Priory School (age range 4 to 11) is an all inclusive number of places available, the following criteria school and welcomes all applications. Children will will be applied, after the admission of pupils with a be admitted to the school without reference of Statement of Special Educational Needs where the academic ability or aptitude. school is named in the Statement, priority for admission will be given to those children who meet Our Local Authority, Slough Borough Council the criteria set out below, in order: (SBC), co-ordinate all admissions to the Reception Year and therefore, parents/carers will need to apply • Where a looked after child or a child who was for places at Priory School (Foundation) by previously looked after but immediately after completing a Common Application Form (CAF) being looked after became subject to an and submitting this to Slough Borough Council in adoption, residence, or special guardianship accordance with their co-ordinated admissions

Apply online at www.slough.gov.uk/admissions 61 School Admissions Arrangements scheme. All other year group admissions are an adoption, residence, or special guardianship determined by the Governing body of Priory School order. A looked after child is a child who is (a) and are therefore managed independently of SBC. in the care of a local authority, or (b) being Therefore all applications for entry into Year 1 provided with accommodation by a local through to Year 6 should be addressed directly to authority in the exercise of their social services Priory School’s Admissions Officer. functions. Details of SBC’s scheme and application forms are b) Children who have strong medical or social available from SBC’s Admissions Team and are on grounds for admission. These reasons must be the SBC website: www.slough.gov.uk. Details fully supported in writing from a professional include the timetable for applications (including person, such as a doctor or social worker and deadlines), how to express school preferences and returned with the application form. (Examples how parents/carers will be informed of the result of of strong medical or social grounds could be their application. serious domestic or family problems or the Inclusion child having a chronic medical condition). Priory School aims to provide a welcoming and c) Children who have siblings attending the school caring environment which values diversity, at the time the child would enter. Children are promotes equal opportunities and has an ethos of considered as sibling if they have brother(s) or inclusion. All children are encouraged to develop sister(s) including step, adopted or foster confidence and recognise value in their brother(s) or sister(s) living in the same family contributions to their learning. Priory School is unit and attending the school at the time the committed to offering an inclusive curriculum to child is due to start the school. ensure the best possible progress for all our d) Those living within the catchment area of the children, whatever their needs and abilities. school at the closing date for applications and Children with a Statement of Special Needs (SEN) also at the time of the child’s admission to that name Priory School (Foundation) as their school. Verification of the applicant’s residency preferred school, will be given admission. will be required at the time of application*. Admissions policy e) Those having attended Priory Nursery. The school has a Planned Admission Number (PAN) f) Proximity of the applicant’s home to the school, for 2015/16 of 120 for Reception. Each class will with those living nearest by the shortest safe admit up to 30 children. The school will provide for walking route being accorded priority. Distance the admission of all children in the September will be measured from the home address** to following their fourth birthday. the Priory School’s main Office Reception entrance doors, using Google Maps. For Where a child is below compulsory school age in parents/carers living in a block of flats, the the September following their fourth birthday, distance will be measured from the main parent/carers may request that the date their child is entrance of the block of flats. admitted to school is deferred until later in the academic year or until the term in which the child Where the distance between two children’s homes reaches compulsory school age. Parent/carers may and the school is the same, for example, the home is further request that their child takes up the place situated in an apartment block, then allocation will part-time until their child reaches compulsory be decided by the Surname, in alphabetical order (A school age. to Z). Should 2 or more families share the same Surname then priority will be determined by a Admissions criteria further tie-breaker. The date of birth of the child In the event of there being more applications than requesting entry will be considered. In this instance, places, children will be admitted in the order set out the eldest child will be offered the priority. below: *Verification of the applicant’s permanent residence a) A ‘looked after child’ or a child who has at the time of allocation will be required before a previously been looked after but immediately school place can be offered. This documentation e.g. after being looked after has become subject to Council Tax, Utilities bill, Child Benefit, house

62 Apply online at www.slough.gov.uk/admissions School Admissions Arrangements purchase contract, Electoral Roll etc. is decided places arise during the school year, children on the annually by the Admissions Panel. If the address is a list will be considered and vacant places will be rented property the original properly witnessed allocated in accordance with the criteria above. lease, signed by a solicitor, must be provided - we Allocation will not be based on the length of time a will not accept photocopies or downloaded child’s name has been on the list. agreements. The tenancy agreement must extend at The school has a responsibility to admit any child least 6 months beyond the admissions date. The who is the subject of a ‘direction’ by the Local governors define a permanent residence to be where Authority or is allocated to us under the Fair Access the family live, eat and sleep 7 days per week. DfE Protocol and any such children take precedence Code of Practice states an offer of a school place over the waiting list. may be withdrawn if fraudulent or intentionally misleading application from a parent/carer is made Appeals against non-admission (e.g. a false claim of residency in a catchment area). Parent/carers have the right to appeal to an The burden of proof lies with the parent/carer. independent panel if the school is unable to offer a ** Where parent/carers are living apart, but have place for their child. Appeals will only be heard shared responsibilities for a child, as defined in the from parent/carers who have first sought admission Children Act 1989, Part 1. Section 3, the home via SBC’s coordinated admissions scheme and been address shall be determined as the one where the refused. Arrangements for appeals against non- child spends 3 week day nights during term time. admissions which will be independent of the school and shall be heard in accordance with the Schools Proximity of the child’s house, those living nearer Admissions Code of Practice. Under this Code of being accorded the higher priority, will also serve to Practice the school exercises its right not to consider differentiate between applications within criteria a) further appeals for the same child within the same to g) above should the need arise. academic year. Late applications Ryvers School Applications received after the published closing Applications procedures date each year will be considered to be casual applications, outside the normal intake timetable. a. Applications should be made by the published closing date, by parents of children who will be Late applications 5 during the course of the next academic year When a parent/carer wishes to apply for a place at (from 1st September to 31st August). Priory School (Foundation) at times other than the b. Applications must be made on the Common normal admission period and/or in year groups Application Form for Slough. which are not normal admission years (i.e. for children moving in to the designated area or wishing c. Applications received after the published to transfer from another school), these are closing date each year will be considered to be considered to be casual applications, outside the ‘late applications’. Governors will look at late normal intake timetable. Casual applications must applications sympathetically, in the light of be made using the Priory School Application Form places available. If places are not available, the and submitted to the Admissions Officer at Priory school will hold a waiting list for all year School (Foundation). Applications will then be groups. If a place becomes available it will be considered in accordance with the criteria above, as allocated on the basis of the admissions criteria. long as the year group into which admission is d. Parents will be notified by the end of March sought does not exceed the size dictated by the each year that a place is available in a Reception Published Admission Number (PAN) of the school. class for the following school year. Waiting list e. In September 2016 the admission number for A waiting list of children who have not been offered Year 6 will be 60 whilst Reception to Year 5 will a place at Priory School (Foundation) will be be 90. Places can only be offered to children established and kept by the school. Parents/carers within the statutory limit for primary classes in will be required to confirm to the school that they Reception and Key Stage 1, currently not to wish to remain on this list. The list will be retained exceed 30 children. for the remainder of the school year. As and when

Apply online at www.slough.gov.uk/admissions 63 School Admissions Arrangements f. The child’s birth certificate and proof of address proximity to the school. (Distance will be measured, must be seen by the school prior to admission; using the local authority’s measuring system, from unless we have already recorded that it has been the front door of the child’s home address, including seen in the Nursery. flats, to the main entrance of the school, with those g. Children with a Statement of Special living closer to the school receiving the higher Educational Needs, where the school is named priority.) in the Statement, will be admitted automatically. Random allocation will be used as a tie break in Admission criteria category b and c to decide who has the highest priority for admission if the distance between the a. Looked after children and previously looked two children’s homes and the school is the same. after children who became subject to an This process will be independently verified. adoption, residence or special guardianship order. A looked after child is a child who is (a) Appeals in the care of the local authority or (b) being Parents have the right to appeal if we are unable to provided with accommodation by a local offer a place to their child, in which case the school’s authority in the exercise of their social services appeal procedure will apply. A copy of the procedure functions. (See definition in section 22 (I) of is available from the school office. Parents/ the Children Act 1989) Guardians should write initially to the Clerk to the b. Children having a sibling at the school at the Appeals Panel, who will then forward it to an date of admission and living within the area independent Admissions Appeal Panel, stating the served by the school at the closing date for reason why further consideration should be made. application and also at the time of the child’s St. Anthony’s Catholic Primary School admission to school. The roads traditionally and Nursery Policies served by the school are attached and can be clarified for parents at the school office. Parents Introduction may be asked to supply official documentation Children and their learning is the reason for our to establish their address. school. It is our mission to care, protect and respect c. Children living within the area served by the one another as Jesus showed us and that with Jesus school at the closing date for application and at the core of our curriculum we aim to live out our also at the time of the child’s admission to vision of: school. The roads traditionally served by the ‘Learning Growing and Living with Jesus’ school can be clarified for parents at the school Aims office. Parents may be asked to supply official documentation to establish their address. The Governing Body aims to admit children who would gain spiritual benefit from being part of St. d. Children who have siblings attending the Anthony’s community without reference to ability or school. ‘Sibling refers to brother or sister, half aptitude. brother or sister, adopted brother or sister, step brother or sister, or the child of the Implementation parent/carer’s partner where the child for whom The planned accommodation level will be 720 the school place is sought is living in the same pupils by September 2018. We have one admission family unit at the same address as that sibling.’ date per year, this being the September prior to the e. Children who have strong medical or social child’s 4th birthday for Nursery children and 5th grounds for admission (To be supported by birthday for Reception children. letter from the referring agency e.g. Health, The Governors intend to admit up to 90 children at Social Services, etc.). both the Nursery and Reception Stages in the The following points should be noted: school.In reaching a decision concerning a child’s admission to the school, the Governors will use the Application of the arrangements described above following criteria.In the event of oversubscription, may not distinguish sufficiently between the children will be admitted in the following order: applications. Where this is the case, final decisions on admission will be based on geographical Catholic Looked After Children. (See note 1)

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Children with a Statement of Special Educational Note 2: Siblings are considered to be those children Needs whose application has named St Anthony’s who live at the same address and either: Catholic Primary School will be admitted in a) have one or both natural parents in common accordance with the regulations and the policy of the Local Authority. (it should be noted that in such b) or are related by a parent’s marriage cases the Admissions Authority is the Local c) or are adopted or fostered. Authority). Note 3: Practising Catholics/Christians will be 1. Siblings (brothers and sisters) who have at the determined by a successful Priest’s/Reverend’s time of application siblings in St Anthony’s reference. A list of churches in communion with the School. (See note 2) Catholic faith are on the Catholic Education Service 2. Baptised Catholics from practising families of St website. Anthony’s Parish. (See note 3) Note 4: Children living within the Parish Boundary. 3. Baptised Catholic children from practising (A map of the boundary can be viewed at either to families from other parishes. (See note 3) school Office or the Presbytery Office at St Anthony’s Church. 4. Baptised Catholics of St Anthony’s parish. (See note 4) Although broadly based, the teaching of Religious Education and the general atmosphere of the school 5. Baptised Catholic children from outside the is specifically Catholic. Parish of St Anthony’s. In order for you to apply for your child to be If applying under categories 1, 2, 3 ,4 and 6 you considered for admission to the school, parents must have a completed Priest’s Reference Form and should contact the school office. Visits to the school present evidence of Baptism. are very welcome. Closer to the admission date it 6. Other Looked After Children. (See note 1) will be necessary to complete an application form In the event of there being vacancies after all the and provide the child’s birth certificate. In the case above applicants have been admitted, the of Christian children the Baptismal or Dedication Governors will admit children of other certificate will also be needed. In the event of a child denominations and other faith traditions whose being unable to obtain a place in the school, parents parents wish their children to be educated in a will be given full details of the Appeals procedure on Catholic atmosphere. Priority will be given in request. the following order: Please note a successful application into the Nursery 7. Baptised or Dedicated children of other does not guarantee a place in the Reception class of Christian denominations who are practising and the school. Legally a separate application must be have a recommendation from their Minister. made at the appropriate time. (See note 3) Review and monitoring 8. Baptised or Dedicated children of other The Governors have a responsibility to ensure that all Christian denominations living within the admissions meet the criteria as set above. This will be Parish of St Anthony’s. monitored by the Catholic, Life & Community 9. Any other children living within the Parish of St Committee. Anthony’s. St. Ethelbert’s Catholic Primary School Tie breaker St. Ethelbert’s Catholic Primary School is a Catholic In the event of there being more applicants than voluntary aided primary in the trusteeship of the places available, a tie breaker rule will be enforced. Diocese of Northampton. We aim to provide a This will be the distance from the front door of St Catholic education for all our pupils and Catholic Anthony’s School to the child’s home address. doctrine and practice permeates every aspect of school life. All applicants are therefore expected to Note 1: This includes any child/young person who is be in sympathy with the aims and ethos of the the subject to a full Care Order, accomodated under school. Section 20 of the Children Act 1989 or is remanded or detained into Local Authority accommodation under Criminal Law.

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The school exists primarily to serve the Catholic 2. Baptised Catholic children who, on the date of community, mindful always of the deprived and admission, will have a sibling attending St marginalised. It is our mission to care, protect and Ethelbert’s. respect one another following the example Jesus 3. Baptised Catholic children from practising showed us. We strive to create an environment families of St. Ethelbert’s or Holy Redeemer where every member of our community feels safe, Parishes. Practising means weekly attendance at loved, valued and respected and this is underpinned mass. by our mission statement: 4. Baptised Catholic children from practising “Learning, achieving and growing together with families from other parishes. Practising means Jesus” weekly attendance at mass. We ask all parents applying for a place here to 5. Baptised Catholics of St. Ethelbert’s or Holy respect this ethos and its importance to the school Redeemer parish. community. This does not affect the right of parents who are not of the Catholic faith to apply for and be 6. Baptised Catholic children from other parishes. considered for a place here. 7. Children who, on the date of admission, will Aims have a sibling attending St. Ethelbert’s. The Governing Body aims to admit children who 8. Baptised or Dedicated children of other would benefit spiritually from being part of St. Christian denominations whose parents wish Ethelbert’s community without regard to ability, them to have a Catholic education and whose social, cultural or ethnic background. application is supported by a Minister. Christian means to be a member of one of the churches in Admission number full membership with Churches Together in We have one admission date per year, this being the Britain and Ireland at the time when admission September prior to the child’s 4th birthday for decisions are made. Nursery children and 5th birthday for Reception 9. Children from other faiths whose parents wish children. The Governors intend to admit up to 52 them to have a Catholic education and whose children into the Nursery Classes and 60 children application is supported by a religious leader. into the Reception classes in the school. 10. Other applicants Applicants with a statement of special needs/education health care plan Siblings are considered to be those children who live at the same address and either: The admission of children with a statement of special educational needs is dealt with by a a. Have one or both natural parents in common completely separate procedure. In such cases the (brother/sister or half-brother/half-sister) Admissions Authority is the Local Authority. This b. Are related by a parent’s marriage (step- procedure is integral to the making and maintaining brother or sister) of statements/Education Health Care Plans (EHCPs) c. Are adopted or fostered by the child’s home Local Authority. Details of this procedure are set out in the Special Educational Tie breaker Needs Code of Practice. Where the school is named In the event of there being more applicants than in a child’s statement of special educational needs or places available, a tie breaker rule will be enforced. EHCP, the local authority and the school have a duty Within each of the criteria above, applicants will be to admit the child. ranked according to how close the pupil lives to the Admissions criteria school using the Local Authority’s measuring In the event of oversubscription, the Governing system. Body will apply the following criteria to allocate Unsuccessful applicants will be offered the places: opportunity to be placed on a waiting list. This 1. Looked after children/previously looked after waiting list will be maintained in order of the children oversubscription criteria set out above. Parents will be invited to confirm they wish to remain on the waiting list every six months

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Procedure for admission into reception o The school’s Supplementary Information • To apply for a place at this school, you should Form (SIF) complete and return two separate forms by the • Applications should be returned with the closing date: following evidence in order for the school to o Common Application Form (CAF) provided apply its admissions policy: by the Local Authority o A baptismal certificate, or letter from a o The school’s Supplementary Information minister, must be provided with all Christian Form (SIF) applications; an equivalent certificate or letter, where appropriate, must be provided • Applications arriving after the closing date will with non-Christian applications. be dealt with after all initial offers have been made. o Applications from practising Catholic children should be accompanied by a Priest’s • In order to make a valid application, you must reference on the SIF form available from the complete a Common Application Form (CAF) school office which confirms weekly from your Local Authority and return it to them attendance at mass as per their instructions. o Applications from children of other faiths • You should also complete the School’s should also be accompanied by a stamped Supplementary Information Form (SIF) and reference form completed by the applicant’s return it to the school office, together with all Minister. other relevant paperwork required for your application. o Proof of date of birth must be provided with all applications. o Proof of date of birth (e.g. birth certificate) must be provided with all applications. o Proof of current address is required - a copy of your Council Tax documentation and a o Proof of current address is required - a copy current utilities bill of your Council Tax documentation and a current utilities bill Please note a successful application into the Nursery does not guarantee a place in the Reception class of o A baptismal certificate, or letter from a the school. Legally a separate application must be minister, must be provided with all Christian made at the appropriate time. applications; an equivalent certificate or letter, where appropriate, must be provided In-year admissions (year 1 to 6) with non-Christian applications. Late/in year applications will only be considered o Applications from practising Catholic after those received by the due times, subject to children should be accompanied by a Priest’s place availability and the standard admissions reference on the SIF form available from the criteria. A child’s name may be placed on a Priority school office which confirms weekly List, for a determined period and retained for a attendance at mass given academic year, on written parental request. In the case of any new place availability, all names so o Applications from children of other faiths held will be considered equally and places offered to should also be accompanied by a stamped those who fulfil our admissions criteria most closely. reference form completed by the applicant’s Minister. Review and monitoring Procedure for admission into the nursery The Governors have a responsibility to ensure that all admissions meet the criteria as set above. They • Nursery places are allocated by the school and appoint an Admissions Panel, which together with applications for admissions should be made the Headteacher, oversees all admissions to the directly to the school. school and report back to the full Governing Body • To apply for a place in the nursery, parents must on the application of this policy. complete and return the following forms: o School application form

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Holy Redeemer Nursery - part time places year if there are sufficient applications. Where Our Nursery class offers a broad and balanced fewer applicants for the relevant year group are curriculum in a Catholic environment. There is a received, TLAP will offer places to all those who separate Nursery Admissions Policy available on have applied. request. Parents wishing to apply for a place for Process of application their child should contact our school secretary. 4 Arrangements for applications for places at Definitions TLAP in Reception will be made in accordance *‘Looked-After - Includes any child, young person who is subject to with Slough Borough Council’s (SBC) a full Care Order, interim Care Order, accommodated Under Section coordinated admission arrangements. Parents 20 of the Children’s Act 1989 or is remanded or detained into Local must make their application to the local Authority Accommodation under Criminal Law. authority where they live on that authority’s **’Catholic’ - A child baptised in accordance with the rites of the Catholic church or enrolled in a baptismal programme. Common Application Form (CAF). ***‘Siblings’ - considered to be those children who, either: 5 TLAP will use SBC’s timetable for applications a) have one or both natural parents in common; each year (exact dates may vary from year to b) or are related by a parent’s marriage; year). This will fit in with the timetable for the c) or are adopted or fostered. co-ordination of admission arrangements within ****‘’Churches Together in England’’: SBC. Antiochian Orthodox Church, Baptist Union of Great Britain, Catholic Church, Cherubim and Seraphim Council of Churches, 6 All children whose statement of Special Church of England, Church of God of Prophecy, Church of Scotland Educational Needs (SEN) names TLAP will be (Presbytery of England), Congregational Federation, Coptic admitted. Orthodox Church, Council of African and Caribbean Churches UK, Council of Oriental Orthodox Christian Churches, Ichthus Procedures where TLAP is oversubscribed Christian Fellowship, Independent Methodist Churches, International Ministerial Council of Great Britain, Joint Council for 7 Where the number of applications for Anglo-Caribbean Churches, Lutheran Council of Great Britain, admission to Reception is greater than 90, after Methodist Church, Moravian Church, New Testament Assembly, the admission of pupils with Statements of SEN New Testament Church of God, Ecumenical Patriarchate, Redeemed where the school is named in the Statement, Christian Church of God, Religious Society of Friends, Russian priority will be given to those children in the Orthodox Church, Salvation Army, Seventh Day Adventist Church. following order: The Langley Academy Primary (i) Looked after children and previously looked Introduction after children1 1 Through The Langley Academy Primary (ii) Children of TLAP staff who have been (TLAP), The Langley Academy Trust (the Trust) employed for two or more years at the time offers unique opportunities for children of all at which the application for admission to the abilities with a philosophy based on providing school is made or who have been recruited an experience that allows them to become to fill a vacant position for which there is a confident, independent and creative. In demonstrable skills shortage. partnership with the co-located Langley (iii) Children who have siblings at The Langley Academy, the Trust’s vision is to provide an Academy (Primary or Secondary) at the outstanding all-through education offering an time when they are admitted to the school2 inspirational curriculum that supports the principles of both depth and breadth. (iv) Children living in closest proximity to TLAP, as measured according to paragraph 2 TLAP will act in accordance with the School 8. Admissions Code, the School Admission Appeals Code, equalities law and the law on Tie-break admissions. 8 The final criteria (distance) will always be Admission number utilised in the event of a tie-break. All distance measurements will be made by a straight line 3 The Published Admission Number (PAN) for from the front door of TLAP to the front pupils into Reception is 90. TLAP will entrance of the applicant’s permanent address3 accordingly admit this number of pupils each using SBC’s measuring system. In the case of

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flats and other houses in multiple occupancy, 15 A child’s position on the waiting list will be lower floors will be deemed to be closer than determined solely in accordance with the higher ones. In the case of multiple flats on one oversubscription criteria set out above. On floor, lower numbers will be deemed closer than request, parents will be informed of the total higher ones. number of children remaining on the list. 9 Random allocation undertaken by an 16 Children awarded a place on appeal take independent body other than TLAP will be used precedence over those on the waiting list. as a final tie-break in categories ii-iv above to Likewise, looked after children, previously decide who has highest priority for admission if looked after children, and children placed the distance between a child’s home and TLAP within TLAP as a result of the operation of the is equidistant in any two or more cases. Fair Access Protocol will take priority over Late applications those on the waiting list. 10 Applications received after 15th January (the Appeals primary admissions application deadline) will 17 There will be a right of appeal to an be considered late applications. Late Independent Appeal Panel for unsuccessful applications will not be considered until after applicants. Details of how to appeal will be offers have been made to those who applied by available from TLAP and will also be published the closing date. on www.langleyacademyprimary.org. Deferrals 18 Appeals must be registered within 20 school 11 Parents of children offered a place in Reception days of the primary offer date. can ask for their child’s attendance at the school 19 The arrangements for appeals will comply with to be deferred until the term immediately after the School Admission Appeals Code published they reach compulsory school age - this is the by the Department for Education. term starting closest to 1st January or 1st April In-year and casual admissions after their fifth birthday. Where entry is deferred, the place will be held open and not 20 Applications for in-year admission to Reception offered to another child. or admission to any other operational year group should be made directly to TLAP and the Parents cannot defer entry beyond the above over-subscription criteria will apply. beginning of the term immediately after the Notes child’s fifth birthday, nor beyond the academic year for which the original application was 1A looked after child is a child who is a) in the care of a local authority, or (b) being provided with accommodation by a local accepted. authority in the exercise of their social services functions (see 12 Parents can also request that their children definition in Section 22(1) of the Children Act 1989). A attend part-time until they reach compulsory previously looked after child is a child who was looked after but ceased to be so because they were adopted (or became subject to school age. Each request will be considered by a residence order or special guardianship order). (See section TLAP on its merits. 1.7 of The Admissions Code 2012.) Nursery children 2Children are considered as siblings if they have brothers or sisters including step, adopted or foster brothers or sisters living 13 Parents of children attending any nursery unit permanently in the same family unit at the same address and attached to the school will need to apply for a attending the Academy (Primary or Secondary) at the time the place in Reception. child is due to start the Primary Academy. Please note this does not apply if the older sibling joined the Academy at sixth form Waiting lists level or if the older child is in Year 11 at the time of application. 14 TLAP will operate a waiting list. Where in any 3A child’s permanent address is the place of normal residence year TLAP receives more applications than there during term time. Where parental responsibility is shared, the are places available, a waiting list will operate address of the parent/carer who receives the Child Benefit Allowance for the child will be taken as the permanent address, until the end of the academic year. TLAP will or, in cases where no Child benefit Allowance is received, the maintain the waiting list and it will be open to address that is utilised is that which is registered with their any parent to ask for his or her child’s name to Doctor. Proof of residence can be asked for at any time. during be placed on the waiting list, following an the admissions process. This will normally be in the form of a unsuccessful application. recent council tax bill or a utility bill less than 3 months old.

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Admissions criteria for Community and If it is possible to offer your child a place at more Voluntary Controlled schools (Secondary) than one of the schools, you will receive only one offer but it will be the highest preference that can be Children with a Statement of Educational Needs offered. (SEN) that names a specific school must, by law, be admitted to that school. Any request for allocation Where an offer cannot be made at any of the of a place to a child who is in the care of the Local preferences requested, you may be offered a place at Authority or provided with accommodation in that the nearest school with a vacancy. authority in accordance with Section 20 or 37 of the Academies, Voluntary Aided schools and Children’s Act 1989 (Looked After Children), will Foundation Schools in Slough are all part of The be considered next. Slough Co-ordinated Admission Scheme but will use After these two requirements have been satisfied the their own over-subscription criteria for each following criteria will apply. They are set out in application. Please refer to the information on page descending order of priority: 13 which describes the different types of schools, and pages 17-30 for Voluntary Aided, Foundation (A) Children who live in the catchment area of the Schools and the Academy’s over-subscription school (Details of each of the community criteria. school’s catchment areas are on pages 96-99). The Admissions Team will post a letter to you on 1 (B) Children who have strong medical or social March 2016 letting you know the outcome of your grounds for admission. These reasons must be application. Online applicants can access their fully supported in writing from a professional results from 1 March and will get email notification person involved in the case, such as a doctor on 1 March 2016. or social worker. This must show that the school requested is the only school that the Other secondary schools child can attend because of the medical or social needs. All documents must be submitted Baylis Court School admissions policy with the Common Application Form or with a As a Specialist Arts Academy the Governors are the printed copy of the online form if completed Admissions Authority for Baylis Court School. This online. policy has been drawn up by the Governors in (C) Children who have older brother(s) or sister(s) accordance with the Schools Admission Code and at the school when the applicant would enter. they will be responsible for all decisions about (see page 7 for definition of sibling). admissions. (D) Children who attend a Primary school that is The 2016 Published Admission Number (PAN) for formally linked with the secondary school. Years 7 is 160. Baylis Court School is an 11-18 Specialist Arts (E) Children whose parents have selected the Academy for girls with a clear vision for academic school for single sex or co-educational reasons. excellence. (F) All other applicants. Priority will be given to applicants living within the In some cases a tie-breaker will be required. If a school’s catchment area; this being up to a 7 mile school does not have places for all the children in radius from the front door of the school. Distance one of the above criteria, priority will be given to will be measured (using the Local Authority’s children who fulfil more than one of the admission computerised measuring system) from the front criteria. The greater the number of criteria fulfilled, door of the child’s home address (including flats) to the higher the priority. After this the final decision the main entrance of the school. Children living will be made according to straight line distance outside the school’s catchment area will only be between the home and the school. Those living considered for a place after the admission criteria nearer to the school will be given the higher priority. and oversubscription criteria have been applied to Straight line distance is based on the co-ordinates children living within the catchment area. for the property and the school as defined in the Local Land and Property Gazetteer and based on the Ordnance Survey’s National System.

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Ethos b) The member of staff is recruited to fill a Baylis Court School expects the very highest vacant post for which there is a standards from all. We aim to provide a friendly and demonstrable skill shortage. supportive environment where each girl can fulfil v) Siblings, Twins and same-year siblings. Where her true potential and grow in confidence as part of applications are received from twins, triplets or a cohesive community where all individuals are same-year siblings the following procedure will valued and respected. be followed. If one child is selected for a place The school is committed to developing all pupils’ within their band the twin/triplet/same year creativity across and beyond the curriculum to sibling will be ranked in their band immediately foster aesthetic appreciation and to maximise their below Looked After child. academic, personal, and social accomplishments, A sibling is a child who has one or more parents in and to deal creatively with challenges to become common, or any other child (including an adopted successful global citizens. child) who permanently lives at the same address As an Arts Academy active involvement and/or and for whom the parent also has parental appreciation as a spectator is crucial in the specialist responsibility as defined in the Children Act 1989, areas of the Visual Arts, Performing Arts, Drama, Part 1, Section 3. Dance and Music. Oversubscription criteria Admissions criteria If the school is oversubscribed a random electronic Pupils will be admitted in the following order: allocation system will be used to decide which of the children should be offered the remaining places. The i) Children in public care (children who are in the use of random allocation will be independently care or interim care of a local authority), under monitored. the provisions of the Education (Admission of Looked after Children) Regulations 2006. Application outside of the normal intake timetable ii) Special needs - children with social and medical grounds professionally supported by written Applications for admission into year groups outside evidence from a doctor, social worker or other of the normal intake timetable (i.e. for pupils relevant professional, stating that Baylis Court is moving into the designated area or wishing to the only school which could cater for the child’s transfer from another school) shall be allowed particular needs. unless the year group into which admission is sought exceeds the size dictated by the Published iii) Specialist Arts Academy Places - 10% of Admission Number (PAN) of the school. applicants into year 7 will be admitted on the basis of aptitude for dance, drama or music in Appeals against non-admission line with school’s Specialist Status as an Arts The school will establish arrangements for appeals Academy. Children who wish to be considered against non-admissions which will be independent under this category must fill in an application of the school. Appeals shall be heard in accordance form to be submitted directly to the school by with the Schools Admission Appeals Code of Friday, 23rd September 2015 and attend for Practice. Under this Code of Practice the school audition on Saturday, 8th October 2015. These exercises its right not to consider further appeals for arrangements will be applied for entry in the same child within the same academic year. September 2016. Appeals will only be heard from parents who have iv) Children of staff at the school. Priority will be first sought admission and been refused. given to children of staff in either or both of the The school will agree any changes to its admissions following circumstances: with the Secretary of State for Education. Details of a) Where the member of staff has been admissions and appeals arrangements will be employed at the school for two or more published each year. years at the time at which the application Appendix for admission to the school is made, and/or i) Administrative Arrangements (10% aptitude Dance or Drama or Music)

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It is the policy of the school not to accept Application process applications for the 10% aptitude places after Ditton Park Academy will be part of the Local the set closing date, which for admissions in Authority’s coordinated arrangements which September 2016 is Friday 23rd September 2015. requires all parents to complete a Common Any such late applications will be considered Application Form (CAF) provided by the Local under the normal admissions criteria. Authority. No second application for aptitude places will Copies of the form are available from the be considered. Admissions Team at Slough Borough Council or Applications will be acknowledged in writing online at: www.slough.gov.uk/admissions where full within ten days of receipt as proof of details of the application process are also available. application. Parents should contact the school In completing the Common Application Form, without delay if no acknowledgement is Ditton Park Academy must be listed as one of the received. preferences on the LA form. Inaccurate or false Pupils will be invited to the school on Saturday information on the form could result in the place 8th October 2015 to attend for audition. being withdrawn. Independent assessor(s) will score pupils We will operate in keeping with the local Fair objectively against agreed criteria and they will Access Protocol. be ranked in order of merit. Late applications If a pupil gains a place under the 10% criterion and subsequently leaves the school the ‘Arts’ Late applications will be dealt with according to the place may be offered first to an ‘Arts’ applicant Local Authority coordinated scheme. held on the waiting list of the relevant year group. Appeals ii) Admissions to Sixth Form Those who are offered a place at Ditton Park Admissions to the Sixth Form will be in line Academy will be informed during the first week of with the published arrangements of the March 2015 by the Local Authority. Parents who are Herschel Consortium. not offered a place through this process have a right to appeal against the decision. Ditton Park Academy Ditton Park Academy will use an independent appeals service. Admissions policy Independent Appeals Panels are appointed in accordance with the Code of Practice for School Ditton Park Academy is a forward thinking, all Admissions Appeals and training is given to all who ability school, inspiring learning and taking a sit on these panels. significant lead in regenerating the heart of the Slough community - a local school for families in Waiting lists the neighbourhood. Our Admissions Policy reflects If Ditton Park Academy is oversubscribed, names of these aspirations. all unsuccessful applicants will be placed on a Ditton Park Academy will provide secondary school waiting list managed by the school and, should places for young people aged 11-19 and the vacancies arise before the end of the autumn term, Admissions Policy for the Year 7 is set out below. will be offered places in accordance with the published oversubscription criteria. At the end of Ditton Park Academy is committed to the autumn term, the waiting list will cease to straightforward, open, fair and transparent practices operate and parents would need to make an and policy in relation to Admissions. The school application for an ‘in year’ admission, managed by will act in accordance with the Schools Admissions SBC, if they still want their child to be considered Code (as revised February 2012), the School for a place at the school. Admissions Appeals Code and admissions law as they apply to Academies.

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Admissions policy: Year 7 • Distance from the school measured by a straight Ditton Park Academy is an independent, state line measured from the main on street entrance of funded free school which has an agreed Published the child’s home (whether that be front gate or Admissions Number of 180 per year for admission front door) to the main gate of the school using into year 7 from 2016 and shall admit up to this GIS software. number each year. All applicants will be admitted if The final criteria (distance) will always be utilised in fewer than 180 applications are received. the event of a tie-breaker. Where the school receives more applications for In the case of flats or multiple-occupancy year 7 than it has places available the criteria listed measurement will be taken from the main entrance below will apply. of the building. If this results in a tie, places will be Admissions criteria allocated randomly and this process will be overseen by an independent body other than Ditton Park Children with a statement of Special Educational Academy. Need (SEN) where Ditton Park Academy is named on the statement must, by law, be admitted to Ditton Where the application of oversubscription criteria Park Academy. would result in splitting children with either the same birth dates or children born in the same After this requirement has been met, places will be academic year from the same family, then places will allocated in line with the following objective over- be offered even if this will result in the school going subscription criteria in this order: above its admission number. • Any request for the allocation of a place for Eden Girls’ School, Slough children looked after or formerly looked after (1) by the Local Authority and adopted children who Determined admission arrangements for Eden were formerly looked after by the Local Authority Girls’ School Slough for 2016/17 will be admitted next. Eden Girls’ School is part of the Tauheedul • Children with a strong social or medical reason. Education Trust. The Tauheedul Education Trust This must be supported by written evidence from has devolved responsibility for admissions to the a professional such as a doctor or social worker Local Governing Body of Eden Girls’ School Slough. involved in the case and must demonstrate why As an 11-18 progressive and inclusive Muslim faith the school is the only one which the child can school, the Governing Body has determined that for attend as a result of the social and/or medical the 2016 admission arrangements all applications need. will be considered equally without reference to faith. • Siblings of children who will be attending the Year 7 admissions for Eden Girls’ School for school in the year of admission i.e. brothers or 2016/17 academic year sisters including step, adopted or foster brothers The admissions process is part of the Slough or sisters living in the same family unit at the time Borough Council’s determined scheme for co- when the child would be due to start at the ordinated admissions to secondary schools. school. All applicants are required to complete their home (1) Note: ‘‘children looked after’’ by the Local Local Authority’s common application form by 31st Authority are those who are (a) in the care of a October 2015. Local Authority or (b) being provided with accommodation by a Local Authority in the exercise All applications will be considered equally. of their social services functions (See Section 22(1) Parents will be advised of the outcome of their of the Children Act 1989. application on 1st March 2016. The published • Children of Ditton Park Academy staff who have admission number for the Year 7 intake in 2016 is been in post for at least two years at the time of 100. the application and / or have been recruited to fill The school will accordingly admit up to 100 girls in a vacant post in a demonstrable skill shortage year 7 if sufficient applications are received. All area. applicants will be admitted if 100 or fewer apply.

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If the school is oversubscribed, the school will admit The random allocation process will be supervised by girls in accordance with the oversubscription criteria someone independent of the school. below, once all girls with a statement of special Tie breaker educational needs or education, health and care plan, naming the school, have been admitted. If any categories are oversubscribed, then the geographical proximity (as set out in category 6 Oversubscription criteria above), will be used as a tie-breaker. If the distance 1. Looked after girls or a girl who was previously between the girls’ homes and the school is the same, looked after, but immediately after being looked then random allocation will be used as a tie-breaker. after became subject to an adoption, child The random allocation process will be supervised by arrangements, or special guardianship order someone independent of the school. (see note 1). Address 2. Girls with a sibling who is a pupil already The address given must be where the child and attending Eden Girls’ School, at the time of parent/carer live permanently. It should not be the admission (see note 2). child minder’s, grandparent’s or other relative’s 3. Daughters of staff employed at Eden Girls’ address. If parents share custody of a child, then we School for 2 or more years at the time at which may request to see the court order, child tax credit the application for admission is made, and / or letter, child benefit letter, medical card or other the member of staff has been recruited to fill a evidence to establish where the child is resident for post where there is a demonstrable skill the majority of the time during the weekdays. shortage (see note 3). Notes: 4. Girls for whom the Governing Body accepts that 1. A ‘looked after child’ is a child who is (a) in the they have proven, exceptionally strong special, care of a local authority, or (b) being provided medical or social circumstances, which are with accommodation by a local authority in the directly relevant to attendance at Eden Girls exercise of their social services functions (see ’School. Professional supporting evidence must the definition in section 22(1) of the Children be provided by the parent from e.g. a Act 1989) at the time of making an application consultant, doctor, psychologist, social worker to a school. This includes children who were or from another professional. A place will only adopted under the Adoption Act 1976 (see be offered, if the Governing Body accepts the section 12 adoption orders) and children who view of the professional, which confirms that were adopted under the Adoption and Children the existing medical, social or welfare Act 2002 (see section 46 adoption orders). difficulties will be exacerbated if admission is Under the provisions of s14 of the Children and not offered at Eden Girls’ School (see note 4). Families Act 2014, which amend section 8 of 5. A maximum of 50% of the remaining places will the Children Act 1989, residence orders have be allocated to girls who reside in the SL1 post now been replaced by child arrangement orders. code area. (see note 5). Section 14A of the Children Act 1989 which 6. Other girls who live nearest to Eden Girls’ defines a ‘special guardianship order’ as an order School. The distance will be measured in a appointing one or more individuals to be a straight line from the front door of the child’s child’s special guardian (or special guardians). address to the main gate of the school using 2. Siblings refers to full, half, adopted, step, foster Slough Borough Council’s computerised sisters or the daughter of the parent/carer’s mapping system, which uses the ordnance partner, and, in every case, the girl must be survey integrated network. living in the same family unit at the same If a number of addresses have the same geographical address. property reference (such as a block of flats), or if there are a number of applicants living the same distance away from the school, random allocation will then be used to decide which of the girls can be offered a place.

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3. A girl will be eligible for consideration when between the publication of the Local Authority’s her parent(s) confirm on the Slough Borough composite prospectus and the closing date of the Council application form that they are application form; and parental/child illness which employed at Eden Girls’ School for 2 or more required hospitalisation for a significant period years at the time at which the application for between the publication of the Local Authority’s admission is made, and / or they have been composite prospectus and the closing date for the recruited to fill a post where there is a submission of the application form. demonstrable skill shortage. No late applications will be considered after 11th 4. It is important that you state on the application December 2015. The late applications will be form and if required, attach a letter, clearly considered after all the others that were received on setting out your reasons for requesting time and placed on the waiting list in order, admission under the medical, social, or welfare according to the oversubscription criteria. criteria. You must also provide written Waiting list supporting evidence from a professional with the application form. The letter from the Girls who are refused admission for the Eden Girls’ professional must confirm that the existing School’s year 7 group each September, will medical, social or welfare difficulties will be automatically be included on the waiting list for exacerbated if admission is not offered at Eden Eden Girls’ School, where Eden Girls’ School is a Girls’ School. higher preference than the school where your daughter was allocated a place. The supporting evidence from the professional must be submitted with the application form by The position on the waiting list will be determined 31st October 2015. It is acceptable for the by the priority order of the admission policy and supporting evidence to be submitted later than nothing else. the application form, as long as it is received by When the number of girls admitted to the school 31st October 2015. If however, the supporting drops below the published admission number, a evidence is submitted after 31st October 2015, place will be offered to the student who is at the top then there is a possibility that the Governing of the waiting list. Body may not accept the late submission. The position on the waiting list may change. They 5. If the number of girls who require places is may move up or down each time a student is added greater than the number of places available, or removed, or when the change in circumstances of then priority will be given to those girls who the student requires her to be considered against a live nearest from home to school. The distance different priority order of the school’s will be measured as set out in category oversubscription criteria. 6. Those girls who are refused admission under The waiting list will be maintained in accordance category 5 will be considered for admission with the school’s oversubscription criteria by Slough with all other applicants under category 6. Borough Council, on behalf of Eden Girls’ School, Multiple births for the first term of the academic year of year 7 admission. Parents are advised to contact the school, Where a single place remains and the application if they want their daughter’s details to be kept on the being considered is for twins, triplets etc, the waiting list, from the spring term onwards. Governing Body will offer places above the published admission number, for each child. The in-year admission waiting list will be maintained by the school, in accordance with the Late applications school’s oversubscription criteria. Unless there are exceptional reasons for the late Withdrawing an offer of a place submission of the application form, late applications will not be considered at the same time as The Governing Body reserves the right to withdraw applications that were received by the closing date. an offer of a place if it was made in error, a parent These may include the following circumstances: fails to respond to the offer of a place within a parents moving into the borough after the closing reasonable period of time, or it is established that date, parents were abroad for the whole period the offer of a place was obtained through a

Apply online at www.slough.gov.uk/admissions 75 School Admissions Arrangements fraudulent or misleading application. Where a For children who have a statement of special parent fails to respond to the offer of a place, the educational needs or education, health and care Governing Body will give the parent a further plan, in-year admission process will not apply. Their opportunity to respond and explain to them that the request will be dealt with by Slough Borough offer of a place will be withdrawn unless they Council’s Special Needs Team. respond by the specified date. Where an offer of a Appeals place is withdrawn on the basis of misleading information, the Governing Body will consider the Parents have a legal right of appeal against the application afresh, and will offer a right of appeal if decision not to offer admission at Eden Girls’ admission cannot be offered. School. The appeals process will be considered by an independent appeal panel established by The Governing Body will not withdraw the offer of a Educationappeals Dotcom Ltd, on behalf of the place once the girl has started at the school, except school. where that place was fraudulently obtained. In deciding whether or not to withdraw the offer of a The timelines for submitting the appeal form and for place, account will be taken of the length of time the the appeal being heard by the independent appeal girl has been at the school. Where the girl has been panel and the communication of the outcome of the at the school for less than a term, the Governing appeal hearing will be in line with the DfE School Body may consider it to be appropriate to withdraw Admission Appeals Code. the place. Re-appeals Admission of children outside their normal age Parents do not have the right to a second appeal in group respect of the same school for the same academic As a general rule, we would expect girls to be year unless, in exceptional circumstances, the educated in their normal age group. Parents of gifted Governing Body has accepted a 2nd application and talented children, or those who have from the parents because of a significant and experienced problems or missed part of a year, for material change in the circumstances of the parent, example due to ill health, may decide to seek student or school but still refused admission. admission outside their daughter’s normal age. The Governing Body will make a decision based on the 1. The school’s standard admission number is 120. circumstances of each case and will advise parents of the information they are required to submit with 2. Students will be admitted to the School at the their application. Parents do not have a right of age of 11 on the basis of their ability as appeal against the decision not to offer admission to determined by their performance in 11+ their daughter in a year group that is outside their entrance tests set and administered by the normal age group. Slough Consortium of Grammar Schools. The procedures for testing are outlined in the Slough In-year admission Consortium of Grammar School - a Guide to In-year admission is the process for applying for the 11+ Test document published by the admission into an existing year group within a Consortium. school. It does not refer to year 6 to year 7 transfer 3. A standardised score of 111 or above in the into secondary school in September. entrance tests means that an applicant is eligible The in-year admission process is managed by Eden for consideration for admission to the School. Girls’ School. Parents are required to complete the 4. Pupils with special educational needs (where in- year admission form, which is available and written evidence is supplied from a recognised returnable to the school. authority specialising in the particular needs of For some girls, it may not be possible to secure the pupil) who have reached the required admission under the in-year admission process. standard and who have named Herschel Slough Borough Council will apply the fair access Grammar School specifically on the statement protocol to secure the most appropriate educational will be admitted automatically. If this happens provision for these girls. during the normal admission round, the number of places available to other applicants will be reduced accordingly;

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5. Where the number of pupils who have achieved 8. No child will be admitted to the school, other the required standard in the tests by gaining an than at the start of Year 7, unless there are overall score of 111 or more exceeds the available places and are eligible in the school's number of places available, places will be entrance examination. allocated according to the following Any pupil who has taken the Slough oversubscription criteria in this order of Consortium 11+ test and who has not achieved priority: the eligibility mark will not be permitted to re- (i) Looked After Children who have reached sit an entrance examination for Herschel the required standard. If this happens Grammar School whilst in Years 7-11 and will during the normal admission round, the not be considered for entry into the school. number of places available to other 9. The maximum number of places in the Sixth applicants will be reduced accordingly; Form is 250. The intended number of students (ii) the next 70 pupils in rank order of admitted from outside the school is 30. There performance in the tests; are a variety of Sixth Form courses on offer each (iii) children of permanent members of the with different entry requirements. Full details of school staff who have been continuously these are published annually in the Sixth Form employed by the school for a period of not prospectus which is available on the school’s less than 2 years prior to the closing date website. A supportive reference from the current for applications. If this happens during the school attended will be required. normal admission round, the number of 10. The school will establish arrangements for places available to other applicants will be appeals against non-admission, which will be reduced accordingly; independent of the school. (iv) proximity to the school. Distance will be 11. The school will publish details of admissions measured in a straight line from the front and appeals arrangements every year. door of the child’s home address (including NOTES flats) to the main entrance gate of the a) Currently Looked After Children are defined as children school, using Slough’s Geographical who are (a) in the care of a Local Authority, or (b) being Information System (GIS), with those provided with accommodation by a LA in the exercise of closer to the school receiving the higher their social services functions in accordance with Section priority. 22 of the Children Act 1989, at the time an application to the school is made. Previously Looked After Children are 6. In the event of one or more eligible pupils being defined as those who were looked after but ceased to be so tied for a final place or places within criteria (i), because they were adopted (in accordance with Section 46 (ii), (iii) or (iv), priority will be decided of the Adoption and Children Act 2002), or subject to a residence order (in accordance with Section 8 of the according to proximity to the school. Distance Children Act 1989) or a special guardianship order (in will be measured in a straight line from the accordance with Section 14A of the Children Act 1989). front door of the child’s home address b) In applying these admission arrangements, your (including flats) to the main entrance gate of permanent home address will be defined as the permanent the school, using Slough’s Geographical place of residence of the parent with whom the applicant Information System (GIS), with those closer to spends the majority of his/her time. The home address must be the address where the applicant is living at the the school receiving the higher priority. time of application and before the closing date for 7. A waiting list will be held for all eligible pupils applications. Where parents/carers share responsibility for who may not be offered a place initially due to part of the week, then both home addresses must be quoted. The school may check the authenticity of the oversubscription. This waiting list will operate address stated. Proof of residence or further information for one term after the commencement of the may be requested and must be provided. academic year and places will be offered in accordance with the oversubscription criteria set out above.

Apply online at www.slough.gov.uk/admissions 77 School Admissions Arrangements c) If the main address has changed temporarily, for example 2 Oversubscription criteria where a family is renting a property on a Short Term Tenancy Agreement (12 months or under), then the 2.1 If there are more applicants than the number of parental address remains that at which the parent was places available the following oversubscription resident before the period of temporary residence began criteria will be applied. All applicants who name unless it can be shown that all ties to the previous address the Academy as a preference on the SBC CAF have been relinquished, or that the move is not easily reversible. The Governors may refuse to base an allocation Form, including those with a Statement of on an address which might be considered only a temporary Special Educational Needs that names the address. Academy, will be asked to take an NFER non- The Langley Academy verbal reasoning test (or similar) and based on their test score will be placed in one of nine Aim of the academy equal ability bands, with the same number of To provide unique and enriching opportunities for all. places in each band. After places have been allocated to children with a Statement of Special This policy is linked to Equality Policy Educational Need that names The Langley 1 General Academy, places within each band will be 1.1 The Langley Academy is an inclusive school and allocated in the following order of priority: welcomes children from the whole of the (i) Children in Public Care (Looked After Slough area and beyond. The Governors are also Children) committed to ensuring that the admissions to (ii) Children of staff at the Academy (to include the Academy reflect the full range of ability. any school formally linked through the 1.2 The Langley Academy admits up to 180 Langley Academy Trust) in either or both of students to Year 7 each September. the following circumstances a) where the 1.3 In order to ensure that the intake to the member of staff has been employed at the Academy represents the full range of ability, the Academy for two or more years at the time Academy uses student banding as part of its at which the application for admission to admissions arrangements if it is oversubscribed. the Academy is made, and b) where the Other than to determine the ability band into member of staff is recruited to fill a vacant which a student will be placed, the assessment post for which there is a demonstrable skill of a student’s ability plays no other part in the shortage (If there are more children than admission arrangements for The Langley places available then the distance criterion Academy. shall be applied*) 1.4 All applications received are considered on an (iii) Children who attend a primary school that ‘equal preference’ basis. is formally linked with The Langley Academy through The Langley Academy 1.5 Admissions to The Langley Academy are co- Trust (TLAT). Currently this includes ordinated through the Slough LA’s Co-ordinated Parlaunt Park Primary Academy and, from Scheme and its timetable. Applications should September 2021, The Langley Academy be submitted on the Common Application Form Primary. (If there are more children than to the local authority responsible for the places available then the distance criterion parental address. In addition to naming the shall be applied*) Academy as a preference on the SBC CAF form, parents/carers must also complete The Langley (iv) Siblings - children are considered as Academy Registration form which is available siblings if they have brothers or sisters, half on the Academy website. brother or sister including step, adopted or foster or the child of the parent/carer’s 1.6 All students with a Statement of Special partner where the child for whom the Educational Needs that names The Langley Academy place is sought is living Academy will be admitted if it is felt the permanently in the same family unit at the Academy can meet their needs. same address as the sibling and attending the Academy at the time the child is due to start the Academy. (Please note this does

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not apply if the older sibling joined the 3 Waiting lists Academy at sixth form level or if the older 3.1 Where in any year The Langley Academy child is in Year 11 at the time of receives more applications for places than there application. Also note that if there are more are places available a waiting list is maintained children fulfilling the sibling criteria than by the Academy from 1 September to 31 spaces available in any band then the October of the year to which the allocation distance criteria shall be applied *) applies. It is open to any parent/carer to ask for (v) Other applicants on the basis of proximity his or her child’s name to be placed on the of the home address to the Academy. waiting list, following an unsuccessful (Distance will also be used as a tie break in application. category (iii) siblings above to decide who 3.2 A child’s position on the waiting lists is has the highest priority for admission in the determined solely in accordance with the band) oversubscription criteria set out in Section 2 2.2 *Distance criterion - All distance measurements above. Where places become vacant they are are made by a straight line from a fixed point allocated to children on the waiting list in within the Academy’s site to the front entrance accordance with the published oversubscription of the applicant’s place of residence. In the case criteria. of flats and other houses in multiple occupancy, 3.3 Children who are the subject of a direction by lower floors are deemed to be closer than higher the Secretary of State to admit, or are allocated ones. In the case of multiple flats on one floor, to the Academy in accordance with Slough LA’s lower numbers will be deemed closer than In-Year Fair Access Protocol, will be given higher ones. precedence over children on the waiting list. 2.3 A child’s permanent address is the place of 4 In-year admissions normal residence during term time. Where parental responsibility is shared, the address of 4.1 Subject to any provisions in the Slough LA’s co- the parent/carer who receives the Child Benefit ordinated admission arrangements relating to Allowance for the child will be taken as the applications submitted for years other than the permanent address. normal year of entry, the Academy will consider all such applications and if the year group 2.4 If places become vacant in a band, for example, applied for has a place available, a place will be because parents/carers accept offers of places at offered. If a place is not available, the other schools, and no applicants in those bands parent/carer can ask for his or her child’s name remain without a place, they will be evenly to be added to the waiting list. Parents/carers filled by children falling into the next nearest whose application is turned down are entitled to bands (i.e. the bands on either side, or below or appeal to an independent appeals panel. above, if the first child is selected by proximity from the band above, the next will be selected 5 Appeals by proximity from the band below.) 5.1 Parents/carers who are not offered a place for 2.5 Late applications are dealt with in accordance their child have the right to appeal to an with the procedures set down by Slough LA as independent appeal panel. Parents/carers part of their co-ordinated scheme. wishing to appeal should obtain an appeal form from the Academy. The form should be sent to 2.6 The Academy provides reasonable opportunities reach the Clerk to the Appeal Panel, care of The for children to take the NFER test that is used Langley Academy, within 14 days of the date of to determine the ability band for each child, but the letter confirming the governors’ decision not with the exception of children with a Statement to offer a place. Should an appeal be of Special Educational Needs that names The unsuccessful, the governing body will not Langley Academy, children who have sat the consider further appeals within the same Academy’s NFER test will be given priority over academic year unless there have been significant those who have not. or material changes in the child’s circumstances.

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6 Arrangements for admission to post 16 6.8 There will be a right of appeal to an provision Independent Appeals Panel for unsuccessful 6.1 The Langley Academy will publish specific applicants. criteria in relation to minimum entrance 7 Other points to note: requirements for the range of courses available 7.1 Twins and same-year siblings based upon GCSE grades or other measures of prior attainment and any specific entry Where applications are received from twins, requirements for individual courses. These will triplets or same-year siblings the following apply to both transfers from Year 11 and new procedure will be followed. If one child is admissions to Year 12. selected for a place within their band the twin/triplet/same year sibling will be ranked in 6.2 Good conduct and attendance is a requirement their band immediately below Looked After for admission into The Langley Academy 6th children. Form. 7.2 Confirmation of Address 6.3 After the application of the criteria referred to in paragraph 6.1 the following additional factors Home addresses supplied to the Academy will will be taken into account in the allocation of be confirmed with each applicant’s primary places for admission to Year 12: school, or by other means. In any case of dispute parents/carers will be asked to provide (i) The availability of courses which best suit appropriate documentary evidence to confirm the applicant’s preferences. address and residency. If false or misleading (ii) The effective use of staff resources. information is used to gain entry to the 6.4 The following additional factors will be taken Academy, the offer of a place shall be into account in the allocation of places for withdrawn. admission to Year 13: Langley Grammar School (i) At least 3 A-D grades at AS level for Admission numbers students wishing to continue with A2 levels 1. The School’s planned admission number (PAN) in 3 subjects. for entry into Year 7 in September 2016 is 150. (ii) 10 BTEC assignments completed to at least 2. For entry into Year 12, there will be a minimum PASS level. of 20 places for external students who have met (ii) Good attendance to lessons. the entry requirements in addition to students An exemplary behaviour record. from the School’s own Year 11 cohort who have met the entry requirements. 6.5 If more candidates fulfil the requirements of paragraph 6.1, after allowing for transfers from 11+ Admission (Year 7 in September 2016) Year 11, the available places will be allocated in 3. Students will be admitted to the School at the the following order: age of 11 on the basis of their ability as (i) Students in Public Care. determined by their performance in the 11+ entrance examination set and administered by (ii) Proximity of the student’s home address to the Slough Consortium of Grammar Schools. the Academy. The procedures for testing are outlined in the 6.6 Students will be considered on an individual Slough Consortium of Grammar School - a basis for a re-take Year 12 option taking into Guide to the 11+ Test document published by consideration student conduct, behaviour, the Consortium. attendance and progress. 4. A standardised score of 111 or above in the 6.7 We look to avoid fixed term exclusions; entrance examination means that an applicant is students can leave the 6th Form based on eligible for consideration for admission to the mutual agreement between the student and The School. Langley Academy.

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5. Looked After Children, or children who have e) Eligible applicants with a permanent home been previously looked after [See note (a)], will address [See notes (c) and (d)] within the take priority over all other applicants provided General Admission Area, in rank order of they are eligible for consideration. If this performance in the admission examination. happens during the normal admission round, f) Eligible applicants who live outside the the number of places available to other General Admission Area, in rank order of applicants will be reduced accordingly. performance in the admission examination. 6. Children who have an Education Health and 8. In the event of two or more eligible applicants Care Plan (formerly a statement of Special being tied for the final place or places, places Educational Needs) which names the School will allocated to the applicants whose will be admitted automatically provided they are permanent home address is nearest to the eligible for consideration and the School can School. [See notes (c), (d) and (e)]. If meet the needs. If this happens during the applicants still remained tied, the Governors normal admission round, the number of places will exercise their discretion to admit above the available to other applicants will be reduced Planned Admission Number. accordingly. 9. Year 7 admissions to Langley Grammar School 7. To resolve issues of oversubscription, the School are co-ordinated through the Slough LA’s operates a Local and General Admission Area as Coordinated Scheme and its timetable. described in the notes [See note (b)]. Where the Applications should be submitted on the number of eligible applicants exceeds the Common Application Form to the local number of places available, places will be authority responsible for the parental address. allocated according to the oversubscription criteria below. In all cases, students must have 10. A waiting list will be held for all those taken the Consortium 11+ tests and achieved applicants who score 111 and above but who equal to or higher than the eligibility score of 111. may not be offered a place initially due to over- subscription. This waiting list will operate until a) Eligible applicants with a permanent home the end of December 2016. address [See notes (c) and (d)] within the school’s Local Admission Area. Admission to Years 8-11 b) Eligible applicants with a permanent home 11. Admissions after the initial year of entry will address [See notes (c) and (d)] within the depend upon the availability of a place, and school’s General Admission Area who are in suitability of a student for a grammar school receipt of free school meals at the closing education as determined by the School’s date for submission of the Common assessment procedures. Applicants who have Application Form [See note (f)] previously sat the Consortium 11+ admission examination but did not attain a score of at least c) Up to 5% of places will be allocated to 111 will not be eligible for consideration for eligible applicants with a permanent home entry to Years 8-11. address [See notes (c) and (d)] within the school’s General Admission Area who Admission to the Sixth Form demonstrate aptitude and ability in music 12. The intended number of students starting Year as measured by the school’s assessment 12 in September 2016 is a minimum of 160. procedures. The planned admission number for applicants d) Eligible applicants who are children of from outside the school is a minimum of 20. A permanent members of the School staff who variety of Sixth Form courses are offered, with have been continuously employed by the different entry requirements; full details of these school for a period of not less than 2 years are published on the School website in the Sixth prior to the closing date for applications. Form Course Guide together with general information about the application process. 13. The minimum entry requirements for admission to Year 12 (for both internal and external applicants) are:

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a) an average of 45 points across all GCSEs c) In applying these admission arrangements, ‘permanent taken. [See note (f)]; home address’ will be defined as the permanent place of residence of the parent with whom the applicant spends b) minimum of grade C in both GCSE English the majority of his/her time. The home address must be Language and GCSE Mathematics; the address where the applicant is living at the time of application and before the closing date for applications. c) for A-Level subjects to be taken, any specific Where parents/carers share responsibility for part of the GCSE grades as set out in the Sixth Form week, then both home addresses must be quoted. The Course Guide. school may check the authenticity of the address stated. Proof of residence or further information may be requested 14. In the event of the number of external and must be provided. applicants exceeding the planned admission d) If the main address has changed temporarily, for example number into Year 12, the following where a family is renting a property on a Short Term oversubscription criteria will apply: Tenancy Agreement (12 months or under), then the parental address remains that at which the parent was a) Looked After Children, or children who resident before the period of temporary residence began have been previously looked after, [See note unless it can be shown that all ties to the previous address (a)] who meet the general entrance have been relinquished, or that the move is not easily requirements as described in paragraph 11; reversible. The Governors may refuse to base an allocation on an address which might be considered only a temporary b) Applicants who meet the specific address. requirements for the subjects they intend to e) Distances will be measured using a computerised mapping study, in rank order of GCSE average points system. The measurement is taken from the address point score. of the applicant’s home to the address point of the school. It does not take into account the actual or expected route a The Governors may exercise their discretion to child will travel to school. admit above the planned admission number in order f) Parents wishing to have qualification for Free School Meals to ensure that the minimum target number of 160 considered as part of the admissions process must be able students in Year 12 is reached. to demonstrate that they are in receipt of Income Support; Income Based Jobseeker Allowance (IBJSA); Employment Appeals & Support Allowance Income Related (ESA(IR)); Support 15. The School will establish arrangements for under part VI of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999; Child Tax Credit (TC602) provided the annual household appeals against non-admission, which will be income does not exceed £16,190; or the Guarantee independent of the School. Element of State Pension Credit (M1000 Award Notice) Notes (these form part of the admission arrangements) Advice (this is not part of the admissions arrangements) a) Currently Looked After Children are defined as children The Local and General Admission Areas represents the area in who are (a) in the care of a Local Authority, or (b) being which almost all students across the school live. It is anticipated provided with accommodation by a LA in the exercise of that the school will continue to be heavily oversubscribed and their social services functions in accordance with Section that applicants living outside the General Admission Area 22 of the Children Act 1989, at the time an application to therefore have no realistic chance of being offered a place under the school is made. Previously Looked After Children are these admission arrangements. defined as those who were looked after but ceased to be so because they were adopted (in accordance with Section 46 Lynch Hill Enterprise Academy of the Adoption and Children Act 2002), or subject to a residence order (in accordance with Section 8 of the Lynch Hill Enterprise Academy is a learning Children Act 1989) or a special guardianship order (in environment at the heart of its community. We accordance with Section 14A of the Children Act 1989). promote care and respect, and expect high standards b) The School’s Admission Area comprises the following in all aspects of Academy life. Our Admissions postcode sectors; Policy reflects these aspirations. Local Admission Area SL3 7, SL3 8 and SL3 0 Lynch Hill Enterprise Academy will provide General Admission Area SL0 - 2, Remainder of SL3, secondary school places for young people aged 11 - SL 4 - 9 19 and the Admissions Policy for the Year 7 and Year TW3 - 5, TW7, TW13 -15, TW18 - 20 12 intakes is set out below. UB1 - 10 Lynch Hill Enterprise Academy is committed to W5, W7, W13 HA0 - 5 RG12, straightforward, open, fair and transparent practices RG42 and policy in relation to Admissions.

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The school will act in accordance with the Schools Oversubscription criteria Admissions Code (as revised February 2012), the Where the school receives more applications for School Admissions Appeals Code and admissions year 7 than it has places available the criteria listed law as they apply to Academies. below will apply. How to apply Children with a statement of Special Educational If you wish to apply for a place at the Lynch Hill Need (SEN) where Lynch Hill Enterprise Academy Enterprise Academy (LHEA) for September 2016, is named on the statement must, by law, be admitted please complete the application form available on to Lynch Hill Enterprise Academy. Slough Borough Council’s website or the school’s After this requirement has been met, places will be website. Please return the completed form to the allocated in line with the following objective over- Admissions and Transport Team, Slough Borough subscription criteria in this order: Council, St Martin’s Place, 51 Bath Road, Slough, SL1 3UQ by the 31st October 2015. Parents • Any request for the allocation of a place for 1 applying for the LHEA must also complete a children looked after or formerly looked after Common Application Form (CAF), naming 6 by the Local Authority and adopted children preferred secondary schools. The LHEA process is who were formerly looked after by the Local separate from this, therefore the LHEA should not Authority will be admitted next. be included on the CAF. Slough Borough Council • Children with a strong social or medical reason. will process all applications for the LHEA, as well as This must be supported by written evidence CAF applications. On the 1st March parents will be from a professional such as a doctor or social advised by Slough Borough Council about the worker involved in the case and must outcome of their LHEA application and their demonstrate why the school is the only one application via the CAF process. Some parents may which the child can attend as a result of the have more than one offer of a place and will be social and/or medical need. advised how to accept and decline place offers. • Children who attend Lynch Hill School Primary Copies of the form are available from the Academy or St Mary’s CofE Admissions Teams at: Primary School or another primary school • Buckinghamshire County Council or online at: within the Learning Alliance Academy Trust. [email protected] • Siblings of children who will be attending the • Slough Borough Council or online at: school in the year of admission i.e. brothers or www.slough.gov.uk/admissions sisters including step, adopted or foster brothers or sisters living in the same family unit at the • Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead at time when the child would be due to start at www.rbwm.gov.uk Lynch Hill Enterprise Academy. Inaccurate or false information on the form could • Children living within the designated area for result in the place being withdrawn. the school, that area being identified by the map Applications must be submitted by 31st October attached to this admissions policy. 2015. Late applications will be dealt with according • Distance from the school measured by a straight to the Local Authority coordinated scheme. line measured from the main on street entrance We will operate in keeping with the local Fair of the child’s home (whether that be front gate Access Protocol. or front door) to the main gate of the school. Year 7 admissions The final criteria (distance) will always be utilised in Published admissions number the event of a tie-break. In the case of flats or multiple occupancy measurement will be taken from Lynch Hill Enterprise Academy is an independent, the main entrance of the building. If this results in a state funded school which has an agreed Published tie, places will be allocated randomly and this Admissions Number of 180 per year for admission process overseen by an independent body other than into Year 7 and shall admit up to this number each Lynch Hill Enterprise Academy and The Learning year. All applicants will be admitted if fewer than Alliance Academy Trust. 180 applications are received.

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Where the application of oversubscription criteria In addition to the sixth form’s minimum academic would result in splitting children with either the entry requirements pupils will need to satisfy same birth dates or children born in the same minimum entrance requirements to the courses for academic year from the same family, then places will which they are applying. If either internal or be offered even if this will result in the school going external applicants fail to meet the minimum course above its admission number. requirements they will be given the option of Year 12 admissions pursuing any alternative courses the school offers for which they do meet the minimum academic It should be noted that students will not be admitted requirements, providing these courses are not to Year 12 until such time as students from Lynch already full and oversubscribed Course requirements Hill Enterprise Academy reach the end of Year 11. are published annually on the school’s website in the There will therefore be no admissions into Year 12 Sixth Form prospectus. until 2019. When the sixth form is undersubscribed all This Admissions Policy will be the subject of applicants meeting the minimum academic entry consultation and review prior to the first year of requirements will be admitted. admission for Year 12 students to ensure that the minimum criteria set for access to Post 16 courses When there are more external applicants that satisfy are appropriate, fair and equitable. any academic entry requirements, priority, will be given in the following order: The proposed number of Year 12 places will be 120. • Any request for the allocation of a place for Year 12 capacity and admission number children looked after or formerly looked after2 Lynch Hill Enterprise Academy will operate a sixth by the Local Authority and adopted children form for a maximum total of 240 students. 120 who were formerly looked after by the Local places overall will be available in Year 12 (the year Authority will be admitted next. 12 ‘capacity’), with pupils being admitted to Year 12 • Children with a strong social or medical reason. in 2019. This must be supported by written evidence If fewer than 120 Lynch Hill Enterprise Academy of from a professional such as a doctor or social the school’s own Year 11 pupils transfer into Year 12, worker involved in the case and must additional external pupils will be admitted until Year demonstrate why the school is the only one 12 meets its capacity of 120. which the child can attend as a result of the There are a variety of Sixth Form courses on offer social and/or medical need. each with different entry requirements. Full details • Siblings of children who will be attending the of these will be published annually in the Sixth school in the year of admission i.e. brothers or Form prospectus and applicants should contact the sisters including step, adopted or foster brothers school for information. or sisters living in the same family unit at the Year 12 admissions’ criteria time when the child would be due to start at Lynch Hill Enterprise Academy. Lynch Hill Enterprise Academy will admit any pupils with a statement of Special Educational • Children living within the designated area for Needs whose statement names Lynch Hill Enterprise the school, that area being identified by the map Academy and who meet the minimum entry attached to this admissions policy. requirements. • Other applicants in order of the distance from To be eligible for entry into the sixth form both the school measured by a straight line measured internal and external pupils will be expected to have from the main on street entrance of the child’s met the minimum academic entry requirements for home (whether that be front gate or front door) the sixth form course and its level of qualification. to the main gate of the school. These will be determined and published well in The final criteria (distance) will always be utilised in advance of the year of admittance. the event of a tie-break. In the case of flats or multiple occupancy measurement will be taken from the main entrance of the building. If this results in a tie, places will be allocated randomly and this

84 Apply online at www.slough.gov.uk/admissions School Admissions Arrangements process is overseen by an independent body other The school will reserve its right to carry out further than Lynch Hill Enterprise Academy and The investigation and require additional evidence, and to Learning Alliance Academy Trust. reject applications or withdraw offers of places, if it Waiting list believes it has grounds to do so. In such cases parents have recourse to putting their application ‟ After 1 March 2014 a “waiting list will be through the independent appeals process. administered if the school has more applicants than places available. A child’s position on the waiting list If an applicant is moving house and wishes to use is determined by applying the over-subscription the new address for the allocation of places, criteria as described below. Positions on the waiting evidence will be required that the parent and child list may go up or down due to pupil withdrawals or has moved and are living in the new home by 1 new or revised applications and no account is taken January 2016. If the move takes place later or of the length of time spent on the waiting list. information is provided later, the school will only be able to treat the new address for waiting list Waiting lists will be maintained until such time as purposes and consider this information after the the policy is changed, to fill places that may become initial allocation of places has taken place. available during the school year. Parents will receive periodic requests to see if they wish to remain on False information, or the omission of material the list. Children who are the subject of a direction information, may result in disqualification, or the by the local authority to admit, or who are allocated loss of a place even after it has been offered, to Lynch Hill Enterprise Academy in accordance accepted or taken up. with an in-year fair access protocol will take Definitions used in this document distance from precedence over those on the waiting list. school Appeals Distance will be measured by a straight line on a Those who are offered a place at Lynch Hill map from the front door of the child’s home address Enterprise Academy will be informed during the to the front door of the school using an electronic first week of March 2016 by the Local Authority. mapping system for example Geographic Parents who are not offered a place through this Information Systems (GIS). In the case of the home process have a right to appeal against the decision. address being a building of multiple occupancy, Lynch Hill Enterprise Academy will use the priority will be given to the dwelling which has the independent appeals service provided by the Local lowest identifying number or letter (A being Authority. Independent Appeals Panels are considered lowest). appointed in accordance with the Code of Practice Permanent home address for School Admissions Appeals and training is given The address at which the child is normally resident. to all who sit on these panels. Where a child lives at more than one address, the Administration and verification of information address will be where the child lives for the majority Applications are processed on the basis of the child’s of the time. single permanent home address, the definition of Where the child lives at more than one address and which is included below. Temporary addresses spends equal time at both, the home address will be cannot be used to obtain school places, e.g. counted as that at which the child is registered with temporary addresses whilst retaining a previous their General Practitioner (doctor). permanent home will not be accepted. Evidence is Looked after children required of a single address. Where this is changing, evidence regarding the new address, and disposal of Looked-after children and previously Looked-after the previous address through a contract for sale or children are those who have been adopted, or have otherwise, will be required. Parents will be asked to become subject to a residence order or special declare that the address used will be their place of guardianship order. A Looked-after child is a child residence beyond the date of the pupil starting who is (a) in the care of the local authority, or (b) school. being provided with accommodation by a local authority in their exercise of their social services functions (see the definition in Section 22(1) of the Children Act 1989).

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Siblings Copies of the form are available on Slough Borough Children are siblings if they are step-siblings, Council’s website (slough.gov.uk/admissions) and adopted or foster brothers or sisters living in the from the Admissions and Access Team. Full details same family unit at the time when the child is due to about the application process for Year 7 students start in the school. will be available from Slough Borough Council in September 2015 1 Note: ‘‘children looked after’’ by the Local Authority are those who are (a) in the care of a Local Authority or (b) being provided with 3. Applications to other year groups accommodation by a Local Authority in the exercise of their social Applications for other year groups should be made services functions (See Section 22(1) of the Children Act 1989. using the in-year application form available on Slough and Eton Slough Borough Council’s website 1. General (slough.gov.uk/admissions) and from the Admissions and Transport Team. Full details of the Slough and East Berkshire C of E Multi Academy application process for in-year applicants will be Trust (SEBMAT) has been established to form a available from Slough Borough Council in group of schools that can support each other to September 2015. ensure the best possible outcomes for the young people in Slough and the nearby areas. Slough and 4. Oversubscription criteria Eton and Colnbrook Primary are the first two All children who have a statement of special needs schools in SEBMAT. that names the school will be admitted. After this Slough and Eton builds on the tradition of our requirement is satisfied the following foundation as a Church of England School which, oversubscription criteria will apply. over the years, has welcomed all faiths and cultures. (a) Looked after children and previously looked We have developed into a school that celebrates after children. (See note 1) unity in diversity by educating a multi-faith (b) Children who attend a primary school that is community within the Christian ethos of the School. formally linked with Slough and Eton through Pupils from a multitude of countries, nations, the SEBMAT. Currently this includes Colnbrook cultures and religions, work, play, learn and flourish CofE Primary School. A maximum of 36 places together. In this way they develop respect and will be available for this category. The remaining understanding for each other and are well prepared places will be offered to children in the for life in the multi-cultural society in which they following categories. will live their adult lives. (c) Children who live in the catchment area of the All pupils are encouraged to acquire values and school. Please see below. knowledge that underpin the Christian ethos of the School and develop an enjoyment of learning which (d) Children who have an older brother or sister at will enable them to achieve a lifetime of fulfilment the school when the applicant will enter. and success. The school promotes an environment Children are considered as siblings if they have of mutual respect where all members of the brothers or sisters including step, adopted or community are equally valued and work together in foster brothers and sisters living in the same an atmosphere of tolerance and good humour. family unit and attending the school at the time the child is due to enter. 2. Admissions to Year 7 (e) Children who have strong medical or social The admission arrangements will apply to applicants grounds for admission. The reasons must be for places in Year 7 from September 2016. fully supported in writing from a professional Applicants will apply for places at Slough and Eton person involved in the case such as a doctor or using the Common Application Form (CAF) social worker. provided by their Local Authority. The Planned Admission Number is 180. Priority will be given to (f) Children whose families have applied on pupils in the local community and applicants denominational grounds and can provide attending a Slough and Eton Multi Academy Trust written evidence of a commitment to Christian (SEBMAT) primary school. worship. (g) All other applicants

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If there are more applicants than places in any of the Multiple births categories above, applicants living closest to the In the event that it is possible to offer a place to one school will be given priority. Distance will be child and not the other we will work with the measured in a straight line from the front door of parent/carer to find the best solution. In most cases the child’s home address to the main entrance of the the place would be allocated using random school. allocation. 5. Appeals Parent Arrangements for appeals will be independent of the A parent is any person who has parental school in accordance with the Admissions Appeals responsibility for or is the legal guardian of the child Code of Practice. Full details will be provided for Home Address unsuccessful applicants. The address given on the form must be the parent’s 6. Admissions to Sixth Form permanent address on the closing date. Applicants who meet the academic entry criteria for St Bernard’s Catholic Grammar School Sixth Form will be prioritised as follows: Admissions policy (a) Looked after children and previously looked after children. (See note 1) Responsibility (b) Current pupils at Slough and Eton The Governing Body is the Admissions Authority for St. Bernard’s which is a Roman Catholic, (c) Siblings of pupils at Slough and Eton Voluntary-Aided, Co-educational Grammar School. (d) All other applicants The Governing Body will, therefore, give priority in Note 1 the consideration of applications to baptised Roman Catholic children who have a written reference from A “looked-after child” is one who is in the care of a their Roman Catholic priest. The criteria set by the local authority or being provided with Governing Body are designed to preserve the accommodation by a local authority in the exercise character of the School. This policy has been agreed of its social services function. Adoption orders come after consultation with the Diocese of Northampton under the terms of the Adoption and Children Act and Slough Local Authority. 2002, Section 46. A ‘residence order’ is one settling the arrangements to be made as to the person with The Governors aim to offer a Catholic education. whom the child is to live (Children Act 1989, The Governors expect that parents applying for Section 8). A ‘special guardianship order’ is one places will accept and uphold the Catholic character appointing one or more individuals to be a child’s and ethos of the school. Nevertheless, the school special guardian/s (Children Act 1989, Section 14A). fully respects the beliefs of parents and children Applications under this criterion must be from all denominations and faith backgrounds. accompanied by evidence to show that the child is Children are taught respect and tolerance for others looked after or was previously looked after (e.g. a and there is provision in the religious education copy of the adoption, residence or special programme for the study of different faiths. guardianship order). Number Tie breaker The Planned Admission number for admission at If there are not sufficient places for all the children age 11+ for the academic year beginning September in one of the criteria above, priority will be given to 2016 is 120. children who fulfil more than one of the criteria. Application to the school The greater the number of criteria fulfilled the Owing to the school’s strict admissions criteria it is higher the priority. After this the final decision will very important that all parents are aware that they be made according to the straight line distance will need to fill out Supplementary Forms A & B as between the home and the school. well as a Common Application Form (CAF) from their local authority. The Supplementary Forms A & B collect essential information to allow the Governing Body to put all applicants in order of

Apply online at www.slough.gov.uk/admissions 87 School Admissions Arrangements priority for admission, using the school’s 3. Catholic children oversubscription criteria. The Supplementary Forms 4. All other Looked After children A & B must be returned to the Admissions Secretary 5. Practising Orthodox children at the school by 16th October 2015. If 6. Orthodox children Supplementary Forms A & B are not returned, then 7. Children of Staff the child will automatically be considered as “Any 8. Practising Other Christian children Other Children” in the oversubscription criteria (see below). 9. Other Christian children 10. Practising members of Other Faiths Admission 11. Members of Other Faiths The Governing Body will only consider for 12. Any other children admission those children who have gained a mark of 111 or above in the Slough 11+ Consortium tests. If necessary, the Governing Body will determine an Where the number of pupils gaining 111 or more in order of priority within the above categories based, the tests exceeds the number of places available, the firstly, on the child’s score in the Selective Tests and, Governors will apply their oversubscription criteria. secondly, on proximity to the school, by a suitable walking route as measured from the main double A standardised score of 111 or above in the entrance entrance gate of St Bernard’s Catholic Grammar tests means that an applicant is eligible for School to the front door of the candidate’s house. consideration for admission to the School. There is, however, no guarantee of a place, even for those Waiting list children who have attained the eligibility score, if The school will keep a waiting list of the names of there are more applications than places available. If applicants who have qualified for admission but the number of eligible applications is greater than have not been allocated a place, ranked in the Planned Admission Number, then the Governors descending order according to the above will apply the Oversubscription Criteria (see below). oversubscription criteria. The placing of a child’s Pupils with an Education Health and Care Plan name on the waiting list does not remove the right under the Children and Families Bill 2014, where of appeal. Parents will be informed if their child’s this pupil has reached the required standard on the name has been placed on this list. test (i.e. they have achieved a standardised score of A waiting list will be held for all those applicants 111 in the Slough Consortium Tests) and where the who score 111 and above but who may not be school has been named by the local authority on the offered a place initially due to over-subscription. EHC plan as agreed with the Governors and the This waiting list will operate until the end of Headteacher. If this happens during the normal December 2016. admission round to Year 7, then the number of Appeals places available to other applicants will be reduced accordingly. If this happens at any other time, then The school will publish and establish arrangements the child can only be admitted if the year group for appeals against non-admissions, which will be applied for is not already full. independent of the school and will follow the School Admission Appeals Code 2012. The school will publish details of admissions and appeals arrangements every year. For admission to other school years Over-subscription criteria In the event of there being vacancies in other school years, the Governing Body, in consultation with the Should places be oversubscribed, the Governing Headteacher, will consider admitting students who Body will consider children for admission following have demonstrated their suitability for education in the criteria set out below. These categories relate to a Selective School, and their intention to respect the the child, not to the parent(s)/guardians(s). Please Roman Catholic ethos of the School. Should refer to the endnotes indicated for the following applications for places in these years be terms: Practising, Catholic, Looked After, Orthodox, oversubscribed, the Governing Body will consider Staff and Other Christian: children in order of priority following the criteria 1. Catholic Looked After children listed above. 2. Practising Catholic children

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Applicants who have previously sat the Slough The school will establish arrangements for appeals Consortium 11+ test but did not attain a score of against non-admission, which will be independent 111 or above will not be considered for entry to of the school. Years 7-11. i Catholic means a member of a church which is in full No other pupils will be admitted to the school, other communion with the See of Rome, a baptismal certificate will be required as evidence of belonging to that church. than at the start of Year 7, unless there are available places and: ii Both Currently Looked After and Previously Looked after are considered to be ‘Looked After’ in this Policy. Currently Looked I. they are transferring from another grammar After Children are defined as children who are (a) in the care of school; or a Local Authority, or (b) being provided with accommodation by a LA in the exercise of their social services functions in II. they have not already taken the Slough accordance with Section 22 of the Children Act 1989, at the Consortium 11+ test; and time an application to the school is made. Previously Looked After Children are defined as those who were looked after but III. they are successful in the school’s entrance ceased to be so because they were adopted (in accordance with examination relevant to their year of entry. Section 46 of the Adoption and Children Act 2002), or subject In year applications must be made directly to the to a child arrangements order (in accordance with Section 8 of the Children Act 1989, as amended by section 12 of the school and should be addressed to the Admissions Children and Families Act 2014) or a special guardianship order Secretary at the school. (in accordance with Section 14A of the Children Act 1989). For admission of children outside their normal iii Practising means a member of a church who attends mass age group regularly, as evidenced by a Priest’s (or minister’s) reference including the parish priest’s (or minister’s) signature and the If parents request for a child to enter the school parish stamp or seal completed on the Supplementary Form B. outside the normal age group for that child, the For members of other faiths, the person who most closely takes school shall consider the application. The parents on the equivalent role of priest will complete the priest’s reference. must adhere to the same admission requirements iv and process as for all other children and meet all the Orthodox refers to members of an Orthodox Church that belongs to “Churches Together in Britain and Ireland - subject entry requirements and secure a place according to to update, as appropriate” www.ctbi.org.uk. A baptismal the oversubscription criteria. The decision as to certificate will be required as evidence of belonging to that whether to admit a child who is outside their church. normal age group lies with the governors who will v Children of staff concern only those members of staff who are make their decision based on the circumstances of employed directly by the school’s Governing Body and have a each case and in the best interests of the child permanent contract. concerned. This will include taking account of the vi Other Christian children refer to a member of a church that parent’s views; information about the child’s belongs to “Churches Together in Britain and Ireland - subject to update, as appropriate” www.ctbi.org.uk. A baptismal academic, social and emotional development; and certificate will be required as evidence of belonging to that whether they have previously been educated out of church. The only exception will be for those Christian their normal age group. They will also take into denominations where infant baptism is not practised. account the views of the school. St Joseph’s Catholic High School For admission to Sixth Form Admissions policy The maximum number of places in the Sixth Form St Joseph’s Catholic High School is a voluntary aided is 250. The intended number of students admitted co-educational school, within the Local Authority from outside the school is 20. There are a variety of (LA) of Slough and the Diocese of Northampton. Sixth Form courses on offer, some with different entry requirements. Full details of these are The Governing Body Admissions Committee is published annually in the Sixth Form prospectus responsible for Admissions. and applicants should contact the school for The Planned Admissions Number is 135. information. A supportive school report in the form Application procedures: of a letter from the current Headteacher will be required. Parents who wish to apply for a place for their child at St Joseph’s Catholic High School need to name St Joseph’s on the Common Application Form (CAF) and return the form to their Local Education

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Authority. They must also complete a St Joseph’s Receiving an offer of a place: Application Form and return it to the school by 31st An offer of a place at St Joseph’s Catholic High October of the year before their child joins Year 7. School, will be sent in writing from the applicant’s Late applications will be considered at the discretion Local Education Authority. St Joseph’s will only send of the governors. correspondence to those who have been offered a Children with a Statement of Special Educational place at the school. Needs where St Joseph’s has been named in the Appeals procedure: Statement, will be admitted in accordance with the regulations and the policy of the Local Authority. Parents have the right to appeal if they have not been offered a place at the school. They must send a In the event of there being more applications than letter of appeal to the Chair of Governors at St the planned admissions number, priority will be Joseph’s within 30 days of receiving their offer letter. given according to the following criteria: They will then be notified of the appeal date and 1) Looked After Children & Previously Looked time. After Children Waiting lists: 2) Practising Baptised Catholic Children with a Any waiting lists which are held will be ranked in priest’s reference. the same order as the above criteria. 3) Other Baptised Catholic Children Mid-year admissions: 4) Baptised or Dedicated Children of other Applicants for places mid-year, subject to the above Christian denominations with a religious criteria, will be admitted up to a maximum of 135 leader’s reference. pupils in each year group. 5) Baptised or Dedicated Children of other Explanatory notes: Christian denominations Catholic: A Catholic child is defined as a child 6) Children of other faiths with a religious leader’s baptised in accordance with the rites of the Catholic reference. Church or enrolled in a baptismal programme. 7) Children of other faiths. Baptised Catholic or Baptised Christian: The 8) Any Other Children governors insist on a copy of a valid Baptism Children from other faiths should be sympathetic to Certificate being produced at the time of application the ethos of our Catholic school. to the school. A completed Priest’s/Religious Leader’s Reference Practising: Practising means the child’s weekly Form (which is attached to the school application attendance at Sunday mass. form) will be asked for to support the application, Home address: This is defined as the place where where relevant. the child permanently lives with his or her If your child has been baptised or dedicated, the parents/legal guardians/carers. governors insist that a copy of a valid Baptism or Should parental responsibilities be equally shared, Dedication Certificate is sent in with the application the home address will be considered to be that of the form. parent/legal guardian/carer who receives the relevant Tie breaker: Child Benefit Allowance. For any admission category that is over-subscribed, Looked after children: Looked After Children are applications will be prioritised by distance from the children who are in the care of a local authority or home address to the school building. Distance will are provided with accommodation by that authority. be measured in a straight line from the front door of Previously looked after children: are children who the child’s home address (including flats), to the were looked after, but ceased to be so, because they main entrance of the school, using the Local were adopted, or became subject to a residence Authority’s computerised measuring system, with order or special guardianship order. those living closer to the school receiving the higher False information: If false or misleading priority. information is used to gain entry to the school, the offer of a place may be withdrawn.

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St Joseph’s Catholic High School Looked after children: Looked After children are children who are in the care of a local authority or Sixth Form admissions policy are provided with accommodation by that authority. St Joseph's Catholic High School is a voluntary Previously looked after children: Previously aided co- educational school, within the Local Looked After Children are children who have Authority (LA) of Slough and the Diocese of previously been looked after by the local authority. Northampton. False information: If false or misleading The Governing Body Admissions Committee is information is used to gain entry to the school, the responsible for Admissions. offer of a place may be withdrawn. Admissions criteria: Upton Court Grammar School St Joseph’s Catholic High School offers a variety of Sixth Form courses, some with different entry Admissions to Year 7 requirements. Full details of these are published 1. The school’s planned admission number for Year annually in the Sixth Form Prospectus and 7 Entry in September 2016 is 145. applicants should contact the school for 2. As a Grammar (selective) School, the school is information. A supportive school report in the form not required to fill all the places if pupils do not of a letter from the current Head teacher will be meet the admissions criteria. Pupils will be required. admitted to the school at the age of 11 on the In the event of there being more applications than basis of their ability and aptitude, which will be available places, priority will be given according to determined by their performance in entrance the following criteria/factors: examinations administered by the Slough 1) Looked After Children & Previously Looked Consortium of Grammar Schools. The After Children procedures for testing are outlined in the Slough Consortium of Grammar Schools – a Guide to 2) Those applicants who have attended St Joseph’s the 11+ Test document published by the Catholic High School up to Year 11, who fulfil Consortium. the entry requirements for their chosen course. 3. The procedure for application and testing will 3) The availability of courses which best suits the be published by the School each year. applicant’s preferences. 4. The required minimum score in the tests to be Tie breaker: eligible for a place is 111. • Applications will be prioritised by distance from 5. The legislative framework for the Special the home address to the school building. Educational Needs system and the detailed Distance will be measured in a straight line from guidance in this Code of Practice underpinned the front door of the applicant’s home address by the principles set out in Clause 19 of the (including flats), to the main entrance of the Children and Families Bill 2014, requires the school, using the Local Authority’s school to accept a child with an Education, computerised measuring system, with those Health and Care Plan if the parent or young living closer to the school receiving the higher person names UCGS on the Common priority. Application Form (CAF), provided s/he has met Explanatory notes: the 11+ eligibility criteria. In addition, the Home address: This is defined as the place where Governing Body must deem the child’s the child permanently lives with his or her attendance to be compatible with the efficient parents/legal guardians/carers. use of resources and education of other students. Should parental responsibilities be equally shared, the home address will be considered to be that of the parent/legal guardian/carer who receives the relevant Child Benefit Allowance.

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The Local Authority must consult the (iv) Children of members of staff who have Governing Body and the Principal of the been employed at the school for 2 years school and consider their comments very or more prior to application on .5 carefully before deciding whether to name timetable or above or filing a vacant post eligible children on the young person’s where there is a skills shortage. The Education, Health and Care Plan, sending term “staff” refers to any employee who them a copy of the draft Plan(d). is permanently employed by the school 6. Where the number of eligible pupils and excludes those contracted through reaching the required standard in the 11+ external agencies. tests exceeds the number of places available, (v) The next 100 Pupils in rank order of places will be allocated according to the performance in the tests following oversubscription criteria in this (vi) Proximity to the school. Nearest first, order of priority. measured ‘as the crow flies’ from the (i) Looked after Children who are being main entrance of the school to the front accommodated, or who have been taken door of the child’s home address (house into care by a local authority under or flat), using Slough’s Geographical section 20, 31 or 38 of the Children Act Information System (GIS), with those 1989. The first priority will go to closer to the school receiving higher children who are legally defined as priority. looked by the local authority at the time 7. In the event of one or more eligible pupils an application to the school is made. being tied for the final place or places at the Following on, young people previously school, priority will be decided by proximity Looked after, who are children defined to the school, nearest first, measured ‘as the as those who were looked after, but crow flies’ from the main entrance of the ceased to be so because they were school to the front door of the child’s home adopted (in accordance with Section 46 address (house or flat), using Slough’s of the Adoption and Children Act 2002), Geographical Information System (GIS), or subject to a residence order (in with those closer to the school receiving accordance with Section 8 of the higher priority. The ‘home address’ is defined Children Act 1989) or a special as the address where the child is normally guardianship order (in accordance with resident. Where there is shared custody of Section 14A of the Children Act 1989). the child or the child lives at more than one (ii) Pupils with an Education Health and address in any given week, it is the address Care Plan under the Children and of the parent or carer who receives child Families Bill 2014, where this pupil has benefit for that child, or in the absence of reached the required standard on the test child benefit it is the address of the parent or and where the school has been named carer with whom the child resides for the by the local authority on the EHC plan greater duration. as agreed with the Governors and the In the event of a tie between two or more Principal. children with equal proximity to the school, (iii) Up to 15 places will be offered to lots will be drawn. applicants who are currently eligible, or 8. A waiting list will be held for all those have been eligible within the previous applicants who score 111 and above but who six years, for Free School Meals (Pupil may not be offered a place initially due to Premium). If the number of applicants over-subscription. The waiting list will in this category is greater than 15, places operate until the end of December 2016. will be offered in rank order according to 11+ score, and then distance from the school (see paragraph vi).

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9. The school will establish arrangements for Term being defined as the first day of school appeals against non-admission to year 7, for students. which will be independent of the School and 16. There are a variety of Sixth Form courses on will follow the New School Admission offer, each with different entry requirements. Appeals Code in effect since 1st February Full details of these are published annually 2012. in the Sixth Form Prospectus on the school 10. Details of admissions and appeals website. Applicants should contact the arrangements will be published by the school school for further information. every year. 17. All applicants to the sixth form must submit In-year admissions to Years 7-11 an application form by the date published on 11. No child will be admitted to the school, the school’s website. Students must hold a other than at the start of Year 7, unless there conditional offer of a place which may be are available places and: made following a Careers Information Advice and Guidance (CIAG) interview with (i) They are transferring from another the school. On GCSE results day, applicants grammar school within the Slough holding a conditional offer must attend an Consortium, or enrolment interview with the school where (ii) They have not previously taken the 11+ the place may be confirmed if the published test within the Slough Consortium and eligibility criteria have been met. At this were unsuccessful, or stage, other conditions for admissions must (iii) They are successful in the school’s be met in addition to academic achievement, entrance examination relevant to their such as NARIC certificates for overseas year of entry. qualification equivalences, and eligibility to receive free education in the United Applicants who have previously sat the Kingdom. Consortium 11+ test but did not attain a score of at least 111 will not be considered for entry to 18. Where the number of eligible students Years 8-11. reaching the required standards in GCSE or equivalent exceeds the number of places Admissions to the Sixth Form available, places on various courses will be 12. In relation to Sixth Form admission, all confirmed on a first-come-first-served basis applicants must meet the entry requirements on GCSE results day. Existing Upton Court specified by the school for their preferred Grammar School students will be given courses, where the relevant admissions test priority for admission to a course. will be performance in GCSE examinations, Notes: or level 2 qualifications, or NARIC verified overseas equivalent. All applications must be a) In applying these admission arrangements, supported by satisfactory references from the ‘permanent home address’ will be defined as school the applicant attended most recently. the permanent place of residence of the parent with whom the applicant spends the 13. Students must come directly into the Sixth majority of his/her time. The home address Form from Year 11; no student will be must be the address where the applicant is admitted to the school to repeat/restart Year living at the time of application and before 12. Any student that has previously repeated the closing date for applications. Where year 11 may not be considered for admission parents/carers share responsibility for part of to the Sixth Form. the week, then both home addresses must be 14. The planned admission number for Year 12 quoted. The school may check the entry, including existing UCGS Year 11 authenticity of the address stated. Proof of students and external applicants, is 180. residence or further information may be 15. No student will be admitted to Year 12 after requested and must be provided. 15 school days from the beginning of the Autumn Term; the beginning of the Autumn

Apply online at www.slough.gov.uk/admissions 93 School Admissions Arrangements b) If the main address has changed temporarily, This duty is anticipatory: adjustments must for example where a family is renting a be planned and put in place in advance, to property on a Short Term Tenancy Agreement prevent that disadvantage. (12 months or under), then the parental Parents and young people have the right to address remains that at which the parent was request a particular school, to be named in resident before the period of temporary their Education, Health and Care plan. If a residence began unless it can be shown that parent or young person makes a request for all ties to the previous address have been Upton Court Grammar School to be named, relinquished, or that the move is not easily the local authority must comply with that reversible. The Governors may refuse to base preference and name the school on the EHC an allocation on an address which might be plan unless it would: considered only a temporary address. • be unsuitable for the age, ability, aptitude c) Distances will be measured using a or SEN of the child or young person computerised mapping system. The (notably attaining the required standard in measurement is taken from the address point the 11+ tests); or of the applicant’s home to the address point of the school. It does not take into account • the attendance of the child or young the actual or expected route a child will person there would be incompatible with travel to school. the efficient education of others, or the efficient use of resources, as deemed by d) The Local Authority, in carrying out their the Governing Body. functions under the Children and Families Bill 2014, must have regard to: The Statutory Policies for Schools circular issued by the Department for Education • the views, wishes and feelings of the child (September 2014) requires schools to review or young person, and their parents; admissions policies annually, and any • the importance of the child or young changes must undergo consultation. The person, and their parents, participating as next review will take place in September fully as possible in decisions; and being 2015. In the event of no changes, provided with the information and consultation must take place every seven support necessary to enable participation years, scheduled for September 2022. in those decisions; The Westgate School • the need to support the child or young 1 Admissions person, and their parents, in order to facilitate the development of the child or 1.1 Children will be admitted to the School young person and to help them achieve without reference to academic ability or the best possible educational and other aptitude on an ‘equal preference’ basis. outcomes, preparing them effectively for 1.2 Admission to The Westgate School will be adulthood. coordinated through the Slough Coordinated Specific duties that Upton Court Grammar Administration Scheme and its timetable. School has towards disabled children are Applications must be submitted using the included in the Equality Act 2010 the key Common Application Form (CAF). Copies elements are as follows: of the form are available from the Admissions and Access Team at Slough • The School must not discriminate against, Borough Council or online at harass or victimise disabled children and www.slough.gov.uk/admissions. Full details young people; are contained in ‘A Parent’s Guide to • The School must make reasonable Transferring to a Slough Secondary School’ adjustments to ensure that disabled 2 Oversubscription criteria children and young people are not at a substantial disadvantage compared with 2.1 In the event of the School being their peers. oversubscribed, children will be admitted in the following order of priority:

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2.1.1 Children with a Statement of Special 5. Sixth Form Educational Needs; 5.1 The maximum number of places in the 2.1.2 Looked-After children; sixth form is 135. Of this number, ten 2.1.3 Children living in the school’s places will be reserved for students designated area, and who are entering the School for the first time at attending a Cippenham Schools’ 16+. Trust Primary school;* 6. Appeals against non-admission 2.1.4 Children who live in the designated 6.1 Arrangements will be made for appeals area and who are attending other against non-admissions which will be Primary Schools;* independent of the School. Appeals shall 2.1.5 Children living outside the school’s be heard in accordance with the Schools designated area, and who are Admission Appeals Code of Practice. attending a Cippenham Schools’ The school exercises its right not to Trust Primary school;* consider further appeals for the same child within the same academic year. 2.1.6 Other children who live outside the designated area.* 6.2 Appeals will only be heard from parents who have first sought admission, and 3. *Tie breaker been refused. If any individual criterion is oversubscribed 6.3 Casual Admissions or transfer of school priority will be given to those children who live appeals will only be heard from parents nearest the school. This will be based on a who have first sought admission, using straight line from the front door of the child’s the LA Casual Admissions/Transfer of home address to the main entrance of the school Schools form, and been refused. using the Local Authorities computerised measuring system. If the same distance applies 6.4 The School will agree any changes to its medical, social or special educational needs will admission with the Secretary of State for be taken into consideration. Education. Details of admission and appeals arrangements will be published Notes: each year. i. The child’s place of residence is taken to be the parental home. ii. The Designated area is as outlined on the attached map. 4. Application outside of the normal intake timetable 4.1 Applications for admission into year groups outside of the normal intake timetable (i.e. for children moving into the designated area or wishing to transfer from another school) shall be allowed unless the year group into which admission is sought exceeds the size dictated by the net capacity of the School. The planned admission number for each year group in 2016/17 is 180.

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SLOUGH PRIMARY SCHOOLS

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SLOUGH SECONDARY SCHOOLS

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