Allocation Statement for Ashley Down Primary School - September 2019
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Allocation Statement for Ashley Down Primary School - September 2019 As Ashley Down Primary School was oversubscribed, the criteria stated in the booklet ‘A Guide for parents and carers on applying for a primary school place for the school year 2019-2020’ have been applied to allocate the places that are available at the school. 199 on-time applications (63 x 1st preferences, 83 x 2nd preferences, 53 x 3rd preferences) have been received for Ashley Down Primary School, which has an Admission Number of 60. How the Initial Allocation of Places was made The 60 places have been offered to the following children: 1. Those children who are defined as 'Children in Care'; or children who were previously in care, but immediately after being in care became subject to an adoption, child arrangements, or special guardianship order. (0 places). 2. Those children with siblings already at Ashley Down Primary School who will still be on roll in September 2019. (23 places) 3. Those children living closest to Ashley Down Primary School as measured in a direct line from the home address to the school (37 places) The furthest distance offered a place in this category was 551 meters. CLASS SIZE PREJUDICE APPEALS - Effects of Infant Class Size Legislation. Appeals for Ashley Down Primary School will be heard on the basis of Class Size Prejudice. The school has 2 Reception classes each containing 30 children. Guidance on Class Size Prejudice Appeals is available on the School Admissions website. You should be aware that since the introduction of Infant Class Size Legislation in 2000, no appeals have been upheld in the parents’ favour for this school. 2nd Round Allocation As at 21st May 2019, 2 places had become available at the school for reallocation. At this stage there were 21 pupils waiting for a place. The published admissions criteria were applied and the places were offered to; 2 children living closest to Ashley Down Primary School as measured in a direct line from the home address to the school (2 places). The furthest distance offered was 551m. Allocation Statement for Avonmouth Primary School - September 2018 As Avonmouth Primary School was oversubscribed, the criteria stated in the booklet ‘A Guide for parents and carers on applying for a primary school place for the school year 2018-2019' have been applied to allocate the places that are available at the school. 68 on-time applications (36 x 1st preferences, 19 x 2nd preferences, 13 x 3rd preferences) have been received for Avonmouth Primary School, which has an Admission Number of 30. How the Initial Allocation of Places was made The 30 places have been offered to the following children: 1. Those children who are defined as 'Children in Care'; or children who were previously in care, but immediately after being in care became subject to an adoption, child arrangements, or special guardianship order. (0 places). 2. Those children with siblings already at Avonmouth Primary School who will still be on roll in September 2019. (15 places) 3. Those children living closest to Avonmouth Primary School as measured in a direct line from the home address to the school (15 places) The furthest distance offered a place in this category was 862 meters. CLASS SIZE PREJUDICE APPEALS - Effects of Infant Class Size Legislation. Appeals for Avonmouth Primary School will be heard on the basis of Class Size Prejudice. The school has 1 Reception class containing 30 children. Guidance on Class Size Prejudice Appeals is available on the School Admissions website. You should be aware that since the introduction of Infant Class Size Legislation in 2000, no appeals have been upheld in the parents’ favour for this school. 2nd Round Allocation As at 21st May 2019 2 places had become available for reallocation but 4 pupils were on the waiting list. The school’s published admission criteria were applied and the places were offered to; 2 children with siblings already at Avonmouth Primary School who will still be on roll in September 2019. (2 places) The furthest distance offered under this criterion was 992m Allocation Statement for Blaise Primary School - September 2019 As Blaise Primary School was oversubscribed, the criteria stated in the booklet ‘A Guide for parents and carers on applying for a primary school place for the school year 2019-2020' have been applied to allocate the places that are available at the school. 110 on-time applications (44 x 1st preferences, 38 x 2nd preferences, 28 x 3rd preferences) have been received for Blaise Primary School, which has an Admission Number of 60. How the Initial Allocation of Places was made The 60 places have been offered to the following children: 1. Those children who are defined as 'Children in Care'; or children who were previously in care, but immediately after being in care became subject to an adoption, child arrangements, or special guardianship order. (0 places). 2. Those children with siblings already at Blaise Primary School who will still be on roll in September 2019. (23 places) 3. Those children living closest to Blaise Primary School as measured in a direct line from the home address to the school (37 places) The furthest distance offered a place in this category was 2.2km. CLASS SIZE PREJUDICE APPEALS - Effects of Infant Class Size Legislation. Appeals for Blaise Primary School will be heard on the basis of Class Size Prejudice. The school has 2 Reception classes each containing 30 children. Guidance on Class Size Prejudice Appeals is available on the School Admissions website. You should be aware that since the introduction of Infant Class Size Legislation in 2000, no appeals have been upheld in the parents’ favour for this school. 2nd Round Allocation As at 21st May 2019 2 places became available for reallocation but there were 5 pupils waiting. The school’s published admission criteria were applied and the places were offered to; 2 children with siblings already at Blaise Primary School who will still be on roll in September 2019. (2 places) The furthest distance offered under this category was 809m Allocation Statement for Bridge Farm Primary School - September 2019 As Bridge Farm Primary School was oversubscribed, the criteria stated in ‘A guide for parents and carers on applying for a primary school place for the school year 2019 – 2020’ have been applied to allocate the places that are available at the school. 186 on-time applications (118 x 1st preferences, 49 x 2nd preferences, 19 x 3rd preferences have been received for Bridge Farm Primary School, which has an Admission Number of 90. How the Initial Allocation of Places was made The 90 places have been offered to the following children: 1. Children in the care of the Local Authority or who were previously in Care but immediately after being in Care became subject to an adoption order, child arrangement order or special guardianship order. (0 places) 2. Those children with siblings already at Bridge Farm Primary School and who will still be there in September 2019. (40 places) 3. Those children living closest to Bridge Farm Primary School as measured in a direct line from the home address to the school. (50 places) The furthest distance offered a place in this category was 0.891 km. 2nd Round Allocation As at the 20th May 2019, 1 place had become available for reallocation. At this date there were 16 applicants still pursuing a place. The school’s published admissions criteria were applied and the 1 available place was offered to: 1. Children in the care of the Local Authority or who were previously in Care but immediately after being in Care became subject to an adoption order, child arrangement order or special guardianship order. (0 places) 2. Those children with siblings already at Bridge Farm Primary School and who will still be there in September 2019. (0 places) 3. Those children living closest to Bridge Farm Primary School as measured in a direct line from the home address to the school. (1 place) The furthest distance offered a place in this category was 0.566 km. CLASS SIZE PREJUDICE APPEALS - Effects of Infant Class Size Legislation. Appeals for Bridge Farm Primary School will be heard on the basis of Class Size Prejudice as the school will have three Reception classes each containing 30 pupils. Guidance on Class Size Prejudice Appeals is available on the School Admissions website. ALLOCATION STATEMENT FOR ENTRY TO RECEPTION 2019 Following the outcome of secondary school places on National Offer Day on April 16th, 45 applicants were included on the waiting list. This included those who requested to go on the waiting list, those who changed their preferences and those who applied late (applications received after 15th January 2019 were not included in the first round). All reception places were offered in accordance with the CPS admission arrangements 2019/20 and as part of the coordinated admissions scheme with Bristol City Council. The waiting list was re ranked against the admissions criteria, in order of priority, as well as a fresh round of random allocation. Remaining unsuccessful applicants were drawn randomly and placed on to the waiting list. Why has my child been unsuccessful in gaining a place at the school? CPS had 3 places to re offer. 1 place was offered to a child who qualified as a ‘Looked after’ child’ or ‘previously looked after’ child and the 2 remaining places were offered by random allocation. How have the 60 places been allocated for Reception September 2019? The Special Educational Needs team at Bristol City Council have not requested any places are reserved for children with an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP).