The Aylesbury Vale Academy Trust Admissions Appeal Process
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The Aylesbury Vale Academy Trust Admissions Appeal Process Parent makes a timely application for a place at the Aylesbury Vale Academy using Buckinghamshire Council’s Coordinated Admissions Process Primary: https://www.buckscc.gov.uk/apply-for-a-school-place/apply-for-a-primary-school-place/ Secondary: https://www.buckscc.gov.uk/apply-for-a-school-place/apply-for-a-secondary-school-place/ Application is successful and a place at AVA is Application is unsuccessful and no place is offered offered Parent applies Parent asks to be put on the AVA Parent Parent applies for (or waiting list and is kept informed accepts the for a place at accepts) a place at another about their place. Please note: place another school school and asks to be put places on the waiting list can go on the AVA waiting list up or down. A place at AVA becomes available and the pupil at the A place does not become available and top of the waiting list is offered the place the parent considers an appeal Are you appealing for a place in Reception, Year 1 Are you appealing for a place in Years 3 – 6 in or Year 2 of the Primary Phase? the Primary Phase or Years 7 – 11 in the Secondary Phase? Yes No Yes An Infant Class Size (ICS) Appeal Appeals for a place in Y3 – Y11 for a place in Year R, 1 or 2 If you applied for a place in Years 3-11 and were refused, this is because the The size of an infant class is Admission Authority has allocated all its places under the Academy’s limited by law to 30 pupils. An published admission arrangements and the Academy is full and to admit Appeal Panel can only uphold another child will harm the education of the other pupils. an ICS Appeal: Your appeal will not be successful if: • If there will not be more • You do not live in the Academy’s catchment area than 30 pupils in the class • You have been allocated a place in another school (even if it is not one of • If school places were your preferred schools) at a reasonable distance from home allocated unlawfully, or • You do not have strong medical, social or educational reasons for your • In truly exceptional appeal which is supported by evidence (travel sickness is not a valid circumstances (such as the reason) family having to move • You want the school place to make it easier for you to get to work or to house under the witness transport children to school. protection scheme) If, having read the criteria, you are convinced that you have a legal case for an appeal, please contact the Chair of Governors, [email protected]. You should attach a copy of your original application, the refusal letter and your reasons why the Academy should agree to admit your son or daughter, even though it is full. .