Proposed Changes to the Oversubscription Criteria For

Proposed changes to the oversubscription criteria for Community and Voluntary Controlled schools for 2017 intake Lincolnshire County Council is the admission authority for Community and Voluntary Controlled schools. The Council is proposing to make changes to the oversubscription criteria for these schools. These criteria are used to rank applications in the event that more are received than the published admission number for a given school. Oversubscription criteria must comply with the requirements of the School Admissions Code 2014. Manner of consultation, determination and publication The Council will consult for 6 weeks, beginning on 2 November 2015. The consultation will meet the obligations of the Code with regard to the parties to be consulted in the following way: a) parents of children between the ages of two and eighteen: we will ask schools to highlight the consultation in their newsletters, issue a press release and publicise the consultation through the school admissions page of our website and our social media presence, we will ask the Birth to Five service to make early years settings aware of the consultation. b) other persons in the relevant area who in the opinion of the admission authority have an interest in the proposed admissions: we will email all Parish and District Councils in Lincolnshire. c) all other admission authorities within the relevant area (the "relevant area" is the whole of Lincolnshire): we will email all schools in Lincolnshire, many of which are their own admission authority. Emailing all schools in Lincolnshire will also ensure that Community and Voluntary Controlled schools can respond. d) any adjoining neighbouring local authorities where the admission authority is the local authority: we will notify all geographical neighbour local authorities by email, we will request that these local authorities draw the attention of own admission authority schools in their area to the consultation. e) in the case of schools designated with a religious character, the body or person representing the religion or religious denomination: we will email the Lincoln Diocesan Board of Education to seek their views, in particular on the Church criterion where this is operated in certain Voluntary Controlled schools.

The Council will publish the determined criteria on the Council's website by 15 March 2016. Anyone wishing to comment on these proposals can email [email protected] or write to The School Admissions Team, Room 141, County Offices, Newland, Lincoln LN1 1YQ. The Council will take account of all responses received during the consultation period and determine the criteria for these schools by 28 February 2016. The Council may decide to implement some, all or none of these proposals. The proposed changes relating to Community and Voluntary Controlled primary schools 1. To introduce eligibility for Pupil Premium as an oversubscription criterion, as permitted by the School Admissions Code 2014. 2. To change the place of the Church criterion in the order of the oversubscription criteria (where the Governing Bodies of Voluntary Controlled schools choose to operate this criterion). 3. To calculate "nearest school" and home to school distance by straight line distance. 4. To clarify the wording of the sibling criterion. 5. To cease to operate the Church criterion at Holy Trinity Primary School, Tattershall.

First proposed change: Pupil premium The reason for the proposed change is to respond to changes introduced in the School Admissions Code 2014, sections 1.39A and B. The change to the Code under discussion is this: The School Admissions Code 2014 provides freedom for admission authorities of all schools, not just academies, to give admissions priority within their oversubscription criteria to children eligible for a pupil premium. The Department for Education's explanation for making these changes was this: Ministers want to see high-performing schools admit a proportion of disadvantaged children that reflects the demographics of their local area. Disadvantaged children can lose out on a place at a good school even though it may be close by. This priority is designed to encourage disadvantaged parents to increase their ambitions and consider schools they might not otherwise. Second proposed change: the place of the Faith criterion where in use Governing bodies of Voluntary Controlled schools have delegated powers to decide whether to operate this criterion and the details of how an applicant qualifies for priority on this ground, in compliance with the School Admissions Code. At present it is possible in an oversubscribed year that children admitted on this criterion can displace local children; Lincolnshire County Council wishes to prioritise local children wherever possible. The Lincoln Diocesan Board of Education has made it clear that they prefer Voluntary Controlled schools not to operate a Faith criterion. Placing the Faith criterion, where operated, lower in the order is intended to strike a balance between the diocesan position and allowing these schools to retain this criterion as part of their identity where the Governors wish to do so. Third proposed change: measurement of distance for Community and Voluntary Controlled primary schools Faulty distance measurements cause distress to parents and children and can damage the reputations of Lincolnshire County Council and schools. If driving distance is used errors can arise from the building of new roads, which are sometimes available for the public to use before they are represented in even the most up to date mapping data. The proposed use of straight line distance is considered to be more robust because it is immune to changes in the road network. In addition a review of the pattern of oversubscription in primary schools shows more pressure on primary school places in town than rural locations. Given the County- wide demographic data and known patterns of house-building this is as expected. Where there is oversubscription very close to schools in towns the use of driving distance can produce unexpected results because of the operation of one way systems and the existence of pedestrian routes unavailable to vehicles. This carries a reputational risk to Lincolnshire County Council and schools and is potentially vulnerable to successful challenge, for example at independent school admission appeals. Walking distance is not a viable option because the necessary electronic mapping data is not available; electronic mapping is necessary for the successful and efficient operation of the coordinated arrangements for the intake year in schools. We are therefore proposing to change to straight-line distance for these primary schools both as the final ranking criterion and for the assessment of the nearest school criterion. Fourth proposed change: to re-word the definition of "sibling" for greater clarity The School Admissions Code requires that admissions arrangements are clear. We have given the proposed new definition later in this document. Fifth proposed change: to cease to operate the Faith criterion at Holy Trinity Primary School, Tattershall The school's Governors have requested this proposed change. The Governors have delegated power to apply the Council's admission arrangements, but the Council remains the admission authority and must consult on this change on the Governors' behalf. Proposed admission arrangements for Community and Voluntary Controlled primary schools for 2017 intake This policy applies for primary, infant and junior schools. The County Council has delegated to the governing bodies of individual community and controlled schools the decisions about which children to admit. Every community and controlled school must apply the County Council’s oversubscription criteria shown below. In accordance with legislation the allocation of places for children with the following will take place first; Statement of Special Educational Needs (Education Act 1996) or Education, Health and Care Plan (Children and Families Act 2014). We will then allocate remaining places in accordance with this policy. For entry into reception in September we will allocate places to parents who make an application before we consider any parent who has not made one. Attending a nursery or a pre-school does not give any priority within the oversubscription criteria for a place in a school. Parents must make a separate application for the transfer from nursery to a primary or infant school. Parents must also make a separate application for the transfer from infant to junior or primary school. The oversubscription criteria are listed in the order we apply them. Definitions of terms indicated by numbers are given separately below. 1. Looked after children and all previously looked after children (1) 2. Brother or sister attending the school at the time of application, or who will be attending the school at the expected time of admission (2). 3. Nearest School: measured by straight line distance (3). 4. Eligibility for any element of pupil premium at the time of application (4). 5. Church criterion where in operation at certain Voluntary Controlled schools (5). 6. Increasing order of straight line distance (3).

If the distance criterion is not sufficient to distinguish between two or more applicants for the last remaining place then a lottery will be drawn by an independent person, not employed by the school or working in the Local Authority Children's Service Directorate. The intended overall effect of the proposed oversubscription criteria is to maximise the likelihood that local children will gain places at their local school in an oversubscribed year; it is not possible to guarantee this however. In addition the intended effect of the proposed criteria is to maximise the likelihood that disadvantaged children would be able to attend their local school, or the school whose nursery/early years provision they attend, thus removing the barriers to attendance that might arise if children had to attend more distant schools and fostering continuity in these children's education. It is not possible to guarantee this however. (1) A 'looked after child' is a child who is (a) in the care of a local authority, or (b) being provided with accommodation by a local authority in the exercise of their social services functions (see the definition in Section 22(1) of the Children Act 1989) at the time of making an application to a school. Previously looked after children are children who were looked after, but ceased to be so because they were adopted (or became subject to a child arrangements order or special guardianship order). This includes children who were adopted under the Adoption Act 1976 (see section 12 adoption orders) and children who were adopted under the Adoption and Children's Act 2002 (see section 46 adoption orders). Child arrangements orders are defined in s.8 of the Children Act 1989, as amended by s.12 of the Children and Families Act 2014. Child arrangements orders replace residence orders and any residence order in force prior to 22 April 2014 is deemed to be a child arrangements order. 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). (2) Brother or sister attending the school at the time of application, or who will be attending the school at the expected time of admission. In all cases both children must live at the same address. We include in this criterion:

 a brother or sister who shares the same biological parents  a half-brother, half-sister or legally adopted child  a child looked after by a local authority placed in a foster family with other school age children  a stepchild

We take account of sibling links across certain infant and junior schools, these are:

Infant School Associated Junior School Holton-Le-Clay Infants' School Holton-Le-Clay Junior School Lincoln St Faith's Church of Lincoln St Faith & St Martin Church England Infant School of England Junior School Lincoln St Peter in Eastgate Lincoln Westgate Academy Church of England Infants' School Lincoln Woodlands Infant and Lincoln Birchwood Junior School Nursery School Louth Eastfield Infants' and Louth Lacey Gardens Junior Nursery School School

Twins and other siblings from a multiple birth In these cases all the children will be considered together as one application. If one or more can be admitted within the published admission number the school will be allowed to go above its admission number as necessary to admit all the children, unless this would make the class too large. The government’s school admissions code makes an exception to the infant class limit in this situation.

Brothers and sisters in the same year group Where there is only one place available in the school the children will be considered together as one application. The school will be allowed to go above its admission number as necessary to admit all the children except in cases where infant class regulations prevent this from happening. If this happens we can only legally offer one place because the government’s school admissions code makes no exception to the infant class size limit for siblings in the same year group. We will offer the parent one place for one child and a different school for the other child or children.

(3) The nearest school is found by measuring the straight line distance from your home to all schools admitting children in the relevant year group. We use the distance calculated in this way to apply the final oversubscription criterion. We measure distance electronically from the Post Office address point of the home to the Post Office address point of the school. We measure distance to three decimal places, e.g. 1.256 miles. By home we mean the address where the child lives for the majority of term time with a parent as defined in section 576 of the Education Act 1996 who has parental responsibility for the child as defined in the Children Act 1989.

Where a child lives normally during the school week with more than one parent at different addresses, the home address for the purposes of school admissions will be the one where the child spends the majority of term time. If a parent can show that their child spends an equal amount of time at both addresses during school term time, they can choose which address to use on the application.

If a parent has more than one home, we will take as the home address the address where the parent and child normally live for the majority of the school term time.

(4) The pupil premium is additional funding given to state funded schools in England according to the number of pupils who have been:

• registered for free school meals (FSM) at any point in the last 6 years • looked after by the local authority (in care) for one day or more • those who have left local authority care through adoption, or via a Special Guardianship, Residence or Child Arrangements Order Free school meal eligibility for the purpose of attracting pupil premium funding is based on family income. It does not include all other children who are eligible to receive Universal Infant Free School Meals. Parents considering claiming this priority will be able to use an Eligibility Checking Service to confirm whether they will have priority for this reason. The Eligibility Checking Service links to welfare benefits data held by Department of Work and Pensions and Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs and returns an “eligible”/”not eligible” result as to whether a parent is entitled to Free School Meals. Parents claiming priority on this ground thereby automatically give consent for Lincolnshire County Council's school admissions team to disclose pupil premium eligibility information as necessary for the purposes of a school application. The Service Premium is paid to schools for those children who: • have parent(s) who are currently serving in the UK regular armed forces; • have parent(s) who served in the UK regular armed forces at any time in the last three years; • have parent(s) who died serving in the UK regular armed forces and are in receipt of a pension under the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme or War Pension Scheme Nurseries: for admission to Community and Voluntary Controlled Primary Schools we will give priority to children eligible for the early years pupil premium, the pupil premium, or the service premium who: a) are in a nursery class which is part of the school; or b) attend a nursery that is established and run by the school. Qualifying nursery and early years facilities Nursery Classes The following Community and Voluntary Controlled Schools have Nursery classes. Children eligible for the Early Years Pupil Premium attending the school's Nursery class will have priority for admission for that reason provided parents claim this priority on their application:  Horncastle Community Primary School  Kirton Primary School  Lincoln Monks Abbey Primary School  Lincoln St Faith's Church of England Infant School  Lincoln St Peter at Gowts Church of England Primary School  Lincoln The Sir Francis Hill Community Primary School  Lincoln Woodlands Infant & Nursery School  Long Sutton Primary School  Louth Eastfield Infants' and Nursery School  Market Deeping Community Primary School  Ruskington Winchelsea Primary School  Skegness Seathorne Primary School  Spalding Monkshouse Primary School  Spalding St Paul's Community Primary and Nursery School  Stamford The Bluecoat School

Other Early Years provision Children eligible for the Early Years Pupil Premium attending the Early Years settings listed below will have priority for admission for that reason to Community and Voluntary Controlled Schools as listed, provided parents claim this priority on their application:  Binbrook Early Learners (Binbrook Primary)  Busy Bees Pre School (Normanby By Spital Primary)  Fiskerton Early Years (Fiskerton Primary)  Fledglings Preschool (Helpringham Primary)  Hedgehogs (Ingoldsby Primary)  Little Explorers (Willoughby St Helenas Primary)  Little Gems (Marton Primary School)  Little Learners (The Meadows Primary)  Little Lions Pre-School (Holbeach St Marks Primary School)  Little Sheep Marsh (Marshchapel Primary)  New Leake Primary School Preschool  Snowflakes (Billingborough Primary School)  The Orchard (Quadring Cowley & Browns Primary)

The early years pupil premium is additional funding to support disadvantaged three and four year olds in early years settings. Its aim is to close the gap between children from disadvantaged backgrounds and their peers by providing funding to early years providers to help them raise the quality of their provision. (5) The following table shows the schools where the Church criterion is in operation and gives the local details of how parents can gain priority for this reason. All those applying on this ground must complete the relevant supplementary information form. Schools will verify claims for priority on this ground by contacting the person named by parents on the form.

School Name Voluntary Controlled Schools' Church Criteria Barrowby Church of Priority will be given in the order listed to: England Primary 1. Regular worshippers at the local Parish Church of All Saints Barrowby. School 2. Regular worshippers at Barrowby Baptist Fellowship. Regular is defined as at least once a month at the place of worship for at least a year before making your application. This will be verified by a signed letter from an officiating minister at the place of worship. Baston Church of Priority will be given in the order listed to: England Primary 1. Where a child is baptised and parents are regular communicant School members of the Church of England at the Church of St John the Baptist in Baston. 2. Where a child is baptised and parents are regular communicant members of the Church of England at another local church. 3. Where a child is baptised and parents are regular communicant members of the Church of England. 4. Where a child is baptised and parents are regular worshippers at another Christian church. Actual regular communicant member means receiving communion at least monthly at the place of worship for at least a year before making your application. The evidence required in all cases is a letter from the vicar or church warden at the relevant church. Binbrook Church of Priority will be given in the order listed to: England Primary School 1. Regular worshippers at the Churches of the Binbrook Group of Parishes. 2. Regular worshippers at another Christian Church. 3. Regular worshippers at a place of worship of any of the other four world faiths (Hinduism, Islam, Judaism and Sikhism). Regular will be defined as at least once a month at the place of worship for at least a year before making your application. This will be verified by a signed letter from an officiating minister at the place of worship. Boston St Priority will be given in the order listed to: Nicholas Church of England 1. Regular worshippers at the local Parish Church of St Nicholas. Primary School 2. Regular worshippers at another Christian Church. 3. Regular worshippers at a place of worship of any of the other four world faiths (Hinduism, Islam, Judaism, Sikhism). Regular will be defined as at least once a month at the place of worship for at least a year before making your application. This will be verified by a signed letter from an officiating minister at the place of worship. Brant Broughton In Church of England Voluntary Controlled Schools, priority will be given to Church children whose parents or carers are actual communicant members of the of England and Church of England. In this case, written supporting evidence to this effect Methodist Primary from their Parish Priest will be required showing regular attendance of at School least once a month.

Furthermore, in respect of our joint foundation status, priority may also be given to children whose parents or carers are members of the Methodist Church. In this case, written supporting evidence to this effect from their Circuit Minister will be required.

In the case of more applications in this category than there are places, priority would be given to children of parents or carers who regularly attend a parish church in our school’s geographical catchment area, that is to say the parishes of Brant Broughton, Stragglethorpe, Beckingham and Carlton-le-Moorland, or who regularly, once a month attend a Methodist Chapel in the Circuit. Burgh-le-Marsh St Priority will be given in the order listed below. Regular is defined as at least monthly attendance at the place of worship Peter Regular worshippers at: for at least a year before making your application. and St Paul Church of 1. St Peter & St Paul or the local Parish Church. England Primary School 2. At another Christian Church. 3. At a place of worship of another faith. This will be confirmed by a signed letter from an officiating minister at the place of worship. Regular is defined as at least monthly attendance at the place of worship for at least a year before making your application. Caistor Church of Priority will be given in the order listed to: England and Methodist 1. Regular worshippers, at least monthly at a Church of England or Primary School Methodist Church. 2. Regular worshippers, at least monthly at another Christian church. 3. Regular worshippers, at least monthly at a place of worship of any of the other four world faiths (Hinduism, Islam, Judaism and Sikhism). Regular attendance is defined as at least monthly at the place of worship for at least a year before making your application. This must be verified by a signed letter from an officiating minister at the place of worship. Edenham Church of The school gives priority on church grounds to children who live in the England Primary Ecclesiastical parishes of Edenham ,including Grimsthorpe, Elsthorpe, School Edenham and Witham on the Hill, including Manthorpe, Toft, Lound and Witham on the Hill and meet one of these criteria :  have been baptised  or have at least one parent or guardian who attends the parish church at least three times a year  or have a parent who is on the electoral role of the parish church Children who have a parent or guardian worshipping at least three times a year in any other church also have priority under this criterion.

Evidence required; the local minister or priest will be asked by the school to confirm that at least one parent or guardian has attended worship at least three times a year if priority is claimed for this reason. The school will need to see the Certificate of Baptism if priority is claimed on this ground.

To qualify for membership of the Parish Church Electoral Role a person must be aged 16 or over and baptised in any Christian denomination and either living in the parish or regularly attending Sunday worship once a month. It is not necessary to be a communicant member of the Church of England. If you would like an application form please collect one from the parish church. Grantham St Anne's Priority will be given in the order listed to: Church of England 1. Regular worshippers at the local Parish Church of St Anne’s Church. Primary School 2. Regular worshippers at another Christian church. 3. Regular worshippers at a place of worship of any of the four world faiths (Hinduism, Islam, Judaism and Sikhism). Regular is defined as at least monthly attendance at the place of worship for at least a year before making your application. This will be verified by a signed letter from an officiating minister at the place of worship. Holbeach St Mark's Priority will be given in the order listed to: Church of England 1. Regular worshippers at the local Parish Church of St Marks C of E Primary School Holbeach St Marks. 2. Regular worshippers at another Christian church. 3. Regular worshippers at a place of worship of any of the other four world faiths (Hinduism, Islam, Judaism and Sikhism). Regular is defined as at least monthly attendance at the place of worship for at least a year before making your application. This will be verified by a signed letter from an officiating minister at the place of worship. Lincoln St Peter at Priority will be given to children whose parents or guardians regularly Gowts worship at a Christian Church. Applicants are asked to provide written Church of England evidence from their Priest or Minister at their discretion. Regular is Primary School defined as at least monthly attendance at the place of worship for at least a year before making your application. Lincoln St Peter in Priority is to be given to children whose parents are actual members of the Eastgate CofE Infant St Peter in Eastgate Church. In order to apply this criterion the Governors School require evidence of commitment of at least monthly attendance to St Peter in Eastgate church or another Christian Church for at least a year before making your application. Louth St Michael's Priority will be given to; regular worshippers at a local Christian Church Church of England which is a member of ‘Churches Together in Louth & District’. These are: Primary School St. James Parish Church, St. Michael’s & All Angels, Holy Trinity, Stewton, Welton-le-Wold and South Elkington, Louth Methodist Church, South Elkington Methodist Church, Salvation Army, Louth Christian Fellowship, Eastgate Union(URC/Baptist), St. Atelheards (Orthodox) and St. Mary’s (Catholic). Morton Church of RegularPriority wisi lldefined be giv enas atto leastchildren monthly whose attendance parents atare the re placegular of worship England forwor atsh leastippers a yearat a beforechurch makingwithin t hyoure Ri napplication.gstone and AThisvela willnd Grobe verifiedup of by (Controlled) Primary ap asignedrishes .letter Regular from is an defined officiating as at minister least monthly at the place attendance of worship. at the place School of worship for at least a year before making your application. This will be verified by a signed letter from an officiating minister at the place of worship. Ropsley Church of Priority will be given to: England Primary School Parents or carers resident in the ecclesiastical parishes of Ropsley (with Little Humby), Old Somerby (with Great Humby), Sapperton with Braceby. And, Are regular attenders (at least monthly) in the above parishes over the previous 12 months, as supported by a letter from the Rector. Scamblesby Church of Or,Priority will be given in the order listed below: England Primary 1. The child’s parents are regular worshippers in a Christian church. School 2.If, recentlyThe child moved’s paren intots are the re gparishes,ular wors hai pdifferentpers at a church,place of aswor supportedship of by a nlettery of t hfrome oth theirer fou previousr world fai tminister.hs (Hinduism, Islam, Judaism, Sikhism). Regular is defined as at least monthly attendance at the place of worship for at least a year before making your application. This will be verified by a signed letter from an officiating minister at the place of worship. Skellingthorpe St Priority will be given to regular worshippers in a Christian Church. Lawrence Church of Regular will be defined as at least once a month at the place of worship England Primary School for at least a year before making your application. This will be verified by a signed letter from an officiating minister at the place of worship.

Sutterton Fourfields Priority will be given in the order listed to: Church of England 1. Regular worshippers at the local Parish Church of Sutterton, Fosdyke, Primary School Wigtoft and Algarkirk. 2. Regular worshippers at another Christian church. 3. Regular worshippers at a place of worship of any of the other four world faiths (Hinduism, Islam, Judaism and Sikhism). Regular is defined as at least monthly attendance at the place of worship for at least a year before making your application. This will be verified by a signed letter from an officiating minister at the place of worship. Swineshead St Mary’s Priority will be given in the order listed to: Church of England 1. Regular worshippers at the local Parish Church of Swineshead. Primary School 2. Regular worshippers at another Christian church. 3. Regular worshippers at a place of worship of any of the other four world faiths (Hinduism, Islam, Judaism and Sikhism). Regular is defined as at least monthly attendance at the place of worship for at least a year before making your application. This will be verified by a signed letter from an officiating minister at the place of worship. Thorpe-on-the-Hill St Priority will be given in the order listed to: Michael's Church of 1. Regular worshippers at the local Parish Church of St Michael’s. England Primary School 2. Regular worshippers at another Christian Church. 3. Regular worshippers at a place of worship of any of the other four world faiths (Hinduism, Islam, Judaism and Sikhism). Regular is defined as at least monthly attendance at the place of worship for at least a year before making your application. This will be verified by a signed letter from an officiating minister at the place of worship. West Pinchbeck St Priority will be given in the order listed to: Bartholomew's 1. Regular worshippers at the local Parish Church of St Bartholomew’s. CE Primary 2. Regular worshippers at another Christian Church. School 3. Regular worshippers at a place of worship of any of the other four world faiths (Hinduism, Islam, Judaism and Sikhism). Regular is defined as at least monthly attendance at the place of worship for at least a year before making your application. This will be verified by a signed letter from an officiating minister at the place of worship.

Reserve List For admission into the intake years (reception at infant and primary schools, year 3 at junior schools) the governors will keep a waiting list which we call a reserve list. If your child is refused a place at a school your child is automatically put on the reserve list, unless you have been offered a higher preference school. This list is in the order of the oversubscription criteria, as required by the School Admissions Code. This means that names can move down the list if someone moves into the area and is higher placed on the oversubscription criteria. The governors do not take account of the time you have been on the list.

For intake years the list is kept by the School Admissions Team until the end of August each year. After this the School Admissions Code requires that schools keep the reserve list until the end of the autumn term and possibly longer, you should contact the school for information about the reserve list.

Schools are not required to keep any lists for any other year groups. If you wish your child to join the school at other times you can ask the school if the governors keep a reserve list. If they do it will be kept in the order of the oversubscription criteria. The governors do not take account of the time you have been on the list. Appeals The procedures for appeals relating to admissions will be in accordance with all relevant legislation. They are independent and organised by the County Council Legal Services Section and entirely separate from the admission system. The decision of the independent appeal panel is binding on all parties.

Midyear Admissions The governors will accept admissions into other year groups unless this would cause an infant class to be unlawfully large or prejudice to the provision of efficient education or the efficient use of resources. If there are more applications than places then the oversubscription criteria will be used to decide who should be offered the place. If there are no places then you will be told of the independent appeal system. Parents can apply online at www.lincolnshire.gov.uk/schooladmissions

Fair Access Local Authorities are required to have Fair Access Protocols in order to make sure that unplaced children who live in the home local authority, especially the most vulnerable, are offered a place at a suitable school as quickly as possible. This includes admitting children above the published admissions number to schools that are already full.

Children of UK Service Personnel (UK Armed Forces) In order to meet the government’s military covenant aimed at helping UK service personnel, and Crown Servants returning from abroad we have adopted the following arrangements.

For families of service personnel with a confirmed posting to the area, or crown servants returning to live in the area from overseas, the Governors will:

 Process an application in advance of the family arriving in the area provided the application is accompanied by an official letter that declares a relocation date and a Unit postal address or quartering area address. This address will be used when considering the application against the school's oversubscription criteria.  Accept a Unit postal address or quartering area address for admissions purposes for a service child.

The Governors will not refuse a service child a place because the family does not currently live in the area.

For late co‐ordinated applications and midyear applications supported by the appropriate military documentation we will aim to remove any disadvantage to UK service personnel (UK Armed Forces).

The school's Governors will consider whether:

 An application from that address would normally succeed in an oversubscribed year.  There is any child on the reserve list with higher priority under the oversubscription criteria.  The prejudice from admitting an extra child would be excessive.

The Governors have discretion to admit above the admission number in these circumstances if they wish, but are not obliged to do so.

We will need the notice of posting or official government letter and posting address before we can consider an application under these arrangements. We allocate a school as soon as possible by applying the policies and practices that we normally follow.

Fraudulent or Misleading Applications As an admission authority we have the right to investigate any concerns we may have about your application and to withdraw the offer of a place if we consider there is evidence that you have made a fraudulent claim or provided misleading information, for example a false address was given which denied a place to a child with a stronger claim.

We reserve the right to check any address and other information provided so we can apply the oversubscription criteria accurately and fairly.

Admission of Children below Compulsory School Age Community and Voluntary Controlled Schools provide for the admission of all children in the September following their fourth birthday.

Where a child has been offered a place:  That child is entitled to a full-time place in the September following their fourth birthday;  The child’s parents can defer the date their child is admitted to the school until later in the school year but not beyond the point at which they reach compulsory school age and not beyond the beginning of the final term of the school year for which it was made, whichever is the sooner;  Where the parents wish, children may attend part-time until later in the school year but not beyond the point at which they reach compulsory school age.  Parents interested in deferring admission or arranging part-time attendance must contact the school to discuss this.  Parents of summer born children deferring admission until the child starts Year 1 risk losing the offered school place.

Admission of Children outside their Normal Age Group Parents may seek a place for their child outside their normal age group, for example if the child is gifted and talented, or has experienced problems such as ill health. Parents wishing to make these requests must contact their home local authority for guidance on the procedure to follow.

It is important for parents to note that they will have the opportunity and responsibility to provide whatever evidence they wish to support their request.

Decisions will be made on the basis of the circumstances of each case and in the best interests of the child concerned. This will include taking account of:  the parent’s views;  any available information about the child’s academic, social and emotional development;  where relevant, their medical history and the views of a medical professional;  whether they have previously been educated out of their normal age group;  any evidence that the child may naturally have fallen into a lower age group if it were not for being born prematurely  the views of the head teacher

Published Admission Numbers for Community and Voluntary Controlled Primary Schools The School Admissions Code only requires consultation where it is proposed to reduce a school's published admission number. There is no proposal to do this for any Community or Voluntary Controlled school.

School PAN Alford Primary School 60 Allington with Sedgebrook Church of England Primary School 16 Ancaster Church of England Primary School 25 Bardney Church of England and Methodist Primary School 20 Barrowby Church of England Primary School 34 Bassingham Primary School 30 Baston Church of England Primary School 25 Billingborough Primary School 20 Billinghay Church of England Primary School 25 Binbrook Church of England Primary School 15 Boston Hawthorn Tree School 60 Boston Saint Thomas' Church of England Primary School 60 Boston St Nicholas Church of England Primary School 30 Branston Church of England Infant School 40 Brant Broughton Church of England and Methodist Primary 15 School Bucknall Primary School 8 Burgh-le-Marsh St Peter and St Paul Church of England Primary 30 School Bythams Primary School 12 Caistor Church of England and Methodist Primary School 45 Caythorpe Primary School 20 Cherry Willingham Primary School 45 Claypole Church of England Primary School 25 Coleby Church of England Primary School 12 Colsterworth Church of England Primary School 25 Coningsby St Michael's Church of England Primary School 60 Corby Glen Community Primary School 20 Corringham Church of England (Voluntary Controlled) Primary 12 School Crowland South View Community Primary School 60 Deeping St James Community Primary School 30 Deeping St James Linchfield Community Primary School 60 Deeping St Nicholas Primary School 10 Denton Church of England School 10 Digby Church of England School 15 Digby The Tedder Primary School 15 Donington Cowley Endowed Primary School 35 Donington-on-Bain School 15 Dunholme St Chad's Church of England Primary School 30 Dunston St Peter's Church of England Primary School 15 Eagle Community Primary School 12 Edenham Church of England School 17 Faldingworth Community Primary School 10 Fiskerton Church of England Primary School 12 Fleet Wood Lane School 25 Frithville Primary School 10 Fulstow Community Primary School 10 Gainsborough Charles Baines Community Primary School 30 Gainsborough St George's CE Community Primary School 30 Gedney Church End Primary School 15 Gedney Drove End School 10 Gedney Hill Church of England (Controlled) Primary School 15 Gosberton Clough and Risegate Community Primary School 13 Grainthorpe Primary School 10 Grantham Belmont Community Primary School 30 Grantham Belton Lane Community Primary School 45 Grantham Cliffedale Primary School 45 Grantham Gonerby Hill Foot Church of England Primary School 50 Grantham St Anne's Church of England Primary School 30 Grasby All Saints Church of England Primary School 15 Great Steeping Primary School 16 Hackthorn Church of England Primary School 8 Halton Holegate Church of England Primary School 10 Harlaxton Church of England Primary School 30 Heckington St Andrew's Church of England Primary School 30 Helpringham Primary School 25 Hemswell Cliff Primary School 15 Holbeach Bank Primary School 15 Holbeach St Mark's Church of England Primary School 10 Holton-le-Clay Infants' School 45 Holton-le-Clay Junior School 45 Horncastle Community Primary School 80 Ingham Primary School 17 Kelsey Primary School 15 Kirton Primary School 90 Langtoft Primary School 30 Leasingham St Andrew's Church of England Primary School 30 Legbourne East Wold Church of England Primary School 17 Legsby Primary School 10 Lincoln Birchwood Junior School 90 Lincoln Leslie Manser Primary School 40 Lincoln Monks Abbey Primary School 60 Lincoln St Faith & St Martin Church of England Junior School 60 Lincoln St Faith's Church of England Infant School 90 Lincoln St Peter at Gowts Church of England Primary School 30 Lincoln St Peter in Eastgate Church of England (Controlled) 30 Infants' School Lincoln The Meadows Primary School 60 Lincoln The Sir Francis Hill Community Primary School 90 Lincoln Woodlands Infant and Nursery School 60 Long Sutton Primary School 56 Louth Eastfield Infants' and Nursery School 90 Louth St Michael's Church of England Primary School 45 Lutton St Nicholas Primary School 15 Mareham-le-Fen Church of England Primary School 15 Market Deeping Community Primary School 30 Market Rasen Church of England Primary School 45 Marshchapel Primary School 8 Martin Mrs Mary King's Church of England (Controlled) Primary 15 School Marton Primary School 15 Metheringham Primary School 40 Middle Rasen Primary School 15 Morton Church of England (Controlled) Primary School 25 Morton Trentside Primary School 30 Moulton Chapel Primary School 10 Moulton The John Harrox Primary School 40 Navenby Church of England Primary School 30 Nettleton Community Primary School 10 New Leake Primary School 8 New York Primary School 8 Newton on Trent Church of England Primary School 10 Nocton Community School 15 Normanby-by-Spital Primary School 12 North Cockerington Church of England Primary School 12 North Cotes Church of England Primary School 11 North Hykeham All Saints Church of England Primary School 30 North Scarle Primary School 10 Osbournby Primary School 15 Osgodby Primary School 15 Pinchbeck East Church of England Primary School 60 Potterhanworth Church of England Primary School 15 Quadring Cowley and Brown's Primary School 16 Reepham Church of England Primary School 25 Ropsley Church of England Primary School 15 Ruskington Winchelsea Primary School 30 Saltfleetby Church of England Primary School 8 Saxilby Church of England Primary School 50 Scamblesby Church of England Primary School 10 Scampton Church of England Primary School 13 Scampton Pollyplatt Primary School 30 Scotter Primary School 40 Shepeau Stow Primary School 15 Sibsey Free Primary School 25 Skegness Seathorne Primary School 60 Skegness The Richmond School 60 Skellingthorpe St Lawrence Church of England Primary School 30 Skellingthorpe The Holt Primary School 30 Sleaford Church Lane Primary School and Nursery 30 Sleaford St Botolph's Church of England School 60 South Hykeham Community Primary School 20 South Witham Community Primary School 15 Spalding Monkshouse Primary School 60 Spalding St Paul's Community Primary and Nursery School 30 Spilsby Primary School 30 Stamford The Bluecoat School 30 Stickney Church of England Primary School 30 Sturton by Stow Primary School 30 Surfleet Primary School 15 Sutterton Fourfields Church of England School 20 Sutton Bridge Westmere Community Primary School 45 Sutton St James Community Primary School 20 Sutton-on-Sea Community Primary School 30 Swinderby All Saints Church of England Primary School 15 Swineshead St Mary's Church of England Primary School 40 Tattershall Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School 20 Tattershall Primary School 20 Tealby School 10 Tetford The Edward Richardson Primary School 17 Tetney Primary School 20 Theddlethorpe Primary School 15 Thorpe-on-the-Hill St Michael's Church of England Primary 22 School Thurlby Community Primary School 30 Toynton All Saints Primary School 15 Uffington Church of England Primary School 15 Waddingham Primary School 15 Waddington All Saints Primary School 60 Waddington Redwood Primary School 45 Walcott Primary School 12 Welbourn Church of England Primary School 10 West Pinchbeck St Bartholomew's CE Primary School 15 Weston Hills Church of England Primary School 20 Whaplode Church of England Primary School 28 Willoughby St Helena's Church of England Primary School 15 Willoughton Primary School 10 Withern St Margaret's Church of England School 10 Wragby Primary School 25

Secondary schools Lincolnshire County Council is the admission authority for Queen Elizabeth's High School, Gainsborough and Spalding High School. The Governing Bodies of these schools prefer to retain driving distance because of the local geography and because experience has shown this measure to be robust in their areas. In these schools the last place offered on distance is typically at least 10 miles from the school so there is little risk of unexpected rankings based on a driving distance measurement. We are proposing to introduce consideration of eligibility for Pupil Premium as part of the oversubscription criteria for these schools as now permitted by the School Admissions Code. In our view this will maximise the possibility that disadvantaged children who qualify in the 11+ tests will be able to attend these schools, it is not possible to guarantee this however. We are also proposing to change the wording of the "sibling" criterion for greater clarity. The Code requires that admission arrangements are clear and easy to understand. The Council may determine to implement some, all or none of these proposals. We have given the proposed oversubscription criteria for these schools below. In both cases all children must achieve the qualifying standard in the 11+ tests. The Governors of both schools will refuse places to children who do not achieve the qualifying standard. As required by law these schools will first admit 11+ qualified children with statements or Education Health Care Plans naming the school. In our view the effect of the proposed oversubscription criteria would be to maximise the possibility that disadvantaged children who qualify in the 11+ would be able to attend Queen Elizabeth's High School or Spalding High School wherever they live. It is not possible to guarantee this however. Both of these schools have Sixth Forms; we have not included these arrangements in the consultation as we do not wish to change them. The arrangements for Sixth Form admissions at these schools are available on our website and on the schools' websites. Proposed admission arrangements for Queen Elizabeth's High School, Gainsborough Queen Elizabeth's High School is a mixed grammar school, with a mixed sixth form. Lincolnshire County Council is the Admission Authority. The County Council has delegated to the governing body the decision about which children to admit. Queen Elizabeth's High School will apply the oversubscription criteria shown below.

For a child to be eligible for a place they must be of the required academic ability.

In common with the majority of grammar schools in Lincolnshire the school requires children to reach a common qualifying standard. For entry into Year 7 this is an aggregate standardised score of 220 in a verbal reasoning test and a non-verbal reasoning test.

This standard is intended to identify the top 25% of children by ability in areas of Lincolnshire served by a grammar school. This means the percentage pass rate may vary from one area to another and from one year to another, depending on the abilities of the children in a local area in any one year.

Children who do not achieve the qualifying standard cannot take the tests again until the second half of the summer term in Year 7.

The Published admission number for entry to Year 7 is 180. This limit applies also to Years 8 to 11. In the event of the school being oversubscribed by applications from qualified children, places will be allocated using the oversubscription criteria listed below, which are listed in order. A. The child is in the care of the local authority or had previously been in care (1). B. Children with a brother or sister on roll at Queen Elizabeth's High School at the time of application or who will be attending the school at the expected time of admission (2). C. Children of staff employed at the school (3). D. The school is 9 miles or less from the child's home address by driving distance (4).

 If there is oversubscription within this criterion priority will be given first to children eligible at the time of application for any element of Pupil Premium (5) (ranked by driving distance if necessary) and then in increasing order of driving distance.

 If two or more children in this criterion are tied for the last place the following tiebreakers will be used in the order given until the tie is resolved; o 11+ score, with the child achieving the highest aggregate standardised score being awarded the place;

o The child living closest to the school by straight-line distance (6) being awarded the place;

o Random allocation. A lottery will be drawn by an independent person, not employed by the school or working in Children's Service Directorate at the local authority. E. The school is more than 9 miles from the child's home address by driving distance.

 If there is oversubscription within this criterion children eligible for any element of Pupil Premium will be admitted first, ranked by their aggregate standardised 11+ score in decreasing order, with the highest score being awarded a place first. All other applicants falling into this criterion will be ranked by their aggregate standardised 11+ score in decreasing order, with the highest score being awarded a place first.

 If two or more children in this criterion are tied for the last place the following tiebreakers will be used in the order given until the tie is resolved;

o The child living closest to the school by driving distance being awarded the place;

o The child living closest to the school by straight-line distance being awarded the place;

o Random allocation. A lottery will be drawn by an independent person, not employed by the school or working in Children's Service Directorate at the local authority. Definitions and Notes (1) Children in Care: A 'looked after child' is a child who is (a) in the care of a local authority, or (b) being provided with accommodation by a local authority in the exercise of their social services functions (see the definition in Section 22(1) of the Children Act 1989) at the time of making an application to a school. Previously looked after children are children who were looked after, but ceased to be so because they were adopted (or became subject to a child arrangements order or special guardianship order). This includes children who were adopted under the Adoption Act 1976 (see section 12 adoption orders) and children who were adopted under the Adoption and Children's Act 2002 (see section 46 adoption orders). Child arrangements orders are defined in s.8 of the Children Act 1989, as amended by s.12 of the Children and Families Act 2014. Child arrangements orders replace residence orders and any residence order in force prior to 22 April 2014 is deemed to be a child arrangements order. 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). (2) Brother or sister attending the school at the time of application, or who will be attending the school at the expected time of admission. In all cases both children must live at the same address. We include in this criterion:

Twins, other siblings from a multiple birth and siblings in the same year group In these cases all the children will be considered together as one application. If one or more can be admitted within the published admission number the school will be allowed to go above its admission number as necessary to admit all the children, unless this would prejudice the provision of efficient education or the efficient use of resources.

(3) Children of staff at the school where the member of staff has been employed at the school for two or more years at the time of application, or where the member of staff is recruited to fill a vacant post for which there is a demonstrable skill shortage. Criterion D, Local Children: 'Local children' are defined as those whose home address is 9 miles or less from the school. For a child's home address to qualify as "local" both of the following must be met:

 The child's home address must meet the definition below.

 The school must be 9 miles or less from the child's home address by driving distance. (4) The driving distance is calculated by measuring the shortest route along public highways from the post office address point of the child's home to the post office address point of the school. Measurements are made to a maximum of three figures after the decimal point. Children who do not meet this definition are not classed as 'local children' and will be considered under point E of the oversubscription criteria. (5) The pupil premium is additional funding given to state funded schools in England according to the number of pupils who have been:

 registered for free school meals (FSM) at any point in the last 6 years  looked after by the local authority (in care) for one day or more  those who have left local authority care through adoption, or via a Special Guardianship, Residence or Child Arrangements Order

Free school meal eligibility for the purpose of attracting pupil premium funding is based on family income. Parents considering claiming this priority will be able to use an Eligibility Checking Service to confirm whether they will have priority for this reason. The Eligibility Checking Service links to welfare benefits data held by Department of Work and Pensions and Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs and returns an “eligible”/”not eligible” result as to whether a parent is entitled to Free School Meals. Parents claiming priority on this ground thereby automatically give consent for Lincolnshire County Council's school admissions team to disclose pupil premium eligibility information as necessary for the purposes of a school application. The Service Premium is paid to schools for those children who:

• have parent(s) who are currently serving in the UK regular armed forces; • have parent(s) who served in the UK regular armed forces at any time in the last three years; have parent(s) who died serving in the UK regular armed forces and are in receipt of a pension under the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme or War Pension Scheme Home Address: by home we mean the address where the child lives for the majority of term time with a parent as defined in section 576 of the Education Act 1996 who has parental responsibility for the child as defined in the Children Act 1989. Where a child lives normally during the school week with more than one parent at different addresses, the home address for the purposes of school admissions will be the one where the child spends the majority of term time. If a parent can show that their child spends an equal amount of time at both addresses during school term time, they can choose which address to use on the application. If a parent has more than one home, we will take as the home address the address where the parent and child normally live for the majority of the school term time. (6) Straight-line distance is calculated by measuring from the post office address point of the child's home to the post office address point of the school. Straight-line distance is also referred to 'as the crow flies'. Measurements are made in miles to a maximum of three figures after the decimal point. Reserve Lists For admission into Year 7 the governors will keep a waiting list which we call a reserve list. If a child has met the required standard in the 11+ and is offered a place at a school named as a lower preference than Queen Elizabeth's High School they will be automatically placed on the reserve list. A child cannot be placed on the reserve list if they have not met the required standard in the 11+. The reserve list is in the order of the oversubscription criteria. Names can move down the list if someone applies for a place and is higher placed on the oversubscription criteria. The list is kept by the School Admissions Team until the end of the coordinated admission round in August each year. After this Queen Elizabeth's High School will keep the reserve list until the end of the academic year. If your child is of the required ability and you wish them to join the school in another year group, you can request your child be added to the reserve list (it is unusual for the school to have places available in any year group) by contacting Queen Elizabeth's High School direct. The reserve list will be kept in the order of the oversubscription criteria. The time you have been on the list is not taken into account. The reserve lists are cleared at the end of each academic year in Years 7 to 9 and at the end of December for Year 10. If would like your child to be placed on the reserve list for the following academic year please contact Queen Elizabeth's High School. A reserve list is not kept for Year 11. Appeals For entry into Years 7 to 11 at a grammar school, a parent has the right to appeal if a place is not offered due to; non-qualification, oversubscription or both. If a child has not met the required standard in the entrance examinations, there is only a right of appeal if Queen Elizabeth's High School has been expressed as a preference. For Sixth Form entry, a student who is not offered a place, or the parent, has the right of appeal to an independent appeal panel. There is no right to appeal for a particular course but only where there has been a refusal to the Sixth Form. The procedures for appeals relating to admissions will be in accordance with all relevant legislation. They are independent and organised by the County Council Legal Services Section and entirely separate from the admission system. The decision of the independent appeal panel is binding on all parties. Fraudulent or Misleading Applications The Admission Authority and Queen Elizabeth's High School have the right to investigate any concerns they may have about your application. If it is considered there is evidence that an applicant has made a fraudulent claim or provided misleading information, the Admission Authority has the right to withdraw an offer of a school place. For example, if a false home address has been given for a child, which denied a place to a child with a stronger claim. The Admission Authority and Queen Elizabeth's High School reserve the right to check any address and other information provided so we can apply the oversubscription criteria accurately and fairly. Fair Access Protocol Local Authorities are required to have Fair Access Protocols in order to make sure that unplaced children who live in the home local authority, especially the most vulnerable, are offered a place at a suitable school as quickly as possible. This includes admitting children above the published admissions number to schools that are already full. Children of UK Service Personnel (UK Armed Forces)

In order to meet the government’s military covenant aimed at helping UK service personnel, and Crown Servants returning from abroad we have adopted the following arrangements.

For families of service personnel with a confirmed posting to the area, or crown servants returning to live in the area from overseas, the Governors will:

The Governors will not refuse a service child a place because the family does not currently live in the area.

For late co‐ordinated applications and midyear applications supported by the appropriate military documentation we will aim to remove any disadvantage to UK service personnel (UK Armed Forces).

The school's Governors will consider whether:

The Governors have discretion to admit above the admission number in these circumstances if they wish, but are not obliged to do so.

Midyear Admission

For entry other than at the beginning of Year 7 children will be required to take entrance examinations to ensure that they are of the academic ability for the relevant year group at Queen Elizabeth's High School. These examinations will determine whether the child is at least of the minimum ability for the relevant year group. The examinations will test a student’s verbal reasoning and non-verbal reasoning. Parents who wish their child to take this test should contact the school direct. A child taking the test is not considered as an application for the school and a formal application must be made. For a midyear place, including the Year 7 that has commenced, an application can be made online at www.lincolnshire.gov.uk/schooladmissions or on the midyear application form. Applications are usually made through the child's home local authority. Lincolnshire residents should contact Lincolnshire County Council for an application. Applications can be made directly through Lincolnshire by out of county residents if their home local authorities do not co-ordinate this process. Admission of Children Outside their Normal Age Group Parents may seek a place for their child outside of their normal age group, for example, if the child is gifted and talented or has experienced problems such as ill health. Parents wishing to make these requests must contact their home local authority for guidance on the procedure to follow. It is important for parents to note that they will have the opportunity and responsibility to provide whatever evidence they wish to support their request. Decisions will be made on the basis of the circumstances of each case and in the best interests of the child concerned, this will include taking account of:

 the parent’s views;  any available information about the child’s academic, social and emotional development;  where relevant, their medical history and the views of a medical professional;  whether they have previously been educated out of their normal age group;  any evidence that the child may naturally have fallen into a lower age group if it were not for being born prematurely  the views of the head teacher Proposed admission arrangements for Spalding High School Spalding High School is a girls' grammar school, with a mixed sixth form. Lincolnshire County Council is the Admission Authority. The County Council has delegated to the governing body the decision about which children to admit. Spalding High School will apply the oversubscription criteria shown below.

For a child to be eligible for a place at Spalding High School they must be of the required academic ability.

Published Admission Number

The published admission number for Year 7 is 150. This limit applies also to years 8 to 11.

Admission into Year 7

For entry into Year 7 the school determines a child's academic ability for admission by their performance in the Lincolnshire Consortium of Grammar Schools' 11+ examinations. Information regarding the Consortium can be found at www.grammarschools.lincs.sch.uk .

In order for a child to sit the 11+ examinations a registration form must be completed. These are sent to Lincolnshire feeder primary schools in January when children are in Year 5 and should be returned to the primary school by the deadline date on the form.

Alternatively, the Registration Form can be downloaded from the Spalding High School website and returned to Spalding High School.

Further details regarding test dates and practice papers will be sent once a child is registered.

It is imperative, that parents wishing their daughters to sit the 11+ examination complete and return the registration form.

The tests take place in September when the children are in year 6.

Spalding High School sends the result of the 11+ to parents at the beginning of October. A child taking the 11+ is not considered as an application for the school and a formal application must be made.

Children who do not achieve the qualifying standard cannot take the tests again until the second half of the summer term in Year 7.

Arrangements for applications for places in Year 7, for September entry, at Spalding High School are in accordance with Lincolnshire County Council's coordinated admission arrangements. Parents resident in Lincolnshire can apply online at www.lincolnshire.gov.uk/schooladmissions, parents resident in other areas must apply through their home local authority. A child's home Local Authority will notify the parent of the outcome of their application in the March preceding entry. Admission into Years 8 to 11

For entry into Years 8 to 11 children will be required to take entrance examinations to ensure that they are of the academic ability for the relevant year group at Spalding High School. These examinations will determine whether the child is at least of the minimum ability for the relevant year group. The examinations will test a student’s verbal reasoning, non-verbal reasoning and quantitative knowledge. Parents who wish their child to take this test should contact Spalding High School direct. A child taking the test is not considered as an application for the school and a formal application must be made. For a midyear place, including the Year 7 that has commenced, an application can be made online at www.lincolnshire.gov.uk/schooladmissions or on the midyear application form. Applications are usually made through the child's home local authority. Lincolnshire residents should contact Lincolnshire County Council for an application. Applications can be made directly through Lincolnshire by out of county residents if their home local authorities do not co-ordinate this process. Oversubscription Criteria For entry into Years 7 to 11 children who would like a place at Spalding High School must firstly have qualified under the testing arrangements. In accordance with legislation the allocation of places for children with the following will take place first; Statement of Special Educational Needs (Education Act 1996) or Education, Health and Care Plan (Children and Families Act 2014). Remaining places will be allocated in accordance with this policy. For entry into Year 7 in September places will be allocated to parents who return an application before we consider any parent who has not returned one. The oversubscription criteria are listed in order we apply them. In the event of the school being oversubscribed by qualified children, places will be allocated using the oversubscription criteria listed below, which are listed in order. 1. Looked after children and all previously looked after children (1). 2. Brother or sister attending the school at the time of application, or who will be attending the school at the expected time of admission (2). 3. Children eligible at the time of application for any element of Pupil Premium (3). 4. Increasing order of driving distance (4). If the distance criterion is not sufficient to distinguish between two or more applicants for the last remaining place then a lottery will be drawn by an independent person, not employed by the school or working in the Local Authority Children's Service Directorate. (1) A 'looked after child' is a child who is (a) in the care of a local authority, or (b) being provided with accommodation by a local authority in the exercise of their social services functions (see the definition in Section 22(1) of the Children Act 1989) at the time of making an application to a school. Previously looked after children are children who were looked after, but ceased to be so because they were adopted (or became subject to a child arrangements order or special guardianship order). This includes children who were adopted under the Adoption Act 1976 (see section 12 adoption orders) and children who were adopted under the Adoption and Children's Act 2002 (see section 46 adoption orders). Child arrangements orders are defined in s.8 of the Children Act 1989, as amended by s.12 of the Children and Families Act 2014. Child arrangements orders replace residence orders and any residence order in force prior to 22 April 2014 is deemed to be a child arrangements order. 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). (2) Brother or sister attending the school at the time of application, or who will be attending the school at the expected time of admission. In all cases both children must live at the same address. We include in this criterion:

(3) The pupil premium is additional funding given to state funded schools in England according to the number of pupils who have been:

• have parent(s) who are currently serving in the UK regular armed forces; • have parent(s) who served in the UK regular armed forces at any time in the last three years; • have parent(s) who died serving in the UK regular armed forces and are in receipt of a pension under the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme or War Pension Scheme (4) We measure distance electronically from the Post Office address point of the home to the Post Office address point of the school. We measure distance to three decimal places, e.g. 1.256 miles. By home we mean the address where the child lives for the majority of term time with a parent as defined in section 576 of the Education Act 1996 who has parental responsibility for the child as defined in the Children Act 1989.

If a parent has more than one home, we will take as the home address the address where the parent and child normally live for the majority of the school term time.

Reserve Lists For admission into Year 7 the governors will keep a waiting list which we call a reserve list.

If a child has met the required standard in the 11+ and is offered a place at a school named as a lower preference than Spalding High School they will be automatically placed on the reserve list. A child cannot be placed on the reserve list if they have not met the required standard in the 11+. The reserve list is in the order of the oversubscription criteria. Names can move down the list if someone applies for a place and is higher placed on the oversubscription criteria. The list is kept by the Schools Admission Team until the end of the coordinated admission round in August each year. After, Spalding High School will keep the reserve list until the end of the academic year.

If your child is of the required ability and you wish them to join the school in another year group, you can request your child be added to the reserve list by contacting Spalding High School direct. The reserve list will be kept in the order of the oversubscription criteria. The time you have been on the list is not taken into account.

The reserve lists are cleared at the end of each academic year in Year 7 to 9 and at the end of December for Year 10. If would like your child to be placed on the reserve list for the following academic year please contact Spalding High School. A reserve list is not kept for Year 11.

Appeals For entry into Years 7 to 11 at a grammar school, a parent has the right to appeal if a place is not offered due to; non-qualification, oversubscription or both. If a child has not met the required standard in the entrance examinations, there is only a right of appeal if Spalding High School has been expressed as a preference.

The procedures for appeals relating to admissions will be in accordance with all relevant legislation. They are independent and organised by the County Council Legal Services Section and entirely separate from the admission system. The decision of the independent appeal panel is binding on all parties.

Further information on appealing can be found at www.lincolnshire.gov.uk/schooladmissions .

Fraudulent or Misleading Applications The Admission Authority and Spalding High School have the right to investigate any concerns they may have about your application. If it is considered there is evidence than an applicant has made a fraudulent claim or provided misleading information, the Admission Authority has the right to withdraw an offer of a school place. For example, if a false home address has been given for a child, which denied a place to a child with a stronger claim.

The Admission Authority and Spalding High School reserve the right to check any address and other information provided so we can apply the oversubscription criteria accurately and fairly.

Fair Access Protocol Local Authorities are required to have Fair Access Protocols in order to make sure that unplaced children who live in the home local authority, especially the most vulnerable, are offered a place at a suitable school as quickly as possible. This includes admitting children above the published admissions number to schools that are already full.

Children of UK Service Personnel (UK Armed Forces)

In order to meet the government’s military covenant aimed at helping UK service personnel, and Crown Servants returning from abroad we have adopted the following arrangements.

For families of service personnel with a confirmed posting to the area, or crown servants returning to live in the area from overseas, the Governors will:

The Governors will not refuse a service child a place because the family does not currently live in the area.

For late co‐ordinated applications and midyear applications supported by the appropriate military documentation we will aim to remove any disadvantage to UK service personnel (UK Armed Forces).

The school's Governors will consider whether:

The Governors have discretion to admit above the admission number in these circumstances if they wish, but are not obliged to do so.

Admission of Children Outside their Normal Age Group Parents may seek a place for their child outside of their normal age group, for example, if the child is gifted and talented or has experienced problems such as ill health. Parents wishing to make these requests must contact their home local authority for guidance on the procedure to follow. It is important for parents to note that they will have the opportunity and responsibility to provide whatever evidence they wish to support their request. Decisions will be made on the basis of the circumstances of each case and in the best interests of the child concerned, this will include taking account of: