Detailed Guide to Secondary Schools in Norfolk 2020/21
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Secondary schools in Norfolk 2020/21 PLEASE NOTE: This booklet seeks to display the appropriate admission policies for all schools, however, the legally binding arrangements for own admission authority schools are those stated in the individual school brochures. Amendment schedule Date Change Initials Guide to Admission Terms This booklet gives information on our secondary schools in Norfolk. Schools are listed in alphabetical order. For each school you will find the address, contact details and the name of the headteacher. Please refer to “Parent guide to admission to schools in Norfolk 2020 “booklet for full information about the admissions process. The booklet can be found on the Norfolk County Council website at www/norfolk.gov.uk/admissions. Education Health and Care Plans (EHCP)/Statements of Special Educational Needs Where a child's EHCP/Statement of Special Educational Needs names a specific school the school must admit the child regardless of whether the school has a place available. The over subscription rules for most schools include children with EHCPs/statements as the first priority to help parents understand that children with Plans have the highest priority legally. For these schools the remaining list of rules are used to prioritise applications if the school is over subscribed. Children in Public Care and Looked After Children In oversubscription rules "children in public care" and "looked after children" are defined as looked after children and previously looked after children. Previously looked after children are children who were looked after and ceased to be so because they were adopted or became subject to a Residence Order or Special Guardianship Order. Some schools may give priority to children adopted from abroad but please check the individual rules for the school(s) you are applying for. Distance Distance will be measured on a straight line 'crow flies' basis using Ordnance Survey data. The measurement will be taken from the Post Office postcode address point on the child's home to the Post Office postcode address point on the school. Siblings In the oversubscription rules ‘brother’ or ‘sister’ means: brothers or sisters living at the same address including adopted children, step-brothers, step-sisters and children in foster care within a family unit. Some admission authority schools may have a different definition. See the individual school admission policy for details. Only siblings attending school at the time of your child's proposed admission will be given a higher priority in the oversubscription rules. Children of Staff at the School Admission authorities may give priority in their oversubscription criteria to children of staff at the school in either or both of the following circumstances: a) where the member of staff has been employed at the school for two or more years at the time at which the application for admission to the school is made, and/or b) the member of staff is recruited to fill a vacant post for which there is a demonstrable skill shortage Feeder school. Feeder school priority will only apply in the first year of entry to the school and does not apply to in year admissions. Random Allocation Where random allocation is used to determine the allocation of school, applicants will have their names drawn by lots to see who should be offered the place(s). There will be an independent scrutiny of the random allocation process. Children due to transfer Pupils transfer to secondary education from primary schools or junior schools at 11+. Secondary schools are for 11 to 16 year olds or 11-18 year olds if the school has a sixth form. Any parent seeking a place for their child out of their chronological age group will need to apply in writing to the Local Authority. The admission authority for the school must consider the circumstances of each case. Where the application is accepted the child will be considered alongside all other applicants. Where the application is refused the parent will be offered the right of appeal unless a place can be offered in another year group. The information in this booklet contains Number on roll in May 2019: this is a guide to the present size of the school which is unlikely to change much by September 2020 First year maximum intake 2020/21: this gives the number of children the admissions authority has agreed to admit in the admission round for September 2020 The rules which apply if there are more applications than available places at each school is also provided. Whether the school was oversubscribed in September 2019 Acle Academy Published Secondary School Admission 142 Catchment Area : Limit : South Walsham Road, Acle, Norwich, 01493- Address : Phone : NR13 3ER 750431 No. on Roll: Website : www.acle.norfolk.sch.uk 474 May 2019 Email : [email protected] Age range: 11-16 Academy Headteacher : Mrs Helen Watts School status : Converter • Cantley Primary School • Freethorpe Community Primary School • Reedham Primary School • Acle St Edmund C Of E Primary School Feeds from : • Fleggburgh CE VC Primary Feeds to : School • Fairhaven CE VA Primary School • Lingwood Primary Academy See 'Where I live' or telephone 0344 School over- Catchment area 800 8020 for confirmation of your subscription in NO : catchment school(s) September 2019 : Admissions Policy Where applications for admission exceed the number of places available, the following criteria will be applied in the order set out below: 1.A student who holds a statement of Special Education Needs and the school is named under Part 4 of the statement. 2.A student who is in the care of the local authority or provided with accommodation by that authority, being designated a looked after child 3.The student is in the relevant age group which normally transfers from primary to secondary school and is living within the parishes served by the school first priority being given to siblings at the time of application. 4.Where (at the point of transfer) a student has a brother or sister currently attending the school, who is living at the same address. 5.Students of the appropriate age group living outside the designated catchment area, but attending a primary school within the designated catchment area (as defined under 3 above, but living closest to the school) 6.Those of the appropriate age group not living in the designated school catchment area (defined under 3 above, but living closest to the school). 7.Those wishing to transfer to the school at a different age from the normal transfer arrangement. 8.Other applications (including late applications or no preference expressed). If all students within any of the above rules cannot be offered a place, the highest priority will be given to children living nearest to the school within the rule. To determine who lives nearest, distance will be measured as the crow flies. Alderman Peel High School Secondary Published School Admission 105 Catchment Area Limit : : Market Lane, Wells-next-the-sea, Norfolk, 01328- Address : Phone : NR23 1RB 710476 No. on Roll: Website : www.aldermanpeel.norfolk.sch.uk 499 May 2019 Email : [email protected] Age range: 11-16 Academy Headteacher : Mr Alastair Ogle School status : Converter • Langham Village School • Hindringham CE VC Primary School • Blakeney CE VA Primary School Feeds from : • Walsingham CE VA Primary School Feeds to : • Burnham Market Primary School • Wells-Next-The-Sea Primary & Nursery School See 'Where I live' or telephone 0344 800 School over- Catchment 8020 for confirmation of your catchment subscription in NO area : school(s) September 2019 Admissions Policy 1. Where the number of applications exceeds the number of places available (the Published Admission Number) the LA will use the following oversubscription criteria to determine those applicants to be offered a place (these are similar oversubscription criteria used by Norfolk LA): 1. children who are in public care (children in public care includes children provided with accommodation under Section 22 of the Children Act 1989); 2. children who have older brothers or sisters/siblings at the school at the time that they will start; and 3. children who live nearest to the school as determined by a straight line measurement from the front door of the child’s home address to the main entrance of the school. Archbishop Sancroft High School Published Secondary School Admission Limit 100 Catchment Area : : Wilderness Lane, Harleston, Norfolk, 01379- Address : Phone : IP20 9DD 852561 No. on Roll: Website : www.ashs.org.uk 391 May 2019 Email : [email protected] Age range: 11-16 Academy Headteacher : Mr Richard Cranmer School status : Converter • Harleston CE Primary Academy • Alburgh With Denton CE VC Feeds from : Primary School Feeds to : • Pulham CE Primary School See 'Where I live' or telephone 0344 School over- Catchment area 800 8020 for confirmation of your subscription in YES : catchment school(s) September 2019 : Admissions Policy If school numbers are likely to exceed the agreed Intake limit preference will be given to children as follows: 1. Looked after Children 2. Children who live in the defined catchment area whose family are practising members of the Church of England. 3. Children who live in the defined catchment area whose family are practising members of another Christian denomination. 4. Children who live in the defined catchment area and have siblings at the school at the time of projected admission. 5. Children who live within the defined catchment area. 6. Children who live outside the defined catchment area whose family are practising members of the Church of England. 7. Children who live outside the defined catchment area whose family are practising members of another Christian denomination. 8. Children who live outside the defined catchment area and have siblings at the school at the time of projected admission.