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This booklet describes Dudley Council’s arrangements for admitting children to primary schools in September 2014.

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a guide for parents

This booklet provides details of the admission arrangements that will operate at primary schools in the Dudley borough for admissions in September 2014. We have also included general information which you may find useful.

If you would like further information about a particular school, a more detailed booklet (‘the school prospectus’) may be obtained direct from the individual primary school concerned. Other documents available direct from the school or on the internet include the School Profile and inspection reports by the Office for Standards in Education (Ofsted). The Dudley Primary School Performance Tables relating to the 2013 test results will be available from the Directorate of Children’s Services from mid-December 2013 onwards.

Please pay particular attention to the timetable set out on page 7, especially the closing date for applications, and also the specific detail given about each school’s admission arrangements.

Local Authorities (LAs) are required to liaise with each other in relation to admission to Reception Class for all schools, whether the schools are in Dudley or in other boroughs. This will mean that each child will only receive one offer of a school place which will be sent to them from their home LA.

We do our very best to find places for all children at a primary school of your preference, but we cannot always do this. In 2013, around 98% of parents were offered one of their preferred primary schools. Most disappointments are caused when parents select popular schools some distance from their home address. However, whichever primary school your child attends in Dudley, you may be confident that they will be educated to the highest standard.

Jane Porter Director of Children’s Services Directorate of Children’s Services Westox House, 1 Trinity Road, Dudley, West Midlands DY1 1JQ

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5 Different types of schools 45 What do I need to consider before expressing my preference? 6 Admission to primary schools 47 Special educational needs and the 8 Process Education Act 1996 9 Online applications 48 Data Protection Policy 12 Primary school admissions 49 Details of all Dudley primary flowchart schools

13 What is the admission policy 63 Addresses of neighbouring local for community and voluntary authorities controlled primary schools in Dudley? 64 Other useful addresses and contacts 16 Admission policies for foundation and voluntary aided primary schools

43 Example of preference allocations 44 What are my rights if my application is unsuccessful?

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different types of schools

Community and voluntary controlled schools Dudley Local Authority (LA) is the admissions authority, i.e. it has responsibility for deciding arrangements for admitting pupils to community schools, including the admissions criteria.

The admissions policy for community and voluntary controlled schools has been confirmed following consultation with the governing bodies and headteachers of all schools in the borough, as well as a number of other agencies.

Catchment areas and feeder schools do not exist in the Dudley borough. See page 13 for full details of the admissions policy adopted for community and voluntary controlled schools.

Foundation and voluntary aided schools The governing body is the admissions authority, i.e. it has responsibility for deciding the arrangements for admitting pupils as above.

Each school governing body is responsible for determining admissions and appeal arrangements for foundation and voluntary aided schools. You will find details of the various admissions policies adopted on pages 16 - 41 of this booklet.

Please note that foundation and voluntary aided schools in Dudley borough have separate admission policies. Academy schools Academies are public funded independant schools free from local authority and national government control. They have the responsibility of setting their own admission arrangements and criteria. The school’s governing body is responsible for determining the admission and appeal arrangements for the academy.

All schools in Dudley will consider applicants on an equal basis and will not give priority to first preferred applicants. If a child meets the admissions criteria for two or more schools included on the application form, the School Admissions Service will allocate the school that the parent ranked highest on their form.

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admission to primary schools

Admission point All children born between 1 September 2009 and 31 August 2010 will be admitted in September 2014. Can I choose which school to send my child to? You do not have the right to choose which school your child attends. Under current legislation, you have the right to express a preference. This preference must be met unless to do so would be prejudicial to effective education and/or prejudicial to the efficient use of resources at the preferred school, i.e. the admission of further pupils will be detrimental to the teaching and learning experiences of other children. Preference ranking All applications will be assessed against the relevant admission policies regardless of the order of preference. If a child meets the admissions criteria for two or more primary schools included on the application form, the school that the parent ranked highest on their form will be allocated. No school in Dudley will give priority to first preference applicants. Please see the example of how this works on page 43.

Places are not allocated on a first come, first served basis. You are therefore advised to assess the likelihood of your preferences being agreed under the schools admissions policy before completing your application.

You should not assume that your child will get a place at a new school without you having to apply (even if you have an older child already attending). Also, if a school is very popular, there is no guarantee that your child will be allocated a place.

Important information Please note that registering your child early will not guarantee admission to the preferred school or give any advantage in the admissions process.

Attendance at a nursery attached to a primary school will not guarantee admission to that particular primary school or give any advantage to the pupil in the admissions process.

Registering at a nursery is a separate procedure to registering at a primary school. If your child attends a nursery unit, you should ensure that you register your child at your preferred primary school as this is not an automatic procedure.

If there are persons with parental responsibility not residing at your child’s address, it is your responsibility to notify and/or consult them before expressing a preference for a primary school.

If you are applying for a foundation or voluntary aided school, you may be required to complete a supplementary form. Please check with the individual schools since this could affect the outcome of your application.

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Important dates Online application is available from 1 September 2013

15 January 2014 Closing date for paper applications is 5pm; online applications close at midnight

16 April 2014 Parents informed by second class post whether application has been successful (email decisions for online applicants sent after 2pm)

June/July 2014 Admission appeals for unsuccessful applicants What is the co-ordinated scheme? Local Authorities (LA) are required to co-ordinate primary admissions for all maintained (non-fee paying) schools.

Birmingham, Dudley, Sandwell, Staffordshire, Walsall, Wolverhampton and Worcestershire (LAs) have agreed to co-ordinate applications for their schools.

For full details of Dudley’s scheme, please contact the School Admissions Service on 01384 814223 or go to www.dudley.gov.uk/admissions

This will ensure all parents only receive one offer of a school place from their home LA. Deferred entry to reception class Parents can request that the date their child is admitted to school is deferred until later in the academic year or until the term in which the child reaches compulsory school age. Parents can also request that their child take up the place part-time until the child reaches compulsory school age.

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process General information It is important that you thoroughly read and understand ‘A Parents Guide to Primary School Admissions’ before completing any application form. Number of preferences You are able to state up to five preferences on your application and these should includeall your preferred schools either in the Dudley borough or a school in a neighbouring Local Authority. You are advised not to make only one school preference since it will not give you any advantage in the schools admission process. Will I get priority for my first preferred school? All schools will consider applicants on an equal basis and will not give priority to first preference applicants. If a child meets the criteria for two or more schools included on the application form, the School Admissions Service will allocate the school that the parent ranked highest. Will I get priority for a school within my home LA? Under current legislation, we are unable to give priority to pupils who live within Dudley borough. All applications will be considered against the admissions policy of the school concerned, regardless of which borough the child resides in. I don’t live in Dudley borough. How do I apply for a Dudley primary school? You must include the school on the form provided by your own LA. Please note there may be different closing dates and admissions policies in operation (see list on page 63 for contact numbers of neighbouring LAs). I live in Dudley. How do I apply for a primary school outside of Dudley borough? You must include the school on the form provided by Dudley LA where you will be able to express up to five preferences for schools inside or outside of the Dudley borough. If you want to apply for a school outside the borough, you must obtain the information booklet from the relevant LA (see list on page 63 for contact numbers of neighbouring LAs) to ensure that you understand the admissions policy for the school concerned. If you are successful in gaining a place at a school which is not maintained by Dudley LA, the council will not assist you financially to enable your child to attend the school concerned. What happens if I do not return my application on time? If you do not complete and return an application, your child may not be allocated a school place until all those who did have been offered places. It is then possible that your preferred schools will be too full to admit your child. How can I get information about schools online? From 1 September 2013, the School Admissions web page will give links to school web sites and other web pages giving information about schools (such as the Ofsted site www.ofsted.gov.uk). It will also include a copy of this information booklet. How to apply From 1 September 2013, if you live in the Dudley borough, you should either apply online at www.dudley.gov.uk/admissions or complete a paper application which is available on request from the School Admissions Service. You should state all of your school preferences up to a maximum of five in rank order.

Important information Please note that places are not allocated on a first come, first served basis. You are therefore advised to assess the likelihood of your preferences being agreed under the schools admissions policy before stating your preferences. You should not assume that your child will get a place at a new school without you having to apply (even if you have an older child attending the school already). Also, if a school is very popular, there is no guarantee that your child will be allocated a place.

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online applications

Why should I apply online? Some of the benefits of applying online are: • Email decision received after 2pm on day of offer • It is quick and easy to use • You can apply 24 hours a day, 7 days a week • You can accept a place online • There is no risk that your application will be lost in the post • You will receive an email confirmation that your application has been received • You can change your application up to the closing date by contacting the School Admissions Service • It is safe and secure When can I use the online system? The online system will be available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week from 1 September 2013 until the closing date of 15 January 2014. Will my application be secure? Yes. The system has a series of security features that prevents others from seeing your details. Who makes the application? The person who has parental responsibility should submit the application for the child’s school place. If you need further advice about who should apply for your child’s school place, please contact the School Admissions Service at [email protected]. If there are persons with parental responsibility not residing at your child’s address, it is your responsibility to notify and/or consult with those other persons before expressing a preference for a primary school. What details will be requested? You will not be asked to give any more information than you would need to if you were making a paper application. If I can’t finish the application, may I go back to it later? Yes. You have until the closing date to complete your application. Having made an electronic application, can I change my preferences or submit other information? You can make changes to your application right up to the closing date. In order to do this you will need to contact the School Admissions Service (see page 11). How will I know that the changes have been logged? Every time you make or change your online application, you will receive an email confirming the status of your application. You can also check the status of your application when you log in to the system and select your existing record. Should I send a paper copy as well? No. If you do submit an online application and a paper form, the last one received will supersede the first one and the school allocation will be made using the data on the last received form.

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Will I be told the result of my application electronically? Yes. On 16 April 2014 after 2pm.

What do I need to do to apply online? The council offers free computer access at its libraries and Dudley Council Plus offices in Castle Street, Dudley. Local library staff will be able to help you.

Some schools will also provide computer access. You should check with your local school to find out whether they provide this service.

You can apply online at your local library. The library staff will be happy to assist you with this.

Paper applications Even though it may be quicker and easier to apply online, paper applications can still be made available. Please phone the School Admissions Service on 01384 814223 to request a paper application form.

It is advisable that parents check with the School Admissions Service to ensure that their application form has been received before the closing date.

What happens if I move house after I have completed an application form? You will need to provide documentary evidence to confirm this. A change of address will be considered up to 31 March 2014. After that date it may not be possible for the new address to be considered for allocation purposes. Please also see page 45.

Please note: if your child’s permanent residence changes at any point from 1 September 2013 to 31 August 2014, it is the parents’ responsibility to notify the LA. You must do this even if you have notified your child’s school/ nursery.

If you fail to do so, this may result in any offer of a school place being withdrawn. This has occurred previously.

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Late applications If you do not apply for a place, your child may not be allocated a school place until all those who did apply on time have been offered places. It is then possible that your preferred schools will be too full to admit your child. Preferences that are received after the final closing date (15 January 2014) will only be considered after applications that were received within the deadline have been dealt with.

There will, however, be exceptional circumstances in which a late application will be considered alongside those applications that were made within the deadline. Where the exceptional circumstances are such that the parent could not have reasonably submitted the application within the deadline, it will be considered along with all other applicants.

In each circumstance, supporting documentary evidence must be provided by the parent/carer at the time of application.

Waiting lists If a community or voluntary controlled school is oversubscribed and pupils have been refused admission because other pupils have a higher priority for admission under the published admissions criteria, those applicants who are unsuccessful will be asked if they wish to be placed on the waiting list.

Children on the waiting list will be ranked in accordance with the school’s published admissions criteria and the list will operate from the point of allocation of places until 31 December 2014.

Inclusion on a school’s waiting list does not mean that a place will eventually become available there. A child’s position on a waiting list is not fixed and is subject to change during the year, i.e. they can go up and down the list.

Places that become available between the point of allocation and 31 December 2014 will be offered to children according to their ranking on this list, i.e. those ranked highest will be offered first. When will I know the outcome of my application? Parents will be informed of the decision relating to their application in writing, posted 2nd class, on 16 April 2014.

If you apply online you will receive notification by email on 16 April 2014after 2pm. Can the admissions authority withdraw the offer of a school place once it has been made? An admissions authority can withdraw the offer of a school place where a parent has obtained the place by providing the council with fraudulent or intentionally misleading information. This power has been used in previous years in Dudley where parents have provided false information. Please also see pages 14 and 45. How can I contact the School Admissions Service? Telephone 01384 814223 [email protected] www.dudley.gov.uk/admissions Information is also available at the above website.

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primary school admissions f lowchart September 2014/15

15 January 2014 - Closing date for applications

Under-subscribed Over-subscribed Dudley schools Dudley schools

16 April 2014 16 April 2014 Offer letters posted to Offer/refusal letters posted parents 2nd class to parents 2nd class Email decisions sent after Email decisions for online 2pm for online applicants applicants sent after 2pm

Offer Refusal Summer Term 2014 Further contact received directly from school concerning induction Parents may request to be placed on waiting list and will be provided with information on the appeals process

Summer Term 2014 Appeals held

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what is the admission policy for community and voluntary controlled primary schools in Dudley?

Dudley Council has an Inclusive Education Policy and the admissions policy aims to maximise the opportunity to meet parental preference and to meet the individual needs of children at their local school, wherever possible. The council does not use a selective admission policy based on aptitude or academic achievement.

Children will not be discriminated against as laid down by the Sex Discrimination Act 1975, The Race Relations Act 1976 as amended by the Race Relations (Amendment) Act 2000, The Human Rights Act 1998 and The Special Educational Needs and Disability Discrimination Act 2005 and the Equality Act 2010.

Pupils born between 1 September 2009 and 31 August 2010 inclusive will be admitted at one point of entry in September 2014. How will applications be decided? The following criteria will be used to allocate the available places at those community and voluntary controlled primary schools that are oversubscribed, i.e. receive more applications than can be accommodated.

All preferences, regardless of ranking, will be assessed against the following criteria to allocate the available places at those community and voluntary controlled primary schools that are oversubscribed, i.e. receive more applications than can be accommodated. a) First priority for admission shall be given to relevant looked after children or children who were previously looked after but immediately after being looked after became subject to an adoption, residence, or special guardianship order. See notes below. b) Second priority for admission shall be given to children with a “serious and ongoing medical condition” where the preferred community or voluntary controlled school is the most appropriate school to meet the condition.

(Parents must provide supportive information from their child’s hospital consultant at the time of application in order to be considered under this criteria. This supportive information should include information about the needs of the child and should detail the difficulties the child would experience if they attended another school. Parents should also indicate why the preferred school is the most appropriate to meet their child’s medical condition rather than any other school. The Local Authority will not seek to obtain medical evidence on behalf of parents.) c) Third priority for admission shall be given to children who have a brother/sister, half brother/sister (where the children share one common parent), or step-brother/step-sister, living at the same address and who will still be attending the preferred school in the academic year 2014/15. d) Any places that remain available once the above applicants have been admitted will be filled according to those children who live closest to the school, determined by a straight-line measurement in metres, from the home address to the main entrance of the preferred school.

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Notes • Relevant looked after children means children who are looked after by a local authority in accordance with Section 22 (1) of the Children Act 1989 and who is (a) in care of a Local Authority, or (b) being provided with accommodation by a Local Authority in the exercise of their social services functions.

• An adoption order is an order under Section 46 of the Adoptions and Children Act 2002. A residence order is an order settling the arrangements to be made as to the person with whom the child is to live under Section 8 of the Children Act 1989. Section 14A of the Children Act 1989 defines a special guardianship order as an order appointing one or more individuals to be a child’s special guardian (or special guardians).

• In accordance with legislation, a child with a Statutory Statement of Special Educational Needs will be offered a place at the school named in the Statement as the most appropriate to meet the child’s individual needs. This may reduce the number of places available for children who do not have a Statutory Statement of Special Educational Needs.

• Any Dudley child not obtaining a school at any of their preferred primary schools will be allocated a place at the next nearest school with a place available and advised about the independent appeals process.

• Definition of brother or sister also relates to adopted or fostered children living at the same home address.

• The home address is considered to be the child’s (along with their parents’) genuine principal place of residence at the time of the allocation of places (16 April 2014), i.e. where they are normally and regularly living. If a child is resident with friends or relatives (for reasons other than guardianship), the friends or relatives address will not be considered for allocation purposes.

• Where parents have shared responsibility for a child and the child lives with both parents for part of the school week, the home address will be determined as the address where the child lives for the majority of the school week. Parents will be required to provide documentary evidence to support the address they wish to be considered for allocation purposes. At least one item of proof must demonstrate where the child lives.

• Special conditions will apply in the event that one child from a set of twins or triplets does not gain admission to the preferred school through the admissions criteria. The Local Authority will exceed the admission number for the school concerned to prevent separation of twins/triplets.

• Random allocation will be used as a tie-break in category d above to decide who has the highest priority for admission, if the distance between two children’s homes and the school is the same.

Deferred entry to reception class Parents have the right to retain a place offered and request that their child be admitted to Reception class later during the 2014/15 academic year, or until the term in which the child reaches compulsory school age, if they so wish. Parents can also request that their child takes up the place part-time until the child reaches compulsory school age.

Late applications Preferences that are received after the closing date will be considered when applications that were received within the deadline have been dealt with.

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There will, however, be exceptional circumstances in which a late application will be considered alongside those applications that were made within the deadline.

In each circumstance, supportive documentary evidence must be provided by the parent/carer at the time of application. Waiting lists If a school is oversubscribed and children have been refused admission because other children have a higher priority for admission under the published admissions criteria, those applicants who are unsuccessful will be asked if they wish to be placed on a waiting list.

Children on the waiting list will be ranked in accordance with the published admissions criteria and the list will operate from the point of allocation until the 31 December 2014.

Inclusion on a school’s waiting list does not mean that a place will eventually become available there. A child’s position on a waiting list is not fixed and is subject to change during the year, i.e. they can go up or down the list.

If a parent requests their child’s name be added to the waiting list of a school that was ranked lower on the preference form than the school allocated, the child’s name will be placed on the waiting list in accordance with the published asmissions criteria.

Places that become available between the point of allocation and 31 December 2014 will be offered to children according to their ranking on this list, i.e. those ranked highest will be offered first. Application process For admissions at the normal point of entry the LA will co-ordinate all applications for all schools in Dudley. For a copy of the co-ordinated scheme please contact the Schools Admission Service.

In-year admission applications will be co-ordinated by the LA for all Community and Voluntary Controlled schools and for those Foundation and Voluntary Aided Schools that have indicated this in their admission arrangements. Repeat applications It is not the Local Authority’s policy to consider repeat applications in the same academic year unless there have been significant and material changes in the circumstances of the applicant.

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The following pages detail the admissions policies for academy, foundation and voluntary aided primary schools:

Notes Alder Coppice • “Relevant looked after children” means children who Primary School are looked after by a local authority in accordance with Section 22 of the Children Act 1989(b) and who The school admits all children into Reception during (a) is looked after at the time an application is made September and does not have a January intake. The and (b) in relation to whom the local authority has Governors have adopted a policy of taking one intake confirmed that the children will still be looked after into the school in September of each academic year for at the time when the child will be admitted to the pupils whose fifth birthday falls in the academic year (1 school. September - 31 August). • An adoption order is an order under Section 46 of The published admission number for 2014 the Adoptions and Children Act 2002. A residence will be 60. order is an order settling the arrangements to be made as to the person with whom the child is to live Where there are more applications than available places, under Section 8 of the Children Act 1989. Section the following criteria will be used to allocate the available 14A of the Children Act 1989 defines a special places: guardianship order as an order appointing one or more individuals to be a child’s special guardian (or a) First priority for admission shall be given to relevant special guardians). looked after children or children who were previously looked after but immediately after being looked after • In accordance with legislation, a child with a became subject to an adoption, residence, or special Statutory Statement of Special Educational Needs guardianship order. See notes below. will be offered a place at Alder Coppice Primary School if the school is named in the Statement. b) Second priority shall be given to pupils with a ‘serious medical condition’ where Alder Coppice • Any child not obtaining a place at Alder Coppice Primary School is deemed by the Governing Body to Primary School will be advised about the be the most appropriate school to meet the child’s independent appeals process. serious medical condition. • Definition of brother or sister also relates to adopted (Parents must provide supportive information or fostered children living at the same home address. from their child’s hospital consultant at the time of application in order to be considered under this • Parents have the right to retain a place offered and criterion. This supportive information should detail request that their child be admitted to Reception why Alder Coppice Primary School is the most class later during 2014 - 2015 academic year or appropriate to meet the child’s medical condition until the term in which the child reaches compulsory rather than any other school. The Governing Body school age, if they so wish. Parents can also request will not seek to obtain medical evidence on behalf of that their child takes up the place part-time until their parents.) child reaches compulsory school age.

c) Third priority shall be given to pupils who have a • In the event that we are unable to distinguish brother/sister, half brother/half sister (where the between applicants for the final place, such as in the children share one common parent) or step brother/ case of children who live in the same block of flats, step sister living at the same address and who will the final place will be randomly selected by drawing still be attending Alder Coppice Primary School in lots. 2014 -2015. • The home address is considered to be the child’s d) Any remaining places will be filled according to those (along with their parents’) genuine principal place of pupils who live closest to the school, determined residence at the time of the allocation of places, i.e. by a straight line measurement in metres, from the where they are normally and regularly living. If a child home address to the main entrance of Alder Coppice is resident with friends or relatives (for reasons other Primary School. than guardianship), the friends’ or relatives’ address will not be considered for allocation purposes.

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• Where parents have shared responsibility for a child, Waiting lists and the child lives with both parents for part of the If the school is oversubscribed and children have been school week the home address will be determined refused admission because other children have a higher as the address where the child lives for the majority priority for admission under the published admissions of the school week (i.e. 3 out of 5 days available). criteria, those applicants who are unsuccessful will be Parents will be required to provide documentary asked if they wish to be placed on a waiting list. evidence to support the address they wish to be considered for allocation purposes. Children on the waiting list will be ranked in accordance with the school’s published admissions criteria and the • The Local Authority School Admissions Service list will operate from the point of allocation of places until will administer the Admissions Policy on behalf of 31 December 2014. After this date the waiting list will no the Governing Body as part of their co-ordinated longer be in operation. admissions scheme. Inclusion on a school’s waiting list does not mean that a • Applications for in-year admissions should be made place will eventually become available there. to the Local Authority, who will consult with the governors of the school. A child’s position on the waiting list is not fixed and is subject to change during the year, i.e. they can go up or • A separate application must be made for a nursery down the list. place and a school place since attendance at the nursery does not guarantee a place in the school. Places that become available (below the published admissions number or any number that the school agree • Application Forms are available from and returnable they can admit) between the point of allocation and 31 to the Local Authority, or available online at December 2014 will be offered to children according to www.dudley.gov.uk/admissions their ranking on this list, i.e. those ranked highest will be offered first. Late applications Preferences that are received after the closing date will Repeat applications be considered after applications that were received within It is not the policy of the Governing Body to consider the deadline have been dealt with. repeat applications in the same academic year, unless there have been significant and material changes in the There will, however, be exceptional circumstances in circumstances of the applicant. which a late application will be considered alongside those applications that were made within the deadline.

In each exceptional circumstance, supportive documentary evidence must be provided by the parent/ carer at the time of application.

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who is (a) in care of a Local Authority, or (b) being Bramford provided with accommodation by a Local Authority Primary School in the exercise of their social services functions. • An adoption order is an order under Section 46 of The school admits all children into Reception during the Adoptions and Children Act 2002. A residence September and does not have a January intake. The order is an order settling the arrangements to be Governors have adopted a policy of taking one intake made as to the person with whom the child is to live into the school in September of each academic year for under Section 8 of the Children Act 1989. Section pupils whose fifth birthday falls in the academic year (1 14A of the Children Act 1989 defines a special September - 31 August). guardianship order as an order appointing one or more individuals to be a child’s special guardian (or How will applications be decided? special guardians). All preferences, regardless of ranking, will be assessed against the following criteria. • In accordance with legislation, a child with a Statutory Statement of Special Educational Needs a) First priority for admission shall be given to relevant will be offered a place at the school named in the looked after children or children who were previously Statement as the most appropriate to meet the looked after but immediately after being looked after child’s individual needs. This may reduce the number became subject to an adoption, residence, or special of places available for children who do not have a guardianship order. See notes below. Statutory Statement of Special Educational Needs.

b) Second priority for admission shall be given to • Any child not obtaining a place will be advised about children with a “serious and ongoing medical the independent appeals process. condition” where Bramford Primary School is the most appropriate school to meet the condition. • Definition of brother or sister also relates to adopted or fostered children living at the same home address. (Parents must provide supportive information from their child’s hospital consultant at the time • The home address is considered to be the child’s of application in order to be considered under this (along with their parents’) genuine principal place of criteria. This supportive information should include residence at the time of the allocation of places, i.e. information about the needs of the child and should where they are normally and regularly living. If a child detail the difficulties the child would experience is resident with friends or relatives (for reasons other if they attended another school. Parents should than guardianship), the friends or relatives address also indicate why Bramford Primary School is will not be considered for allocation purposes. the most appropriate school to meet their child’s medical condition rather than any other school. The • Where parents have shared responsibility for a Governing Body will not seek to obtain medical child, and the child lives with both parents for evidence on behalf of parents.) part of the school week, the home address will be determined as the address where the child lives c) Third priority for admission shall be given to children for the majority of the school week. Parents will who have a brother/sister, half brother/sister (where be required to provide documentary evidence to the children share one common parent), or step- support the address they wish to be considered for brother/step-sister, living at the same address and allocation purposes. At least one item of proof must who will still be attending Bramford Primary School demonstrate where the child lives. in the academic year 2014/15. • Special conditions will apply in the event that one d) Any places that remain available once the above child from a set of twins or triplets does not gain applicants have been admitted, will be filled admission to the preferred school through the according to those children who live closest to the admissions criteria. The Governing Body will exceed school, determined by a straight-line measurement in the admission number to prevent separation of metres, from the home address to the main entrance twins/triplets. of the school. • Random allocation will be used as a tie-break in Notes category d above to decide who has the highest • ‘Relevant looked after children’ means children who priority for admission if the distance between are looked after by a local authority in accordance children’s homes and the school is the same. with Section 22 (1) of the Children Act 1989 and

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Deferred entry to reception class Children on the waiting list will be ranked in accordance Parents have the right to retain a place offered and with the published admissions criteria and the list will request that their child be admitted to Reception Class operate from the point of allocation until the 31 December later during the 2014/15 academic year or until the term 2014. in which the child reaches compulsory school age, if they so wish. Parents can also request that their child takes Inclusion on the school’s waiting list does not mean that up the place part-time until the child reaches compulsory a place will eventually become available there. A child’s school age. position on the waiting list is not fixed and is subject to change during the year, i.e. they can go up or down the Late applications list. Preferences that are received after the closing date Places that become available between the point of for receipt of applications will be considered after allocation and 31 December 2014 will be offered to applications that were received within the deadline have children according to their ranking on this list, i.e. those been dealt with. ranked highest will be offered first. There will, however, be exceptional circumstances in Application process which a late application will be considered alongside All applications will be co-ordinated via the home Local those applications that were made within the deadline. Authority of the applicant. Further details and timescales are set out in the Local Authority’s Co-ordinated Scheme In each circumstance, supportive documentary evidence which is available from School Admissions. must be provided by the parent/carer at the time of application. Repeat applications Waiting lists It is not the Governing Body’s policy to consider repeat applications in the same academic year unless there If the school is oversubscribed and children have been have been significant and material changes in the refused admission because other children have a higher circumstances of the applicant. priority for admission under the published admissions criteria, then those applicants who are unsuccessful will be asked if they wish to be placed on a waiting list.

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Cradley CE The definition of a brother or sister is: • A brother or sister sharing the same parents; Primary School • Half-brother or half-sister, where two children have one common parent; The published admission number will be 30. • Step-brother or step-sister, where two children are The Governors have adopted a policy of taking one intake related by a parents’ marriage; into the school in September of each academic year for • Adopted or fostered children pupils whose fifth birthday falls in the academic year (1 September - 31 August). The home address of a pupil is considered to be the permanent residence of a child. The address must be The Governors of Cradley CE are especially committed the child’s only or main residence for the majority of the to serving the families within the District of Cradley, as school week. Documentary evidence may be required. stated in the Trust Deed of 1855. Where care is split equally between mother and father, “Cradley CE Primary is a school with a strong Christian parents must name which address is to be used for the ethos, open to all children, regardless of faith or purpose of allocating a school place. background.” Special conditions will apply in the event that one child • However, where the number of applicants exceeds from a set of twins or triplets does not gain admission the admissions limit of 30, places at the school will to the preferred school through the admission criteria. be allocated on the basis of the following criteria in The LA will exceed the admissions number for the order of priority. school concerned to prevent separation of twins/triplets, provided it does not contravene the infant class size • First priority shall be given to “relevant looked after limits. The admissions service will liaise with the family to children.” ensure they fully understand the implications. Also, there will be an offer of a school place at an alternative school • Second priority shall be children who have a brother/ where all of the children can be accommodated together. sister, half brother/half sister (where the children share one common parent), or step brother/step- If an offer of a place cannot be made and parents wish to sister living at the same address and who will still be appeal against the judgement, they will have the right of attending the preferred school in the academic year appeal to an Independent Appeals Panel. 2014/2015 The Governors have agreed to follow the same process • Any places that remain available once the above and time scale as adopted by Dudley Council and the applicants have been admitted will be filled 2014/15 co-ordinated admission arrangements across according to those children who live closest to the Dudley borough schools. school, determined by a straight line measurement in metres, from the home address to the main entrance Late applications of the preferred school. Applications received after the closing date will only be considered after applications that were received within Notes the deadline have been processed, with the following “Relevant looked after children” means children who exceptions: are looked after by a local authority in accordance with Section 22 of the Children Act 1989 (b) and who (a) is • Where a child moves into the borough after the looked after at the time an application is made and (b) in closing date and therefore parent/carer could not relation to whom the local authority has confirmed that apply within the deadline given. the children will still be looked after at the time when the • Where a child moves within the borough and as a child will be admitted to school. result needs to make new preferences for schools In accordance with legislation a child with a Statutory within the new area. Statement of Special Educational Needs will be offered • Where there are exceptional circumstances that a place at the school named in the Statement. This may stopped a parent/carer returning the application form reduce the number of places available for children who do within the deadline, e.g. emergency admission to not have a Statutory Statement. hospital.

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Waiting lists Unsuccessful late applicants who do not have exceptional If the school is oversubscribed and pupils have been circumstances for making a late application and who refused admission because other pupils have a higher indicate that they wish to be placed on the waiting list, priority for admission under the published admissions will not be included in the waiting list alongside those criteria, those applicants who are unsuccessful will be applicants who applied within the deadline, i.e. they will automatically placed on a waiting list. be placed at the bottom of the waiting list in accordance with the school published admissions criteria. Applicants placed on the waiting list will be ranked on a list in accordance with the school’s published admissions Repeat applications criteria. The list will operate from 25 April 2014 to 31 Unless there are significant and material changes in the December 2014. After 31 December 2014, the waiting circumstances of a parent’s application for their child list will no longer be in operation. Places that become or the school, the Governors will not consider a repeat available between the above dates will be offered to application in the same academic year pupils according to their ranking on the waiting list, i.e. those ranked highest will be offered first. After 31 In-Year applications December 2014, any children remaining on that waiting For applications to move to Cradley CE within the list will be placed on a general waiting list with all other academic year, parents should contact the Local Authority applications. who will co-ordinate this.

Inclusion on a school’s waiting list does not mean that a place will eventually become available there. A child’s position on a waiting list is not fixed and is subject to change during the year i.e. they can go up or down the list. Places that become available (below the published admission number or any number that the school agree they can admit) between the point of allocation and 31 December 2014 will be offered to children according to their ranking on this list, i.e. those ranked highest will be offered first.

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Over-subscription The Church of England If there is over-subscription within a category, the Governors will give priority to children living closest to the Primary School of St school, determined by the shortest straight line distance measured from the front door of the school to the home Edmund and St John address (see note 6 below). (voluntary aided) Note 1 ‘Relevant looked after children’ means children who The published admissions number for year are looked after by a local authority in accordance with 2014/2015 will be 50. Section 22 (1) of the Children Act 1989 and who is (a) The Church of England Primary School of St Edmund & St in care of a Local Authority, or (b) being provided with John primarily serves parents who wish their children to accommodation by a Local Authority in the exercise of receive an education provided by a church school. their social services functions.

The Governors have adopted a policy of taking one intake Note 2 into the school in September of each academic year for An adoption order is an order under Section 46 of the pupils whose fifth birthday falls in the academic year (1 Adoptions and Children Act 2002. September - 31 August). A residence order is an order settling the arrangements to Where the number of applicants exceeds the admissions be made as to the person with whom the child is to live limit, places will be offered in the following order: under Section 8 of the Children Act 1989. Section 14A of the Children Act 1989 defines a special guardianship 1. Relevant looked after children or children who order as an order appointing one or more individuals to be were previously looked after but immediately after a child’s special guardian (or special guardians). being looked after became subject to an adoption, residence or special guardianship order. See notes Note 3 below. Children with a Statement of Educational Needs that names the school must be admitted. This will reduce the 2. Children of the Church of England faith (see note 4 number of places available to applicants. below) living in the parishes of St Edmund & St John who have a brother or sister (see Note 5 below) in Note 4 the school at the time of admission living inside the In the case of categories 2 - 9 , the governors will require two parish areas of St Edmund & St John. evidence in the form of a letter from the Parish Priest or 3. Children of the Church of England faith living in the Faith Leader confirming attendance over a 12-month two parish areas of St Edmund & St John. period of a least once a month in the year prior to admissions. 4. Children of the Church of England faith living outside the two parish areas of St Edmund & St John who Note 5 have a brother or sister (see note 5) in the school at The definition of brother or sister is: the time of admission. • A brother or sister sharing the same parents

5. Children of the Church of England faith living outside • Half-brother or half-sister, where two children share the two parish areas of St Edmund & St John. one common parent • Step-brother or step-sister, where two children are 6. Children of other Christian denominations, or other related by a parent’s marriage faiths, who have a brother or sister (see note 6) in the • Adopted or fostered children school at the time of Admission. All siblings must be living at the same address. 7. Children of other Christian denominations, or other faiths, who have no brother or sister in the school at Note 6 the time of Admission. The home address of a pupil is considered to be the permanent residence of a child. The address must be 8. All other children who are not included in the above the child’s only or main residence for the majority of the criteria. school week. Where care is split equally between mother and father, parents must name which address is to be used for the purpose of allocating a school place.

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Note 7 Children on the waiting list will be ranked in accordance Special conditions will apply in the event that one child with the published admissions criteria and the list from a multiple birth does not gain admission to the will operate from the point of allocation until the 31 preferred school through the admissions criteria. In the December 2014. After this point, the waiting list will no case of multiple births the parents must select which child longer be in operation and places that become available is to be offered the place. will be allocated on a first come, first basis. If more than one application is received at the same time, the Note 8 oversubscription criteria, as detailed on page 5 and 6, will The Governors have agreed to follow the same process be used to determine which applicant will have the place. and time scale as adopted by Dudley LA and the 2014/2015 co-ordinated admission arrangements across Inclusion on a school’s waiting list does not mean that a Dudley borough schools. place will eventually become available there. In-year applications A child’s position on a waiting list is not fixed and is subject to change during the year, i.e. they can go up or The Local Authority will co-ordinate all in-year down the list. applications on behalf of the school. Late applications Places that become available between the point of allocation and 31 December 2014 will be offered to Applications received after the closing date will only be children according to their ranking on this list, i.e. those considered after applications that were received within ranked highest will be offered first. the deadline have been dealt with, with the following exceptions: Deferred entry to reception class Parents have the right to retain a place offered and a) Where a child moves into the borough after the request that their child be admitted to Reception class closing date and therefore the parent/carer could not later during the 2014/15 academic year, or until the term apply within the deadline given. in which the child reaches compulsory school age, if they b) Where a child moves within the borough and as a so wish. Parents can also request that their child takes result needs to make new preferences for schools up the place part-time until the child reaches compulsory within the new area. school age. c) Where there were exceptional circumstances that There is no charge relating to the admission of pupils. stopped a parent/carer returning the application form within the deadline e.g. an emergency admission to hospital. Waiting list If a school is oversubscribed and children have been refused admission because other children have a higher priority for admission under the published admissions criteria, those applicants who are unsuccessful will be asked if they wish to be placed on a waiting list.

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according to those children who live closet to the Halesowen school, determined by a straight–line measurement in metres, from the home address to the main Church of England entrance of the school.

Primary School Notes • ‘Relevant looked after children’ means children who The published admission number will be 30. are looked after by a local authority in accordance with Section 22 (1) of the Children Act 1989 and who This is the admissions policy for Halesowen C of E is (a) in care of a local authority or (b) being provided Primary School. with accommodation by a local authority in the We care, we trust, we believe, we share, we enjoy, we exercise of their social services functions. ACHIEVE! • An adoption order is an order under Section 46 of Whilst every effort will be made to meet parents’ the Adoptions and Children Act 2002. A residence wishes as to a placement at this school for their order is an order settling the arrangements to be child/children, registration does not automatically made as to the person with whom the child is to live guarantee a place. under Section 8 of the Children Act 1989. Section 14A of the Children Act 1989 defines a special Also, it should be noted that registration for a place at guardianship order as an order appointing one or the school is a separate process from registration for a more individuals to be a child’s special guardian (or Nursery place. Parents whose child attends the Nursery special guardians). must, if they wish their child to continue on into the school, complete a separate application form. • In accordance with legislation, a child with a Statutory Statement of Special Educational Needs Places at the school will be allocated on the basis of the will be offered a place at the school named in the following criteria: Statement as the most appropriate to meet the child’s individual needs. This may reduce the number a) Relevant Looked After Children or children who of places available for children who do not have a were previously looked after but immediately after Statutory Statement of Special Educational Needs. being looked after became subject to an adoption, residence, or special guardianship order (see notes) • Any child not obtaining a place will be advised about the independent appeals process. b) Children who have a “serious and ongoing medical condition” where the school is the most appropriate • Definition of brother or sister also relates to adopted school to meet the condition. or fostered children living at the same home address.

(Parents must provide supportive information • The home address is considered to be the child’s from their child’s hospital consultant at the time (along with their parents’) genuine principal place of of application in order to be considered under this residence at the time of the allocation of places, i.e. criteria. This supportive information should include where they are normally and regularly living. If a child information about the needs of the child and should is resident with friends or relatives (for reasons other detail the difficulties the child would experience if than guardianship), the friends’ or relatives’ address they attended another school. Parents should also will not be considered for allocation purposes. indicate why the school is the most appropriate to meet their child’s medical condition rather than any • Where parents have shared responsibility for a other school. The Governing Body will not seek to child and the child lives with both parents for part obtain medical evidence on behalf of parents.) of the school week, the home address will be determined as the address where the child lives c) Children who have a brother/sister, half brother/sister for the majority of the school week. Parents will (where the children share one common parent) or be required to provide documentary evidence to step-brother/step-sister living at the same address support the address they wish to be considered for and who will still be attending the school in the allocation purposes. At least one item of proof must academic year 2014/2015. demonstrate where the child lives.

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admission to the school through the admissions in operation and places that become available will be criteria. The Governing Body will exceed the allocated on a first come, first served basis. If more admission number to prevent separation of twins/ than one application is received at the same time, the triplets. oversubscription criteria will be used to determine which applicant will have the place. • Random allocation will be used as a tie-break to decide who has the highest priority for admission if Inclusion on the school’s waiting list does not mean that a the distance between two children’s homes and the place will eventually become available there. school is the same. A child’s position on the waiting list is not fixed and is Deferred entry to Reception class subject to change during the year, i.e. they can go up or Parents have the right to retain a place offered and down the list. request that their child be admitted to Reception class Places that become available between the point of later during the 2014/15 academic year or until the term allocation and places that become available between the in which the child reaches compulsory school age, if they point of allocation and 31 December 2014 will be offered so wish. Parents can also request that their child takes to children according to their ranking on this list, i.e. those up the place part-time until the child reaches compulsory ranked highest will be offered first. school age.

Late applications Application process All applications will be co-ordinated via the home Local Preferences that are received after the closing date Authority of the applicant. Further details and timescales for receipt of applications will be considered after are set out in the Local Authority’s Co-ordinated Scheme applications that were received within the deadline have which is available from School Admissions. been dealt with. The Governing Body have also agreed that In year There will, however, be exceptional circumstances in admission applications will be co-ordinated by the Local which a late application will be considered alongside Authority. those applications that were made within the deadline.

In each circumstance, supportive documentary evidence Repeat applications must be provided by the parent/carer at the time of It is not the school’s policy to consider repeat applications application. in the same academic year unless there have been significant and material changes in the circumstances of Waiting lists the applicant. If a school is oversubscribed and children have been refused admission because other children have a higher priority for admission under the published admissions criteria, those applicants who are unsuccessful will be asked if they wish to be placed on a waiting list.

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f) Proximity of the child’s home to the school, with Jesson’s Church those living nearer being accorded a higher priority. The distance will be measured in a straight line of England between the front door of the dwelling to the doors Primary School of the main entrance to the school in School Street. In accordance with legislation a child with a Statutory Jesson’s CE Primary School has an Inclusive Education Statement of Special Educational Needs will be offered Policy and the admissions policy aims to maximise the a place at the school named in the Statement. This may opportunity to meet parental preferences and to meet reduce the number of places available for children who do the individual needs of children, wherever possible. The not have a statutory statement of special education need. school does not use a selective policy based on aptitude or academic achievement. Note 1 ‘Relevant looked after children’ means children who Children will not be discriminated against as laid down by are looked after by a local authority in accordance with the Sex Discrimination Act 1975, The Race Relations Act Section 22 (1) of the Children Act 1989 and who is (a) 1976 as amended by the Race Relations (Amendment) in care of a Local Authority, or (b) being provided with Act 2000, The Human Rights Act 1998, The Special accommodation by a Local Authority in the exercise of Educational Needs and Disability Discrimination Act 2005 their social services functions. and The Equality Act 2010. An adoption order is an order under Section 46 of the The published admissions number for year Adoptions and Children Act 2002. A residence order is 2014/2015 will be 75. an order settling the arrangements to be made as to the person with whom the child is to live under Section 8 of Jesson’s Church of England Primary School primarily the Children Act 1989. Section 14A of the Children Act serves parents who wish their children to receive an 1989 defines a special guardianship order as an order education provided by a church school. There will be no appointing one or more individuals to be a child’s special charge relating to the admission of pupils. guardian (or special guardians). The Governors have adopted a policy of taking one intake Note 2 into the school in September of each academic year for In assessing eligibility under priorities (c) and (d), a letter pupils whose fifth birthday falls in the academic year (1 to accompany the supplementary form from the parish September - 31 August). priest or minister is required. This must provide evidence Where the number of applicants exceeds the admissions of attendance of at least once a month in the 12 months limit, places will be offered as follows: prior to application. Note 3 a) First priority for admission shall be given to relevant looked after children or children who were previously In assessing eligibility under priority (e), a letter to looked after but immediately after being looked after accompany the supplementary form from a faith leader to became subject to an adoption, residence or special confirm that they are members of the faith community. guardianship order. See notes below. Note 4 b) Children who have a child living at the same address In the event that we are unable to distinguish between who is their brother/sister, half brother/sister or step- applicants for the final available place, such as in the case brother/sister and who are attending this school at of children who live in the same block of flats or children the requested time of entry. from multiple births where infant class size legislation would be breached, the final place will be randomly The definition of brother or sister also relates to selected by drawing lots. adopted or fostered children living at the same home address. Note 5 c) Children of families who are active members of the Where parents have shared responsibility for a child and Church of England (see note 2). the child lives with both parents for part of the school week then the home address will be determined as the d) Children of families committed to the practice of the address where the child lives for the majority of the Christian religion (see note 2). school week (i.e. 3 out of 5 days available). Parents will e) Children of families committed to the practice of be required to provide documentary evidence to support other religions who would like their children educated the address they wish to be considered for allocation at a Church of England school. (see note 3). purposes.

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Note 6 Inclusion on a school’s waiting list does not mean that Where parents apply for a place outside the normal round a place will eventually become available there. A child’s of admissions, i.e. during the school year, they will be position on a waiting list is not fixed and is subject to referred to the Local Authority School Admissions Service change during the year, i.e. they can go up or down the in the first instance. list.

Parents of pupils not offered a place will be advised of Places that become available (below the published their right to appeal to an independent appeals panel. admission number or any number that the school agree they can admit) between the point of allocation and 31 The Governors have agreed to follow the same December 2014 will be offered to children according to process and time scale as adopted by Dudley their ranking on this list, i.e. those ranked highest will be Council and the 2014/15 co-ordinated admission offered first. arrangements across Dudley borough schools. Deferred entry to Reception class Late Applications Parents have the right to retain a place offered and Preferences that are received after the closing date will request that their child be admitted to Reception class be considered after applications that were received within later during the 2014/15 academic year or until the term the deadline have been dealt with. in which the child reaches compulsory school age, if they so wish. Parents can also request that their child takes up There will, however, be exceptional circumstances in the place part-time until they reach compulsory school which a late application will be considered alongside age. those applications that were made within the deadline. Repeat applications In each circumstance, supportive documentary evidence Unless there are significant and material changes in the must be provided by the parent/carer at the time of circumstances of a parent’s application for their child application. or the school, the Governors will not consider a repeat application in the same academic year. Waiting Lists If the school is oversubscribed and children have been refused admission because other children have a higher priority for admission under the published admissions criteria, those applicants who are unsuccessful will be asked if they wish to be placed on a waiting list.

Children on the waiting list will be ranked in accordance with the school’s published admissions criteria and the list will operate from the point of allocation of places until 31 December 2014. After this point, the waiting list will no longer be in operation and places will be allocated on a first come, first served basis.

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parents) (Section 22 of the Children Act 1989) and Our Lady and St children who were previously looked after but ceased to be so because they were adopted (or became Kenelm RC subject to a residence order or special guardianship Primary School order). 7. Non-Catholic children who have a brother or sister The Admission Policy of the Governors of Our Lady and (see note 3) in the school at the time of admission. St Kenelm RC Primary School is as follows: 8. Non-Catholic children.

The ethos of this school is Catholic. The school was Over subscription founded by the Catholic Church to provide education for If there is over-subscription within the category, the children of Catholic families. The school is conducted Governors will give priority to children living closest to the by its Governing Body as part of the Catholic Church, school determined by shortest distance. Distances are in accordance with its Trust Deed and Instrument of calculated on the basis of a straight-line measurement Government, and seeks at all times to be a witness to between the applicant’s home address and the main Jesus Christ. We ask all parents applying for a place here entrance of the school. The local authority uses a to respect this ethos and its importance to the school computerised system, which measures all distances in community. This does not affect the right of parents metres. Ordnance Survey supplies the co-ordinates that who are not of the faith of this school to apply and be are used to plot an applicant’s home address within this considered for a place here. system (see note 4). The school’s admission number for the school year 2014/15 is 30. In a very small number of cases, it may not be able to decide between the applicants of those pupils who If the number of applications exceeds the admission are qualifiers for a place, when applying the published number, the Governors will give priority to applications admission criteria. in accordance with the criteria listed, provided that the For example, this may occur when children in the same Governors are made aware of that application before year group live at the same address, or if the distance decisions on admissions are made (see note 1). A map of between the home and school is exactly the same, the parish boundary is available at the school and parish for example, blocks of flats. If there is no other way of or by post on request. separating the application according to the admissions 1. Baptised Catholic children who are in the care of a criteria and to admit both or all of the children would local authority (looked-after children) or provided cause the legal limit to be exceeded, the local authority with accommodation by them (e.g. children with will use a computerised system to randomly select the foster parents) (Section 22 of the Children Act 1989) child to be offered the final place. As an exception, the and children who were previously looked after but Governing Body will give careful consideration to offering ceased to be so because they were adopted (or places above the admission number to applications from became subject to a residence order or special children whose twin or sibling from a multiple birth is guardianship order). admitted even when there are no other vacant places. 2. Baptised Catholic children (see note 2) living within Note 1 the Parish of Our Lady and St Kenelm who have a Children with a Statement of Special Educational Needs brother or sister (see note 3) in the school at the time that names the school must be admitted. This will reduce of admission the number of places available to applicants. 3. Baptised Catholic children living within the Parish of Our Lady and St Kenelm Note 2 In all categories, for a child to be considered as a 4. Other Baptised Catholic children who have a brother Catholic, evidence of Catholic Baptism or Reception into or sister (see note 3 below) in the school at the time the Church will be required. For a definition of a Baptised of admission Catholic, see the Appendix. Those who face difficulties 5. Other Baptised Catholic children in producing written evidence of Catholic Baptism/ Reception should contact their Parish Priest. 6. Non-Catholic children who are in the care of a local authority (looked-after children) or provided with Parents making an application for a Catholic child should accommodation by them (e.g. children with foster also complete the school’s supplementary information

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form (SIF). Failure to complete the SIF/provide evidence Appeals of Catholic Baptism/Reception may affect the criterion the Parents who wish to appeal against the decision of the child’s name is placed in. Governors to refuse their child a place in the school may apply in writing to the Chair of Governors. Appeals will be Note 3 heard by an independent panel. The definition of a brother or sister is: Repeat applications • A brother or sister sharing the same parents; Any parent can apply for a place for their child at any • Half-brother or half-sister, where two children share time outside the admissions round. Parents do not have one common parent; the right to a second appeal in respect of the same school for the same academic year unless, in exceptional • Step-brother or step-sister, where two children are circumstances, the admission authority has accepted related by a parent’s marriage; a second application from the appellant because of a significant and material change in the circumstances of • Step-brother or step-sister; the parent, child or school but still refused admission.

• Adopted or fostered children Late applications Late applications will be dealt with according to the LA The children must be living permanently in the same co-ordinated scheme. household. Waiting lists Note 4 Waiting lists for admission will remain open until the end The home address of a pupil is considered to be the of December 2014 and will then be discarded. Parents permanent residence of a child. The address must be may apply for their child’s name to be reinstated until the the child’s only or main residence for the majority of the end of the academic year when the list will be discarded. school week. Documentary evidence may be required. The waiting list will be kept by the Governing Body in Where care is split equally between mother and father, admission criteria order. parents must name which address is to be used for This means that a child’s position on the waiting list could the purpose of allocating a school place. Parents go up or down. Inclusion of a child’s name on the waiting must provide at least one item of documentation to list does not mean that a place will eventually become demonstrate where the child resides. available.

School entry Children who are the subject of a direction by a local Children must, by law, start school by the beginning of the authority to admit or who are allocated to a school in term after their fifth birthday. A parent may defer a child’s accordance with a Fair Access Protocol take precedence entry to the school, but not beyond the academic year for over those on a waiting list. which the application is accepted. Parents may discuss this with the Headteacher. Applications other than the normal intake to reception class (in-year admissions) Parents can request that their child attends part-time until the child reaches compulsory school age. An application should be to the local authority who will need to consult with the Governors. Nursery There is no charge or cost related to the admission of a Parents must apply on the LA form for a place in child to this school. Reception class. Attendance at a nursery does not automatically guarantee that a place will be offered in main school.

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d) Any places that remain available once the above Pedmore CE applicants have been admitted will be filled according to those children who live closest to the school, Primary School determined by a straight-line measurement in metres from the home address to the main entrance of Admissions Policy for Normal Age of Entry in Pedmore CE Primary School. September 2014 Notes Pedmore CE Primary School has an Inclusive Education Policy and the admissions policy aims to maximise the • ‘Relevant looked after children’ means children who opportunity to meet parental preferences and to meet are looked after by a local authority in accordance the individual needs of children, wherever possible. The with Section 22 (1) of the Children Act 1989 and who school does not use a selective policy based on aptitude is (a) in care of a local authority or (b) being provided or academic achievement. with accommodation by a local authority in the exercise of their social services functions. Children will not be discriminated against as laid down by the Sex Discrimination Act 1975, The Race Relations Act • An adoption order is an order under Section 46 of the 1976 as amended by the Race Relations (Amendment) Adoptions and Children Act 2002. A residence order Act 2000, The Human Rights Act 1998, The Special is an order settling the arrangements to be made as Educational Needs and Disability Discrimination Act 2005 to the person with whom the child is to live under and The Equality Act 2010. Section 8 of the Children Act 1989. Section 14A of the Children Act 1989 defines a special guardianship Admission number is 30. order as an order appointing one or more individuals to be a child’s special guardian (or special guardians). The following criteria will be used to allocate the available places if more applications are received • In accordance with legislation, a child with a Statutory than spaces available. Statement of Special Educational Needs will be offered a place if the school named in the Statement a) First priority for admission shall be given to ‘relevant as the most appropriate to meet the child’s individual looked after children’ or children who were previously needs. This may reduce the number of places looked after, but immediately after being looked after, available for children who do not have a Statutory became subject to an adoption, residence or special Statement of Special Educational Needs. guardianship order. See notes below. • Any child not obtaining a place will be advised about b) Second priority for admission shall be given to the independent appeals process. children with a “serious and ongoing medical condition” where Pedmore CE Primary School is the • Definition of brother or sister also relates to adopted most appropriate school to meet the condition. or fostered children living at the same home address.

(Parents must provide supportive information • The home address is considered to be the child’s from their child’s hospital consultant at the time (along with their parents’) genuine principal place of application in order to be considered under this of residence at the time of the allocation of criteria. This supportive information should include places i.e. where they are normally and regularly information about the needs of the child and should living. If a child is resident with friends or relatives detail the difficulties the pupil would experience if they (for reasons other than guardianship), the friends or had to attend another school. Parents should also relatives address will not be considered for allocation indicate why Pedmore CE Primary School is the most purposes. appropriate to meet their child’s medical condition, rather than any other school. The Governing Body Parents will be required to provide documentary will not seek to obtain medical evidence on behalf of evidence to support the address at which they wish to parents.) be considered for allocation purposes.

c) Third priority for admission shall be given to children N.B. If your address changes you must notify who have a brother/sister, half brother/sister (where Governors before the closing date for applications. the children share one common parent) or step- Governors reserve the right to withdraw a brother/step-sister living at the same address and place subsequently found to have been based who will still be attending the school in September on fraudulent or intentionally misleading 2014. information.

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• Where parents have shared responsibility for a Waiting lists child, and the child lives with both parents for If a school is oversubscribed and children have been part of the school week, the home address will be refused admission because other children have a higher determined as the address where the child lives priority for admission under the published admissions for the majority of the school week. Parents will criteria, those applicants who are unsuccessful will be be required to provide documentary evidence to asked if they wish to be placed on a waiting list. support the address they wish to be considered for allocation purposes. At least one item of proof must Children on the waiting list will be ranked in accordance demonstrate where the child lives. with the schools published admissions criteria and the list will operate from the point of allocation of places until • Special conditions will apply in the event that one 31 December 2014. After this point the waiting list will no child from a set of twins or triplets does not gain longer be in operation and places will be allocated on a admission to the preferred school through the first come, first served basis. admissions criteria. The Governing Body will exceed the admission number for the school concerned to Inclusion on a school’s waiting list does not mean that prevent separation of twins/triplets. a place will eventually become available there. A child’s position on a waiting list is not fixed and is subject to • Random allocation will be used as a tie-break in change during the year, i.e. they can go up or down the category d above to decide who has the highest list. priority for admission if the distance between two children’s homes and the school is the same. Places that become available (below the published admission number or any number that the school agree Deferred Entry to Reception Class they can admit) between the point of allocation and 31 Parents have the right to retain a place offered and December 2014 will be offered to children according to request that their child be admitted to Reception class their ranking on this list i.e. those ranked highest will be later during the 2014/15 academic year or until the term offered first. in which the child reaches compulsory school age, if they so wish. Parents can also request that their child takes Repeat applications up the place part-time until the child reaches compulsory It is not the Governing Body’s policy to consider repeat school age. applications in the same academic year unless there have been significant and material change in the circumstances Application process (Normal age of entry to of the applicant. Reception Class) All applications will be co-ordinated via the home Local In year applications Authority of the applicant. Further details and timescales All applications made for children wishing to join Pedmore are set out in the Local Authority’s Co-ordinated Scheme, CE Primary School are coordinated by the School which is available from the School Admissions Service. Admissions Service of Dudley Local Authority, who also hold all waiting lists. Late applications Preferences that are received after the closing date will Governors agree to exceed the PAN by three children in be considered after applications that were received within Key Stage 2 classes. Places that become available in the the deadline have been dealt with. Year 3 class in September are allocated according to the published admission policy by Dudley School Admissions There will, however, be exceptional circumstances in Service, on the last day of the first half of the preceding which a late application will be considered alongside summer term. those applications that were made within the deadline.

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6. Non-Catholic children who are in the care of a local St. Chad’s Catholic authority (looked-after children) or provided with accommodation by them (e.g. children with foster Primary School parents) (Section 22 of the Children Act 1989) and children who were previously looked after but ceased The admissions process is part of the Dudley LA co- to be so because they were adopted (or became ordinated scheme. subject to a residence order or special guardianship order). The Admission Policy of the Governors of St. Chad’s Catholic Primary School is as follows: 7. Non-Catholic children who have a brother or sister The ethos of this school is Catholic. The school was (see note 3) in the school at the time of admission. founded by the Catholic Church to provide education for 8. Non-Catholic children. children of Catholic families. The school is conducted by its Governing Body as part of the Catholic Church Over subscription in accordance with its Trust Deed and Instrument of If there is over-subscription within the category, the Government and seeks at all times to be a witness to Governors will give priority to children living closest to the Jesus Christ. We ask all parents applying for a place here school determined by shortest distance. Distances are to respect this ethos and its importance to the school calculated on the basis of a straight-line measurement community. This does not affect the right of parents between the applicant’s home address and the main who are not of the faith of this school to apply for and be entrance of the school. The local authority uses a considered for a place here. computerised system which measures all distances in The School’s Admission number for the metres. Ordnance Survey supplies the co-ordinates that school year 2014/15 is 30. are used to plot an applicant’s home address within this system (see note 4). If the number of applications exceeds the admission In a very small number of cases, it may not be able to number, the Governors will give priority to applications decide between the applicants of those pupils who in accordance with the criteria listed, provided that the are qualifiers for a place, when applying the published Governors are made aware of that application before admission criteria. decisions on admissions are made (see note 1). A map of the parish boundary is available at the school and parish For example, this may occur when children in the same or by post on request. year group live at the same address, or if the distance between the home and school is exactly the same, for 1. Baptised Catholic children who are in the care of a example, blocks of flats. If there is no other way of local authority (looked-after children) or provided with separating the application according to the admissions accommodation by them (e.g. children with foster criteria and to admit both or all of the children would parents) (Section 22 of the Children Act 1989) and cause the legal limit to be exceeded, the local authority children who were previously looked after but ceased will use a computerised system to randomly select the to be so because they were adopted (or became child to be offered the final place. As an exception, the subject to a residence order or special guardianship Governing Body will give careful consideration to offering order). places above the Admission Number to applications from 2. Baptised Catholic children (see note 2) living within children whose twin or sibling from a multiple birth is the Parish of St Chad and All Saints, Sedgley, and admitted even when there are no other vacant places. St Peter and the English Martyrs, Lower Gornal, who Note 1 have a brother or sister (see note 3) in the school at the time of admission Children with a Statement of Special Educational Needs that names the school must be admitted. This will reduce 3. Baptised Catholic children living within the Parish of the number of places available to applicants. St Chad and All Saints, Sedgley, and St Peter and the English Martyrs, Lower Gornal. Note 2 In all categories, for a child to be considered as a 4. Other Baptised Catholic children who have a brother Catholic, evidence of Catholic Baptism or Reception into or sister (see note 3) in the school at the time of the Church will be required. For a definition of a Baptised admission. Catholic, see the Appendix on page 42. Those who face difficulties in producing written evidence of Catholic 5. Other Baptised Catholic children. Baptism/Reception should contact their Parish Priest.

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Parents making an application for a Catholic child should apply in writing to Chair of Governors. Appeals will be also complete the school’s supplementary information heard by an independent panel. form (SIF). Failure to complete the SIF/provide evidence of Catholic Baptism/Reception may affect the criterion the Repeat applications child’s name is placed in. Any parent can apply for a place for their child at any time outside the admissions round. Parents do not have Note 3 the right to a second appeal in respect of the same The definition of a brother or sister is: school for the same academic year unless, in exceptional circumstances, the admission authority has accepted • A brother or sister sharing the same parents; a second application from the appellant because of a significant and material change in the circumstances of • Half-brother or half-sister, where two children share the parent, child or school but still refused admission. one common parent;

• Step-brother or step-sister, where two children are Late applications related by a parent’s marriage; Late applications will be dealt with according to the LA co-ordinated scheme. • Step-brother or step-sister; Waiting lists • Adopted or fostered children. Waiting lists for admission will remain open until the end of December 2014 and will then be discarded. Parents The children must be living permanently in the same may apply for their child’s name to be reinstated until the household. end of the academic year, when the list will be discarded. Note 4 The waiting list will be kept by the Governing Body in admission criteria order. The home address of a pupil is considered to be the permanent residence of a child. The address must be This means that a child’s position on the waiting list could the child’s only or main residence for the majority of the go up or down. Inclusion of a child’s name on the waiting school week. Documentary evidence may be required. list does not mean that a place will eventually become available. Where care is split equally between mother and father, parents must name which address is to be used for Children who are the subject of a direction by a local the purpose of allocating a school place. Parents authority to admit or who are allocated to a school in must provide at least one item of documentation to accordance with a Fair Access Protocol take precedence demonstrate where the child resides. over those on a waiting list.

School entry Applications other than the normal intake to Children must, by law, start school by the beginning of the reception class (in-year admissions) term after their fifth birthday. A parent may defer a child’s An application should be to the local authority who will entry to the school, but not beyond the academic year for need to consult with the Governors. which the application is accepted. Parents may discuss this with the Headteacher. There is no charge or cost related to the admission of a child to this school. Parents can request that their child attends part-time until the child reaches compulsory school age.

Nursery Parents must apply on the LA form for a place in Reception class. Attendance at a nursery does not automatically guarantee that a place will be offered in main school.

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looked after at the time an application is made and (b) the St James’s CE local authority has confirmed will still be looked after at Primary School the time when the child will be admitted to the school. An adoption order is an order under Section 46 of the The procedure for admission to St James’s School for Adoptions and Children Act 2002. A residence order is year September 2014/2015 will be based on the following an order settling the arrangements to be made as to the criteria: person with whom the child is to live under Section 8 of the Children Act 1989. Section 14A of the Children Act The published admissions number for St 1989 defines a special guardianship order as an order James’s CE Primary School will be 60. appointing one or more individuals to be a child’s special guardian (or special guardians). The Governors have adopted a policy of taking one intake into the school in September of each academic year for Note 2 pupils whose fifth birthday falls in the academic year (1 In accordance with legislation, a child with a Statutory September - 31 August). Statement of Special Educational Needs will be offered In the event of demand for places exceeding the a place at the school if it is named in the Statement admission number, pupils will be admitted in accordance as the most appropriate to meet the child’s individual with the following criteria: needs. This may reduce the amount of places available for children who do not have a Statutory Statement of 1. Looked after children or children who were Special Educational Needs. previously looked after but immediately after being looked after became subject to an adoption, Note 3 residence, or special guardianship order (see note 1). Definition of brother or sister also relates to adopted or fostered children living at the same home address. 2. Pupils who have a brother/sister, half brother/ half sister or step-brother/step-sister who are still The home address is considered to be the child’s along attending the school at the time of admission (see with their parents’ genuine principal place of residence note 2). at the time of the allocation of places, i.e. where they are normally and regularly living. If a child is resident with 3. Families who can demonstrate a close commitment friends or relatives (for reasons other than guardianship), to St James’s Church, Wollaston (see note 3). the friends’ or relatives’ address will not be considered for allocation purposes. 4. Families who can demonstrate a close commitment to a recognised Christian Church (see note 3). Where parents have shared responsibility for a child and the child lives with both parents for part of the 5. Children of families committed to the practice of school week, the home address will be determined as other religions who would like their children educated the address where the child lives for the majority of the at a Church of England School (see note 3). school week (i.e. 3 out of 5 days available). Parents will 6. The location of the home in relation to the school. be required to provide documentary evidence to support This will be determined by the shortest straight- the address they wish to be considered for allocation line distance between home and main pedestrian purposes. entrance, with those living nearest, allocated places Special conditions will apply in the event that one child first. from a set of twins, triplets or multiple births does not gain admission to the preferred school through the admissions Notes criteria. The Local Authority will exceed the admission If there is over-subscription within a category, the number for the school concerned to prevent separation Governors will give priority to children living closest to of twins/triplets and multiple births, providing it does not the school (determined by shortest straight-line distance contravene infant class size limits. measured from the front door of the school to the home address). Note 4 In assessing eligibility under priorities 3, 4 and 5, Note 1 consideration will be given to any information about “Relevant looked after children” means children who religious affiliations supplied by local religious leaders. If are looked after by a local authority in accordance with you are applying under one of these categories, you will Section 22 of the Children Act 1989 (b) and who (a) are need to complete a supplementary form, available from

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the school office. “Attendance at a place of worship must Children on the waiting list will be ranked in accordance be at least once per month for at least one year prior to with the school’s published admissions criteria and the list application”. The form has to be signed by the parish will operate from the point of allocation of places until the priest, minister, religious leader or church warden and 31 December 2014. If parents wish to be considered for a attached with the child’s application form to the school. place beyond then they must re-apply.

Note 5 Inclusion on a school’s waiting list does not mean that a place will eventually become available there. A child’s In the event that we are unable to distinguish between position on a waiting list is not fixed and is subject to applicants for the final available place, such as in the case change during the year, i.e. they can go up or down the of children who live in the same block of flats or children list. from multiple births where infant class size legislation would be breached, the final place will be randomly If a parent requests that their child’s name be added to selected by drawing lots. the waiting list of a school that was ranked lower on the preference form than the school allocated, the child’s Deferred entry to Reception Class name will be placed at the bottom of the waiting list in Parents have the right to retain a place offered and accordance with the published admissions criteria. request that their child be admitted to reception class later during the 2014/15 academic year, if they so wish. Places that become available (below the published (Parents may only defer their child’s entry into Reception admissions number or any number that the school agree until the term after the child’s fifth birthday.) they can admit) between the point of allocation and 31 December 2014 will be offered to children according to Late applications their ranking on this list, i.e. those ranked highest will be Preferences that are received after the closing date offered a place first. for receipt of applications will be considered after applications that were received within the deadline have Appeals been dealt with. If your application is refused, you will be advised of your right of appeal to an independent appeals panel. A letter There will, however, be exceptional circumstances in outlining your grounds of appeal should be sent to: Clerk which a late application will be considered alongside to The Appeals Panel, St James’s CE Primary School, those applications that were made within the deadline. Kingsway, Wollaston, Stourbridge DY8 4RU. In each circumstance, described in a) to d) above, supportive documentary evidence must be provided by the parent/carer at the time of application.

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children who were previously looked after but ceased St Joseph’s Catholic to be so because they were adopted (or became subject to a residence order or special guardianship Primary School, Dudley order).

The Admissions Policy of the Governors of St Joseph’s 7. Non-Catholic children who have a brother or sister Catholic Primary School Dudley is as follows: (see note 3) in the school at the time of admission.

The ethos of this school is Catholic. The school was 8. Non-Catholic children. founded by the Catholic Church to provide education for children of Catholic families. The school is conducted Over-subscription by its Governing Body as part of the Catholic Church If there is over-subscription within the category, the in accordance with its Trust Deed and Instrument of Governors will give priority to children living closest to the Government and seeks at all times to be a witness to school determined by shortest distance. Distances are Jesus Christ. We ask all parents applying for a place here calculated on the basis of a straight-line measurement to respect this ethos and its importance to the school between the applicant’s home address and the main community. This does not affect the right of parents entrance of the school. The local authority uses a who are not of the faith of this school to apply and be computerised system which measures all distances in considered for a place here. metres. Ordnance Survey supplies the co-ordinates that are used to plot an applicant’s home address within this The school’s admission number for the school system (see note 4). year 2014/15 is 30. In a very small number of cases, it may not be possible If the number of applications exceeds the admission to decide between the applicants of those pupils who number, the Governors will give priority to applications are qualifiers for a place, when applying the published in accordance with the criteria listed, provided that the admission criteria. Governors are made aware of that application before decisions on admissions are made (see note 1). A map of For example, this may occur when children in the same the parish boundary is available at the school and parish year group live at the same address, or the distance or by post on request. between the home and school is exactly the same, for example, blocks of flats. If there is no other way of 1. Baptised Catholic children who are in the care of a separating the application according to the admissions local authority (looked-after children) or provided criteria and to admit both or all of the children would with accommodation by them (e.g. children with cause the legal limit to be exceeded, the local authority foster parents) (Section 22 of the Children Act 1989) will use a computerised system to randomly select the and children who were previously looked after but child to be offered the final place. As an exception, the ceased to be so because they were adopted (or Governing Body will give careful consideration to offering became subject to a residence order or special places above the admission number to applications from guardianship order). children whose twin or sibling from a multiple birth is admitted, even when there are no other vacant places. 2. Baptised Catholic children (see note 2) living within the Parish of Our Lady and St Thomas of Canterbury Note 1 who have a brother or sister (see note 3) in the Children with a Statement of Special Educational Needs school at the time of admission. that names the school must be admitted. This will reduce 3. Baptised Catholic children living within the Parish of the number of places available to applicants. Our Lady and St Thomas of Canterbury. Note 2 4. Other Baptised Catholic children who have a brother In all categories, for a child to be considered as a or sister (see note 3) in the school at the time of Catholic, evidence of Catholic Baptism or Reception into admission. the Church will be required. For a definition of a Baptised Catholic, see the Appendix on page 42. Those who face 5. Other Baptised Catholic children. difficulties in producing written evidence of Catholic Baptism/Reception should contact their Parish Priest. 6. Non-Catholic children who are in the care of a local authority (looked-after children) or provided with Parents making an application for a Catholic child should accommodation by them (e.g. children with foster also complete the school’s supplementary information parents) (Section 22 of the Children Act 1989) and form (SIF). Failure to complete the SIF/provide evidence

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of Catholic Baptism/Reception may affect the criterion the Appeals child’s name is placed in. Parents who wish to appeal against the decision of the Governors to refuse their child a place in the school may Note 3 apply in writing to the Chair of Governors. Appeals will be The definition of a brother or sister is: heard by an independent panel. • A brother or sister sharing the same parents; Repeat applications • Half-brother or half-sister, where two children share Any parent can apply for a place for their child at any one common parent; time outside the admissions round. Parents do not have • Step-brother or step-sister, where two children are the right to a second appeal in respect of the same related by a parent’s marriage; school for the same academic year unless, in exceptional circumstances, the admission authority has accepted • Step-brother or step-sister; a second application from the appellant because of a • Adopted or fostered children. significant and material change in the circumstances of the parent, child or school but still refused admission. The children must be living permanently in the same household Late applications Late applications will be dealt with according to the LA Note 4 co-ordinated scheme. The home address of a pupil is considered to be the permanent residence of a child. The address must be Waiting lists the child’s only or main residence for the majority of the Waiting lists for admission will remain open until the end school week. Documentary evidence may be required. of December 2014 and will then be discarded. Parents may apply for their child’s name to be reinstated until the Where care is split equally between mother and father, end of the academic year, when the list will be discarded. parents must name which address is to be used for The waiting list will be kept by the Governing Body in the purpose of allocating a school place. Parents admission criteria order. must provide at least one item of documentation to demonstrate where the child resides. This means that a child’s position on the waiting list could go up or down. Inclusion of a child’s name on the waiting School entry list does not mean that a place will eventually become Children must, by law, start school by the beginning of the available. term after their fifth birthday. A parent may defer a child’s entry to the school, but not beyond the academic year for Children who are the subject of a direction by a local which the application is accepted. Parents may discuss authority to admit or who are allocated to a school in this with the Headteacher. accordance with a Fair Access Protocol take precedence over those on a waiting list. Parents can request that their child attends part-time until the child reaches compulsory school age. Applications other than the normal intake to reception class (in-year admissions) Nursery An application should be to the local authority who will Parents must apply on the LA form for a place in need to consult with the Governors. Reception class. Attendance at a nursery does not automatically guarantee a place will be offered in main There is no charge or cost related to the admission of a school. child to this school.

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accommodation by them (e.g. children with foster St Joseph’s Catholic parents) (Section 22 of the Children Act 1989) and children who were previously looked after but ceased Primary School, to be so because they were adopted (or became subject to a residence order or special guardianship Stourbridge order).

The Admissions Policy of the Governors of St Joseph’s 7. Non-Catholic children who have a brother or sister Catholic School is as follows: (see note 3) in the school at the time of admission.

The ethos of this school is Catholic. The school was 8. Non-Catholic children. founded by the Catholic Church to provide education for children of Catholic families. The school is conducted Over subscription by its Governing Body as part of the Catholic Church If there is over-subscription within the category, the in accordance with its Trust Deed and Instrument of Governors will give priority to children living closest to the Government and seeks at all times to be a witness to school determined by shortest distance. Distances are Jesus Christ. We ask all parents applying for a place here calculated on the basis of a straight-line measurement to respect this ethos and its importance to the school between the applicant’s home address and the main community. This does not affect the right of parents entrance of the school. The local authority uses a who are not of the faith of this school to apply and be computerised system which measures all distances in considered for a place here. metres. Ordnance Survey supplies the co-ordinates that are used to plot an applicant’s home address within this The school’s admission number for the school system (see note 4). year 2014/15 is 30. In a very small number of cases it may not be possible If the number of applications exceeds the admission to decide between the applicants of those pupils who number, the Governors will give priority to applications are qualifiers for a place, when applying the published in accordance with the criteria listed, provided that the admission criteria. Governors are made aware of that application before decisions on admissions are made (see note 1). A map of For example, this may occur when children in the same the parish boundary is available at the school and parish year group live at the same address, or if the distance or by post on request. between the home and school is exactly the same, for example, blocks of flats. If there is no other way of 1. Baptised Catholic children who are in the care of a separating the application according to the admissions local authority (looked-after children) or provided criteria and to admit both or all of the children would with accommodation by them (e.g. children with cause the legal limit to be exceeded, the local authority foster parents) (Section 22 of the Children Act 1989) will use a computerised system to randomly select the and children who were previously looked after but child to be offered the final place. As an exception, the ceased to be so because they were adopted (or Governing Body will give careful consideration to offering became subject to a residence order or special places above the Admission Number to applications from guardianship order). children whose twin or sibling from a multiple birth is admitted, even when there are no other vacant places. 2. Baptised Catholic children (see note 2) living within the Parish of Our Lady and All Saints who have a Note 1 brother or sister (see note 3) in the school at the time Children with a Statement of Special Educational Needs of admission. that names the school must be admitted. This will reduce 3. Baptised Catholic children living within the Parish of the number of places available to applicants. Our Lady and All Saints. Note 2 4. Other Baptised Catholic children who have a brother In all categories, for a child to be considered as a or sister (see note 3) in the school at the time of Catholic, evidence of Catholic Baptism or Reception into admission. the Church will be required. For a definition of a Baptised Catholic see the Appendix on page 42. Those who face 5. Other Baptised Catholic children. difficulties in producing written evidence of Catholic Baptism/Reception should contact their Parish Priest. 6. Non-Catholic children who are in the care of a local authority (looked-after children) or provided with

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Parents making an application for a Catholic child should Appeals also complete the school’s supplementary information Parents who wish to appeal against the decision of the form (SIF). Failure to complete the SIF/provide evidence Governors to refuse their child a place in the school may of Catholic Baptism/Reception may affect the criterion the apply in writing to the Chair of Governors. Appeals will be child’s name is placed in. heard by an independent panel.

Note 3 Repeat applications The definition of a brother or sister is: Any parent can apply for a place for their child at any • A brother or sister sharing the same parents; time outside the admissions round. Parents do not have the right to a second appeal in respect of the same • Half-brother or half-sister, where two children share school for the same academic year unless, in exceptional one common parent; circumstances, the admission authority has accepted • Step-brother or step-sister, where two children are a second application from the appellant because of a related by a parent’s marriage; significant and material change in the circumstances of the parent, child or school but still refused admission. • Step-brother or step-sister; Late applications • Adopted or fostered children. Late applications will be dealt with according to the LA The children must be living permanently in the same co-ordinated scheme. household. Waiting lists Note 4 Waiting lists for admission will remain open until the end The home address of a pupil is considered to be the of December 2014 and will then be discarded. Parents permanent residence of a child. The address must be may apply for their child’s name to be reinstated until the the child’s only or main residence for the majority of the end of the academic year, when the list will be discarded. school week. Documentary evidence may be required. The waiting list will be kept by the Governing Body in admission criteria order. Where care is split equally between mother and father, parents must name which address is to be used for This means that a child’s position on the waiting list could the purpose of allocating a school place. Parents go up or down. Inclusion of a child’s name on the waiting must provide at least one item of documentation to list does not mean that a place will eventually become demonstrate where the child resides. available.

School entry Children who are the subject of a direction by a local Children must, by law, start school by the beginning of the authority to admit or who are allocated to a school in term after their fifth birthday. A parent may defer a child’s accordance with a Fair Access Protocol take precedence entry to the school, but not beyond the academic year for over those on a waiting list. which the application is accepted. Parents may discuss this with the headteacher. Applications other than the normal intake to Reception Class (in-year admissions) Parents can request that their child attends part-time until An application should be to the local authority, who will the child reaches compulsory school age. need to consult with the governors.

Nursery There is no charge or cost related to the admission of a Parents must apply on the LA form for a place in child to this school. Reception class. Attendance at a nursery does not automatically guarantee that a place will be offered in main school.

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parents) (Section 22 of the Children Act 1989) and St Mary’s Catholic children who were previously looked after but ceased to be so because they were adopted (or became Primary School subject to a residence order or special guardianship order). The Admission Policy of the Governors of St Mary’s Catholic Primary School is as follows: 7. Non-Catholic children who have a brother or sister (see note 3) in the school at the time of admission. The ethos of this school is Catholic. The school was founded by the Catholic Church to provide education for 8. Non-Catholic children. children of Catholic families. The school is conducted by its Governing Body as part of the Catholic Church Over-subscription in accordance with its Trust Deed and Instrument of If there is over-subscription within the category, the Government and seeks at all times to be a witness to Governors will give priority to children living closest to the Jesus Christ. We ask all parents applying for a place here school determined by shortest distance. Distances are to respect this ethos and its importance to the school calculated on the basis of a straight-line measurement community. This does not affect the right of parents between the applicant’s home address and the main who are not of the faith of this school to apply and be entrance of the school. The local authority uses a considered for a place here. computerised system, which measures all distances in metres. Ordnance Survey supplies the co-ordinates that The school’s admission number for the school are used to plot an applicant’s home address within this year 2014/15 is 30. system (see note 4).

If the number of applications exceeds the admission In a very small number of cases, it may not be possible number, the Governors will give priority to applications to decide between the applicants of those pupils who in accordance with the criteria listed, provided that the are qualifiers for a place, when applying the published governors are made aware of that application before admission criteria. decisions on admissions are made (see note 1). A map of the parish boundary is available at the school and parish For example, this may occur when children in the same or by post on request. year group live at the same address, or if the distance between the home and school is exactly the same, for 1. Baptised Catholic children who are in the care of a example, blocks of flats. If there is no other way of local authority (looked-after children) or provided separating the application according to the admissions with accommodation by them (e.g. children with criteria and to admit both or all of the children would foster parents) (Section 22 of the Children Act 1989) cause the legal limit to be exceeded, the local authority and children who were previously looked after but will use a computerised system to randomly select the ceased to be so because they were adopted (or child to be offered the final place. As an exception, the became subject to a residence order or special Governing Body will give careful consideration to offering guardianship order). places above the Admission Number to applications from children whose twin or sibling from a multiple birth is 2. Baptised Catholic children (see note 2) living within admitted, even when there are no other vacant places. the Parish of St Mary’s, Brierley Hill, or Our Lady of Lourdes, Kingswinford, who have a brother or sister Note 1 (see note 3) in the school at the time of admission Children with a Statement of Special Educational Needs 3. Baptised Catholic children living within the Parish that names the school must be admitted. This will reduce of St Mary’s, Brierley Hill, or Our Lady of Lourdes, the number of places available to applicants. Kingswinford. Note 2 4. Other Baptised Catholic children who have a brother In all categories, for a child to be considered as a or sister (see note 3) in the school at the time of Catholic, evidence of Catholic Baptism or Reception into admission. the Church will be required. For a definition of a Baptised Catholic see the Appendix. Those who face difficulties 5. Other Baptised Catholic children. in producing written evidence of Catholic Baptism/ Reception should contact their Parish Priest. 6. Non-Catholic children who are in the care of a local Parents making an application for a Catholic child should authority (looked-after children) or provided with also complete the school’s supplementary information accommodation by them (e.g. children with foster form (SIF). Failure to complete the SIF/provide evidence

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of Catholic Baptism/Reception may affect the criterion the Repeat applications child’s name is placed in. Any parent can apply for a place for their child at any time outside the admissions round. Parents do not have Note 3 the right to a second appeal in respect of the same The definition of a brother or sister is: school for the same academic year unless, in exceptional circumstances, the admission authority has accepted • A brother or sister sharing the same parents; a second application from the appellant because of a significant and material change in the circumstances of • Half-brother or half-sister, where two children share the parent, child or school but still refused admission. one common parent; • Step-brother or step-sister, where two children are Late applications related by a parent’s marriage; Late applications will be dealt with according to the LA co-ordinated scheme. • Step-brother or step-sister; • Adopted or fostered children. Waiting lists Waiting lists for admission will remain open until the end The children must be living permanently in the same of December 2014 and will then be discarded. Parents household. may apply for their child’s name to be reinstated until the Note 4 end of the academic year, when the list will be discarded. The waiting list will be kept by the Governing Body in The home address of a pupil is considered to be the admission criteria order. permanent residence of a child. The address must be the child’s only or main residence for the majority of the This means that a child’s position on the waiting list could school week. Documentary evidence may be required. go up or down. Inclusion of a child’s name on the waiting list does not mean that a place will eventually become Where care is split equally between mother and father, available. parents must name which address is to be used for the purpose of allocating a school place. Parents Children who are the subject of a direction by a local must provide at least one item of documentation to authority to admit or who are allocated to a school in demonstrate where the child resides. accordance with a Fair Access Protocol take precedence over those on a waiting list. School entry Children must, by law, start school by the beginning of the Applications other than the normal intake to term after their fifth birthday. A parent may defer a child’s reception class (in-year admissions) entry to the school, but not beyond the academic year for An application should be to the local authority, who will which the application is accepted. Parents may discuss need to consult with the governors. this with the Headteacher. There is no charge or cost related to the admission of a Parents can request that their child attends part-time until child to this school. the child reaches compulsory school age.

Nursery Parents must apply on the LA form for a place in Reception class. Attendance at a nursery does not automatically guarantee that a place will be offered in main school.

Appeals Parents who wish to appeal against the decision of the Governors to refuse their child a place in the school may apply in writing to the Chair of Governors. Appeals will be heard by an independent panel.

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Appendix for Catholic schools:

A “Baptised Catholic” is one who: • Has been baptised into full communion (Cf. Catechism of the Catholic Church, 837) with the Catholic Church by the Rites of Baptism of one of the various ritual Churches in communion with the See of Rome (i.e. Latin Rite, Byzantine Rite, Coptic, Syriac, etc, Cf. Catechism of the Catholic Church, 1203). Written evidence* of this baptism can be obtained by recourse to the Baptismal Registers of the church in which the baptism took place (Cf. Code of Canon Law, 877 & 878).

or

• Has been validly baptised in a separated ecclesial community and subsequently received into full communion with the Catholic Church by the Right of Reception of Baptised Christians into the Full Communion of the Catholic Church. Written evidence of their baptism and reception into full communion with the Catholic Church can be obtained by recourse to the Register of Receptions or in some cases, a sub-section of the Baptismal Registers of the church in which the Rite of Reception took place (Cf. Rite of Christian Initiation, 399).

Written evidence of Baptism The governing bodies of Catholic schools will require written evidence in the form of a Certificate of Baptism or Certificate of Reception before applications for school places can be considered for categories of “Baptised Catholics”. A Certificate of Baptism or Reception is to include: the full name, date of birth, date of Baptism or Reception, and parent(s) name(s). The certificate must also show that it is copied from the records kept by the place of Baptism or Reception.

Those who would have difficulty obtaining written evidence of Catholic Baptism/Reception for a good reason may be still considered as Baptised Catholics but only after they have been referred to their Parish Priest, who, after consulting the Vicar General, will decide how the question of Baptism/Reception is to be resolved and how written evidence is to be produced in accordance with the law of the Church.

Those who would be considered to have good reason for not obtaining written evidence would include those who cannot contact the place of Baptism/Reception due to persecution or fear, the destruction of the church and the original records, or where Baptism/Reception was administered validly but not in the Parish church where records are kept.

Governors may request extra supporting evidence when the written documents that are produced do not clarify the fact that a person was baptised or received into the Catholic Church, (i.e. where the name and address of the Church is not on the certificate or where the name of the Church does not state whether it is a Catholic Church or not).

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example of preference allocations

SCHOOL SCHOOL B A Chloe Adam resides resides SCHOOL here here C

Adam lives closer to school B than school A . However, parents prefer to send Adam to school A so they express that as a first preference, school B as a second preference and school C as a third preference.

He does not meet the criteria for school A but does for school B and C . He is offered a place at school B as this was ranked higher by the parents.

Chloe’s parents want her to go to school B as her first preferred school.

Adam is offered a place at school B over and above Chloe because he had a higher priority under the admissions criteria i.e he lived closer.

Chloe was offered a place at the next closest school with a place available.

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what are my rights if my application is unsuccessful?

General If your child is refused admission to any school, you have a right of appeal to an independent appeals panel. Please note that you may lodge appeals for admission to as many schools as you wish, providing you have made a preference for the school. Being offered a place at an alternative school will not affect the outcome of your appeal. What happens if places become available between the point of allocation and the start of term? Places will be allocated from the waiting list. Please see further details below. Appeals for community and voluntary controlled schools If you choose to exercise your right of appeal, arrangements will be made for you to attend the appeal hearing. Please note that the independent appeal panel’s decision is binding on both parties and it is not the council’s policy to consider repeat appeals in the same academic year unless there has been a significant material change in circumstances. Appeals for academies, foundation and voluntary aided schools If you are refused admission to an academy, foundation or voluntary aided school, you will be informed of the separate appeals process in the letter informing you of the decision. Infant class size appeals Due to legislation, no infant class with a single qualified teacher may contain more than 30 pupils. If your application for a place at the school of your preference is refused for these reasons, the Appeal Panel can only uphold your appeal if it is satisfied that: (1) the LA’s decision to refuse a place was not one which a reasonable local education authority would make in the circumstances, or (2) your child would have been offered a place if the published admission arrangements had been properly followed. It must be emphasised, therefore, that appeals of this type will succeed in very few cases (see also page 46). Waiting lists If a school is oversubscribed and children have been refused admission because other children have a higher priority for admission under the published admissions criteria, those applicants who are unsuccessful will be asked if they wish to be placed on a waiting list. Children on the waiting list will be ranked in accordance with the published admissions criteria and the list will operate from the point of allocation of places until 31 December 2014. Inclusion on a school’s waiting list does not mean that a place will eventually become available there. A child’s position on a waiting list is not fixed and is subject to change during the year, i.e. they can go up or down the list. If a parent requests that their child’s name be added to the waiting list of a school that was ranked lower on the preference form than the school allocated, the child’s name will be placed on the waiting list in accordance with the published admissions criteria. Places that become available between the point of allocation and 31 December 2014 will be offered to children according to their ranking on this list, i.e. those ranked highest will be offered first.

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what do I need to consider before expressing my preference?

Please think very carefully before making your preferences and assess the likelihood of your application being agreed.

You will be able to assess whether a school is usually oversubscribed by the number of applications received for the school against the published admission number or the number of appeals held in previous years. This information is given on page 50 - 62. Other local authorities can provide you with similar information.

Parents can obtain information, advice and guidance from the School Admissions Service regarding the admission process. Telephone 01384 814223. Whose address may I use on the application? The child’s address is considered to be the child’s parents’ genuine principal place of residence at the time of the allocation of places (16 April 2014), i.e. where they are normally and regularly living.

If a child is resident with friends or relatives for reasons other than legal guardianship, the friends’ or relatives’ address will not be considered.

Due to problems in previous years, it may be necessary for the School Admissions Service to carry out checks to confirm that information given in relation to child’s home address is genuine.

Parents may be asked to produce documentary evidence of the address given within 48 hours.

It may be necessary for a home visit to assist in the process of verifying an address. Also, parents may be asked to provide the child benefit proof, working/tax credits, at least one utility bill, together with a driving licence and bank statement clearly showing names and addresses.

The evidence must demonstrate where the child resides as well as the parent.

A permanent change of address will not be accepted until an exchange of contracts on a new property or tenancy agreement for a rented property has been signed and completed.

Please note: if your child’s permanent residence changes at any point from 1 September 2013 to 31 August 2014, it is the parents’ responsibility to notify the LA. You must do this even if you have notified your child’s school/nursery.

If you fail to do so, this may result in any offer of a school place being withdrawn. This has occurred previously.

The School Admissions Service may use other council databases to check the information provided on the form is correct, as well as databases in neighbouring local authorities.

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Infant class size legislation

Legislation states that no infant class may contain more than 30 pupils and be taught by one fully qualified teacher. Only in very limited circumstances can admission over 30 be permitted. Please contact the Admissions Service if you would like more detailed information regarding this.

What do I need to do before I return the completed application form? • Ensure you have read and understood this guide • Check that you have completed all relevant sections of the form • Ensure you have provided any supportive evidence required • Completed any additional forms where necessary (please check the admissions arrangements of each school to which you are applying).

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special educational needs and the Education Act 1996

At the beginning of each school year, a very small number of children will be starting school with a special educational need or learning difficulty that has already been identified either through a medical professional or early educational setting, or another route. In most cases, there will have been detailed contact with parents and/ or carers and arrangements for starting school will have been carefully planned.

For the vast majority of children starting primary school, however, very few will encounter any difficulties and, once they have had a chance to settle down and become used to the new school routines, will thrive in their new and stimulating environment. Nevertheless, as a parent and/or carer, and after a period of time, you may feel that your child is experiencing some difficulties with his or her learning and you may feel anxious about progress.

All schools are aware that a small number of children will experience difficulties from time to time and every school has a Special Needs Policy which describes how the school will identify and assess children who may have special educational needs (SEN).

All such school policies are based on Government guidelines set out in the Code of Practice for Special Educational Needs and published by the Department for Education. The Code of Practice (SEN) information is summarised for parents in a very helpful booklet entitled ‘Special Educational Needs (SEN): A Guide for Parents and Carers’.

Most schools will have copies of this booklet available for parents, but in case of difficulty you can look at this publication on the website: www.dcsf.gov.uk/sen or obtain a copy from DfE Publication Centre, P.O. Box 5050, Sherwood Park, Annesley, Nottingham NG15 0DJ (tel: 0845 602 2260).

Remember, if you have any concerns at all, parents or carers should always, in the first instance, talk to the class teacher, the school’s special needs co-ordinator or the headteacher, who will be able to discuss concerns in more detail.

Further information or advice may be obtained from the SEN Team Directorate of Children’s Services Westox House 1 Trinity Road Dudley DY1 1JQ 01384 814214 Information is also available online at www.dudley.gov.uk

Enter ‘special educational needs’ in the search facility at the top of the page and follow the links.

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data protection policy

The Data Protection Act 1998 gives rights to our customers about how personal information is obtained and used by Dudley Council. The Act also places obligations on the Council to operate within the law. What information does the Schools Admissions Service hold and how do we obtain it? We receive information about you and the child/young person you are responsible for from: • Black Country Partnership • The nursery setting your child attends • The preference form you complete and send to us Why do we use your information? We use your information to: • Allocate your child a place at school • Share with the school your child is allocated and members of the independent appeals panel, where necessary, in accordance with the School Admissions Code and the School Admissions Appeals Code • Pass to Black Country Foundation Partnership Trust for school health visits and checks • Share relevant information with neighbouring authorities when applying for a school in their authority

We always try to ensure that information we hold about you is accurate and up-to-date. To help us do this, please let us know if your details change.

If you would like further advice on how the information provided is used or have a concern, please contact the School Admissions Service in the first instance.

Further information, advice and guidance about the Act, your rights and our responsibilities can be found on:

• www.informationcommissioner.gov.uk • in writing to Information Commissioner at Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow SK9 5AF • by telephone 0303 123 1113/01625 545 745

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details of all Dudley primary schools

The following table provides information relating to the allocation of places in 2011/2012, 2012/2013 and 2013/2014. It gives a breakdown of how places were allocated in accordance with the admissions criteria for each of the schools.

It has been included in an attempt to give you as much information as possible regarding admission to schools in the Dudley Borough.

There is no guarantee that a similar situation will occur in 2014/2015.

Key to columns

Type Categorisation of school A - Academy C - Community FD - Foundation VC - Voluntary controlled VA - Voluntary aided

PAN 2014/2015 Published admission number for Reception Class (number of places available as agreed b y t he l ocal a uthority i n c onsultation wi th sc hool g overnors).

NOR Total number of pupils on roll January 2013 (excludes nursery places, where applicable).

** Data available direct from the school.

Furthest distance The distance of the last applicant admitted under the distance criteria in metres. Please note that this measurement will vary from year-to-year, dependent on the addresses of the applicants. On request, the School Admissions Service will undertake individual measurements for parents before places are allocated.

Useful websites www.education.gov.uk www.schoolsfinder.direct.gov.uk

Note Where there are no entries in any of the columns, this indicates that all children who applied were admitted to the school. School information www.dudley.gov.uk/resident/learning-school/schools-and-colleges/school-information

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Siblings

Medical

Statement of SEN

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Total 1st preference applications

Total applications

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Admissions to Academic Year 2012/13 45 91 322012/13 60 38 62 0 332012/13 60 0 36 118 0 0 542012/13 45 18 2 55 62 N/A 1 0 302012/13 - 30 0 12 29 66 - N/A 0 0 28 - 22 0 29 N/A - 0 0 - 17 0 - N/A 0 - 10 - N/A - - 2012/13 60 99 52 53 0 0 0 18 N/A - - 2011/12 45 99 462011/12 60 42 68 0 322011/12 60 1 33 126 0 1 472011/12 45 13 2 56 62 N/A 0 0 272011/12 - 30 2 10 30 89 - N/A 0 0 38 - 19 0 29 N/A - 0 0 879 13 4/0 0 N/A 0 1547 22 4/2 N/A 360 - 2011/12 60 94 46 49 0 0 0 13 N/A - -

Published Admission Number for 2013/14

Total NOR January 2012

Age range 5-11 273 45 2013/143-11 45 276 109 60 36 2013/143-11 60 342 41 65 60 0 36 2013/145-11 60 0 255 36 141 45 0 0 48 2013/143-11 45 14 0 218 46 46 N/A 30 0 0 20 2013/14 - 30 0 12 21 69 - N/A 0 1 28 - 19 0 28 N/A - 0 0 - 10 0 - N/A 0 - 16 - N/A - - 3-11 401 60 2013/14 60 102 52 55 0 0 0 16 N/A - - postal address, telephone postal address, number and name of teacher Alder Coppice Primary The Northway Dudley DY3 3PS 01384 816610 (Mr P Mandelstam) DFE No: 3325200 Amblecote Primary School Drive Amblecote Stourbridge DY8 4DQ 01384 818335 (Mrs A Mason) DFE No: 3322123 Ashwood Park Primary Bells Lane, Ashwood Park off Estate, Wordsley Stourbridge DY8 5DJ 01384 818545 (Mr S Hudson) DFE No. 3322141 Primary Belle Vue Lawnswood Road Wordsley Stourbridge DY8 5BZ 01384 818615 (Mr D Porter) DFE No: 3322151 Primary Mere Blanford Mimosa Walk Estate Mere Blanford DY6 7EA Kingswinford 01384 818365 (Mrs N Miller) DFE No: 3322077 Primary Blowers Green Road Blowers Green Dudley DY2 8UZ 01384 818490 (Mrs S Sehmbi) DFE No: 3322000 C C C C C FD Type Official name of school,

50 Number of ------appeals heard - - 1/0 1/0 and allowed

Furthest distance ------admitted (metres) - - 1767 1277 5011 1610

Faith N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Siblings 8 11 25 14 25 26 25 10 25 9 20 23 19 13 20 14 8 12

Medical 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Statement of SEN 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0

Looked after children 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

Total number admitted 26 47 36 52 27 60 50 25 60 27 44 58 50 30 55 45 21 32

Total 1st preference 26 47 38 49 25 66 51 20 64 28 42 56 50 34 59 43 applications 26 28

Total applications 66 75 89 89 47 128 76 53 128 63 75 86 71 64 157 71 95 78

Published Admission 30 60 45 45 30 60 60 30 60 30 45 45 60 30 60 45 Number 30 45

Admissions to Academic Year­­ 2013/14 2013/14 2013/14 2013/14 2013/14 2013/14 2012/13 2012/13 2012/13 2012/13 2012/13 2012/13 2011/12 2011/12 2011/12 2011/12 2011/12 2011/12

Published Admission Number 30 60 45 45 30 for 2013/14 60

Total NOR January 2012 153 315 287 339 187 396

Age range 3-11 3-11 5-11 5-11 3-11 3-11 Official name of school, telephone postal address, number and name of teacher Bramford Primary Bramford Park Road, Woodsetton Dudley DY1 4JH 01384 818915 (Mrs C Williams) DFE No: 3322045 Brierley Hill Primary Mill Street Brierley Hill DY5 2TD 01384 816980 (Mrs T Potter) DFE No: 3322023 Primary Brockmoor Belle Isle Brockmoor Brierley Hill DY5 3UZ 01384 816635 (Mr B Jones) DFE No: 3322024 Hills Primary Bromley Granville Drive DY6 8LW Kingswinford 01384 816940 (Mr J Stevens) DFE No: 3322142 Primary Brook Wordsley Street, George Stourbridge DY8 5YN 01384 818835 (Miss L Cartwright) DFE No: 3322029 Caslon Primary Avenue Beeches View Halesowen B63 2ES 01384 818875 (Mr A Pembleton) DFE No: 3322112 A C C C C C Type

51 Number of ------appeals heard - - 2/0 and allowed 14/1

Furthest distance ------admitted (metres) - - 784 763 606 649 1708 1179 1436 1768

Faith N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A ** N/A N/A N/A N/A

Siblings 9 17 28 17 10 10 23 27 14 38 15 15 14 16 43 32 19 13

Medical 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Statement of SEN 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0

Looked after children 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0

Total number admitted 42 84 59 30 29 76 74 30 74 37 52 30 30 77 72 29 37 42

Total 1st preference 41 76 54 47 32 78 64 36 105 31 50 35 34 84 62 31 applications 30 37

Total applications 79 139 164 117 65 126 124 92 138 80 135 64 88 123 140 71 86 142

Published Admission 45 75 60 30 30 70 75 30 60 45 60 30 30 60 75 30 Number 45 60

Admissions to Academic Year­­ 2013/14 2013/14 2013/14 2013/14 2013/14 2013/14 2012/13 2012/13 2012/13 2012/13 2012/13 2012/13 2011/12 2011/12 2011/12 2011/12 2011/12 2011/12

Published Admission Number 45 75 60 30 30 for 2013/14 70

Total NOR January 2012 286 511 330 204 192 484

Age range 5-11 3-11 5-11 5-11 5-11 3-11 Primary

Official name of school, telephone postal address, number and name of teacher Cradley CE Primary Road Church Halesowen B63 2UL 01384 818230 (Ms M Harris) DFE No: 3323350 Christ Church CE Christ Church Road, Coseley Church Bilston WV14 8YB 01384 818375 (Mrs P Hazelhurst) DFE No: 3323010 Church of the Church Ascension Primary Heath Wall New Street, DY6 9AH Kingswinford 01384 818760 (Mr R Green) DFE No: 3323007 Colley Lane Primary Colley Lane Halesowen B63 2TN 01384 816765 (Mr J White) DFE No: 3322102 Cotwall End Primary Cotwall End Road Dudley DY3 3YG Sedgley, 01384 818730 (Mrs M-N Anderton) DFE No: 3322130 Park Primary Crestwood Lapwood Avenue Park Estate Crestwood DY6 8RP Kingswinford 01384 818315 (Ms M Stowe) DFE No: 3322072 C C C VA VC VC Type

52 Number of ------appeals heard - 4/0 1/0 and allowed

Furthest distance ------admitted (metres) - 944 996 946 1793 7935 1447 1040

Faith N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Siblings 27 31 9 25 23 15 13 21 25 6 20 25 11 27 16 21 15 15

Medical 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Statement of SEN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Looked after children 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

Total number admitted 60 22 60 42 45 69 27 75 57 17 45 49 27 66 45 44 22 30

Total 1st preference 61 21 62 42 44 46 27 47 49 15 52 52 24 52 53 44 22 applications 40

Total applications 98 48 130 128 79 138 91 133 107 40 125 90 80 125 142 91 42 80

Published Admission 60 30 60 45 45 75 30 75 60 30 45 45 30 75 30 45 30 Number 30

Admissions to Academic Year­­ 2012/13 2013/14 2013/14 2013/14 2013/14 2013/14 2013/14 2012/13 2011/12 2012/13 2012/13 2012/13 2012/13 2011/12 2011/12 2011/12 2011/12 2011/12

Published Admission Number 30 60 45 45 75 for 2013/14 30

Total NOR January 2012 167 400 300 289 458 247

Age range 5-11 3-11 5-11 3-11 3-11 3-11 Official name of school, telephone postal address, number and name of teacher Dawley Brook Primary Dawley Brook Fields Valley Dubarry Avenue, DY6 9BP Kingswinford 01384 818770 (Mrs J Smith) DFE No: 3322043 Dingle Community Primary Madeley Road DY6 8PF Kingswinford 01384 818305 (Mrs J Wheeler) DFE No: 3322152 Primary Dudley Wood Road Dudley Wood Dudley DY2 0DB 01384 818690 (Ms E Guest) DFE No: 3322005 Fairhaven Primary Barnett Lane Wordsley Stourbridge DY8 5PY 01384 818385 (Mr D Rowe) DFE No: 3322063 Primary Foxyards Road Foxyards Tipton DY4 8BH 01384 818740 (Mrs S O’Gorman) DFE No: 3322068 Gig Mill Primary The Broadway Norton Stourbridge DY8 3HL 01384 818600 (Mr P Raybould) DFE No: 3322145 C C C C C C Type

53 Number of ------appeals heard - 5/0 6/0 6/1 2/0 2/0 3/0 1/0 2/0 13/0 and allowed 10/1

Furthest distance - - - - - admitted (metres) - 402 557 444 632 891 997 1579 4199 1214 4515 2301 1865

Faith N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Siblings 14 13 19 10 13 26 17 24 30 13 16 10 23 14 29 8 10 14

Medical 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Statement of SEN 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0

Looked after children 5 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1

Total number admitted 40 25 54 29 30 60 41 55 60 28 30 30 54 40 60 24 30 30

Total 1st preference 72 25 52 30 43 61 62 63 61 22 35 24 50 73 67 24 36 applications 27

Total applications 227 53 184 47 77 133 202 182 135 46 52 71 167 178 151 57 81 54

Published Admission 40 30 54 30 30 60 40 54 60 30 30 30 54 40 60 30 30 Number 30

Admissions to Academic Year­­ 2013/14 2013/14 2013/14 2013/14 2013/14 2013/14 2012/13 2012/13 2012/13 2012/13 2012/13 2012/13 2011/12 2011/12 2011/12 2011/12 2011/12 2011/12

Published Admission Number 40 30 54 30 30 for 2013/14 60

Total NOR January 2012 282 152 373 185 216 413

Age range 5-11 3-11 5-11 3-11 3-11 3-11 Bravo)

Official name of school, telephone postal address, number and name of teacher Halesowen CE Primary High Street Halesowen B63 3BB 01384 818885 (Mrs A Hannaway) DFE No: 3323352 01384 818585 (Mr P DFE No: 3322109 Hawbush Primary Hawbush Road Brierley Hill DY5 3NH 01384 816930 (Mrs A Pell) DFE No: 3322143 Glynne Primary Cot Lane DY6 9TH Kingswinford 01384 816960 (Mrs S Cameron) DFE No: 3322155 Primary Greenfield Hill Street Stourbridge DY8 1AL Ham Dingle Primary Old Ham Lane Pedmore Stourbridge DY9 0UN 01384 818965 (Mrs J Davies) DFE No: 3322125 Primary Hob Green Road Hob Green Fields Pedmore Stourbridge DY9 9EX 01384 816730 (Mr S Brown) DFE No: 3322156 C C C C C VA Type

54 Number of ------appeals heard - 1/0 2/0 8/0 1/0 4/0 2/0 1/0 1/0 and allowed

Furthest distance ------admitted (metres) - 818 514 818 947 621 865 455 1972 1225

Faith N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A **

Siblings 33 20 39 21 16 19 27 29 28 20 13 21 26 27 38 39 19 43

Medical 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Statement of SEN 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0

Looked after children 2 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2

Total number admitted 60 60 59 60 44 71 53 60 55 60 41 55 74 60 50 58 44 79

Total 1st preference 86 54 66 40 67 56 75 78 56 68 31 42 65 66 64 55 45 applications 79

Total applications 179 146 160 90 129 111 161 189 110 133 88 121 127 161 121 135 89 157

Published Admission 60 60 60 60 75 54 60 60 50 60 60 45 75 60 50 45 60 Number 75

Admissions to Academic Year­­ 2012/13 2013/14 2013/14 2013/14 2013/14 2013/14 2013/14 2012/13 2012/13 2011/12 2012/13 2012/13 2012/13 2011/12 2011/12 2011/12 2011/12 2011/12

Published Admission Number 60 60 60 75 50 for 2013/14 60

Total NOR January 2012 357 414 311 496 349 419

Age range 3-11 5-11 5-11 3-11 3-11 5-11 Official name of school, telephone postal address, number and name of teacher Jesson’s CE Primary Jesson’s School Street Dudley DY1 2AQ 01384 816825 (Mrs L Griffiths) DFE No: 3323306 Howley Grange Primary Howley Grange Road Halesowen B62 0HS 01384 818395 (Mr S Duncan) DFE No: 3322137 Primary Huntingtree Bournes Hill Hasbury Estate Halesowen B63 4DZ 01384 818650 (Mrs S Parkes) DFE No: 3322116 Primary Hurst Green Lane Narrow Halesowen B62 9NZ 01384 818210 (Ms J Bathurst) DFE No: 3322124 Hurst Hill Primary Paul Street Coseley Bilston WV14 9AJ 01384 818845 (Ms C Dingle) DFE No: 3322148 Kates Hill Community Primary Hill Kate’s Peel Street, Dudley DY2 7HP 01384 818700 (Mr P Sharrock) DFE No: 3322010 C C C C C VA Type

55 Number of ------appeals heard - 1/0 9/0 2/0 1/0 2/0 and allowed 12/0

Furthest distance ------admitted (metres) - 579 697 983 600 1906 4884 3071 1794 1639

Faith N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Siblings 8 18 28 13 20 18 10 19 53 25 16 7 27 27 32 18 13 10

Medical 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Statement of SEN 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

Looked after children 0 1 0 0 60 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Total number admitted 49 90 24 29 60 44 30 51 90 60 30 28 45 50 88 60 43 22

Total 1st preference 103 23 27 94 47 38 30 47 114 74 29 20 43 55 86 89 35 applications 16

Total applications 213 62 89 215 136 124 66 112 206 174 59 83 136 150 193 211 107 62

Published Admission 90 30 30 60 50 45 30 50 85 60 30 30 45 50 60 85 45 Number 30

Admissions to Academic Year­­ 2013/14 2013/14 2013/14 2013/14 2013/14 2013/14 2012/13 2012/13 2012/13 2012/13 2011/12 2012/13 2012/13 2011/12 2011/12 2011/12 2011/12 2011/12

Published Admission Number 90 30 30 60 50 for 2013/14 45

Total NOR January 2012 603 213 184 418 333 311

Age range 5-11 5-11 5-11 3-11 3-11 5-11 Official name of school, telephone postal address, number and name of teacher Lapal Primary Priory Road Halesowen B62 0BZ 01384 818200 (Executive Headteacher Mrs J Mackinney) DFE No: 3322107 Lutley Primary Road Brookwillow Halesowen B63 1BU 01384 818220 (Mrs J Mackinney) DFE No: 3322120 Maidensbridge Primary Road Beachcroft Heath Wall DY6 0HX Kingswinford 01384 818405 (Mr A Hale) DFE No: 3322035 Primary Manor Way Brier Mill Road Halesowen B63 3HA 01384 818895 (Mrs D Betteridge) DFE No: 3322139 Milking Bank Primary Way Aintree Milking Bank Dudley DY1 2SL 01384 816695 (Mr R Mason) DFE No: 3322160 Mount Pleasant Primary Mount Pleasant Quarry Bank Brierley Hill DY5 2YN 01384 816910 (Mrs J Hartill) DFE No: 3322036 C C C C C C Type

56 Number of ------appeals heard - - 7/1 1/0 3/0 5/1 and allowed

Furthest distance ------admitted (metres) - - 851 921 2365 1906 1023 1063 3169 1964 1738

Faith N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Siblings 22 18 21 19 20 27 27 19 26 30 25 23 24 16 34 25 16 29

Medical 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Statement of SEN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

Looked after children 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

Total number admitted 60 44 60 57 61 45 60 58 58 60 61 55 60 48 60 60 39 57

Total 1st preference 50 43 55 49 77 40 70 46 52 80 71 45 57 42 61 68 applications 35 56

Total applications 120 88 144 126 246 80 136 77 136 230 115 101 102 82 184 139 105 115

Published Admission 45 45 60 60 60 60 60 60 45 60 60 45 60 60 60 60 Number 45 60

Admissions to Academic Year­­ 2012/13 2013/14 2013/14 2013/14 2013/14 2013/14 2013/14 2012/13 2011/12 2012/13 2012/13 2012/13 2012/13 2011/12 2011/12 2011/12 2011/12 2011/12

Published Admission Number 45 45 60 60 60 for 2013/14 60

Total NOR January 2012 290 378 369 416 301 410

Age range 3-11 5-11 5-11 3-11 3-11 3-11 Official name of school, telephone postal address, number and name of teacher Netherton CE Primary Highbridge Road, Netherton Dudley DY2 0HU 01384 816895 (Mr A Ruston) DFE No: 3323053 CE Primary Oldswinford Field Lane Oldswinford Stourbridge DY8 2JQ 01384 818790 (Mr R Workman) DFE No: 3323050 Netherbrook Primary Netherbrook Chester Road, Netherton Dudley DY2 9RZ 01384 818415 (Mr P Rawlings) DFE No: 3322147 Newfield Park Primary Whittingham Road Halesowen B63 3TP 01384 818640 (Mrs A Turner) DFE No: 3322138 Northfield Road Primary Northfield Road Netherton Dudley DY2 9ER 01384 818710 (Ms S Williams) DFE No: 3322012 Olive Hill Primary Springfield Road Halesowen B62 8JZ 01384 818855 (Mrs R Cutting) DFE No: 3322106 C C C C VC VC Type

57 Number of ------appeals heard - 4/0 5/0 2/1 4/0 and allowed

Furthest distance ------admitted (metres) - 718 811 615 869 678 4950 2452 2542

Faith N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A ** N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A ** N/A N/A N/A N/A **

Siblings 36 35 13 26 22 10 44 27 19 47 16 30 9 29 12 17 27 13

Medical 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Statement of SEN 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0

Looked after children 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0

Total number admitted 85 31 111 71 45 30 120 65 45 107 30 75 30 68 45 30 63 30

Total 1st preference 49 102 62 53 86 46 106 64 56 91 43 69 46 65 45 35 56 applications 28

Total applications 187 205 118 114 148 88 181 107 96 196 169 109 79 131 80 145 118 61

Published Admission 30 120 75 45 75 30 120 75 45 120 30 75 30 75 45 75 30 Number 30

Admissions to Academic Year­­ 2013/14 2013/14 2013/14 2013/14 2013/14 2013/14 2012/13 2012/13 2012/13 2011/12 2012/13 2012/13 2012/13 2011/12 2011/12 2011/12 2011/12 2011/12

Published Admission Number 30 120 75 45 75 for 2013/14 30

Total NOR January 2012 217 782 446 307 480 210

Age range 5-11 5-11 3-11 3-11 3-11 5-11 Official name of school, telephone postal address, number and name of teacher Pedmore CE Primary Pedmore Hagley Road, Pedmore Stourbridge DY9 0RH 01384 818955 (Mr D Dunn) DFE No: 3323354 Our Lady & St Kenelm RC Primary Bundle Hill Halesowen B63 4AR 01384 816880 (Mrs J Brock) DFE No: 3323357 Peters Hill Primary Peters Hill Road Amblecote Brierley Hill DY5 2QH 01384 816740 (Dr N Hopkin) DFE No: 3322075 Priory Primary Limes Road, Priory Estate Dudley DY1 4HN 01384 816845 (Ms J Bennett) DFE No: 3322154 Quarry Bank Primary Quarry Bank High Street, Brierley Hill DY5 2AD 01384 818750 (Miss H Johnson) DFE No: 3322153 Primary Queen Victoria Bilston Street Sedgley Dudley DY3 1JB 01384 812545 (Mrs W Briscoe) DFE No: 3322149 C C C C VA VA Type

58 Number of ------appeals heard - 5/0 3/0 7/0 2/0 5/0 5/0 1/0 and allowed

Furthest distance ------admitted (metres) - 537 321 944 837 580 1308 3759 4325 3389 1306 1021

Faith N/A ** N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A ** N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A ** N/A N/A N/A N/A

Siblings 15 14 39 24 15 37 21 10 15 32 25 28 17 9 40 21 26 20

Medical 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Statement of SEN 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Looked after children 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1

Total number admitted 30 90 30 50 77 30 44 30 30 90 50 60 35 20 90 46 60 44

Total 1st preference 33 95 38 47 71 37 41 26 36 84 47 73 36 18 98 46 61 applications 44

Total applications 76 213 69 99 135 82 83 56 78 172 98 110 86 55 224 109 118 124

Published Admission 30 90 30 45 60 30 45 30 30 90 45 60 45 30 90 45 60 Number 45

Admissions to Academic Year­­ 2012/13 2013/14 2013/14 2013/14 2013/14 2013/14 2013/14 2012/13 2011/12 2012/13 2012/13 2012/13 2012/13 2011/12 2011/12 2011/12 2011/12 2011/12

Published Admission Number 90 30 45 60 30 for 2013/14 45

Total NOR January 2012 592 211 317 386 198 318

Age range 3-11 3-11 5-11 3-11 5-11 3-11 Official name of school, telephone postal address, number and name of teacher St Chad’s RC Primary St Chad’s Catholic Lane Sedgley Dudley DY3 3UE 01384 818720 (Mrs S Mason) DFE No: 3323304 Red Hall Primary Zoar Street Lower Gornal Dudley DY3 2PA 01384 813850 (Mrs W Roche) DFE No: 3322052 Roberts Primary Roberts Street Lower Gornal Dudley DY3 2AZ 01384 818275 (Mr D Baker) DFE No: 3322144 Primary Rufford Avenue Bredon Stourbridge DY9 7NR 01384 818975 (Mrs A Middleton) DFE No: 3322118 Russells Hall Primary Overfield Road Russells Hall Estate Dudley DY1 2NX 01384 816785 (Ms J Brown) DFE No: 3322136 Primary Sledmere School Drive Road Buffery off Dudley DY2 8EH 01384 818425 (Mr D Ward) DFE No: 3322004 C C C C C VA Type

59 Number of ------appeals heard - 3/0 1/0 2/0 3/0 2/0 and allowed 15/0

Furthest distance ------admitted (metres) - 122 815 898 553 3395 1224 1727

Faith N/A ** ** N/A N/A ** ** N/A ** N/A ** N/A ** N/A N/A ** ** N/A

Siblings 10 15 9 18 16 22 12 4 15 7 12 14 29 4 15 17 14 12

Medical 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Statement of SEN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Looked after children 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Total number admitted 30 30 30 39 30 55 30 29 30 30 27 39 60 27 30 30 48 41

Total 1st preference 34 35 36 36 32 47 65 25 34 31 28 37 55 22 46 46 42 applications 37

Total applications 101 85 123 66 58 107 114 70 65 93 53 56 98 60 103 96 86 75

Published Admission 30 30 30 45 30 60 30 30 30 30 30 45 60 30 30 30 60 Number 45

Admissions to Academic Year­­ 2013/14 2013/14 2013/14 2013/14 2013/14 2013/14 2012/13 2012/13 2012/13 2012/13 2011/12 2012/13 2012/13 2011/12 2011/12 2011/12 2011/12 2011/12

Published Admission Number 30 30 30 45 30 for 2013/14 60

Total NOR January 2012 206 205 210 223 174 359

Age range 3-11 5-11 5-11 3-11 5-11 5-11 Official name of school, telephone postal address, number and name of teacher St Joseph’s RC Primary St Joseph’s Road Hillcrest Dudley DY2 7PW 01384 818925 (Mr M Hinton) DFE No: 3323302 RC Primary St Joseph’s Road Lea Vale Norton Stourbridge DY8 2DT 01384 818325 (Mrs N Painter) DFE No: 3323355 St James’s CE Primary St James’s Kingsway Wollaston Stourbridge DY8 4RU 01384 818810 (Ms S Sixsmith) DFE No: 3323358 St Margaret’s at Hasbury CE St Margaret’s Primary Hagley Road Halesowen B63 4QD Hasbury, 01384 818660 (Ms P Rogers) DFE No: 3323052 CE Primary St Mark’s Pensnett High Street, Brierley Hill DY5 4DZ 01384 818935 (Ms C Smith - Acting Headteacher) DFE No: 3323008 CE Primary St Mary’s Queen Street DY6 7AQ Kingswinford 01384 818295 (Mrs L Perkins) DFE No: 3323009 VA VA VA VC VC VC Type

60 Number of ------appeals heard - - 5/0 1/0 and allowed

Furthest distance ------admitted (metres) - - 589 410 973 1821 1050 1749

Faith N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A ** N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A ** N/A ** ** N/A N/A

Siblings 8 19 9 5 17 12 16 18 12 24 16 26 11 10 12 11 19 14

Medical 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Statement of SEN 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0

Looked after children 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0

Total number admitted 27 49 29 32 45 30 29 30 30 49 32 50 30 30 43 29 50 32

Total 1st preference 22 44 23 39 30 39 34 47 36 49 28 25 34 31 19 28 applications 46 32

Total applications 79 117 90 68 78 98 56 106 82 98 52 86 66 88 82 59 122 78

Published Admission 30 50 30 45 45 30 30 30 30 45 45 45 30 30 45 30 Number 45 45

Admissions to Academic Year­­ 2012/13 2013/14 2013/14 2013/14 2013/14 2013/14 2013/14 2012/13 2011/12 2012/13 2012/13 2012/13 2012/13 2011/12 2011/12 2011/12 2011/12 2011/12

Published Admission Number 45 30 45 45 30 for 2013/14 30

Total NOR January 2012 324 199 209 261 197 192

Age range 5-11 3-11 3-11 5-11 5-11 5-11 School of

Official name of school, telephone postal address, number and name of teacher St Mary’s RC Primary St Mary’s Mill Street Brierley Hill DY5 2TH 01384 818435 (Ms A Maher) DFE No: 3323303 The CE Primary St Edmund & John Beechwood Road, Dudley DY2 7QA (Ms C Phipps) 01384 816715 DFE No: 3323359 Straits Primary Longfellow Road The Straits, Lower Gornal Dudley DY3 3EE Hazelhurst) L (Mr 818575 01384 DFE No: 3322150 Primary Tenterfields Tenterfields Halesowen B63 3LH 01384 818560 (Mr K Butler) DFE No: 3322104 Primary The Bromley-Pensnett Bromley Pensnett Brierley Hill DY5 4PJ 01384 816865 (Ms H Coles) DFE No: 3322132 The Ridge Primary Road Gregory Stourbridge DY8 3NF 01384 818800 (Mrs D Hudson) DFE No: 3322122 C C C C VA VA Type

61 Number of ------appeals heard - 4/1 2/0 1/0 7/0 2/0 and allowed

Furthest distance ------admitted (metres) - 551 851 426 529 1489

Faith N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Siblings 11 28 12 27 20 9 30 34 31 14 35 23 9 32 40 14 23 11

Medical 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Statement of SEN 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 0

Looked after children 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0

Total number admitted 61 34 56 57 58 28 60 60 58 40 60 56 28 56 60 26 56 27

Total 1st preference 74 33 57 48 54 26 70 63 62 30 72 56 16 54 66 22 51 applications 24

Total applications 78 158 78 96 107 100 143 93 163 84 96 79 76 92 91 81 102 93

Published Admission 45 60 60 60 60 30 60 60 60 45 60 60 30 60 60 45 60 Number 30

Admissions to Academic Year­­ 2013/14 2013/14 2013/14 2013/14 2013/14 2013/14 2012/13 2012/13 2011/12 2012/13 2012/13 2012/13 2012/13 2011/12 2011/12 2011/12 2011/12 2011/12

Published Admission Number 45 60 60 60 60 for 2013/14 30

Total NOR January 2012 211 399 374 305 359 187

Age range 5-11 5-11 3-11 5-11 3-11 5-11

Official name of school, telephone postal address, number and name of teacher off Turners Lane, Quarry Bank Turners off Brierley Hill DY5 2BH 01384 818530 (Mrs G Harper) DFE No: 3322126 Thorns Primary Thorns Road Quarry Bank, Brierley Hill DY5 2JY 01384 818285 (Mr D Priestley) DFE No: 3322067 Primary Wallbrook Bradleys Lane off Coseley Bilston WV14 5YP Longden) C (Mrs 818985 01384 DFE No: 3322048 Withymoor Primary Avenue Gayfield Primary Wollescote Drummond Road Wollescote Stourbridge DY9 8YA 01384 818500 (Ms J Quigley) DFE No: 3322111 Community School Woodside Centre and Childrens Highgate Road, Woodside Dudley DY2 0SN 01384 818245 (Mrs S Bloomer) DFE No: 3322140 Nest Primary Wren’s Foxglove Road Nest Estate Wren’s Dudley DY1 3NQ 01384 818515 (Mrs R Wylie) DFE No: 3322146 C C C C C C Type

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addresses of neighbouring local authorities Parents who wish to consider schools maintained by other authorities are advised to contact the local authority concerned to obtain information about the likelihood of a place being available.

Name of LA Address Contact Closing date Offer date

Birmingham Directorate of Children, 0121 675 0555 15/01/14 16/04/14 Young People and Families www.birmingham.gov.uk Schools Effectiveness Division Schools Admissions & Pupil Placement Service PO Box 16513 Birmingham B2 2FS

Worcestershire Children’s Services Directorate 01905 766276 15/01/14 16/04/14 PO Box 73 www.worcestershire.gov.uk Worcester WR5 2YA

Sandwell School Admissions 0121 569 6765 15/01/14 16/04/14 PO Box 16230 www.sandwell.gov.uk Sandwell Council House Freeth Street Oldbury B69 9EX

Staffordshire School Admissions Service and Transport 01785 278593 15/01/14 16/04/14 Service www.staffordshire.gov.uk Education Department Tipping Street Stafford ST16 2DH

Wolverhampton Wolverhampton City Council 01902 554156 15/01/14 16/04/14 Schools Skills & Learning www.wolverhampton.gov.uk Admissions and Transfers Pupil and Student Services Access and Inclusion Civic Centre St Peter’s Square Wolverhampton WV1 1RR

Walsall Children’s Services - Education 01922 686470 15/01/14 16/04/14 School Admissions Education Development Centre www.walsall.gov.uk Pelsall Lane Rushall Walsall WS4 1NG

Note: The details contained in the booklet, which relates to the admission of children to school in 2014/2015, were correct in July 2013. It should not be assumed that there will be no changes after that date, or that the information contained will apply to the admission of children in subsequent years.

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useful contacts

Name of service E-mail / website Telephone

Dudley Family Information [email protected] 01384 814398 Service

Children’s Services www.dudley.gov.uk/resident/learning-school/education- Transport Team grants/childrens-transport/ 01384 814301

Special Educational [email protected] 01384 814214 Needs Team

Dudley Parent www.dudley.gov.uk/dpp 01384 236677 Partnership Service [email protected]

The Schools Adjudicator www.education.gov.uk/schoolsadjudicator [email protected] 01325 735303

The Department for www.education.gov.uk 0370 000 2288 Education

The Local Government www.lgo.org.uk 0300 061 0164 Ombudsman

Free School Meals [email protected] 01384 814988

Elective Home Education www.dudley.gov.uk/resident/learning-school/parental- support/elective-home-education 01384 814314

Education Investigation Service www.dudley.gov.uk/resident/learning-school/parental- support/dudley-education-investigation-service 01384 814317

Connexions Dudley www.connexionsdudley.org 01384 811400

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www.dudley.gov.uk/admissions or call

01384 814223

Directorate of Children’s Services

Westox House

1 Trinity Road

Dudley

DY1 1JQ

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