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KEY 1. Alma 15. De Bohun 29. Hadley Wood 43. Our Lady of Lourdes 57. St. Michael at Bowes 2. Ark John Keats 16. Eastfield 30. Hazelbury 44. Prince of Wales 58. St. Michael’s 3. Bowes 17. Edmonton County 31. Hazelwood 45. Raglan 59. St. Monica’s 4. Bowes Edmonton 18. Eldon 32. Highfield 46. Raynham 60. St. Paul’s 5. Bowes Southgate Green 19. Enfield Heights Academy 33. Honilands 47. Southbury 61. Starks Field 6. Brettenham 20. Eversley 34. Houndsfield 48. St. Andrew’s Enfield 62. Suffolks & The Ridgeway 7. Brimsdown 21. Firs Farm 35. Keys Meadow 49. St. Andrew’s Southgate at Suffolks 8. Bush Hill Park 22. Fleecefield 36. Kingfisher Hall Academy 50. St. Edmund’s 63. Tottenhall 9. Capel Manor 23. Forty Hill 37. Latymer All Saints 51. St. George’s 64. Walker 10. Carterhatch 24. Freezywater St. George’s 38. Lavender 52. St. James’ 65. West Grove 11. Chase Side 25. Galliard 39. Meridian Angel 53. St. John & St. James 66. Wilbury 12. Chesterfield 26. Garfield 40. Merryhills 54. St. John’s 67. Wolfson Hillel 13. Churchfield 27. George Spicer 41. Oakthorpe 55. St. Mary’s 68. Woodpecker Hall 14. Cuckoo Hall 28. Grange Park 42. Oasis Academy Hadley 56. St. Matthew’s 69. Worcesters k, eas ic y, qu se c
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Enfield Schools Admission Service______2 Admissions to schools at other times______77 9 35 33 54 24 Letter to parents and carers______3 Special educational needs______78
23 44 Primary Schools in the London Borough of Other information______79 29 12 69 2 Enfield______4 38 16 58 19 Are you looking after someone else’s 10 Primary Education in Enfield______11 child?______81 51 48 52 Applying for places______12 Useful addresses and contacts______83 11 62 7 Arrangements for visiting schools______13 Term dates______84 27 36 40 47 55 28 How your application will be dealt with____ 19 Key words______85 8 20 1 Offer of Places______20 15 56 42 67 45 Facts and figures 25 65 14 4 nnAdmission to Reception Classes 2014 60 34 68 49 17 Allocations at Community Schools 2014___ 22 17 13 18 50 nnAdmission to Reception Classes 2015 32 61 Allocations at Community Schools 2015___ 23 64 37 21 30 Admission Arrangements in Enfield______24 59 31 22 Appeals______26 6 5 41 43 Priority Zones______27 46 26 3 57 66 63 53 39 Admissions Criteria nnAcademies and Free Schools______28-40 nnVoluntary Aided Schools______41-76
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Enfield School Admissions Service Nursery Applications The Admissions Service is responsible for co-ordinating If your child was born between 1 September 2012 and 31 the allocation of reception places in Enfield to make August 2013 you can apply for a nursery class attached to sure that as many children as possible get places at a school. Information about this is included in the booklet schools of their parents’ preference. We are part of the ‘Applying for a Nursery Class in Enfield’. This booklet is Schools and Children’s Services Department. available to view at www.enfield.gov.uk/admissions. Information about admissions and schools in Enfield is available on our website www.enfield.gov.uk/admissions. Junior Applications You will also access the online portal at this link where In some cases families will need to make an application you can make your application for a reception place from to transfer from an Infant to a Junior school, details are September 2015. The closing date is 15 January 2016. given on page 77.
Reception Admissions In-year Admissions If your child was born between 1 September 2011 and If your child does not currently have a school place or 31 August 2012, you will need to apply for a reception you wish to consider a transfer to a different school, place for September 2016. Even if you want your child you will need to submit an in-year application. Further to start school later you must still apply now within the information is given about this on page 77. timescales given in this booklet.
The information in this booklet relates to the Academic Year 2016/2017 and was correct at 1st September 2015. The Authority reserves the right to amend the information contained in this booklet to take account of any important changes that may occur after this date.
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Enfield Schools Admission Service PO Box 56 Civic Centre Silver Street Enfield Middlesex EN1 3XQ Email: [email protected] Website: www.enfield.gov.uk/admissions Autumn 2015
Dear Parents and Carers, Starting primary school is an exciting time for children and this booklet explains how to apply for a place in a reception class. We are committed to providing excellent learning opportunities and high quality education for all and are proud of all of our students and schools. Your child will have every opportunity to succeed at whichever school he or she attends in Enfield.
It is important that you find out more about schools before making your application. This booklet has information about opportunities available to visit our schools and details of their website addresses.
Since 2008, Enfield has had high levels of demand for school places because of the increase in the population and we have been working hard over the years to ensure that there are enough school places for every child who needs one. The schools in Enfield have supported the Council and together we have created a significant number of extra Reception places to meet the demand.
It is very important that you take the high demand for places into account when you are making your applications. Many of the schools in Enfield receive more applications than there are places available. This booklet has information about the admission criteria for all of our schools and this will give you an idea of whether or not your child has a good chance of getting a place at a school you prefer. I would encourage you to make sure you use all your 6 preferences and apply for your nearest schools.
Please remember that unless you are certain that your child will get a place at a particular school, you should apply for more than one school and list them in your order of preference.
We hope that you will find the information in this booklet helpful and would like to wish your child every success at their primary school. If you need any further information or advice, please visit our website at www.enfield.gov.uk/admissions or contact the Enfield Schools Admission Service, telephone (020) 8379 5501.
Yours sincerely,
Jenny Tosh Chief Education Officer You can submit your application online at www.enfield.gov.uk/admissions
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ADMISSION STATUS SCHOOL NAME, ADDRESS SCHOOL ADDITIONAL NUMBER AND HEADTEACHER AND TELEPHONE NUMBER NUMBER INFORMATION SEPTEMBER AGE RANGE 2016
ALMA PRIMARY SCHOOL Alma Road, Enfield, EN3 4UQ Community (020) 8804 3302 Helen Thomas 308 2072 Nursery Class 60 5 - 11 www.almaprimaryschool.org.uk email: [email protected]
ARK JOHN KEATS ACADEMY Bell Lane, Enfield, EN3 5PA Academy Ms Amy Baird 0203 443 3113 5 - 18 308 4001 Nursery Class 90 Head of Primary www.arkjohnkeatsacademy.org All Through email: [email protected]
BOWES PRIMARY SCHOOL Bowes Road, London, N11 2HL Sarah Turner Community (020) 8368 2552 Executive 308 2081 Nursery Class 60 5 - 11 www.bowes.enfield.sch.uk Headteacher email: [email protected]
BOWES EDMONTON PRIMARY SCHOOL 206a Nightingale Road, Edmonton, N9 8PT Sarah Turner Community (020) 8368 2552 Executive 308 9901 - 30 5 - 11 www.bowesedmonton.org.uk Headteacher email: [email protected]
BOWES SOUTHGATE GREEN PRIMARY SCHOOL c/o Broomfield School, Wilmer Way, N14 7HY Sarah Turner Community (020) 8368 2552 Executive 308 9903 Nursery Class 30 5 - 11 www.bowessouthgategreen.org Headteacher email: [email protected]
BRETTENHAM PRIMARY SCHOOL Brettenham Road, London, N18 2ET Nursery Class Community (020) 8345 6055 Miss Deborah Hall 308 2086 60 5 - 11 School has a www.brettenhamprimaryschool.co.uk priority zone email: [email protected]
BRIMSDOWN PRIMARY SCHOOL Mr M. Kleiner-Mann Green Street, Enfield, EN3 7NA Executive Community (020) 8804 6797 Headteacher 308 3508 Nursery Class 90 5 - 11 www.brimsdown.enfield.sch.uk Miss D. Lang email: [email protected] Associate
BUSH HILL PARK PRIMARY SCHOOL Main Avenue, Enfield, EN1 1DS Community Miss Anna (020) 8366 0521 308 2084 Nursery Class 90 5 - 11 Theodosiou www.bushhillpark.enfield.sch.uk email: [email protected]
CAPEL MANOR PRIMARY SCHOOL Bullsmoor Lane, Enfield, EN1 4RL Community (01992) 764087 Mrs Tracy Kilkenny 308 2009 Nursery Class 60 5 - 11 www.capelmanor.enfield.sch.uk email: [email protected]
CARTERHATCH INFANT SCHOOL Adrienne Barrell Carterhatch Lane, Enfield, EN1 4JY Community Sarah Clemence (020) 8804 6886 308 2011 Nursery Class 90 5 - 7 Joint Acting www.carterhatchinfants.com Headteachers email: [email protected]
CARTERHATCH JUNIOR SCHOOL Carterhatch Lane, Enfield, EN1 4JY Community (020) 8804 2101 Paul Barraclough 308 2010 - 90 8 - 11 www.carterhatch-jun.enfield.sch.uk email: [email protected]
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ADMISSION STATUS SCHOOL NAME, ADDRESS SCHOOL ADDITIONAL NUMBER AND HEADTEACHER AND TELEPHONE NUMBER NUMBER INFORMATION SEPTEMBER AGE RANGE 2016
CHASE SIDE PRIMARY SCHOOL Trinity Street, Enfield, EN2 6NS Nursery Class Community (020) 8363 1120 Mrs Sally Quartson 308 2012 60 5 - 11 School has a www.chasesideprimary.co.uk priority zone email: [email protected] Sarah Turner CHESTERFIELD PRIMARY SCHOOL Executive Chesterfield Road, Enfield, EN3 6BG Community Headteacher (01992) 760678 308 3507 Nursery Class 120 5 - 11 www.chesterfieldschool.co.uk Kaaren Holmes email: [email protected] Associate Headteacher CHURCHFIELD PRIMARY SCHOOL: The Field Federation Latymer Road, London, N9 9PL Community Ms Frances 308 2079 Nursery Class 90 (020) 8807 2458 5 - 11 Warhurst www.thefieldfederation.co.uk email: [email protected] CUCKOO HALL ACADEMY Cuckoo Hall Lane, London, N9 8DR Academy (020) 8804 4126 Mrs S. Ahmet 308 2078 Nursery Class 120 5 - 11 www.cuckoohallacademy.org.uk email: [email protected]
DE BOHUN PRIMARY SCHOOL Green Road, London, N14 4AD Community (020) 8449 4402 Mrs Helen Pearson 308 2082 Nursery Class 60 5 - 11 www.debohun.enfield.sch.uk email: [email protected]
EASTFIELD PRIMARY SCHOOL Eastfield Road, Enfield, EN3 5UX Community Mrs C. Jamil 308 2077 Nursery Class 60 (020) 8804 5013 5 - 11 www.eastfieldprimary.com
EDMONTON COUNTY SCHOOL Bury Campus: Little Bury Street, Edmonton, N9 9HZ Community (020) 8360 3158 Mrs Erini Franciosa 308 4007 - 60 5 - 18 www.edmontoncounty.co.uk email: [email protected] ELDON PRIMARY SCHOOL Eldon Road, London, N9 8LG (020) 8807 5230 (infant site) Community Ms Julie Messer 308 2025 Nursery Class 150 (020) 8807 4763 (junior site) 2 - 11 www.eldonprimary.co.uk email: [email protected] ENFIELD HEIGHTS ACADEMY Pitfield Way, Enfield, EN3 5BY Academy Ms Emma (020) 8805 9811 308 2016 - 25 5 - 11 Breckenridge www.enfieldheightsacademy.org email: [email protected]
EVERSLEY PRIMARY SCHOOL Chaseville Park Road, London, N21 1PD Community (020) 8360 5159 Mrs Pat Wood 308 2085 - 90 5 - 11 www.eversley.enfield.sch.uk email: [email protected]
FIRS FARM PRIMARY SCHOOL Rayleigh Road, London, N13 5QP Community Ms Jane Pomfret (020) 8807 4292 5 - 11 Interim 308 2028 - 90 www.firsfarm.enfield.sch.uk Headteacher email: [email protected]
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ADMISSION STATUS SCHOOL NAME, ADDRESS SCHOOL ADDITIONAL NUMBER AND HEADTEACHER AND TELEPHONE NUMBER NUMBER INFORMATION SEPTEMBER AGE RANGE 2016
FLEECEFIELD PRIMARY SCHOOL Brettenham Road, London, N18 2ES Community Nursery Class Antoinette (020) 8807 7899 5 - 11 308 2029 60 Goldwater School has a www.fleecefield.enfield.sch.uk priority zone email: [email protected]
FORTY HILL CE PRIMARY SCHOOL A supplementary Forty Hill, Enfield, EN2 9EY Voluntary information form (020) 8363 0760 Aided Mrs Ros Brain 308 3304 must be completed 30 www.fortyhill.com 5 - 11 for this school email: [email protected] Nursery Class FREEZYWATER ST. GEORGE’S CE VA PRIMARY SCHOOL A supplementary Voluntary Hertford Road, Enfield, EN3 6NR information form Aided Mrs A. Gaudencio 308 3309 30 (01992) 764737 must be completed 5 - 11 www.freezywaterstgeorges.enfield.org.uk for this school email: [email protected] GALLIARD PRIMARY SCHOOL Galliard Road, London, N9 7PE Community (020) 8804 1818 Ms P. Sullivan 308 2030 Nursery Class 90 5 - 11 www.galliardprimaryschool.co.uk email: [email protected]
GARFIELD PRIMARY SCHOOL Springfield Road, London, N11 1RR Community (020) 8368 4500 Ms Karen Khwaja 308 2032 Nursery Class 90 5 - 11 www.garfield.enfield.sch.uk email: [email protected] GEORGE SPICER PRIMARY SCHOOL Southbury Road, Enfield, EN1 1YF (020) 8367 5384 – Kimberley Gardens Community Hilary Ballantine 308 2033 - 120 (020) 8363 1406 – Sketty Road 5 - 11 www.georgespicer.enfield.sch.uk email: [email protected] GRANGE PARK PRIMARY SCHOOL Worlds End Lane, London, N21 1PP Community (020) 8360 1001 Alyson Cullen 308 2076 - 120 5 - 11 www.grangepark.enfield.sch.uk email: [email protected]
HADLEY WOOD SCHOOL Courtleigh Avenue, Hadley Wood, EN4 0HT Community (020) 8440 4359 Beverly Benson 308 2036 - 30 5 - 11 www.hadleywood.enfield.sch.uk email: [email protected] HAZELBURY LEARNING COMMUNITY – INFANT SCHOOL Sarah Turner Haselbury Road, London, N9 9TT Community Executive 308 2038 Nursery Class 150 (020) 8807 3140 5 - 7 Headteacher www.hazelbury-learning-community.co.uk email: [email protected] HAZELBURY LEARNING COMMUNITY - HAZELBURY JUNIOR SCHOOL Sarah Turner Haselbury Road, London, N9 9TT Community Executive 308 2070 - 150 (020) 8807 3140 8 - 11 Headteacher www.hazelbury-learning-community.co.uk email: [email protected] HAZELWOOD INFANT SCHOOL Hazelwood Lane, London, N13 5HE Community (020) 8886 3216 Nicky Ross 308 2040 - 90 5 -7 www.hazelwoodschools.org.uk email: [email protected]
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ADMISSION STATUS SCHOOL NAME, ADDRESS SCHOOL ADDITIONAL NUMBER AND HEADTEACHER AND TELEPHONE NUMBER NUMBER INFORMATION SEPTEMBER AGE RANGE 2016
HAZELWOOD JUNIOR SCHOOL Hazelwood Lane, London, N13 5HE Community (020) 8886 3216 Nicky Ross 308 2039 - 90 8 -11 www.hazelwoodschools.org.uk email: [email protected]
HIGHFIELD PRIMARY SCHOOL Highfield Road, London, N21 3HE Community (020) 8360 2149 Maria Kemal 308 2092 Nursery Class 90 5 -11 www.highfieldprimary.co.uk email: [email protected]
HONILANDS PRIMARY SCHOOL Lovell Road, Enfield, EN1 4RE Community (01992) 701012 Mr Ralph Silverman 308 2042 Nursery Class 90 5 -11 www.honilands.co.uk email: [email protected]
HOUNDSFIELD PRIMARY SCHOOL Ripon Road, London, N9 7RE Community (020) 8805 3406 Miss Kate Holland 308 2071 Nursery Class 90 5 - 11 www.thefieldfederation.co.uk email: [email protected]
KEYS MEADOW PRIMARY SCHOOL Lawrence Price 84 Tysoe Avenue, Enfield, EN3 6FB Community Co-Headteacher (020) 8350 8200 308 2093 Nursery Class 60 5 - 11 www.keysmeadowprimaryschool.co.uk Catherine Lane email: [email protected] Co-Headteacher
KINGFISHER HALL ACADEMY 40 The Ride, Enfield, EN3 7GB Academy Ms Emma (020) 8344 9890 308 2013 Nursery Class 60 5 - 11 Breckenridge www.kingfisherhallacademy.org.uk email: [email protected]
LATYMER ALL SAINTS CHURCH OF ENGLAND A supplementary PRIMARY SCHOOL information form Voluntary 41 Hydethorpe Avenue, London, N9 9RS may need to be Aided Mrs Kathy Hill 308 3505 90 (020) 8807 2679 completed for this 5 - 11 www.latymerallsaints.enfield.sch.uk school email: [email protected] Nursery Class LAVENDER PRIMARY SCHOOL Lavender Road, Enfield, EN2 0SX Matthew Nursery Class Community Kleiner-Mann (020) 8363 1058 308 2075 60 www.lavender.enfield.sch.uk 5 - 11 Executive School has a email: [email protected] (Lavender Primary) Headteacher priority zone [email protected] (Primrose Nursery School) MERIDIAN ANGEL PRIMARY SCHOOL Due to move 176 Dysons Road, London, N18 2DS Academy to new site on 07599 270096 Miss M. Jay 308 2017 30 5 - 9 Ladysmith Road in www.meridianangel.org 2016 email: [email protected]
MERRYHILLS PRIMARY SCHOOL Bincote Road, Enfield, EN2 7RE Community Mrs Michelle Motley 308 2048 - 90 (020) 8363 1403 5 - 11 www.merryhills.net
OAKTHORPE PRIMARY SCHOOL Tile Kiln Lane, London, N13 6BY Community (020) 8807 4689 Mrs A. Del Greco 308 2090 - 70 5 - 11 www.oakthorpe.enfield.sch.uk email: [email protected]
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ADMISSION STATUS SCHOOL NAME, ADDRESS SCHOOL ADDITIONAL NUMBER AND HEADTEACHER AND TELEPHONE NUMBER NUMBER INFORMATION SEPTEMBER AGE RANGE 2016
OASIS ACADEMY HADLEY 143 South Street, Ponders End, Enfield, EN3 4PX Academy (020) 8804 6946 Lynne Dawes 308 6906 Nursery Class 90 5 - 18 www.oasisacademyhadley.org email: [email protected] OUR LADY OF LOURDES CATHOLIC PRIMARY A supplementary SCHOOL Voluntary information form The Limes Avenue, London, N11 1RD Aided Mr Declan Meehan 308 3504 may need to be 30 (020) 8361 0767 5 - 11 completed for this www.ololschool.enfield.sch.uk school email: [email protected]
PRINCE OF WALES PRIMARY SCHOOL Salisbury Road, Enfield, EN3 6HG Community Mr Jan M. Bless 308 2053 Nursery Class 90 (01992) 762840 5 - 11 www.princeofwales.enfield.sch.uk
RAGLAN INFANT SCHOOL Wellington Road, Enfield, EN1 2NS Community (020) 8360 5121 Mr M. Kelsey 308 2056 Nursery Class 120 5 - 7 www.raglanschools.org email: [email protected]
RAGLAN JUNIOR SCHOOL Wellington Road, Enfield, EN1 2NS Community (020) 8360 5121 Mr M. Kelsey 308 2055 - 120 8 - 11 www.raglanschools.org email: [email protected]
RAYNHAM PRIMARY SCHOOL Raynham Avenue, London, N18 2JQ Nursery Class Community (020) 8807 4726 Mrs Hope 308 2083 90 5 - 11 School has a www.raynhamprimaryschool.co.uk priority zone email: [email protected] Nursery Class ST. ANDREW’S CE PRIMARY SCHOOL 116 Churchbury Lane, Enfield, EN1 3UL Voluntary A supplementary (020) 8363 5003 Aided Miss Cath Mann 308 3307 information form 60 www.st-andrewsenf.sch.uk 5 - 11 may need to be email: [email protected] completed for this school ST. ANDREW’S SOUTHGATE PRIMARY A supplementary SCHOOL (CE) Voluntary information form 297 Chase Road, Southgate, London, N14 6JA Aided Mr Matthew Clifford 308 3308 may need to be 30 (020) 8886 3379 5 - 11 completed for this www.st-andrews-southgate.enfield.sch.uk school email: [email protected] ST. EDMUND’S CATHOLIC PRIMARY SCHOOL A supplementary Hertford Road, London, N9 7HJ Voluntary information form (020) 8807 2664 Aided Mrs M. Hanley 308 3501 may need to be 60 www.st-edmunds.enfield.sch.uk 5 - 11 completed for this email: [email protected] school
ST. GEORGE’S CATHOLIC PRIMARY SCHOOL A supplementary Gordon Road, Enfield, EN2 0QA Voluntary information form (020) 8363 3729 Aided Mrs P.M. Alder 308 3502 may need to be 90 www.st-georges.enfield.sch.uk 5 - 11 completed for this email: [email protected] school
ST. JAMES’ CE PRIMARY SCHOOL A supplementary Frederick Crescent, Enfield, EN3 7HH Voluntary information form (020) 8804 1987 Aided Joanna Dimmock 308 3311 may need to be 30 www.stjamesenfield.org.uk 5 - 11 completed for this email: [email protected] school
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ADMISSION STATUS SCHOOL NAME, ADDRESS SCHOOL ADDITIONAL NUMBER AND HEADTEACHER AND TELEPHONE NUMBER NUMBER INFORMATION SEPTEMBER AGE RANGE 2016
Nursery Class ST. JOHN & ST. JAMES CE PRIMARY SCHOOL Grove Street, London, N18 2TL Voluntary A supplementary (020) 8807 2578 Aided Mrs H. Knightley 308 3310 information form 60 www.stjohnandjames.enfield.sch.uk 5 - 11 may need to be email: [email protected] completed for this school Nursery Class ST. JOHN’S CE PRIMARY SCHOOL Theobalds Park Road, Enfield, EN2 9BD Voluntary A supplementary (020) 8363 4709 Aided Mrs Susan Notley 308 3303 information form 15 www.stjohnsprimarysch.org.uk 5 - 11 may need to be email: [email protected] completed for this school Nursery Class ST. MARY’S CATHOLIC PRIMARY SCHOOL Durants Road, Enfield, EN3 7DE Voluntary A supplementary (020) 8804 2396 Aided Miss M. Creed 308 3500 information form 60 www.stmarysenfield.co.uk 5 - 11 may need to be email: [email protected] completed for this school ST. MATTHEW’S C of E PRIMARY SCHOOL A supplementary South Street, Enfield, EN3 4LA Voluntary Louise Whitaker information form (020) 8804 1666 Aided Interim 308 5200 may need to be 30 www.stmatthews-enfield.co.uk 5 - 11 Headteacher completed for this email: [email protected] school ST. MICHAEL AT BOWES CE JUNIOR SCHOOL A supplementary Tottenhall Road, London, N13 6JB Voluntary information form (020) 8888 6100 Aided Miss M. Jay 308 3302 may need to be 90 www.smab.enfield.sch.uk 8 - 11 completed for this email: [email protected] school Nursery Class ST. MICHAEL’S CE PRIMARY SCHOOL Brigadier Hill, Enfield, EN2 0NB Voluntary A supplementary (020) 8363 2724 Aided Miss Jan Matthews 308 3312 information form 60 www.st-michaels.enfield.sch.uk 5 - 11 may need to be email: [email protected] completed for this school ST. MONICA’S CATHOLIC PRIMARY SCHOOL A supplementary Cannon Road, London, N14 7HE Voluntary information form (020) 8886 4647 Aided Mrs Kate Baptiste 308 3503 may need to be 60 www.st-monicas.enfield.sch.uk 5 - 11 completed for this email: [email protected] school ST. PAUL’S CE PRIMARY SCHOOL A supplementary Ringwood Way, London N21 2RA Voluntary information form (020) 8360 3137 Aided Sally Moore 308 3313 may need to be 60 www.st-pauls.enfield.sch.uk 5 - 11 completed for this email: [email protected] school
SOUTHBURY PRIMARY SCHOOL Swansea Road, Enfield, EN3 4JG Community Mr David Bryant 308 2074 Nursery Class 60 (020) 8804 1710 5 - 11 www.southbury.enfield.sch.uk
STARKS FIELD PRIMARY SCHOOL Mrs K. Jaeggi 167 Church Street, London, N9 9SJ Community Executive Head (020) 8887 6060 308 2094 Nursery Class 60 5 - 11 www.starksfield.enfield.sch.uk Ms A. Martin email: [email protected] Head of School SUFFOLKS PRIMARY SCHOOL Brick Lane, Enfield, EN1 3PU Community (020) 8804 1534 Andrea Cassius 308 2061 Nursery Class 60 5 - 11 www.suffolks.enfield.sch.uk email: [email protected]
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ADMISSION STATUS SCHOOL NAME, ADDRESS SCHOOL ADDITIONAL NUMBER AND HEADTEACHER AND TELEPHONE NUMBER NUMBER INFORMATION SEPTEMBER AGE RANGE 2016
THE RIDGEWAY AT SUFFOLKS Brick Lane, Enfield, EN1 3PU (020) 8804 1534 Community Andrea Cassius 308 9906 Reception only 30 www.suffolks.enfield.sch.uk email: [email protected]
TOTTENHALL INFANT SCHOOL Tottenhall Road, London, N13 6HX Community Mrs Sian (020) 8829 1100 308 2062 Nursery Class 90 5 - 7 Mainwaring www.tottenhall.enfield.sch.uk email: [email protected]
WALKER PRIMARY SCHOOL Waterfall Road, London, N14 7EG Community Miss Jennifer (020) 8886 3904 308 2063 - 60 5 - 11 Malone www.walker.enfield.sch.uk email: [email protected]
WEST GROVE PRIMARY SCHOOL 218a Chase Road, London, N14 4LR Community (020) 8351 9200 Miss A. Campbell 308 2089 Nursery Class 60 5 - 11 www.westgrove.enfield.sch.uk email: [email protected]
WILBURY PRIMARY SCHOOL Wilbury Way, London, N18 1DE Community (020) 8807 5335 Mrs K. Turnpenney 308 2073 Nursery Class 120 5 - 11 www.wilburyprimaryschool.org.uk email: [email protected] Nursery Class WOLFSON HILLEL PRIMARY SCHOOL A supplementary 154 Chase Road, London, N14 4LG Voluntary information form (020) 8882 6487 Aided Ms K. Jowett 308 3506 may need to be 60 www.wolfsonhillel.enfield.sch.uk 5 - 11 completed for email: [email protected] this school. Please check closing date for this form WOODPECKER HALL PRIMARY ACADEMY 51 Nightingale Road, London, N9 8PA Academy (020) 8443 0708 Mr D. Penkert 308 2000 Nursery Class 60 5 - 11 www.woodpeckerhallacademy.org.uk email: [email protected]
WORCESTERS PRIMARY SCHOOL Goat Lane, Enfield, EN1 4UF Community (020) 8363 7860 Mrs K. Jaeggi 308 2080 Nursery Class 90 5 - 11 www.worcesters.enfield.sch.uk email: [email protected]
Partner Schools The Local Authority has been working with Headteachers and Governing Bodies to develop a strategy to provide additional classes in Enfield. We have called this initiative “Partner Schools” and this strategy aims to provide additional pupil places in areas of high need using the leadership, management and good practice of existing schools. If, during the next academic year, the Authority identifies the need for any further partner school provision, this will be published on the council website. Further information about the admission arrangements for Bowes Southgate Green and The Ridgeway at Suffolks schools is available on page 25.
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When can my child start school? In Enfield, children begin school during the academic year in which they become five. The academic year begins in September. The place may be part-time to start with or full time depending on the arrangements made by the individual school concerned. If a school has a nursery, children may be admitted on a part time basis from approximately 4 years of age. Details are in the Nursery booklet which is available on the Council’s website www.enfield.gov.uk/admissions. Some parents ask if their children can either start in reception part time or later than other children. This is called deferring admissions. If you are considering this for your child, you will need to make an application in the normal way. When the applications have been made and you receive an offer of a place for your child you will need to contact the school concerned to make this request. Information about delaying your child starting school is given later in this booklet.
Applying for a school place The table below lets you know when your child can start in either a reception class or nursery class:
CHILDREN BORN BETWEEN START NURSERY START RECEPTION
1 Sept 2011 and 31 Aug 2012 - September 2016
1 Sept 2012 and 31 Aug 2013 September 2016 September 2017
1 Sept 2013 and 31 Aug 2014 September 2017 September 2018
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How do I decide which school/s to apply for?
Visit the schools. Please contact each school directly to arrange a visit – details of the dates and times you can visit some schools are given on page 13.
Look at the school’s website and read their You can also view Ofsted reports at www.ofsted.gov.uk prospectus.
Look to see how many places each school The admission number for each school is listed on pages 4 to 10. has available. This is the schools published admission number or PAN. This number is set to take into account the number of pupils each school can accommodate.
Think about how likely your child is to be Read the admissions criteria for each school and look to see offered a place at the school/s you are which criteria will apply to your child. requesting. The admissions criteria for Enfield Community schools is listed on page 24. For all other schools the admissions criteria are lists on pages 28 to 76.
Contact us to find out your home to school You can find out the home to school distance for your preferred distance. schools by emailing us between 1 September 2015 and 15 January 2016. The distance of the last child offered a place at an Enfield community school last year is listed on page 23 of this booklet. It is important to remember that this information can be used to give you an idea of how likely it is that your child will be offered a place at your preferred school, the furthest distance will change every year. We can never guarantee that any child will be offered a place at any school.
Please consider how your child will travel to school every day.
Do talk to your child about the decision. Don’t let others influence your decision, the right school for your friend’s child may not be the right school for your child.
12 Applying for a Primary School in Enfield Arrangements for visiting schools
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We will be holding drop in sessions for any An opportunity to meet the Headteacher and parents/carers wanting to look around our Eastfield a tour of the School will take place on Tuesday Early Years Foundation Stage on Friday 16th 17th November 2015 at 1.30pm. Alma October 2015 at 10.00am-11.30am and 12.30pm–2.00pm. We know that choosing a school for your child is a significant time for parents, therefore we Please contact the school office if you would Edmonton are always happy for you to visit us. Please call like to attend or have any questions. County the Primary School Office on 020 8360 3158 to arrange an appointment. If you would like to visit the school our open days are listed on our website. Alternatively Ark John please contact the school office on 020 8443 Parents are very welcome to visit the school. Keats Eldon 3113 to arrange an appointment and tour with Please call the office to arrange an appointment. the Head of the Primary School. Parents are welcome to visit the school on Wednesday mornings at 9.15am during term Visits welcome – Group tours take place during Eversley Bowes the application period. Please phone the school time only. Please contact the school office to for an appointment. make an appointment.
Visits welcome – Group tours take place during Fleecefield Please contact school to arrange visits. Bowes the application period. Please phone the school Edmonton for an appointment. We encourage all parents interested in a place to visit the school for a tour and background Forty Hill information. Visits are held once a week from Bowes Visits welcome – Group tours take place during September to December. Please contact the Southgate the application period. Please phone the school office to book an appointment, 020 8363 0760. Green for an appointment. Freezywater Parents may call the school to make an If you would like to visit please phone the St. George’s appointment to view the school. Brettenham school office to arrange an appointment. We look forward to meeting you. To arrange a visit to Galliard Primary School please contact Mrs K. Berman, Family Worker Visits most welcome – Group tours take place on 020 8443 9539. Visits will take place on during the application period and individual Galliard Brimsdown Thursday 15th October 2015 10am or 2pm, meetings for late admissions. Please phone the Wednesday 11th November 2015 10am or 2pm school for an appointment. and Friday 8th January 2016 10am or 2pm.
Bush Hill Please telephone the school office or email to Visit dates will be available from the school Park make an appointment. Garfield October 2015 onwards. Please call the school office on 020 8367 5384 to arrange a visit. We encourage visits to our school on the first Wednesday of the month October – Capel Manor We encourage all parents who are interested January yearly at 9.30am. We look forward to in our school for their child to visit us. School Hadley welcoming you. tours take place from October to early January. Wood Please contact the school office on 020 8440 nnTuesday 3rd November 2015 at 9.30am 4359 to book a place on a tour. nnThursday 12th November 2015 at 9.30am nnFriday 20th November 2015 at 2.00pm Hazelbury Visits to our school are always welcome. Please Chase Side nnWednesday 2nd December 2015 at 9.30am Infant and telephone the school office to arrange an nnMonday 7th December 2015 at 2.00pm Junior appointment. nnTuesday 15th December 2015 at 9.30am nnFriday 8th January 2016 at 9.30am The schools will be holding tours on various Hazelwood dates between October to January. The school Infant and Tours are arranged on Wednesday mornings. office will be pleased to advise you of the dates Chesterfield Junior Please contact the school for details. and book an appointment.
Parents are more than welcome to visit the Information meeting for prospective Nursery Churchfield school. Please call the office to arrange an and Reception parents. Please call the school to Highfield appointment. make an appointment for the following dates: 10th and 24th November at 9.15. Visits are by appointment only on Wednesday Cuckoo Hall mornings in November and December. Please Visits to school: Fridays between 10am and ring the office to book a visit. Honilands 11am. (By prior arrangement only, please contact the school directly) Reception Tours Monday 19th October at De Bohun 9.30am and Friday 6th November at 9.30am. Houndsfield Please contact the school to arrange to visit.
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Keys Please contact the school office if you would Prospective parents are welcome to visit on Meadow like to arrange a tour of the school. Wednesday 14th October or Wednesday 18th St. John’s November. Please telephone the school office Kingfisher Visits are by appointment only, please ring the on 020 8363 4709 to arrange an appointment. Hall office to book a visit. St. Matthew’s Please ring the school to arrange a visit. Latymer All Visits to the school are welcome. Please phone Saints for an appointment to have a tour of the school. Please phone the school office from 1st October 2015 on 020 8363 2724 to book one Parents are very welcome to visit the school. of the following visits: Group visits are held during term time only. Merryhills St. Michael’s Please contact the school office to make an nnWednesday 4th November 2015, 1.45pm appointment. nnTuesday 10th November 2015, 1.45pm nnThursday 12th November 2015, 10.00am nnThursday 7th January 2016, 10.00am Our open day is on Thursday 19 November from 1.30pm to 3.00pm. More information about this will be advertised on our website Open afternoons as follows: Thursday 5th Oakthorpe and in the local community. Parents are also November, Thursday 26th November and welcome to visit the school. Please contact the St. Monica’s Friday 8th January 2015, all 1.30pm-3.00pm. school office to arrange a tour of the school. Please contact the school office to make an appointment to attend an open afternoon. Open mornings: Wednesday 30th September, 7th October and 14th October from Prospective parents are warmly invited to Oasis 9.00am-10.30am. an open evening on 13 and 14 October or Academy Open evening: Wednesday 23rd September to an open morning on 16 September or Hadley 17 November. Please telephone the school 5.30pm-8.00pm or telephone to make an St. Paul’s appointment. office on 020 8360 3137 for an appointment. Additional open mornings are held throughout the year, details of which can be obtained from Open days for prospective Reception class Our Lady of the school office. parents on 13th November and 27th Lourdes November at 9.15am. Visits can be arranged by contacting the school Suffolks office. Prince of Visits to the school are welcome. Please Wales telephone the office to make appointment. The Ridgeway Visits can be arranged by contacting the school Raglan at Suffolks office. Visits to the school are welcome. Please Infant and telephone the office to arrange time and date. Junior Parents are best able to visit Wednesday Tottenhall mornings during term time. Please phone Visits to the school are welcome. Please Infant Raynham school for an appointment. contact the school office. Please telephone the school office to book a Please telephone the school office to arrange Walker Southbury prospective parents tour. an appointment to tour the school.
We will be holding tours of the school on: West Grove Contact the school. nnThursday 5th November at 9.30am St. Andrew’s nnWednesday 11th November at 1.30pm Wolfson Enfield Visits available upon request. nnWednesday 18th November at 9.30am Hillel Please phone the school office to book. Visits are by appointment only on Wednesday Woodpecker St. Andrew’s Please contact the school office on 020 8886 mornings in November and December. Please Hall Southgate 3379 to arrange a visit. ring the office to book a visit.
Please phone the school office to book an St. Edmund’s Parents are welcome to vist on any of these appointment for a tour of the school. dates: nnMonday 5th October 2015, 2.00pm Please contact the School office to arrange a nnTuesday 10th November 2015, 2.00am St. George’s Worcesters tour. nnThursday 3rd December 2015, 9.30am nnWednesday 6th January 2016, 2.00pm Please contact the school at the start of Please contact the school office to book your St. James’ October to arrange a tour. visit.
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Completing your application How to make an online application You have until 15 January 2016 to make your application. You have to have an email address to make an online You should submit your application online and you can find application. If you don’t already have an email address a link on our website www.enfield.gov.uk/admissions. links are provided from the eadmissions website to enable applicants to register for a free email address. Important If this is the first time you are using the eadmissions If your child already attends a nursery class you website you have to register before making your must apply for a reception place in the same way application. It is important that you do this before the as other applicants. There is not an automatic deadline in case there are any problems. right of transfer from the nursery class to the reception class in the same school. This is to ensure Once you have registered on the eadmissions website that parents who do not send their children to you will be sent an email with your username and nursery will not be disadvantaged when applying instructions to follow. for a school place. Follow the instructions and you will then receive your Please consider the following when completing your password. application: You must keep these safe as you will need them to nn Apply for up to six schools on your application. This login and apply for any other children you have and will maximise the possibility of your child being also to see the outcome of your application in April. offered a school you would like them to go to. The You can record these details here schools can be in Enfield or elsewhere. nn Please make sure you list the schools in your true USER NAME: order of preference. nn Please do not list any private fee paying schools. PASSWORD: nn You must check if any of the schools you are applying for require a supplementary information form to be completed. The list of schools on pages 4 to 10 clearly Once you have your user name and password you can shows which Enfield schools require a SIF. then start your application. The eadmissions system will take you through the application step by step but the Online applications application process is summarised here: The first thing you must do is check that your personal The easiest way to make an application is to apply details are correct, particularly if you have used online and the majority of parents/carers in Enfield the eadmissions system before for an older child’s do this. Once you have applied online you will receive application. You must check your address is correct and email confirmation that we have received your also your contact telephone numbers are up to date. application. You will also find out the outcome of your application by email during the evening on Primary You will then be asked to add the details of the child National Offer Day. you are making the application for. Please make sure your child’s name is given as their legal name and spelt correctly. Please also make sure your child’s date of birth is input correctly. If you have twins or triplets you must add in each child’s details.
The easiest way to make an application is to apply online
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The next step is to add your preferences in the order For evidence of your address you should provide two of you prefer. You can apply for up to six schools. Please the following: make sure you include the details of any brothers or nn 2015/16 Council Tax Bill sisters who are already attending the school. If you nn Utility bill less than 3 months old don’t tell us you may lose out on the sibling connection. nn Driving licence/insurance documents Each time you fill in the information on a page make nn Benefit letter i.e. tax credits/housing benefit sure you select ‘Save and continue’ button or the details nn If you are not liable for Council Tax or Utility bills will not be registered. you will need to provide official evidence that you are resident at the address given. You must select the submit button once you have completed your application. You will then receive an You must also submit documentation to confirm your email confirming the details of your online application child’s date of birth such as their medical card. and this will include an application reference number If a parent or adult with parental responsibility is found similar to this: 308-2016-09-E-012345. If you do to have knowingly given false information to improve not receive this email your application has not been their chances of obtaining a place at a particular school, submitted and you must login and select the ‘submit any offer made on this basis will be withdrawn. This application’ button again. could happen even if a child has started at the school. It is your responsibility to check that your application If a parent is found to have knowingly given false is completed fully and all the details are correct for information to obtain a school place, the actions will be both you and your child. You are also confirming that investigated with a view to civil or criminal proceedings you have read and understood this booklet. being taken against them under the Fraud Act 2006 or any other relevant enactment. You have to provide documentation to confirm your child’s address and date of birth (please see the section below for further information). These can be scanned and attached to your application once it has been submitted. You can also include medical letters to confirm any medical condition your child may have or information to confirm your child is looked after or previously looked after.
Your child’s address The address used in the application must be the child’s ordinary place of residence, that is, the address where there is a settled intention by those with parental responsibility to live for the foreseeable future. You must not use a business address, child-minders or other relatives’ address or any address other than the child’s ordinary place of residence. The council does not accept short term accommodation addresses which appear to have been obtained to achieve proximity and therefore priority for admission to a school. In these cases, the council may require supplementary evidence to support that child’s ordinary residence at the address stated. As previously stated you will need to provide evidence of your child’s name address and date of birth.
16 Applying for a Primary School in Enfield Where there is a change of address, the change must have taken place before the end of January 2016 and the appropriate proofs provided to the Admissions Service in order for the change to be considered in relation to the initial allocations.
Shared care When parents live separately the application must be based on the address at which the child usually lives and from which he or she attends primary school. When parents live separately but the child lives equally with both parents at different addresses, the child’s home address will be taken to be the address of the main parent/carer eligible to receive child benefit and child tax credit. If you are not eligible for these benefits please supply a legal document to confirm your Change of Address arrangements. If, after submitting your application, you move before In all relevant cases the allocation of a place at September 2016 you must notify the Admissions an Enfield school will be based on the address at Service of your new address. We will require proof of which a child is living at the time of allocation. If change of address from you. a family moves before the allocation and if the new address falls outside the furthest distance it Note: changes of address can only be accepted once has been possible to offer a place, the place will be they have taken place. Notice of planned future withdrawn. arrangements is not acceptable. Where there has been a change of address you will need to provide proof to the Please Note Admissions Service of the following: Correspondence from the authority will be Where you have sold one property and purchased addressed to the parents at the address of the child. another we will need: If parents are separated or divorced, the authority will assume that any application for admission n n Confirmation that your property has been sold to a school is the result of agreement between n n Confirmation of completion on the property purchased both parents. A parent making an application is Plus one of the following: therefore requested to consult with and obtain the agreement of the other parent before submitting nn Registration of council tax on the property purchased the application for a school place. nn A utility bill for the property purchased nn If you are not liable for council tax or utilities you will need to supply official evidence that you are resident at that address, for example, driving licence or child’s medical card. Where you are moving between properties that you own you will need to supply proof of council tax for your residence and documentation detailing the use of the other property for consideration by the admissions service. Where this information cannot be provided, the local authority will be unable to accept the new address and, for the purposes of your reception application and will continue to use the original address provided.
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Medical Can my child go to a school in Very few children are offered places under this criterion. another Local Authority? In Enfield, medical priority is usually given to children Children living in Enfield can apply for schools in other who have an exceptional illness or disability, which areas. You must include any schools you are interested means that one school is more appropriate than another in on your Enfield application. Enfield will then submit for meeting the child’s exceptional medical need. If you an application to the relevant authority on your behalf. think that your child should be considered under the medical criterion when making your application you Children who live outside Enfield can apply for a school must: within this area through their home authority. nn Indicate which school you are asking your child to be Change of preference considered for on medical grounds. nn Explain how the school concerned can meet your When you make your application online you are able to child’s needs better than any other school. make changes to your application up until midnight on nn Supply a letter of support from a doctor with your 15 January 2016. You access your application using your application. user name and password. Please remember to resubmit your application once you have made your changes. Your request for your child to be given priority on medical grounds will then be considered by a panel Any changes of preference after the closing date of of senior local authority staff. Further advice may be 15 January 2016 will not be considered until after the sought at the discretion of the Chief Education Officer, initial offer date of 18 April 2016. The authority does, Schools and Children’s Services or her representative. however reserve the right to accept a late change of preference where it considers there are exceptional Please note it is not usually possible to give a child reasons for the change to be considered. priority on medical grounds after the allocations have been completed if medical information was not Closing date submitted at the time of application. You must submit your online application by the evening What if I make more than one of 15 January 2016. You will get an email when your application application has been submitted to confirm this. If you submit a paper application this can be returned in Parents can only submit one application. If two or more person to one of the schools you have nominated as a applications are completed we will process the latest preference or to the Civic Centre by 15 January 2016 dated application and any earlier ones will be disqualified. at the very latest. If you submit your application by If two applications are submitted on the same date the post to us please include an SAE so that receipt can be Admission Service reserves the right to decide which confirmed. All applications returned by this date are ‘on application to accept and which to disqualify. time’ application and will be considered together.
Siblings Late Applications If your child has a brother or sister already attending It is important that you make an ‘on time application’. any of the schools you must tell us this in your If your application is late consideration can only be application and give the relevant details. In Enfield a given to this after ‘on time’ applicants have been sibling is defined as a full brother or sister, a step/half allocated places. You can apply online as a late brother or sister living at the same address, a child who application up until the end of June 2016. After this is living as part of the family by reason of a court order time you will have to complete a paper application or a child who has been placed with foster carers as a which will be available to download from the borough result of being looked after by a local authority. Priority website www.enfield.gov.uk/admissions. under the sibling criterion will only be given to children who will have a sibling at the school at the time of admission.
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Once the completed applications have been submitted, it nn Measuring the distance from the home to the school is time for the allocation of places to begin. Each school applied for. you list is considered at exactly the same time, whether The full criteria for community schools are listed on the school is in Enfield or another Borough. Places also page 24. have to be offered at schools based on the schools own admissions criteria. It is not possible for any other factors to be taken into consideration by Governors or the local Step 2 authority in the case of community schools. When all the applications have been considered under the right criterion, proposed admission lists are drawn Step 1 up for all the schools. The Enfield Schools Admission Service will then begin to co-ordinate the offer of places The Admissions Service will let other local authorities and will also exchange relevant information with other know of any preferences you have made for schools in local authorities. Your child will then be offered a place their areas. We will also let foundation, voluntary aided at whichever school is the highest ranked on your list schools, academies and free schools in Enfield have for which they have qualified under the admission information about your child if you have included any of criteria. Lower preference schools are withdrawn at these schools in your list of preferences. It is important this stage. to remember that as well as including these schools on your application, you may also need to complete a supplementary information form to enable your Step 3 child to be considered under the correct criterion. If it is not possible to allocate a place at any of the All of the schools you have asked for will then be schools nominated on your form, your child will be considered against the school’s oversubscription criteria allocated a place at the closest school to your home (rules used to decide how to offer places). For community address with a vacancy. You are therefore strongly schools in Enfield, for example this would involve: advised to consider nominating a local school in your list of preferences, because you could be allocated a nn Considering medical applications that have been made school some distance from your home if closer schools nn Checking that children are siblings living at the same are oversubscribed. address and that the older child is expected to still be at the school concerned in September 2016
Summary of application process
Application received
Criteria applied to each preference
Places are offered up to the Admission Number at each school
Highest possible preference offered to each child
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Online applicants will be able to find out the result of their application after 7pm on the evening of 18 April. You will be asked to log onto your online account to let us know whether you intend to accept or reject any offer made by 3 May 2016. Please note that you will only receive one offer of a school place regardless of the number of schools you have asked your child to be considered for. If you do not accept the place offered by 3 May 2016, the offer may be withdrawn. If we cannot offer your child a place at one of your preferred schools we will write and tell you. However if there are vacancies at other schools and you are an Enfield resident, we may offer a place to your child at one of these, even if the school was not named as one of your preferences. If you are offered a school place, even if it is at a school that you did not name as a preference, we would The Admissions Service investigate all instances where recommend that you accept the offer made as this will a parent is thought to have provided false or misleading ensure that your child has a school place for September information in order to gain admission to a school. 2016. Accepting an offer does not affect your waiting The vast majority of parents adhere to the rules we list positions for any other higher preference schools. have in place, but if you have information about a If you have not been offered a place at a school of your family who you think are providing false information preference, or you would prefer your child to attend an for the purpose of school admissions, you can let the alternative school, you will be given information about Admissions Service know by letter, email or telephone. waiting lists and appeals procedures. The information provided to the Admissions Service is always treated confidentially. Waiting lists Any school offer that is found to have been made on Waiting lists are maintained for each Enfield community the basis of a fraudulent or intentionally misleading school. Your child’s name will be kept on the waiting list application and so denying a place to a child with a if your application was unsuccessful. Information about stronger claim, will be withdrawn. waiting lists for voluntary aided schools and academies can be obtained from the schools themselves. Withdrawal of Offers Places are offered to children at the top of the waiting Places offered at oversubscribed schools will be list as vacancies arise. A new application can cause a withdrawn if: child’s name to move down the list. This means that a nn the offer was made in error child’s position can move down as well as up. nn the offer was made on the basis of information that cannot be corroborated to the satisfaction of the Fraudulent Applications Admissions Service or later proves to be inaccurate. It is really important that the admissions system is fair Offers may be withdrawn even after the child has for everybody. Nobody should be allowed to cheat by started at a school using a friend or relative’s address, a business address nn the family has accepted more than one offer at the or by temporarily renting a property near to a popular same time. If your child’s place is withdrawn, you school. Each year a small number of parents try to get a will have the right of appeal against this decision. school place by providing false information, which could A sibling link will be withdrawn for any future siblings result in them taking a place that should have gone to of any child who has started at a school and it was another child. subsequently found that they have gained a place on the basis of a fraudulent application.
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Measurement Information Disclaimer All distances will be calculated by our admissions There are a number of websites that calculate distances IT system using ADDRESS-POINT®. This provides a to and from different addresses. The measurements national grid co-ordinate and a unique reference for on these websites can only serve as a guide and will each postal address in Great Britain. The grid reference provide approximate distances which are not used for is provided to a resolution of 0.1 metre (10cm). The admission purposes. accuracy of each ADDRESS-POINT® is such that each The London Borough of Enfield does not use these point will fall within the addressed building. websites to calculate distances in relation to allocating In the case of a multi-occupancy building such as flats school places. where there may only be one address point, priority will be given to the applicant whose door number is the lowest numerically or alphabetically. Where the Authority provides home to school distances for own admission authority schools the same system will be used.
Date Information
Mid-September 2015 Parents are able to contact schools to find out the arrangements for visiting prior through to January 2016 to making an application
1 October 2015 Online Portal opens for applications
15 January 2016 Closing date for the submission of an application
Parents who applied online are able to access the outcome of their application 18 April 2016 during the evening
Letters are sent to parents who had to submit a paper application or have not been 18 April 2016 offered a place at their highest preference school
3 May 2016 Deadline for parents and carers to accept the school places offered
Waiting list positions available for community schools and many of the own 9 May 2016 admission authority schools
16 May 2016 Closing date for lodging appeals for community schools
30 June 2016 Closing date for late online applications
June 2016– July 2016 Community school appeals heard by independent panels
Applying for a Primary School in Enfield 21 Admission to Reception Classes – September 2014 Allocations at Community Schools as at 16 April 2014
School T ot a l on t i m e A pp l i c a t on s Adm issi on N um be r L oo ke d Aft e r Me d i c a l S ib l i n gs Em p lo ye d a t th e s chool Pr i or t y Zon e Dis t a nc e F urth es t Dis t a nc e ( Mi l es ) N o. of Re fu sa l s (on t i m e )
Bowes 327 60 1 0 31 0 N/A 28 0.294 92
Brettenham 218 60 0 0 27 0 13 20 0.194 30
Carterhatch 259 90 0 0 49 0 N/A 41 0.731 11
Chase Side 371 60 0 0 21 0 4 35 0.496 29
Churchfield 282 90 0 0 39 0 N/A 51 0.591 34
Eastfield 245 60 1 0 31 0 N/A 28 0.238 30
Eversley 526 90 0 1 29 0 N/A 60 0.394 87
Firs Farm 298 90 2 0 31 0 N/A 57 1.048 25
Fleecefield 207 60 0 0 31 0 10 19 0.182 23
Galliard 290 90 0 0 37 0 N/A 53 1.524 5
George Spicer 338 120 2 0 31 0 N/A 87 1.721 7
Grange Park 517 120 0 0 41 2 N/A 77 1.168 32
Hadley Wood 161 30 0 0 11 0 N/A 19 1.118 29
Hazelwood 262 90 2 0 34 0 N/A 54 0.721 13
Lavender 384 60 0 0 31 0 N/A 29 0.303 53
Merryhills 398 90 0 0 40 0 N/A 50 1.810 8
Oakthorpe 241 70 0 0 27 1 N/A 42 0.436 38
Raynham 232 90 1 0 39 0 8 42 0.334 14
The Raglan 317 120 0 1 47 1 N/A 71 0.583 29
Tottenhall 255 90 0 0 37 0 N/A 53 0.358 48
Walker 432 60 2 0 30 1 N/A 27 0.316 83
Worcesters 220 90 1 0 30 0 N/A 59 1.560 3
The local authority has met the demand for places from on time applicants at the following community schools: Alma, Bowes Edmonton, Brimsdown, Bush Hill Park, Capel Manor, Chesterfield, De Bohun, Edmonton County, Eldon, Garfield, Hazelbury Infant, Highfield, Honilands, Houndsfield, Keys Meadow, Prince of Wales, Southbury, Starks Field, Suffolks, West Grove and Wilbury.
22 Applying for a Primary School in Enfield Admission to Reception Classes – September 2015 Allocations at Community Schools as at 16 April 2015
School T ot a l on t i m e A pp l i c a t on s Adm issi on N um be r St a t e m nt L oo ke d Aft e r Me d i c a l S ib l i n gs Em p lo ye d a t th e s chool Pr i or t y Zon e Dis t a nc e F urth es t Dis t a nc e ( Mi l es ) N o. of Re fu sa l s (on t i m e )
Bowes 333 60 0 2 0 23 0 N/A 35 0.247 84
Brettenham 237 60 0 1 0 26 0 11 22 0.197 28
Chase Side 359 60 0 0 2 21 1 4 32 0.466 40
Churchfield 276 90 0 1 0 38 0 N/A 51 0.542 24
Eversley 580 90 2 1 1 40 0 N/A 46 0.368 115
Firs Farm 357 90 0 1 0 33 2 N/A 54 0.581 51
Fleecefield 221 60 0 0 1 29 0 9 21 0.257 27
Galliard 274 90 0 0 0 42 0 N/A 48 0.698 16
George Spicer 349 120 0 1 0 37 0 N/A 82 0.845 13
Grange Park 530 120 0 1 0 45 0 N/A 74 1.144 38
Hadley Wood 188 30 0 0 0 14 0 N/A 16 1.139 55
Hazelwood 310 90 1 1 0 30 0 N/A 58 0.459 34
Highfield 281 90 0 1 0 33 0 N/A 56 1.338 10
Lavender 404 60 0 0 1 26 0 0 33 0.339 63
Merryhills 467 90 0 0 0 31 0 N/A 59 0.982 56
Oakthorpe 246 70 0 0 0 29 1 N/A 40 0.399 31
Raynham 237 90 0 0 0 51 0 9 30 0.227 41
Southbury 133 60 0 1 0 25 0 N/A 34 1.590 2
The Raglan 303 120 0 2 0 51 0 N/A 67 0.582 33
Tottenhall 238 90 0 1 0 38 0 N/A 51 0.403 27
Walker 419 60 0 0 0 26 0 N/A 34 0.406 60
West Grove 176 60 0 0 0 23 2 N/A 35 1.294 8
Worcesters 244 90 0 0 0 31 1 N/A 58 1.117 23
The local authority has met the demand for places from on time applicants at the following community schools: Alma, Bowes Edmonton, Bowes Southgate Green, Brimsdown, Bush Hill Park, Capel Manor, Carterhatch, Chesterfield, De Bohun, Eastfield, Edmonton County, Eldon, Garfield, Hazelbury Infant, Honilands, Houndsfield, Keys Meadow, Prince of Wales, Starks Field, Suffolks and Wilbury.
Applying for a Primary School in Enfield 23 Admission Arrangements in Enfield
Admissions Criteria Admissions criteria for Community Different types of schools have different admissions Primary, Infant and Junior Schools criteria: 2016 nn Community schools in Enfield have the same If there are fewer applications for a school than there admissions criteria. The criteria is listed on this page; are places available everyone is offered a place. nn Voluntary aided schools have their own admissions After the admission pupils with an Education, Health criteria and priority is often given to church or and Care Plan or Statement of Special Education faith members. In most cases parents/carers need Needs, the following criteria is used to decide which to complete a supplementary form. The criteria children should be offered places when there are more for each school in Enfield is set out on pages 41 to children wanting to go to a school than there are places 76. If you are applying for a voluntary aided school available. please make sure you have viewed the school’s full a) Children in public care (looked after children) and admission arrangements on their website before children who were adopted (or subject to residence completing your application; orders or special guardianship orders) immediately nn Academies and Free Schools are publicly funded following having been looked after. This does not independent schools and have their own admissions include children who were adopted without having criteria. These are set out from pages 28 to 40. If been previously looked after; you are applying for an academy or free school b) Children for whom a particular school is appropriate please make sure you have viewed the full admission on exceptional medical grounds. Such applications arrangements for the school on their website before will be considered under this criterion only if they completing your application. are supported by an attached written statement from a doctor. This must demonstrate that there is a very specific connection between the child’s medical need and the school requested; c) Children with a brother or sister who will be attending the school or linked junior school at the time of proposed admission. The children concerned must be living at the same address; d) Children whose parent is a member of staff who has been employed at the school concerned for two or more years at the time of application and/ or children of a member of staff who has been recruited to fill a vacancy for which there is a demonstrable skill shortage; e) Children genuinely resident within the school’s designated priority zone (for schools with an identified priority zone); f) Children living nearest to the school measured as the crow flies, that is, in a straight line from the child’s home to the main entrance of the school. (Travel by private car or public transport is not taken into account).
24 Applying for a Primary School in Enfield nn All distances will be calculated by our admissions PLEASE NOTE: IT system using ADDRESS-POINT®. This provides a national grid co-ordinate and a unique reference i) Children who have a Statement of Special for each postal address in Great Britain. The grid Education Needs or Education, Health and Care Plan reference is provided to a resolution of 0.1 metres will be offered a place at a school if it is named in (10cm). The accuracy of each ADDRESS-POINT® is accordance with the Education Act 1996 and the such that each point will fall within the addressed Special Educational Needs Code of Practise. building. In the case of a multi-occupancy building ii) In the case of infant to junior school transfer, such as flats where there may only be one address priority is given to looked after children. Thereafter, point, priority will be given to the applicants priority is automatically given to children who are whose door number is the lowest numerically or registered pupils at the link infant school before alphabetically; any other children are considered for admission in nn When it is not possible to admit all applicants to a accordance with the published criteria. particular school within any criterion, priority will be iii) Tottenhall Infant School, Tottenhall Road, N13 given to those living near the school measured as is a community infant school and is the feeder in ‘f’ in the admissions criteria; The Local Authority school for St. Michael-at-Bowes C.E. Junior School, defines siblings as a brother or sister living at the Tottenhall Road, N13. St. Michael-at-Bowes C.E. same address on the date when the applicant would Junior School is a voluntary aided school. There is be admitted. The term “sibling” means a full, step, no designated linked community junior school to half, adopted or fostered brother or sister, but not Tottenhall Infants School. St. Michael-at-Bowes C.E. cousins. The sibling link will be withdrawn for any Junior School has its own criteria for admission. future siblings of any child who has started at a A child attending Tottenhall Infants School is not school and it was subsequently found that they guaranteed a place at St. Michael-at-Bowes Junior had gained a place on the basis of a fraudulent School. Therefore: application; a) if a child is not offered a place at St. Michael-at- nn The Local Authority may exceptionally direct schools Bowes Junior School; or to admit children in excess of the admission number or above other children on a school’s waiting list, b) a place is not wanted at St. Michael-at-Bowes in order to fulfil its statutory responsibilities or to Junior School, a place will be offered to the child comply with decisions taken by the LA’s Primary Fair at the nearest school with a vacancy. Access Panel; nn Some of our schools have Additional Resource Bases Bowes Southgate Green (ARB). Places at an ARB are allocated by Enfield’s SEN Bowes Southgate Green is a partner school which opened Team. Applications made under criterion b (medical) in September 2014. It is being managed by the Bowes will not give children access to this provision; Learning Alliance under the leadership of Sarah Turner, nn Although childminding and childcare arrangements Executive Head. Bowes Southgate Green is currently located are very important to a working parent, we cannot at Broomfield School. The Authority is currently working take account of these arrangements when offering hard to secure a permanent site for this school in the South school places. West of the Borough. For this reason, when places are allocated for September 2016, the point of measurement in relation to the distance criterion will be measured from the junction of Aldermans Hill and Powys Lane.
The Ridgeway at Suffolks Different types of schools The Ridgeway at Suffolks is a partner school which opened in September 2015. It is being managed by Andrea Cassius, Headteacher at Suffolks and is currently have different admissions located at Suffolks Primary School. The Authority is currently working hard to secure a permanent site for criteria this school in the North West of the Borough.
Applying for a Primary School in Enfield 25 Appeals
If you are not offered a school of your preference you Appeal Statistics have the right to appeal to an independent appeals panel. Information and advice is available from the Name of Appeals Appeals Appeals Enfield Schools Admission Service or the School Appeals school Heard dismissed Allowed Service. It is important to remember: Brettenham 2 2 0 nn If you decide to appeal you can still accept a place Chase Side 3 3 0 at an alternative school; nn All available places at any school will have been Eversley 6 6 0 offered and accepted before the appeals are heard. Firs Farm 2 2 0 Appeals when the class already has 30 pupils Fleecefield 4 4 0 The law states that there must not be more than 30 pupils in an infant class. If your child has been refused a Galliard 1 1 0 place in a reception, year 1 or year 2 class and there are already 30 children in the class an appeal can only be Grange Park 2 2 0 successful in very limited circumstances. These are: nn The admissions arrangements were not followed Lavender 6 6 0 correctly; nn The decision not to offer a child a place was not Merryhills 1 1 0 one which a reasonable admissions authority would make in the circumstance of the case. 1 Oakthorpe 2 1 (Not class size) If your child has been refused a place in an infant class which does not already have 30 pupils or in any Raglan 3 3 0 junior class, the appeals panel is not restricted to the circumstance set out previously. Raynham 3 3 0
26 Applying for a Primary School in Enfield Priority Zones
What is a priority zone? Some primary schools have priority zones. The children living within these zones have priority of admission to a particular school. Priority zones are normally areas in which families who ask for admission live some distance from the school concerned but who cannot reasonably be offered an alternative community primary school. These zones may vary from year to year. Maps of the priority zones are available on pages 86 to 89. The priority zones relating to admissions during the 2015/16 academic year are as follows:
Brettenham Chase Side Fleecefield Lavender Raynham
Becket Road Aragon Close Brook Crescent Ash Ride Albany Road, N18 Cameron Close East Lodge Lane Brookfield Road Beech Avenue Culpepper Close Cavendish Close Enders Close Brookside Road Beggars Hollow Dysons Road Cavendish Road Farorna Walk Felixstowe Road Burnt Farm Ride Genista Road Cheshire House Hadley Road Fraser Road Cattlegate Road Kimberley Road Craig Park Road Harefield Close Grilse Close Clay Hill Ladysmith Road, N18 Daniel Close High Oaks Parr Close (numbers 180 up & Leopold Road numbers 181 up) Dodsley Place Hunters Way Willoughby Lane Cypress Avenue Ellanby Crescent Lavender Hill (numbers 179-209) Flash Lane First Avenue, N18 (numbers 200 up) Golf Ride Gibbs Road Mount View Rosewood Drive Hereford House Oak Avenue Rossendale Close Jeremy’s Green Ridge Crest Strayfield Road Leicester House Roundhedge Way Theobalds Park Road Montagu Crescent Spring Court Road Tingeys Top Lane Montagu Gardens The Ridgeway (odd numbers from 191 Whitewebbs Road Montagu Road up, even numbers from Wroxham Garden (numbers 1-237 odd, 82 up) 2-226 even) William Covell Close Princes Road Weller Mews Rays Avenue Rays Road Second Avenue, N18 Shropshire House Stacey Avenue Swaythling Close
Applying for a Primary School in Enfield 27 Admissions Criteria for Academies and Free Schools
The Governors of Academies and Free Schools are responsible for admissions and these schools have different criteria or rules to decide which children are offered places. This section contains the criteria for each of the Academies and Free Schools in Enfield.
Please note: It is important that parents should contact the schools directly for the most recent information about the admission arrangements as there may be some changes to the details published in this booklet.
ARK JOHN KEATS ACADEMY – Admissions criteria
Admissions Policy relating to admissions to the b) September/October – The academy will provide academy in the academic year 2016/17 and beyond opportunities for parents/carers to visit the academy. Primary c) January – Common Application Form to be i. The primary has an agreed PAN of 901 (three-form completed and returned to the pupil’s home entry) pupils in the Reception year. LA to administer. For 2016 the national closing date for primary applications is 15 January. After the allocation of Reception places, the academy will admit ‘rising fives’, i.e. all children d) February – The LA sends the academy with places can be admitted to the Reception year applications to the Academy Trust. at school in the September following their fourth e) February – Determination of the next academic birthday but before reaching compulsory school age. year’s admissions policy. This will be published In accordance with paragraph 2.16 of the on the academy’s website and sent to the LA Admissions Code, a parent/carer may request that by 15 March for inclusion in the composite their child’s taking up of a place be deferred until prospectus. later in the school year but not beyond the point f) March – The academy or Ark Central will at which they reach compulsory school age, and advise the LA of applicants who meet not beyond the beginning of the final term of required admissions criteria where it has been the school year for which the offer was made. A necessary to verify this for them, e.g. distance parent/carer may request that their child takes up measurement. the place part-time until compulsory school age is reached. g) March – The LA applies the agreed scheme for its own schools, informing other LAs of offers to Note: In respect of a child born late in an be made to their residents. academic year after 1 April, the ordinary expectation is that he or she will join Reception at h) April – Offers made to parents/carers. the latest in the term he or she turns five and then 2. After the admission of pupils with statements of progress to Year 1 in the next academic year. If a Special Educational Needs or Education and Health parent/carer wants their child to join Reception in Care Plans where the academy is named, the the September term after their fifth birthday, that academy will consider all applications for places. decision is strictly subject to the discretion of the academy. The process for making an out-of-age- Where fewer applications are received than places group application is described in paragraph 6. available, the academy will offer places to all those who have applied, including from 2020 all those ii. Where the primary school is oversubscribed, the pupils attending the primary school in Year 6. criteria for admission are as set out below. 1. for primary applications: PROCEDURES WHERE THE ACADEMY IS a) September – The academy will publish in its OVERSUBSCRIBED prospectus information about the arrangements Oversubscription criteria for admission, including oversubscription 3. Where the academy is named on a pupil’s criteria, for the following September (e.g. in Statement of Special Educational Needs or September 2015 for admission in September Education and Health Care Plan, that child will 2016). This will include details of open evenings be admitted by the academy. If the number of and other opportunities for prospective pupils applications for admission to either the primary and their parents/carers to visit the academy. school or secondary school is greater than the PAN, applications will be considered against the criteria and order set out below:
1 In September 2013 and 2014, the PAN was 60 and will remain so for these cohorts.
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ARK JOHN KEATS ACADEMY – Admissions criteria
a) Looked After Children and children who have reception to the main entrance of the child’s been previously looked after (pursuant to the home. Where a child resides in a block of Admissions Code)2. flats, the distance will be measured from the academy building’s main reception to the b) Children of staff at the school where there main entrance of the building in which the is a demonstrable skill shortage – Children flats are located. of members of staff will have priority in the oversubscription criteria if the staff member is Tie breaker: If Ark Schools is unable to distinguish filling a post for which there is a demonstrable between applicants using the published criteria, skill shortage. Ark Schools is required to approve including those who live in blocks of flats with the the Principal’s designation of such posts and same building entrance, places will be offered via a confirm the assessment that a member of random draw which will be supervised by someone staff appointed meets the requirements of the independent of the academy. shortage. Priority will be limited to one place for Note: In the case of multiple births or brothers and each form of entry in any year. sisters in the same year group, where there is only c) Children who at the time of the admission have one place available in the academy, both will be a sibling who attends the academy. For this considered together as one application. purpose “sibling” means a whole, half or step- brother or -sister or an adopted child resident OPERATION OF WAITING LISTS at the same address. In respect of applications 4. Subject to any provisions regarding waiting lists to the primary school, the fact that an applicant in the LA’s co-ordinated admission scheme, the has a sibling attending the nursery school will academy will operate a waiting list. Where in any not be a factor giving rise to priority. year the academy receives more applications for places than there are places available, a waiting d) Children of staff in the school – Where there is list will operate until the end of the summer term. no demonstrable skill shortage, priority may be Thereafter, parents/carers will be written to asking given where the academy is oversubscribed to a if they wish for their child to remain on the waiting child of a person who will have been employed list. This will be maintained by the academy and it in the academy for two or more years at the will be open to any parent/carer to ask for his or time the application for admission is made. her child’s name to be placed on the waiting list Priority will be limited to one place for each following an unsuccessful application. form of entry in any year. 5. A child’s position on the waiting list will be e) Distance measurement – A child’s home will be determined solely in accordance with the the address at which the child normally resides oversubscription criteria set out in paragraph 12 and which has been notified to the academy above. When places become vacant they will and other relevant agencies as being the child’s be allocated to children on the waiting list in normal place of residence. accordance with the oversubscription criteria. i. In those cases where the relevant LA ADMISSION OF CHILDREN OUTSIDE OF THEIR measures distance on behalf of Ark Schools, NORMAL AGE GROUP the method they adopt for measurement and 6. Applications for children to be admitted to a also selection between equal applicants and school year outside of their chronological age those living in flats will apply. group should be submitted to the home LA ii. In those cases where Ark Schools is required during normal round admissions, or to the LA as to carry out the measurement itself, priority described in paragraph 19 regarding the in-year will be given to those children who live admissions process. Each application will be closest to the school using a straight-line considered and decided by the academy on the measurement taken from Ordnance Survey individual circumstances of each case. Applicants Data from the academy building’s main should provide documentation in support of their application regardless of whether they are asking 2 “A ‘looked after child’ is a child who is (a) in the care of a Local for the student to be admitted in a lower or higher Authority, or (b) being provided with accommodation by a Local year group. Applicants will be notified in writing of Authority in the exercise of their social services functions (see the definition in Section 22(1) of the Children Act 1989) at the time the decision. Unsuccessful applicants will be given of making an application to a school.” (footnote 16 of the School the right to appeal. Admissions Code 2014). A previously looked after child “includes children who were adopted under the Adoption Act 1976 and children who were adopted under the Adoption and Children’s Act 2002.”
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Cuckoo Hall Academy – Admissions criteria
The Governing Body is responsible for the admission If a tie-break is needed to determine who is admitted of pupils into Cuckoo Hall Academy and the agreed under criteria4, priority will be given to children living admission number is 120 pupils full-time to the nearest to the Academy. For all purposes nearness to Reception year. The Academy is required to comply the Academy will be measured as the crow flies, that with the infant class size rules which requires that is, in a straight line from the child’s home to the main each reception, year 1 or year 2 class must have no entrance of Cuckoo Hall Academy4. Random allocation more than 30 children with a qualified teacher. The will be used if the distance between two children’s admission number for Cuckoo Hall Academy takes this homes and the school is the same. This process will be into account. independently verified. If there are fewer applications for the Academy than Please note that attendance in the Nursery classes at there are places available, everyone is offered a place. Cuckoo Hall Academy does not guarantee admission to the Academy for primary admission and that a After the admission of pupils with a statement of separate application must be made for transfer from special educational needs naming the Academy, Nursery to Academy. Governors use the following criteria to decide which children should be offered places when there are more Waiting Lists children wanting to go to the Academy then there are In addition to the right of appeal, unsuccessful places available. candidates will be offered the opportunity to be placed 1. Looked after children (as defined by Section 22(1) on a waiting list. This waiting list will be maintained of the Children Act 1989) and children who were by the Academy in order of the oversubscription looked after, but ceased to be so because they criteria set out above and not in the order in which were adopted1, or became subject to a residence applications are received or added to the list. 2 3 order or special guardianship order . Parents/carers will be consulted regularly on whether 2. Children of staff at Cuckoo Hall Academy where: they still wish to remain on the waiting list and the waiting list will be maintained until the end of the a. the member of staff has been employed at the Academic year. school for two or more years at the time at which the application for admission is made; or Application Procedures, Late Applications and b. the member of staff is recruited to fill a vacant Timetable for admissions to reception classes at post for which there is a demonstrable skill Cuckoo Hall Academy for September 2016 shortage Application to Cuckoo Hall Academy is not dependent on any ability test and in order to apply for a place at 3. Children with a sibling who is attending Cuckoo the Academy a standard LA application form must be Hall Academy at the time of application and who completed and returned to Enfield Schools Admission will remain on roll at the time of admittance. Long Service by the due date for the common admissions term foster children will be accepted as siblings of application timetable. Further information is available the foster carers own children and other children on the London Borough of Enfield admissions website in foster care at the same address. The children at www.enfield.gov.uk/admissions. Parents/carers will concerned must be living at the same address and be advised of the outcome of their applications on evidence may be required to verify the sibling link. 16 April 2016 or the next working day. Unsuccessful Priority within this group will be given in the applicants will be given reasons related to the following order: oversubscription criteria listed above and advised of their right of appeal to the independent appeals panel. a. Children of twin/multiple births living at the same address. Late applications will be allocated to the waiting list b. Other children and places will be allocated as vacancies occur. 4. Other children by distance with those who live closest being admitted first. Priority within this group will be given in the following order: 4 Distances from home to school are calculated by the London Borough of Enfield admissions service. The Governing Body has been a. Children of twin/multiple births living at the advised that the distances provided are calculated by the London same address. Borough of Enfield admissions service using ADDRESS-POINT®. This provides a national grid co-ordinate and a unique reference b. Other children for each postal address in Great Britain to a resolution of 10cm, with each point falling within the addressed building. In the case of 1 Under the terms of the Adoption and Children Act 2002, Section 46 multi-occupancy buildings such as flats where there may be only 2 Under the terms of the Children Act 1989, Section 8 one address point, priority will be given to applicants whose door 3 Under the terms of the Children Act 1989, Section 14A number is the lowest numerically or alphabetically
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Cuckoo Hall Academy – Admissions criteria
The admission of pupils with a statement of Special If it is found that false information has been provided Educational Needs, where a local authority has named and a place has been obtained because of this, the place the Academy on a child’s statement (under Section offered is likely to be withdrawn. Parents/carers will still 324 of the 1996 Education Act), this is dealt with by have the right of appeal if the place is withdrawn. a completely separate procedure. This procedure is integral to the making and maintaining of statements by local authorities. Details of this separate procedure are set out in the Special Educational Needs Code of Practice. After an offer has been made of a place at the Academy, Cuckoo Hall Academy requires 2 proofs of residence of the permanent home of the child to confirm the place. One of these must be a notification of Child Benefit from HMRC unless the parent/carer is not entitled to Child benefit when another proof of residence must be provided. The other proof of residence must be a council tax document, child’s medical card, a gas or electricity bill or similar. Confirmation of date of birth of the child will also be required.
Where the Child Lives Where parents have shared responsibility for a child and the child lives for part of the week with each parent, then the child will be deemed to live where they spend the majority of school nights. School nights are Sunday night, Monday night, Tuesday night, Wednesday night and Thursday night. In the event of joint parental responsibility with the child spending equal time with either parent, the child will be deemed to live with the parent with the Child Benefit Award Notice.
Siblings A sibling is defined as a full brother or sister, a step/ half brother or sister living at the same address, a child who is living as part of the family by reason of a court order or a child who has been placed with the family as foster carers as a result of a being looked after by a local authority.
Looked after children In the case of a previously looked after child, Cuckoo Hall Academy will require a copy of the adoption order, residence order or special guardianship order and a letter from the local authority that last looked after the child confirming that he or she was looked after immediately prior to that order being made.
Note Unfortunately it appears that there have been some cases where parents have been tempted to supply false or inappropriate information to try and get a place at a particular Academy or school, for example by giving the address of a relative instead of the home address. Information supplied by parents/carers is checked.
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ENFIELD HEIGHTS ACADEMY – Admissions criteria
The pupil admission number is: 25 (1FE of 25 pupils The nodal points are: per year). nn Node 1 – The School entrance Enfield Heights Academy is part of the England-wide nn Node 2 – Enfield Lock Train Station co-ordinated admissions process for state schools. In the case of a tie-break being necessary within This will mean parents/carers wanting their children to criteria c, children of multiple births (twins, triplets attend the school in 2016 must apply to their home etc) will be given priority and then if a further tie- Local Authority as they would for any other state- break is necessary, random allocation will be used. maintained school. Our admission arrangements take into account the We use Enfield Schools Admission Service to measure requirements of the Race Relations Act. distances from pupils’ homes to their nearest node. The governing body of Enfield Heights Academy is its Distances own admissions authority. The admission policy is in Distances from home to nodes will be provided by the full accordance with the School Admissions code and Enfield Schools Admission Service. These distances Admission Appeals code. are calculated by the admissions IT system using Specifically, where the number of applications for ADDRESS-POINT®. This provides a national grid admission is greater than the published admissions co-ordinate and a unique reference for each postal number for any relevant age group, Enfield Heights address in Great Britain. The grid reference is provided Academy will consider applications against the to a resolution of 0.1 metres (10cm). The accuracy criteria set out in the sub-paragraphs below. This of each ADDRESS-POINT® is such that each point does not apply to students with statements of Special will fall within the addressed building. In the case of Educational Needs where Enfield Heights Academy is a multi-occupancy building such as flats where there named in the statement, who will be admitted first. may only be one address point, the place will be allocated randomly. a) Looked after children and previously looked after children. Confirmation of address and date of birth After an offer has been made for a place at the b) Children for whom a particular school is school, Enfield Heights Academy require 2 proofs appropriate on exceptional medical grounds. Such of residence of the permanent home of the child applications will be considered under this criterion to confirm the place. One of these normally can be only if they are supported by an attached medical notification of Child Benefit from HMRC unless the statement from a doctor. This must demonstrate parent/carer is not entitled to child benefit. Another that there is a very specific connection between proof of residence must be a council tax document, the child’s medical need and the school requested. child medical card, a gas or electricity bill, bank or The Enfield Heights Academy Governors will make building society letter or similar. Parents will also be the decision related to such applications. required to present proof of the child’s birth date, c) Children who live closest to the two nodal points for example a short-form birth certificate. They must set out below. Within this category priority will be make sure that the application form they complete is given in the following order: accurate and they must contact the school if there are relevant changes to their application after it has been i) First priority in category C will go to those submitted. children who have brothers or sisters already at the school at the time of entry. If there are Places may be withdrawn if false information is more applicants than places priority will be entered on the application form. Parents who do not given, within this group, to those children who provide evidence of their child’s address as requested, live nearest to the nodal point closest to their or provide conflicting or inconclusive information, may home, using the GPS co-ordinates for their have the place withdrawn, even if it has already been home and the nodal point. accepted. When parents live separately, the address used should be the one that their child usually lives at ii) Second priority in category C will go to and attends school from. If a child lives equally with those children who live nearest to the nodal both parents at different addresses, parents may be point closest to their home, using the GPS asked to provide acceptable proof that this is the case co-ordinates for their home and the nodal and should make clear which address should be used point. for the purposes of this application.
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ENFIELD HEIGHTS ACADEMY – Admissions criteria
Siblings Independent appeals If your child has a brother or sister already attending Parents of unsuccessful applicants have the right the school you must state this on the application form to appeal to an independent appeals panel if they and give the relevant details. A sibling is defined as a are dissatisfied with an admissions decision. The full brother or sister, a step/half brother or sister living arrangements for appeals will be in line with the at the same address, a child who is living as part of School Admission Appeals Code published by the the family by reason of a court order or a child who Department for Education (as it applies to Foundation has been placed with foster carers as a result of being and Voluntary Aided schools.) The determination of looked after by a local authority. Priority under the the appeal panel will be made in accordance with the sibling criterion will only be given to children who will over subscription criteria. have a sibling at the school at the time of admission.
Twins and triplets In the case of a multiple births application, e.g. twins, falling at the cut-off point, then if an offer is made to one child, it will be made to all of the multiple birth siblings.
Waiting lists In addition to the right of appeal, unsuccessful candidates will be offered the opportunity to be placed on a waiting list, held by the school. Places will be offered to children at the top of the waiting list as vacancies arise and the list will be ordered according to the oversubscription criteria; so, the arrival of a new applicant into the area could cause a child’s name to move down the list. Pupils who are the subject of a direction by London Borough of Enfield or who are allocated to the School in accordance with the ‘In-Year Fair Access Protocol’, will take precedence over those on a waiting list. Parents/carers will need to confirm termly whether they still wish to remain on the waiting list, which will be kept until the end of the academic year.
Late applications Applications received after the normal admission round will be considered if a vacancy occurs. If no vacancy occurs then the late application will be added to the waiting list in accordance with the oversubscription criteria. Children who are the subject of a direction by the local authority to admit or who are allocated to a school in accordance with the ‘In-Year Fair Access Protocol’, will take precedence over those on a waiting list. We intend to follow Enfield’s Protocol for Exclusions (Managed Transfers and Reintegration), including their appeals process.
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Kingfisher Hall Academy – Admissions criteria
The Governing Body is responsible for the admission If a tie-break is needed to determine who is admitted of pupils into Kingfisher Hall Academy and the under criteria4, priority will be given to children living agreed admission number is 60 pupils full-time to the nearest to the Academy. For all purposes nearness Reception year. The Academy is required to comply to the Academy will be measured as the crow flies, with the infant class size rules which requires that that is, in a straight line from the child’s home to the each reception, year 1 or year 2 class must have no main entrance of Kingfisher Hall Academy4. Random more than 30 children with a qualified teacher. The allocation will be used if the distance between two admission number for Kingfisher Hall Academy takes children’s homes and the school is the same. This this into account. process will be independently verified. If there are fewer applications for the Academy than Please note that attendance in the Nursery classes at there are places available, everyone is offered a place. Kingfisher Hall Academy does not guarantee admission to the Academy for primary admission and that a After the admission of pupils with a statement of separate application must be made for transfer from special educational needs naming the Academy, Nursery to Primary for Kingfisher Hall Academy. Governors use the following criteria to decide which children should be offered places when there are more Waiting Lists children wanting to go to the Academy then there are In addition to the right of appeal, unsuccessful places available. candidates will be offered the opportunity to be placed 1. Looked after children (as defined by Section 22(1) on a waiting list. This waiting list will be maintained of the Children Act 1989) and children who were by the Academy in order of the oversubscription looked after, but ceased to be so because they criteria set out above and not in the order in which were adopted1, or became subject to a residence applications are received or added to the list. 2 3 order or special guardianship order . Parents/carers will be consulted regularly on whether 2. Children of staff at Kingfisher Hall Academy where: they still wish to remain on the waiting list and the waiting list will be maintained until the end of the a. the member of staff has been employed at the Academic year. school for two or more years at the time at which the application for admission is made; or Application Procedures, Late Applications and b. the member of staff is recruited to fill a vacant Timetable for admissions to reception classes at post for which there is a demonstrable skill Kingfisher Hall Academy for September 2016 shortage Application to Kingfisher Hall Academy is not dependent on any ability test and in order to apply for 3. Children with a sibling who is attending Kingfisher a place at the Academy a standard LA application form Hall Academy at the time of application and who must be completed and returned to Enfield Schools will remain on roll at the time of admittance. Long Admission Service by the due date for the common term foster children will be accepted as siblings of admissions application timetable. Further information the foster carers own children and other children is available on the London Borough of Enfield in foster care at the same address. The children admissions website at www.enfield.gov.uk/admissions. concerned must be living at the same address and Parents/carers will be advised of the outcome of their evidence may be required to verify the sibling link. applications on 16 April 2016 or the next working Priority within this group will be given in the day. Unsuccessful applicants will be given reasons following order: related to the oversubscription criteria listed above and advised of their right of appeal to the independent a. Children of twin/multiple births living at the appeals panel. same address. b. Other children Late applications will be allocated to the waiting list and places will be allocated as vacancies occur. 4. Other children by distance with those who live closest being admitted first. Priority within this group will be given in the following order: 4 Distances from home to school are calculated by the London Borough of Enfield admissions service. The Governing Body has been a. Children of twin/multiple births living at the advised that the distances provided are calculated by the London same address. Borough of Enfield admissions service using ADDRESS-POINT®. This provides a national grid co-ordinate and a unique reference b. Other children for each postal address in Great Britain to a resolution of 10cm, with each point falling within the addressed building. In the case of 1 Under the terms of the Adoption and Children Act 2002, Section 46 multi-occupancy buildings such as flats where there may be only 2 Under the terms of the Children Act 1989, Section 8 one address point, priority will be given to applicants whose door 3 Under the terms of the Children Act 1989, Section 14A number is the lowest numerically or alphabetically
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Kingfisher Hall Academy – Admissions criteria
The admission of pupils with a statement of Special If it is found that false information has been provided Educational Needs, where a local authority has named and a place has been obtained because of this, the place the Academy on a child’s statement (under Section offered is likely to be withdrawn. Parents/carers will still 324 of the 1996 Education Act), this is dealt with by have the right of appeal if the place is withdrawn. a completely separate procedure. This procedure is integral to the making and maintaining of statements by local authorities. Details of this separate procedure are set out in the Special Educational Needs Code of Practice. After an offer has been made of a place at the Academy, Kingfisher Hall Academy requires 2 proofs of residence of the permanent home of the child to confirm the place. One of these must be a notification of Child Benefit from HMRC unless the parent/carer is not entitled to Child benefit when another proof of residence must be provided. The other proof of residence must be a council tax document, child’s medical card, a gas or electricity bill or similar. Confirmation of date of birth of the child will also be required.
Where the Child Lives Where parents have shared responsibility for a child and the child lives for part of the week with each parent, then the child will be deemed to live where they spend the majority of school nights. School nights are Sunday night, Monday night, Tuesday night, Wednesday night and Thursday night. In the event of joint parental responsibility with the child spending equal time with either parent, the child will be deemed to live with the parent with the Child Benefit Award Notice.
Siblings A sibling is defined as a full brother or sister, a step/ half brother or sister living at the same address, a child who is living as part of the family by reason of a court order or a child who has been placed with the family as foster carers as a result of a being looked after by a local authority.
Looked after children In the case of a previously looked after child, Kingfisher Hall Academy will require a copy of the adoption order, residence order or special guardianship order and a letter from the local authority that last looked after the child confirming that he or she was looked after immediately prior to that order being made.
Note Unfortunately it appears that there have been some cases where parents have been tempted to supply false or inappropriate information to try and get a place at a particular Academy or school, for example by giving the address of a relative instead of the home address. Information supplied by parents/carers is checked.
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Meridian Angel Primary School – Admissions criteria
Principles 3 If you apply for a place because of medical or In order to achieve the vision for the Academy the social needs you must explain how Meridian Angel following principles will direct the admissions policy: Academy meets your child’s special circumstances. Along with your application, you should submit nn The Academy’s policy will comply with the School supporting evidence which sets out the particular Admissions Code and the reasons why this school is the most suitable, the nn School Admissions Appeals Code. difficulties that could be caused if they were to nn The Academy seeks to be a local school for local attend another school, and the link between people. the need and the school. This will normally be nn The Academy is intended to serve as a priority in the form of a report from a suitably qualified those families living in Upper professional, such as a doctor or social worker for nn Edmonton and those who will move into new example. Please note that hospital appointment homes in the Meridian Water regeneration area. letters cannot be accepted as proof. nn The Academy seeks to be a fully inclusive school. 4 For criteria 4 and 5 above, the tie breaker will be The Policy distance from home. The school opened in 2014 with a Planned Admissions Number of 30 per year group. 5 Distance will be measured from the front door of the child’s home address (including flats) to the main Draft Statement of Oversubscription criteria entrance of the school, using the Local Authority’s After the admission of pupils with statements of computerised measuring system, with those living Special Educational Needs where the school is named closer to the school receiving higher priority. In the on the statement, the criteria will be applied in the rare event that applicants’ distance measurements order in which they are set out below: are exactly the same, in blocks of flats for instance, the place will be allocated randomly. 1. ‘Looked after children’. Any offer of a place on the grounds of proximity is 2. Children with a sibling already ‘on-roll’ at Meridian conditional on the child being resident at the address Angel Academy, who will be on roll when the child provided at the closing date for application. A business is admitted. address, a childminder’s address, or any address 3. Children whom the Governors accept have an other than the child’s home will not be accepted. The exceptional medical or social need for a place at Governors reserve the right to seek verification of the the school. information parents have given on their application 4. Children living at an address within the agreed form and to withdraw places if false information has Priority Admissions Zone. See below been given. Proof of address will be sought and may be the subject of further investigation. 5. Other children living in the parish of St John’s Upper Edmonton. Children with a statement of special educational need that specifies the school as the placement school will 6. Other children living in the parishes of All Saints be allocated a place through a separate procedure, in with St Michael, Edmonton and St Peter with St accordance with the special educational needs code of Martin, Edmonton. practice. 7. Other children, with priority to those living closest 5 Priority Admissions Zone to the school. This zone includes all addresses within the area NOTES: designated as ‘Meridian Angel’ by Enfield Council. 1 Governors will ask for written evidence from the Priority Admissions Zone responsible agencies. Rationale. The priority admissions zone criterion 2 Sibling refers to brother or sister, half brother or has been used to help create a local school serving sister, adopted brother or sister, step brother or local families which is part of the LCLT vision. It also sister, or the child of the parent/carer’s partner ensures that both the existing community and those where the child for whom the school place is sought moving into the new housing have access to the is living in the same family unit at the same address school. The streets chosen for this zone are those as that sibling. either closes to the proposed site or in areas not served by another local primary school.
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Meridian Angel Primary School – Admissions criteria
This zone includes all addresses within the area Application Process designated as ‘Meridian Angel’ by Enfield Council. The admissions arrangements will be coordinated as part of the local authority’s coordinated admissions This zone includes the following streets in Upper process and will also be administered by the Council. Edmonton, N18 - nn Ladysmith Road nn Aberdeen Road – 34 nn Kimberly Road upwards (no odd nn Dysons Road numbers) nn Alston Road nn Aberdeen Parade nn Genista Road nn Rays Road nn Leopold Road nn Rays Avenue nn Albany Road nn Daniel Close nn Wensley Road nn Jeremy’s Green nn York Road nn Montagu Road up to nn Middleham Road – 248 even numbers & even numbers to 134, 249 odd numbers odd numbers 147 nn Sandal Road – up to nn Stockton Road 12 even numbers & 7 nn Leyburn Road odd numbers nn Hawes Road nn Hester Road nn Yorkshire Gardens nn Seaton Street nn Broadberry Court nn Middleborough Road nn Berkshire Gardens nn Thornaby Gardens + Malham Terrace nn Leyburn Road (part of Dysons Rd) nn Leyburn Grove + Willoughby Lane nn Upton Road + Culpepper Close nn Woolmer Road nn Craig Park Road nn Raynham Terrace – up nn Cavendish Road to 44 even numbers nn Montague Gardens (no odd numbers) nn Montague Crescent nn Raynham Avenue nn Cameron Close nn Woolmer Gardens nn Ellanby Crescent nn Sayesbury Lane nn Ellanby Close
Waiting list Unsuccessful applicants will be offered the opportunity to be placed on a waiting list operated by Enfield Council. This waiting list will be maintained for one year in order of the criteria set out above and not in the order that applications are received or added to the list. If a place becomes available the criteria above are reapplied to all those on the waiting list and a subsequent reordering of the waiting list may take place.
Appeals Unsuccessful applicants may appeal for a place at the Academy. Parents wishing to appeal should write to the school stating the reasons for their appeal. Appeals will be heard by a panel which is independent of the Academy and the Governors.
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Oasis Academy Hadley – Admissions criteria
Where the number of applications for admission This provides a national grid co-ordinate and is greater than the published admission number, a unique reference for each postal address in applications will be considered against the Great Britain. The grid reference is provided to a oversubscription criteria set out below. After the resolution of 0.1 metre (10cm). The accuracy of admission of pupils with an Education, Health and each ADDRESS-POINT® is such that each point will Care plan or Statement of Special Educational Needs fall within the addressed building. In the case of a naming the academy will take priority. The criteria multi-occupancy building such as flats where there will then be applied in the order in which they are set may only be one address point, priority will be out below: given to the applicant whose door number is the lowest numerically/or alphabetically. Initial allocations will involve only those applications received by the published closing date and accepted as The child’s permanent home address is where he ‘on time’. or she normally lives and sleeps and goes to school from. Proof of residence can be requested at any a. children in public care (looked after children) time throughout the admissions process. If false or and children who were adopted (or subject to misleading information is used to gain entry to the residence orders or special guardianship orders) Academy, the offer of a place will be withdrawn. immediately following having been looked after. Where two or more children live in a flat or other nn Children in care are children who are in the multi-home dwelling and it is not possible to care of a local authority or provided with determine which applicant lives closest to the accommodation by that local authority in preferred school as measured in a direct line from the accordance with section 22 of the Children Act building to the school; the available place(s) will be 1989. allocated by drawing lots. b. children for whom a particular school is If there are more applicants than there are places appropriate on exceptional medical grounds. remaining within a particular category, random Such applications will considered under this allocation will be used to allocate the final available criterion only if they are supported by an place(s). Random allocation process will be attached written statement from a doctor. This independently verified. must demonstrate that there is a very specific connection between the child’s medical need and the school requested. c. children with a brother or sister, sibling, who will be attending the school at the time of proposed admission. The children concerned must be living at the same address. The term “sibling” means a full, step, half, adopted or fostered brother or sister, but not cousins. The sibling link will be withdrawn for any future siblings of any child who has started at a school and it was subsequently found that they had gained a place on the basis of a fraudulent application. d. children whose parent is a member of staff who has been employed at the school for two or more years at the time of application and/ or children of a member of staff who has been recruited to fill a vacancy for which there is a demonstrable skill shortage. e. children living nearest to the school measured as the crow flies, that is, in a straight line from the child’s home to the main entrance of the school on South Street. Travel by private car or public transport will not be taken into account. All distances will be calculated by Enfield Council’s admissions IT system using ADDRESS-POINT®.
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Woodpecker Hall Academy – Admissions criteria
The Governing Body is responsible for the admission a. Children of twin/multiple births living at the of pupils into Woodpecker Hall Academy and the same address. agreed admission number is 60 pupils full-time to the b. Other children Reception year. The Academy is required to comply with the infant class size rules which requires that If a tie-break is needed to determine who is admitted each reception, year 1 or year 2 class must have no under criteria 4, priority will be given to children living more than 30 children with a qualified teacher. The nearest to the Academy. For all purposes nearness to admission number for Woodpecker Hall Academy the Academy will be measured as the crow flies, that takes this into account. is, in a straight line from the child’s home to the main entrance of Woodpecker Hall Academy4. Random If there are fewer applications for the Academy than allocation will be used if the distance between two there are places available, everyone is offered a place. children’s homes and the school is the same. This After the admission of pupils with a statement of process will be independently verified. special educational needs naming the Academy, Please note that attendance in the Nursery classes Governors use the following criteria to decide which at Woodpecker Hall Academy does not guarantee children should be offered places when there are more admission to the Academy for primary admission and children wanting to go to the Academy then there are that a separate application must be made for transfer places available. from Nursery to Academy. 1. Looked after children (as defined by Section 22(1) of the Children Act 1989) and children who were Waiting Lists looked after, but ceased to be so because they In addition to the right of appeal, unsuccessful were adopted1, or became subject to a residence candidates will be offered the opportunity to be placed order2 or special guardianship order3. on a waiting list. This waiting list will be maintained by the Academy in order of the oversubscription 2. Children of staff at Woodpecker Hall Academy criteria set out above and not in the order in which where: applications are received or added to the list. a. the member of staff has been employed at the Parents/carers will be consulted regularly on whether school for two or more years at the time at they still wish to remain on the waiting list and the which the application for admission is made; or waiting list will be maintained until the end of the b. the member of staff is recruited to fill a vacant Academic year. post for which there is a demonstrable skill Application Procedures, Late Applications and shortage. Timetable for admissions to reception classes at 3. Children with a sibling who is attending Woodpecker Hall Academy for September 2016 Woodpecker Hall Academy at the time of Application to Woodpecker Hall Academy is not application and who will remain on roll at the dependent on any ability test and in order to apply for time of admittance. Long term foster children will a place at the Academy a standard LA application form be accepted as siblings of the foster carers own must be completed and returned to Enfield Schools children and other children in foster care at the Admission Service by the due date for the common same address. The children concerned must be admissions application timetable. Further information living at the same address and evidence may be is available on the London Borough of Enfield required to verify the sibling link. admissions website atwww.enfield.gov.uk/admissions. Parents/carers will be advised of the outcome of their Priority within this group will be given in the applications on 16 April 2016 or the next working day. following order: Unsuccessful applicants will be given reasons related to a. Children of twin/multiple births living at the the oversubscription criteria listed above and advised of same address. their right of appeal to the independent appeals panel. b. Other children 4 Distances from home to school are calculated by the London 4. Other children by distance with those who live Borough of Enfield admissions service. The Governing Body has been advised that the distances provided are calculated by the London closest being admitted first. Priority within this Borough of Enfield admissions service using ADDRESS-POINT®. group will be given in the following order: This provides a national grid co-ordinate and a unique reference for each postal address in Great Britain to a resolution of 10cm, with each point falling within the addressed building. In the case of 1 Under the terms of the Adoption and Children Act 2002, Section 46 multi-occupancy buildings such as flats where there may be only 2 Under the terms of the Children Act 1989, Section 8 one address point, priority will be given to applicants whose door 3 Under the terms of the Children Act 1989, Section 14A number is the lowest numerically or alphabetically
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Woodpecker Hall Academy – Admissions criteria
Late applications will be allocated to the waiting list Note and places will be allocated as vacancies occur. Unfortunately it appears that there have been some cases where parents have been tempted to supply false The admission of pupils with a statement of Special or inappropriate information to try and get a place at Educational Needs, where a local authority has named a particular Academy or school, for example by giving the Academy on a child’s statement (under Section the address of a relative instead of the home address. 324 of the 1996 Education Act), this is dealt with by Information supplied by parents/carers is checked. If it a completely separate procedure. This procedure is is found that false information has been provided and integral to the making and maintaining of statements a place has been obtained because of this, the place by local authorities. Details of this separate procedure offered is likely to be withdrawn. Parents/carers will still are set out in the Special Educational Needs Code of have the right of appeal if the place is withdrawn. Practice. After an offer has been made of a place at the Academy, Woodpecker Hall Academy requires 2 proofs of residence of the permanent home of the child to confirm the place. One of these must be a notification of Child Benefit from HMRC unless the parent/carer is not entitled to Child benefit when another proof of residence must be provided. The other proof of residence must be a council tax document, child’s medical card, a gas or electricity bill or similar. Confirmation of date of birth of the child will also be required.
Where the Child Lives Where parents have shared responsibility for a child and the child lives for part of the week with each parent, then the child will be deemed to live where they spend the majority of school nights. School nights are Sunday night, Monday night, Tuesday night, Wednesday night and Thursday night. In the event of joint parental responsibility with the child spending equal time with either parent, the child will be deemed to live with the parent with the Child Benefit Award Notice.
Siblings A sibling is defined as a full brother or sister, a step/ half brother or sister living at the same address, a child who is living as part of the family by reason of a court order or a child who has been placed with the family as foster carers as a result of a being looked after by a local authority.
Looked after children In the case of a previously looked after child, Woodpecker Hall Academy will require a copy of the adoption order, residence order or special guardianship order and a letter from the local authority that last looked after the child confirming that he or she was looked after immediately prior to that order being made.
40 Applying for a Primary School in Enfield Admissions Criteria for Voluntary Aided Schools
The Governors of Voluntary Aided Schools are responsible for admissions and these schools have different admissions criteria or rules to decide which children are offered places. This section contains the criteria for each of the voluntary aided schools in Enfield.
Please note: It is important that parents should contact the schools directly for the most recent information about the admission arrangements as there may be some changes to the details published in this booklet.
FORTY HILL CE PRIMARY SCHOOL – Admissions criteria
Forty Hill C of E School was founded by the Church to 3. Siblings of children at the school at the time of serve the local community. admission in order of distance. We have an open door policy which welcomes 4. Children whose parents regularly worship at one parents into the school and although not part of the of the covenanted churches of the Enfield Town admissions policy, we encourage parents to make and Forty Hill Local Ecumenical Partnership, an appointment to see the school and meet the (which are St Andrews, Our Lady of Mount Headteacher or other member of staff before making Carmel and St George’s, Trinity Methodist their decision about the schools suitability for their Church, St John Methodist Church, Enfield child. This is not part of the admissions process. Baptist Church and Salvation Army), in order of distance. The number of children on the school roll is 240. The agreed intake into the reception class in 2016 will be 30. 5. Children whose parents regularly worship at a church which is a member of the Churches ADMISSION TO THE RECEPTION CLASS Together of Britain and Ireland or Evangelical Children may enter the Reception Class at the Alliance/Affinity, in order of distance. At the beginning of the academic year in which they are five. time of application the current list will be found Visits to the school to meet the Headteacher or other on the website and only the member churches member of staff can be booked from the September that appear at that date will be accepted. preceding the year of their start. During the meeting we will show you around the school and explain the 6. Children whose parents belong to another Admission Procedure. recognised world faith. All applicants must complete a Local Authority 7. Children who do not come into any of the above Common Application Form and those applying categories but whose parents wish them to under criteria 2,3,4,5,6 or 7 should complete a attend a faith school, in order of distance. Supplementary Information Form. Both forms are Note: Where there are more applications than places available from the school at the time of your visit. in any category, places will be allocated according to The Local Authority CAF should be returned to the distance from the home to the Head’s office measured authority and the SIF to the school by the deadline on in a straight line. the relevant forms. The following guideline will be used when applying Admission to the school will be determined by the the criteria: governing body and is dependent upon the number *REGULAR PARENTAL WORSHIP means that at least of applications received and the admission criteria one parent/guardian has attended public worship in place at that time, which is subject to an annual twice a month during the 18 month period prior to review. the closing date for applications, or alternatively have ADMISSION CRITERIA FOR THE ACADEMIC YEAR attended at least 36 weekly acts of public worship 2016-2017 spread over the same period. 1. Children in public care or who were looked after Public worship is our 3 services on Sunday 8.00am, but ceased to be so because they were adopted 10.30am and 6.30pm. Very occasionally the 6.30pm or became subject to a residence order or special service will be cancelled when there is a united service guardianship order. Written supporting evidence at another church in Enfield. The Church usually holds should be supplied at the time of application. a service of Holy Communion on a Wednesday at 2. 2a. Siblings of children at the school at the time 9.30am. If you wish to check if there is a 6.30pm or of admission whose parents regularly worship at 9.30am service it is always listed on the notice sheet Jesus Church Forty Hill in order of distance. which may be downloaded from jesuschurch.org.uk or collected from the back of church. 2b. Children whose parents regularly worship at Jesus Church Forty Hill in order of distance.
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FORTY HILL CE PRIMARY SCHOOL – Admissions criteria
The supplementary form includes a section which confirms regular parental worship and which must be signed by the Vicar, Minister or Priest. When a vicar is not in post the form should be signed by a Churchwarden or other appropriate representative. If you have recently moved into the area a letter from the Minister of your previous church authenticating a continuity of worship must be supplied, to provide evidence of continuity of worship as outlined above. ** CHURCH ATTENDANCE REGISTER If you are new to the Church, please come and make yourself known to the Vicar. Please be sure to sign the Attendance Register every time you attend worship. **SIBLING CURRENTLY ATTENDING THE SCHOOL at the expected date of admission. (NB Siblings in current Year 6 will have left the school by the admission date.) ‘Sibling refers to brother or sister, half brother or sister, adopted brother or sister, step brother of sister, or the child of the parent/carer’s partner where the child for whom the school place is sought is living in the same family unit at the same address as that sibling.’ Letters will be sent to parents/carers by the borough informing them of the outcome of their application. If you are not happy with the decision you can write to the Chair of Governors who will carry out a review and if appropriate meet with you to discuss the matter informally and explain the school’s position. Parents whose children are not offered a place have the right of appeal to an independent appeal panel. Parents wishing to exercise this option should submit their grounds for appeal in writing to the Clerk of the Governing Body.
WAITING LIST If we are unable to offer your child a place we can keep their name on a waiting list and will inform you if a vacancy occurs, however, you also have the right to appeal to an independent appeal panel and if you wish to exercise this option your grounds for appeal must be submitted in writing to the Clerk of the Governing Body. When places become available they will be allocated in line with the Admission Criteria. Being on a waiting list does not give a preference for places.
Read the admissions criteria for each of the schools you are interested in
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Freezywater St. George’s CE Primary School – Admissions criteria
The Governing Body is responsible for the admissions Notes of pupils to Freezywater St. George’s CE VA Primary a) “Families”, is defined as one or both parents or School and admits 30 pupils to the Reception class legal guardians living at the same address as the each September. This admission limit has been agreed child as given on the application form. by the Governing Body and the Local Education b) “Brothers and sisters” is defined as siblings Authority and applies to the year 2016. including step, half and adopted siblings residing The school does not have any specific units or facilities permanently at the same address as the child for pupils with particular special needs. The school is, currently attending school. however, compliant with the Disability Discrimination c) Distances from home to school are provided Act and will ensure that pupils with disabilities have by the Enfield Schools Admission Service. access to the same opportunities as other pupils. The The Governing Body has been advised that Governing Body is required to abide by the maximum the distances provided are calculated by the limits for infant class sizes (Reception, Year 1 and Year admissions IT systems using ADDRESS-POINT®. 2) i.e. 30 pupils per class. This provides a national grid co-ordinate and Where there are more applications than there are a unique reference for each postal address in places, the governors will admit pupils according to Great Britain. The grid reference is provided to a the following criteria, in order of priority: resolution of 0.1 metres (10 cm). The accuracy of each ADDRESS-POINT® is such that each 1) Children who are looked after or who were looked point will fall within the addressed building. after but ceased to be so because they were In the case of multi-occupancy buildings such adopted or became subject to a residence order as flats where there may only be one address or special guardianship order. Written supporting point, priority will be given to the applicants evidence should be supplied, at the time of whose door number is the lowest numerically or application, from the relevant LA. alphabetically. 2) Children whose a) families are *faithful and * Faithful and regular worship is deemed by the regular worshippers at St. George’s or St. Peter’s governors to be a minimum of 24 months of and St. Paul’s; written evidence of the applicants’ fortnightly worship. commitment to their place of worship (in the form of a clergy reference) will be required. 3) Children who will have b) brothers and/or sisters attending the school at the time of admission. 4) Children whose families are *faithful and regular worshippers at another Anglican church for whom this is their closest church school; written evidence of the applicants’ commitment to their place of worship (in the form of a clergy reference) will be required. 5) Children whose families are *faithful and regular worshippers at another Christian church, as recognised by the CTBI (Churches Together in Britain and Ireland) or the Evangelical Alliance for whom this is their closest church school; written evidence of the applicants’ commitment to their place of worship (in the form of a clergy reference) will be required. 6) Nearness of the home to the school as c) defined by the LA. Where criterion 1) 2) 3) 4) or 5) is oversubscribed, places will be given in order of the nearness of the home to the school as c) defined by the LA.
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Latymer All Saints CE Primary School – Admissions criteria
Where there are more applications than places Please read explanations of terms stated in our available the following criteria will be used in order: admissions criteria: 1. Children in Public Care or who were looked after 1. Sibling but ceased to be so because they were adopted Sibling refers to brother or sister, half brother or or became subject to a residence order or special sister, adopted brother or sister, stepbrother or guardianship order. Written supporting evidence sister, or the child of a parent/carer’s partner where should be supplied at the time of application. the child for whom the school place is sought is living at the same family unit at the same address 2. Children who will have siblings (1.) attending the as that sibling. school at the time of admission. 2. Parents/Family Members 3. Children whose parent (2.) worships regularly at All A parent is any person who has parental Saints Church, Edmonton or one of the following responsibility for or is the legal guardian of the Churches: St Aldhelm, Silver Street; St. Alphege, child. Where admission arrangements refer to Hertford Road; St Mary with St. John, Upper ‘Parents attendance at church’ it is sufficient Edmonton; St. Peter with St. Martin, Bounces Road; for just one parent to attend. ‘Family members’ St Stephen, Bush Hill Park. (Weekly attendance, include only parents, as defined above, and siblings. fortnightly attendance and/or monthly attendance at a service of worship). 3. Churches Churches belonging to Churches Together in 4. Children who live within the boundaries as defined Britain and Ireland/the Evangelical Alliance. by the attached Parish map and who are regular attenders at another Christian church. (3.) www.ctbi.org.uk [email protected] 5. Children living closest to the school, measured in a straight line from their home to the main entrance 4. Distance to the school (4.) and living within the boundaries Distance will be measured (using Local Authority’s as defined by the attached parish map. computerised measuring system) from the front door of the child’s home address to the main 6. Children who live outside the parish of Edmonton, entrance of the school, with those living closer to and are regular attenders at another Christian the school receiving higher priority. church. (3.) 7. Any other children. Note A sheet showing All Saints Church parish boundaries is Within each of the above categories, priority will available from the school office. be given in the following order, depending on how long the pattern of worship has been the case, with minimum attendance of one year: (1) Weekly attendance at a service of Worship (2) Fortnightly attendance at a service of Worship (3) Monthly attendance at a service of worship (4) Proximity of home to the school (as the crow flies)
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Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School – Admissions criteria
Our Parish School of Our Lady of Lourdes welcomes 7. Other Looked After Children and children who everyone in the community to share with us the joys have been adopted (or made subject to child of our Catholic Faith. We worship, learn and play arrangements orders or special guardianship together in the love of Jesus, helping one another to orders) immediately following having being looked become the people God has created us to be. after Our Lady of Lourdes Primary School is a Catholic 8. Christians of other denominations whose parents School intended for the education of Catholic children, wish them to have a Catholic education and whose primarily for those who attend the parish church of application is supported by their minister Our Lady of Lourdes. As a Catholic School, Catholic 9. Other Applicants doctrine and practice permeate every aspect of the School’s life. It is therefore essential that the Catholic Applications Procedures and Timetable for character of the School’s education is fully supported Admission to Reception Class, September 2016 by all the families in the School. All applicants are In order to make an application, you must complete therefore expected to give their full, unreserved and a Common Application Form (CAF) from your local positive support for the aims and Catholic ethos of the authority. You should also complete the School’s School. Supplementary Information Form (SIF). The The Governors are responsible for the admission information on the SIF enables the Governing Body of pupils and intend to admit up to the school’s to assess your application fully against the School’s Published Admission Number of 30 pupils at Reception criteria in the event of oversubscription. Please return age in the school year 2016-2017. Applications are the CAF to the local authority and the SIF to School invited for September 2016 from families whose child together with all other relevant paperwork required for attains 4 years of age between 1st September 2015 your application. and 31st August 2016. If you do not complete both of the forms described Last year the school was heavily oversubscribed above and return them by 15th January 2016, the and we received 82 applications for 30 places. All Governing Body will be unable to consider your applicants in Categories 1 to 3 were offered a place, application fully and it is very unlikely that your child along with 16 in category 4, in accordance with will be offered a place. Applications received after the the distance criteria set out in our oversubscription closing date will be dealt with as soon as possible after criteria. Over the past three years the average number the offer date. of applications for Reception places has been 84. The School’s Supplementary Information Form (SIF) In the event of oversubscription, consideration will should be submitted by 15th January 2016 to The be given and offers of places will be made to eligible School Secretary, Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic pupils in accordance with the following criteria and Primary School, The Limes Avenue, New Southgate, order of priority. Please also read the Notes set out London N11 1RD. Offers of places will be sent to below. parents on or about 16th April 2016. Unsuccessful applicants will be given reasons related to the above 1. Catholic Looked After Children and Catholic oversubscription criteria and advised of their right of children who have been adopted (or made subject appeal to an independent appeal panel. The deadline to child arrangement orders or special guardianship for appeals will be 20th May 2016. Unsuccessful orders) immediately following having being looked candidates will also be offered the opportunity to be after placed on a waiting list which will be maintained until 2. Baptised practising Catholics who live within Our 31st August 2017 in order of the above criteria and Lady of Lourdes parish with a brother or sister in not the order in which applications are received or the school at the time of admission added to the list. 3. Other baptised practising Catholics with a brother PLEASE NOTE: Admissions – Oversubscription or sister in the school at the time of admission Criteria 1. “Looked after child” has the same meaning 4. Baptised practising Catholics who live within Our as in Section 22 of the Children Act 1989, and Lady of Lourdes parish with no brother or sister in means any child in the care of a local authority the school at the time of admission or provided with accommodation by them (e.g. 5. Other baptised practising Catholics children with foster parents at the time of making an application to the school). 6. Other baptised Catholics
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Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School – Admissions criteria
2. “Adopted” An adopted child is any child who has (10cm). The accuracy of each ADDRESS-POINT® is been formally adopted, having previously been in such that each point will fall within the addressed care and whose parent/guardian can give proof of building. In the case of a multi-occupancy building this. such as flats where there may only be one address point, priority will be given to the applicant 3. “Child Arrangements Order” A Child whose door number is the lowest numerically or Arrangements Order is an order under the terms of alphabetically. the Children Act 1989 s.8 setting the arrangements to made as to the person with whom the child is 11. Multiple births to live. Children ‘looked after’ immediately before If there is only one remaining place available and the order is made qualify in this category. the next applicants are twins, triplets or other 4. “Special Guardianship Order” A special multiple birth groups, then these children will be guardianship order is an order under the terms admitted. These children will remain an ‘excepted of the Children Act 1989 Section 14A appointing pupil’ or ‘excepted pupils’ for the time they are in one or more individuals to be a child’s special an infant class or until the class numbers fall back guardian(s). Children ‘looked after’ immediately to the current infant class size limit. before the order is made qualify in this category. 12. Exceptional need 5. “Practising Catholic” means a Catholic child from The governing body must give top priority within a practising Catholic family where this practice is a category to an application where compelling verified by a reference from a Catholic priest in the evidence (from an appropriate professional such standard format laid down by the Diocese. ‘Family’ as a social worker, doctor or priest) is provided includes the Catholic or Catholics who have legal in writing at the time of application of a social, responsibility for the child. medical or pastoral need of the child which can 6. “Catholic” means a member of a church in full only be met at this school. communion with the See of Rome. This includes 13. Pupils with a Statement of Special Educational the Eastern Catholic Churches. This will normally Needs/Education, Health and Care Plan (EHC) be evidenced for a child by a certificate of baptism in a Catholic church or a certificate of reception The admission of pupils with a Statement of into the full communion of the Catholic Church. Special Educational needs or Education Health and Care Plan is dealt with by a completely separate 7. “Brother or sister” includes step brother/sister, procedure. Details of this separate procedure are half brother/sister and foster or adopted brother/ set out in the Special Educational Needs Code of sister living at the same address as the applicant Practice. If your child has a Statement of SEN or on the date of the application. EHC plan you must contact your Local Authority 8. “Christian” for the purposes of this policy, means SEN officer. a member of one of the Churches affiliated to 14. Applications for Admission outside the Normal ‘Churches Together in Britain and Ireland’. Admissions – In-Year Admissions 9. Priority within categories 6, 7, 8 and 9 above will For further information about in-year applications, be given to applicants with a brother or sister in please refer to the school’s website or contact the the school at the time of admission. school directly. 10. Tie Break 15. Fair access Priority within each category will be determined, Our school is committed to taking its fair share of if necessary, by proximity of the child’s home children who are vulnerable and/or hard to place, (where he/she resides for 50% or more of the time as set out in locally agreed protocols. Accordingly, as at the date of the Application with at least one outside the normal admissions round the governing parent or guardian who has legal responsibility for body is empowered to give absolute priority to a him/her) to a mid point in the school as confirmed child where admission is requested under any local by the local education authority (the LA). All protocol that has been agreed by both the Diocese distances will be calculated by the LA’s admissions and the Local Authority for the current school year. IT system using ADDRESS-POINT®. This provides The governing body has this power even when a national grid co-ordinate and a unique reference admitting the child would mean exceeding the for each postal address in Great Britain. The grid published admission number. reference is provided to a resolution of 0.1 metre
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Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School – Admissions criteria
16. Reception year deferred entry is made, it will be ranked with all the other applications and no further exception will be given. Applicants may defer entry to school up until A statutory right of appeal will be given upon refusal statutory school age i.e. the first day of term if no place has been offered in any school year. following the child’s fifth birthday. Application is made in the usual way and then the deferment 18. These criteria apply to all applications for places in is requested. The place will then be held until the Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School, The first day of the spring or summer term. Applicants Limes Avenue, New Southgate, London, N11 1RD. may also request that their child attend part-time 19. A map of Our Lady of Lourdes parish is available until statutory school age is reached. Entry may from the school. not be deferred beyond statutory school age of beyond the year of application. Applicants whose These criteria, conditions and requirements children have birthdays in the summer term should replace all those previously published in respect be aware that, if they wish to defer, they will of applications for a place at our School, starting need to apply for a Year 1 place for the following after 31st August 2016. September and if the school is oversubscribed they are very unlikely to obtain a place (see Point 17 below). 17. Summer born children Parents may request that their child be educated out of his/her chronological age group. Such requests must be made in writing to the Chair of Governors during the Autumn term in the year of application (i.e., September – December 2015 for children born between 01/09/2011 – 31/08/2012). Governors will consider each request on its own merits and permission will only be given in exceptional circumstances. When the application
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St. Andrew’s CE Primary School, Enfield – Main School Admissions criteria
St Andrew’s is a Voluntary Aided Primary School 4. Children whose parents/guardians are regular founded and inspired by the Christian faith according worshippers at one of the following churches: to the teaching and practice of the Church of England. nn Enfield Baptist Church The Governing Body is responsible for admission of nn Enfield Citadel (Salvation Army) pupils to the Nursery and to the Main School. The nn Enfield Evangelical Free Church Governing Body is required to abide by the legal nn St. Mary Magdalene Church, Enfield maximum limits for infant classes, i.e. 30 pupils nn Trinity Church, Enfield per class. As far as possible, the school will ensure that pupils with disabilities have access to the same 5. Distance from school. opportunities as other pupils. If applying for a place under criterion 2 or 4, please A Borough Application form for admission to reception ensure that Church attendance is verified and class must be submitted either via the school or signed by the appropriate Priest/Minister on the your home Local Authority (in Enfield this is the attached Supplementary Information Form. Enfield Admissions Service) by 15 January 2016. The Those who have changed churches in the eighteen school also has a Supplementary Information Form months prior to the date of application may have which requires information applicable to the school’s previous regular church attendance taken into account. admission criteria 2 and 4. No applications or additional Signed confirmation from Ministers of both churches information received after this date will be considered. will be required indicating regular attendance by at In the event of over-subscription, the Governors will least one parent or guardian at least twice a month consider all applications using the criteria below, for a continuous period which would give a total of which are listed in order of priority. When reference at least eighteen months regular attendance before is made to distance from the school, it must be the date on which the application is due, and would the parents/guardians’ address where the child indicate an ongoing church commitment. If the permanently resides at the time of application. churches are of the same or different denominations No other address will be considered. In the event of a but the criterion changes, the majority attendance will criterion being oversubscribed, priority will be given on determine the criterion under which the application the basis of least distance between the child’s home will be considered. and the Headteacher’s Office in a straight line. Where If any false information is provided, this will lead two addresses have the same distance a decision will to an offer of a place being withdrawn. be made using random allocation. The Governors consider each application strictly in line If a child from a multiple birth is offered the last with the Admissions Criteria. There are always more available place, the other child/children will be applications than there are places available. In the admitted as an exception. event that a child is refused entry, it is suggested that To be considered under each Church criterion each criterion is studied carefully before contacting below, regular worship means that a minimum of the school. twice a month attendance at Sunday worship is The decision of the Governing Body is a corporate required by at least one parent or guardian, for a one and no discussion of individual cases may be held continuous period of no less than eighteen months with any Governor. If the Governors are unable to before the date on which the application is due. offer your child a place, their name may, if requested, Criteria be kept on a reserve list and you will be informed if a 1. Children in public care (looked after children) and vacancy occurs. children who were adopted (or subject to residence orders or special guardianship orders) immediately following having been looked after. 2. Children whose parents/guardians are regular worshippers at the Parish Church of St Andrew, Enfield. 3. Sibling of a child attending the main school at the time of admission (brothers or sisters are interpreted in this context as children, living at the same address, who share a parent through a blood relationship, legal adoption or legal fostering).
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St. Andrew’s Southgate Primary School (CE) – Admissions criteria
Parents who are considering sending their child to St of Churches: Oakwood Baptist Church, Bourne Andrew’s Southgate Primary School (CE) are invited Methodist Church, Oakwood Methodist Church, to make an appointment to visit the school by Vita et Pax and the Southgate Christian Fellowship. telephoning 020 8886 3379. This is not part of the Also children whose parents frequently worship admission process but simply so that parents may see at other churches that are members of Churches the school at work. Together in Britain and Ireland or of the Evangelical Alliance AND who live within the parishes named The admission number for each year in the school, in criterion 2 above. including Reception, is 30. This is the maximum number of children that the Governors will admit to 6. Children who do not fall into the categories above each year group. but who live in close proximity to the school, priority being given to the closest (see note below). Children are admitted to the Reception Class in the September after their fourth birthday, as September is If only one place is available at the school and the the beginning of the school year. next child who qualifies for a place is one of multiple birth siblings, the school will go over their published Parents must complete a Local Authority Application admission number to support the family. These Form naming the school. You should also complete children will be deemed as “excepted” pupils under the St Andrew’s Supplementary Form, which can infant class size legislation. be obtained from the school office, if you are applying under Criterion 2 or 5 so that the Governors In the case of over-subscription when there has to can consider the application fully. Completed be selection within one of the criteria, priority will Supplementary Forms should be returned to the be given to those living closest to the school. All school. (For admissions to Reception these forms must distances will be calculated by the London Borough be returned by the published Local Authority closing of Enfield admissions IT system using ADDRESS- date in January and any application received after this POINT®. This provides a national grid co-ordinate and date will only be considered after those received on a unique reference for each postal address in Great time.) Britain. The grid reference is provided to a resolution of 0.1 metre (10cm). The accuracy of each ADDRESS- St Andrew’s is a Church of England school and has no POINT® is such that each point will fall within the fixed catchment area. Admissions are decided by the addressed building. In the case of a multi-occupancy Governors. When there are more applications than building such as flats where there may only be one places (which has always been the case), applications address point, priority will be given to the applicant are prioritised according to the criteria shown below whose door number is the lowest numerically or which are shown in order of priority. alphabetically. 1. Children who are in public care (‘looked after’ Where children spend part of the week with one children). This includes children who were parent/guardian and part with the other the Governors previously looked after, but cease to be so because will consider the address where the child spends the they have been adopted or became subject to a most time per week to be the home address. child arrangement order or special guardianship order. Deferred Entry 2. Children whose parent(s) frequently worship at the Parents offered a place for their child have a right to churches of St Andrew’s Southgate, Christ Church defer entry, or to take a place up part-time, until the Southgate, St John the Evangelist Palmers Green or start of the term beginning immediately after their 1 St Thomas’s Oakwood. child has reached compulsory school age . However, places cannot be deferred until the next academic 3. Children having brothers or sisters (this includes year. step/half/foster siblings living at the same address) already at the school at the time of attendance. Admission of children outside their normal age group 4. Children of staff where the member of staff has Parents may request that their child is admitted to a been employed at the school for two or more year group outside their normal age range, for instance years at the time at which the application for where the child is gifted or talented or where a child admission to the school is made. has suffered from particular social or medical issues 5. Children whose parent(s) frequently worship at the impacting his or her schooling. All such requests will following constituent churches of the Southgate, 1 Children become of compulsory school age on the first prescribed Oakwood and Cockfosters Neighbourhood Group day following their 5th birthday: 31 August, 31 December or 31 March (or on that day if any of these dates are the child’s birthday).
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St. Andrew’s Southgate Primary School (CE) – Admissions criteria be considered on their merits and either agreed or A reference from a church minister will be required refused, on that basis. If a request is refused, the child before an application is accepted as falling within will still be considered for admission to their normal criterion 2 or 5. The term “frequently worship” means age group. at least monthly church attendance for a minimum of six months prior to the application being considered. The process for requesting such an admission is as follows: With the application, parents should request If you are offered a place for your child, you will be that the child is admitted to another year group required to provide written proof that you live at the (state which one), and the reasons for that request. address given on the application (e.g. a council tax Parents will submit any evidence in support of bill). If you are unable to do this, or the information their case with the application, for instance from a provided is fraudulent, any offer of a place will be medical practitioner2. The school will consider each withdrawn. case on its merits, taking into account the individual The term “parents” includes foster parents and circumstances of the request and the child’s best guardians. interests. We will also ensure the parent is aware of whether the request for admission out of age group You should apply for a place at your local community has been agreed before final offers are made, and school for your child in case we are unable to offer a the reason for any refusal. Requests for admission place. out of the normal year group will be considered alongside other applications made at the same time. Appeals An application from a child who would ‘normally’ be If, after having discussed the matter with the Chair a year 1 child for a reception place will be considered of Governors, parents of unsuccessful applicants alongside applications for reception. are dissatisfied, they have the right to appeal to an independent appeals committee. Parents who wish to request that their child is admitted to another age group should make an Such appeals should be made in writing to the Chair of application for their child’s normal age group at Governors, c/o St Andrew’s School. the usual time as well as requesting deferral to the following year. If the request is agreed, parents must still make a new application as part of the main admissions round the following year. If the request is refused, they will have the option of the offer of a place for the normal age group.
Applications for Admission outside the Normal Admissions – In-Year Admissions For further information about in-year applications, please refer to the school’s website or contact the school directly. If you need help to decide which criterion applies to you (e.g. you are not sure in which parish you live), please mention this when you contact the school and we will advise you. The Governors will decide upon applications by strict use of these criteria.
2 Some of the evidence a parent might submit could include: §§whether the child is ‘summer born’ and is seeking admission to a year group other than reception (or is seeking admission to reception rather than year 1); §§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; and §§whether they may naturally have fallen into a lower age group if it were not for being born prematurely.
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St. Edmund’s Catholic Primary School – Admissions criteria
St Edmund’s Catholic Primary School was founded by 7. Christians of other denominations whose application the Catholic Church to provide education for children is supported by their Minister of Religion. of Catholic families. As a Catholic school, we aim 8. Children of other faiths whose application is to provide a Catholic education for all our pupils. supported by their Religious Leader. At a Catholic school, Catholic doctrine and practice permeate every aspect of the school’s activity. It is 9. Any other children. essential that the Catholic character of the school’s education is fully supported by all families in the Exceptional Need school. All applicants are therefore expected to give The Governing Body will give top priority, after the their full, unreserved and positive support for the aims appropriate category of looked-after children, to an and ethos of the school. application where compelling evidence is provided at the time of application, from an appropriate The Published Admissions Number (PAN) for each professional such as a doctor, priest or social worker, reception class at St Edmund’s is 30. The Governing of an exceptional social, medical, pastoral or other Body has sole responsibility for admissions to this need of the child, which can only be met at this school. school and intends to admit 60 children in the school year which begins in September 2016. Applications Multiple Applications are welcome from families whose child reaches his/her Where the final place is offered to a child who has 4th birthday between 1st September 2015 and 31st other siblings applying for a place in the same year August 2016. group these siblings will also be admitted. Whenever there are more applications than places Applications in previous years available, priority will always be given to Catholic For the academic year 2015/2016 the school was applicants in accordance with the criteria listed below. heavily oversubscribed we received 101 applications In this Policy applicant refers to the person making an for 60 places. As the school is usually oversubscribed application on behalf of a child; candidate refers to the by Catholic candidates, it is very unlikely that child on whose behalf the application is being made. applicants who are not Catholics will obtain a place.
Oversubscription Criteria Tie Break Where there are more applications than the number of Where the offer of places to all the applicants in any places available, places will be offered according to the of the sub-categories listed above would still lead following order of priority: to oversubscription, the places up to the admission number will be offered to those living nearest to the 1. Catholic ‘looked after’ children and Catholic children school as measured by the Local Authority (please see who have been adopted or made subject to child ‘Distance from school’ on page 53). Siblings who fall arrangement orders or special guardianship orders. under oversubscription criteria 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 or 9, will be 2. Baptised Catholic children, from practising Catholic given priority in the category which they fall. families, who have a sibling at the school at the Fair Access time of admission (please see ‘Sibling’ on page 53). The school is committed to taking its fair share of 3. a. Baptised Catholic children from practising children who are vulnerable and/or hard to place, as Catholic families who are resident in the Parish of set out in locally agreed protocols. Accordingly, outside The Most Precious Blood and St Edmund in the the normal admissions round, the Governing Body is Borough of Enfield. empowered to give absolute priority to a child where admission is requested under any local protocol that b. Baptised Catholic children from practising has been agreed by both the Local Authority and the Catholic families who are not resident in the Parish Diocese for the current school year. The Governing Body of The Most Precious Blood and St Edmund in the has this power even when admitting the child would Borough of Enfield. mean exceeding the published admission number. 4. Other baptised Catholics. Applications for Admission outside the Normal 5. Other looked after children and Catholic children Admissions – In-Year Admissions who have been adopted (or made subject to child For further information about in-year applications, arrangement orders or special guardianship orders). please refer to the school’s website or contact the 6. Catechumens and members of an Eastern Christian school directly. Church.
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St. Edmund’s Catholic Primary School – Admissions criteria
Reception Year Deferred Entry Right of Appeal Applicants may defer entry to school up until If you are unsuccessful you may ask us for the reasons statutory school age i.e. the first day of term following for the refusal of a place. These reasons will be related the child’s fifth birthday. Application is made in to the oversubscription criteria listed in the Policy and the usual way and then the deferral is requested. you will have the right of appeal to an independent The place will then be held until the first day of the panel. Should you wish to appeal please contact the spring or summer term as applicable. Applicants may school as soon as possible for an appeal form on which also request that their child attend part-time until you must list your reasons for making an appeal. statutory school age is reached. Entry may not be Closing date for appeals is the 20th May 2016. deferred beyond statutory school age or beyond the year of application. Applicants whose children have Waiting List birthdays in the summer term should be aware that, if In addition to their right of appeal, unsuccessful they wish to defer, they will need to apply for a Year 1 candidates will be offered the opportunity to be placed place for the following September and if the school is on a waiting list. This list will be maintained in order oversubscribed they are very unlikely to obtain a place. of the oversubscription criteria set out in the Policy and not in the order in which applications are received Summer Born Children or added to the list. Names are removed from the Any application for a child to be educated out of his/ list after one year, unless applicants request to her age group will be considered by governors on an remain on the list. individual basis and will only be granted in exceptional circumstances. Parents should write to the Chair Pupils with a Statement of Special Educational of Governors during the autumn term 2015 in the Needs, Health and Care Plan (EHC) (academic) year of application, giving reasons and The admission of pupils with a statement of Special providing compelling professional evidence. Educational Needs OR Education Health and Care Plan (EHC) is dealt with by a completely separate Application Procedure for parents 2016-2017 procedure. Details of this separate procedure are set In order to make an application, you must complete out in the Special Educational Needs Code of Practice. a Common Application Form (CAF) from your local If your child has a Statement of SEN or EHC plan you authority and return it to them. You should also must contact your local authority SEN officer. complete the School’s Supplementary Information Form (SIF), The information on the SIF enables Change of details the Governing Body to assess your application If any of the details on either of your forms changes fully against the School’s criteria in the event of between the date of application and the receipt of the oversubscription. Please return the SIF (in person or letter of offer or refusal, you must inform the School by post) to the School together with all other relevant and the local authority immediately. If misleading paperwork required for your application. If you do information is given or allowed to remain on either not complete both of the forms described above and of your forms, the Governing Body reserves the right return them by 15th January 2016, the Governing to withdraw the place, even if the child has already Body will be unable to consider your application fully started at the School. and it is very unlikely that your child will be offered a place. Applications received after the closing date will be dealt with after the initial allocation process has been completed. Applicants applying under criteria 2 and 3 must submit a priests’ reference form (PRF) by the closing date. This form is available from the school or from the diocesan website at www.rcdow.org.uk/schools/ governors/admissions The local authority will write to you on behalf of the Governing Body with the outcome of your application on or about Monday 18th April 2016.
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St. Edmund’s Catholic Primary School – Admissions criteria
NOTES (these notes form part of the ‘Christian’ for the purposes of this policy, means a oversubscription criteria) member of one of the Churches affiliated to ‘Churches ‘Looked after child’ has the same meaning as in Together in Britain and Ireland’. Section 22 of the Children Act 1989, and means any ‘Resident’ A child is deemed to be resident at a child in the care of a local authority or provided with particular address when he/she resides there for more accommodation by them (e.g. children with foster than 50% of the school week. parents at the time of making an application to the school). ‘Distance from school’ All distances will be calculated by the London Borough of Enfield admissions IT ‘Adopted’ An adopted child is any child who has been system using ADDRESS-POINT®. This provides a formally adopted and whose parent/guardian can give national grid co-ordinate and a unique reference for proof of adoption. each postal address in Great Britain. The grid reference ‘Child Arrangements Order’ A Child Arrangements is provided to a resolution of 0.1 metre (10cm). The order is an order under the terms of the Children Act accuracy of each ADDRESS-POINT® is such that each 1989 s.8 settling the arrangements to be made, as to point will fall within the addressed building. In the the person with whom the child is to live. Children’ case of a multi-occupancy building such as flats where looked after’ immediately before the order is made, there may only be one address point, priority will qualify in this category. be given to the applicant whose door number is the lowest numerically or alphabetically. ‘Special Guardianship Order’ A special guardianship order is an order under the terms of the Children’s Act 1989 s.14A which defines it as an order appointing one or more individuals to be a child’s special guardian(s). These children are only given priority if they have been looked-after until the order is granted. ‘Parent’ means the adult or adults with legal responsibility for the child. ‘Sibling’ means brother or sister, to include adopted brothers and sisters, half brothers and sisters or step brothers and sisters. A sibling relationship does not apply when the older child(ren) will leave before the younger one starts. ‘Catholic’ means a member of a Church in full communion with the See of Rome. This includes the Eastern Catholic Churches. This will normally be evidenced by a Certificate of Baptism in a Catholic church or a Certificate of Reception into the full communion of the Catholic Church. ‘Practising Catholic’ means a Catholic child from a practising Catholic family where this practice is verified by a reference from a Catholic priest in the standard format laid down by the Diocese. ‘Family’ includes the Catholic or Catholics who have legal responsibility for the child. ‘Catechumen’ means a child who is a member of the catechumenate of a Catholic Church. This will normally be evidenced by a Certificate of Reception into the Order of Catechumens. ‘Eastern Christian Church’ includes Orthodox Churches, and is normally evidenced by a Certificate of Baptism or Reception from the authorities of that Church.
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St. George’s Catholic Primary School – Admissions criteria
The Governors Planned Admission Number (PAN) Note is 90 pupils at Infant Reception age during the year The Governors will give top priority within an admission 2016/2017. category, where there are special medical, social or pastoral needs and where the application is supported by As a Catholic school, we aim to provide a Catholic compelling evidence from an appropriate professional, education for all our pupils. At a Catholic school, such as a doctor, priest or social worker. The supportive Catholic doctrine and practice permeate every aspect documentation, of an exceptional social, medical, of the school’s activity. It is essential that the Catholic pastoral or other need of the child must state how the character of the school’s education is fully supported needs of the child can only be met at this school. by all families in the school. All applicants are therefore expected to give their full, unreserved and nn The admission of pupils with an Educational positive support for the aims and ethos of the school. Health and Care Plan is dealt with by a completely separate procedure. This procedure is integral to The child’s original baptism certificate must be the making and maintaining statements by the presented to the school. pupil’s home Local Education Authority. Oversubscription criteria nn ‘Catholic’ means a member of a Church in full Where there are more applications for places than communion with the See of Rome. This includes the number of places available, places will be offered the Eastern Catholic Churches. This will normally according to the following order of priority: be evidenced for a child by a certificate of baptism 1. Catholic ‘Looked After’ children and Catholic in the Catholic Church or a certificate of reception children who have been adopted or made into the full communion of the Catholic Church. subject to child arrangements orders or special nn A Christian is defined as a member of a church guardianship orders, immediately following having which belongs to ‘Churches Together in Britain and been looked after. Ireland’. nn ‘Looked After’ child is a child in the care of the 2. Baptised, Practising Catholic children, who have a local authority within the meaning of s.22 of the sibling in the school at the time of enrolment, who Children Act 1989. attend Sunday Mass every week. nn ‘Parent’ means the adult or adults with legal 3. Baptised, Practising Catholic children resident in responsibility for the child. the parish of Our Lady of Mount Carmel and St. nn A sibling refers to brother or sister, half brother George, who attend Sunday Mass every week. or sister, adopted brother or sister or step brother 4. Baptised, Practising Catholic children resident in or sister. In order for an applicant to qualify as St. Monica’s, St. Edmund’s, St. Mary’s, Vita et Pax, a sibling the older child must still be on roll in St. Joseph’s parish, who attend Sunday Mass every September 2016. week. nn Parish Boundaries: A map is available from the 5. Other Baptised Practising Catholic children. school. 6. Other Baptised Catholic children. nn Twins and multiple births: Where the final place if offered to a child who has a twin/triplets etc. 7. Other ‘Looked After’ children and other children applying for a place in the same school year, these who have been adopted (or subject to residence siblings will also be admitted. orders or special guardianship orders) immediately nn ‘Child Arrangements Order’: A child arrangement following having been looked after. order is an order under the terms of the Children 8. Children of other denominations with a sibling at act 1989 s.8 settling the arrangements to be made the school at the time of enrolment, parents who as to the person with whom the child is to live. desire for their children a Catholic education. Children ‘looked after’ immediately before the order is made qualify in this category, 9. Children of other denominations. The ethos of this school is based on the teaching of the Catholic nn ‘Special Guardianship Order’: A special Church. We ask all parents applying for a place guardianship order is an order under the terms of here to respect this ethos and its importance to the Children Act 1989 s.14A which defines it as an the school community. order appointing one or more individuals to be a child’s special guardian(s). 10. Any other applicants. nn Practising Catholic means weekly family attendance at Sunday Mass which is confirmed by the Diocesan Priest’s Reference. (‘Family’ normally
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St. George’s Catholic Primary School – Admissions criteria
includes the Catholic or Catholics who have legal where admission is requested under any local responsibility for the child). Practising Catholic protocol that has been agreed by both the Diocese means a Catholic child from a practising Catholic and the governing body for the current school family where this practice is verified by a reference year. The governing body has this power even from a Catholic priest in the standard format laid when admitting the child would mean exceeding down by the Diocese. the published admission number. nn In the event of oversubscription within a group, nn Deferred Entry: Applicants may defer entry to preference will be given to the applicant who lives school up until statutory school age i.e. the first nearest to the school ‘as the crow flies’. Distance day of term following the child’s fifth birthday. from home to school are provided by the Enfield Application is made in the usual way and then the Schools Admission Service. The Governing Body deferment is requested. The place will then be held has been advised that the distances provided are until the first day of either the spring or summer calculated by the admissions IT system using term as applicable. Applicants may also request ADDRESS-POINT®. This provides a national grid that their child attend part-time until statutory co-ordinate and a unique reference for each school age is reached. Entry may not be deferred postal address in Great Britain. The gird reference beyond statutory school age or beyond the year of is provided to a resolution of 0.1 metres (10cm). application. Parents of summer born children who The accuracy of each Address–Point is such that wish to defer entry should be aware that they can each point will fall within the addressed building. only defer up to 1st April 2017. In the case of multi-occupancy buildings such as nn Children educated outside their chronological age flats where there may only be one address point, group: Parents may request that their child be priority will be given to the applicants whose door educated out of his/her chronological age group. number is the lowest numerically or alphabetically. Such requests must be made in writing to the ‘Home’ is defined as the address at which the child Chair of Governors during the autumn term in the resides for 50% or more of the school week. year of application i.e. September-December 2015. nn In any year the timetable for applications to St. nn Governors will consider each request on its George’s is co-ordinated with that of the London own merits and permission will only be given in Borough of Enfield. exceptional circumstances. When the application nn Applications for Admission outside the Normal is made, it will be ranked with all the other Admissions – In-Year Admissions: For further applications and no further exceptions will be given. information about in-year applications, please refer to A statutory right of appeal will be given upon refusal the school’s website or contact the school directly. if no place has been offered in any school year. nn Right of Appeal: If you are unsuccessful you may nn For the past 5 years no applicant has been ask for the reasons for the refusal of a place. These admitted beyond oversubscription criterion 3. reasons will be related to the oversubscription criteria listed in the policy and you will have the Applications Procedure 2016-2017 right of appeal to an independent panel. Should you In order to make an application, you must complete wish to appeal please contact the school as soon as a Common Application Form (CAF) from your local possible for an appeal form on which you must list authority and return it to them. You should also your reasons for making an appeal. The deadline for complete the School’s Supplementary Information submission of an appeal is 27th May 2017. Form (SIF). The information on the SIF enables the Governing Body to assess your application nn Waiting List: In addition to their right of appeal, fully against the School’s criteria in the event of unsuccessful candidates will be offered the oversubscription. Please return the SIF (in person or opportunity to be placed on a waiting list. This list by post) to School together with all other relevant will be maintained in order of the oversubscription paperwork required for your application. If you do criteria set out in the policy and not in the order in not complete both of the forms described above and which applications are received or added to the list. return them by 15th January 2016, it is very unlikely Names are removed from the list after six years. that your child will be dealt with after the initial nn Fair Access Protocols: The school is committed allocation process has been completed. to taking its fair share of children who are vulnerable and/or hard to place, as set out in The local authority will write to you on behalf of the locally agreed protocols. Accordingly, outside the Governing Body with the outcome of your application normal admissions round the governing body is on or about 16th April, 2016. empowered to give absolute priority to a child
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St. James’ CE Primary School – Admissions criteria
It is the policy of St. James’ School to try and offer Criterion 1 a place to every child whose parents would like him Please see the Children Act 1989 for further details. or her to attend. When oversubscribed, places will be This is available for reference at www.opsi.gov.uk/ allocated in accordance with the following criteria legislation with priority being given in the order set out below. Criterion 2 1. Children who are in public care or who were looked Definition of committed and involved parent(s) after but ceased to be so because they were adopted or became subject to a residence order or special For the purpose of criterion 2 a child will be deemed guardianship order. Written supporting evidence to have parent(s) who are committed and involved should be supplied at the time of application. in the work and worship of the church if one or both parent(s) meet all of the following requirements: 2. Children whose parent/parents are committed and involved in the work and worship of St. James’ Church. i) Confirmed or received into the Church of England 3. Children whose parent/parents worship a minimum ii) Frequent attendance at Sunday Worship (at least of twice a month at St James Church, Enfield twice per month) for at least the past eighteen Highway and have done so for a minimum of a year, months, and preceding the 1st January in the year of admission iii) Regular contribution to the liturgical, social or and has a brother or sister attending St James as of youth aspects of parish life, e.g. Licensed Reader, 31st December in the year of application. PCC Member, Youth Leader. 4. Children whose parent/parents worship a minimum Additional notes: of twice a month at St James Church, Enfield Definition of brothers or sisters includes the Highway and have done so for at least a year following: proceeding the 1st January in the year of admission. nn Full brothers or full sisters (children who share the 5. Children whose parent/parents worship twice a same mother and father) month in other C of E Churches, and have done nn Half brothers or half sisters (children who have the so for at least a year preceding the 1st January in same mother or the same father) the year of admission and has a brother or sister nn Step brothers or step sisters (children whose attending St James as of 31st December in the mother are father of a child already attending the year of application. school and whose principal place of residence is within the same household as that child) 6. Children whose parent/parents worship twice a month in other C of E Churches, and have done so Tie Break for at least a year proceeding the 1st January in In the event of applicants within a criterion being of the year of admission. equal standing, places will be offered on the basis of proximity, with priority being given to those closest 7. Children who already have a brother or sister at to the school. Distances from home to school are the school, but do not meet the previous criteria. provided by the Enfield Schools Admission Service. The 8. Children whose parent/parents worship a minimum Governing Body has been advised that the distances of twice a month at Churches or Chapels of other provided are calculated by the admissions IT system mainstream Christian Denominations and have using ADDRESS-POINT®. This provides a national grid done so for at least a year preceding the 1st co-ordinate and a unique reference for each postal January in the year of admission and has a brother address in Great Britain. The grid reference is provided or sister attending St James as of 31st December in to a resolution of 0.1 metres (10cm). The accuracy the year of application. of each ADDRESS-POINT® is such that each point will fall within the addressed building. In the case of 9. Children whose parent/parents worship a minimum multi-occupancy buildings such as flats where there of twice a month at Churches or Chapels of other may only be one address point, priority will be given mainstream Christian Denominations and have to the applicants whose door number is the lowest done so for at least a year preceding the 1st numerically or alphabetically. January in the year of admission. Special Educational Needs 10. Proximity of home to school. Please note that children who have a Statement of The following notes are intended to explain the criteria in Special Educational Needs naming this school have an detail and to assist prospective parents in understanding automatic right of entry. how the admissions policy will be administered.
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St. John & St. James CE Primary School – Admissions criteria
Parents wishing to apply for a place in the reception Note: class are invited to contact the school in the (a) Regularly worship – By regularly we mean school year prior to their child starting school. worship at church by a parent/carer, at least twice Parent are required to complete a Local authority monthly over a period of 12 months, prior to the application form and an additional School form, the admissions meeting in February. References will be Supplementary Information Form. These need to be sought via the Supplementary Information Form submitted at any time before the end of January of which should be returned to the school. the admission year. (b) Siblings – The School does not have a sibling Admissions Criteria policy. Parents who already have a child in school When considering applications for admission to the should not assume that further children will be school, including children with documented medical or automatically accepted as the Governors will social needs and those who are in public care (looked follow the criteria set out above. after children), the Governors will admit candidates in (c) Late applications – The forms of unsuccessful and the following order: late applicants (i.e. forms arriving after the closing 1. Children who are in public care (looked after date) are retained by the school for one school children). year. If a place becomes available, it will always be allocated according to the published criteria. 2. Children whose parents are communicant members of and ‘regularly worship’ (at least twice When admitting children, we the follow the above a month) at St John the Baptist & St James Church procedure, taking children initially under the first and St Johns. criteria. If you are not offered a place at St John & St James CE Primary School, you have the right to appeal 3. Children whose parents are communicant members against the School’s decision. Appeals should be made of and ‘regularly worship’ at any other local Church in writing to the Clerk of the Governors c/o St John of England Church. & St James CE Primary School, and should be made 4 Children whose parents are member of and within six months of the date of admission to the ‘regularly worship’ in local Churches and Chapels School. An independent appeal committee will hear of other Christian Denominations (i.e. churches your appeal and notify you of their decision. affiliated to Churches Together in Britain & Ireland and The Evangelical Alliance and The Caribbean Evangelical Alliance). 5 Children of parents/carers not falling within the criteria above but who live in close proximity to the school, priority being given to those living the closest. Governors reserve the right to give priority to children with documented social or medical needs. Applications must be accompanied by a letter from a doctor or social worker stating how this school would best serve the needs of the child and the difficulties that would be caused if they had to attend another school. In the event of over subscription in any one category, the distance of the child’s home from St John & St James School, in a straight line, will be taken into account. The final deciding criterion will then be proximity to the School.
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St. John’s CE Primary School – Admissions criteria
In seeking admission for your child to this school, your The accuracy of each ADDRESS-POINT® is such that attention is drawn to the following information: each point will fall within the addressed building. In the case of multi-occupancy buildings such as flats This is a Church of England School, which was where there may only be one address point, priority founded for the promotion of Christian education. It will be given to the applicants whose door number is is expected, therefore, that all children will take part the lowest numerically or alphabetically. in the religious teaching and worshipping life of our 4. By other Christian Church we mean those who are school. This does not, however, affect the legal right of members of Churches together in Britain and Ireland a parent to withdraw their child from religious worship or the Evangelical Alliance. and/or religious instruction. The deciding factor in any category will be proximity Admissions Policy 2016 to the school, measured in a straight line from the Where there are more applications for places at the parental home to the school gate in Theobalds Park school than there are places available, the Governors Road. Should there be a tie break this will be decided will admit candidates in the following order: by drawing lots. 1. Looked after children.1 Application for a Place 2. Children whose parent(s) regularly2 worship at St. In order to be considered for a place at the school John’s or St. Luke’s Churches. parents must complete a Common Application Form (CAF), available from their home Local Authority, 3. A child who already has a brother or sister (this naming the school and if they are applying under includes step/half/foster siblings living at the same criteria 1, 2, 3, 4 and 6 you should complete a school address) currently attending the school at the time Supplementary Information Form so that governors of admission (i.e. in September 2016). may consider your application fully. The CAF will need 4. A child who attends St. John’s C of E Primary to be returned to the Local Authority by 15 January School Nursery. 2017 and the Supplementary Information Form to the 5. Children living in the geographical parish of Clay school by 15 January 2017. Hill (details on A church Near You website). Applications for Admission outside the Normal 3 Priority will be given to the closest. Admissions – In-Year Admissions 6. Children whose parent(s) regularly2 worship at For further information about in-year applications, another Church of England church.4 please refer to the school’s website or contact the school directly. 7. Children whose parent(s) regularly2 worship at a church of any other Christian denomination. 8. Any other applicants.
Notes: No application will be considered unless it bears the child’s permanent home address. 1. Looked after children include those subject to care orders and/or those who are in foster care. 2. By regular we mean worship at church by a parent/ guardian, at least twice monthly over a period of 12 months, prior to the admissions meeting in February. References will be sought via the Supplementary Information Form which may be collected and should be returned to the school. 3. Distances from home to school are provided by the Enfield Schools Admissions Service. The Governing Body has been advised that the distances provided are calculated by the admissions IT system using ADDRESS-POINT®. This provides a national grid co-ordinate and a unique reference for each postal address in Great Britian. The grid reference is provided to a resolution of 0.1 metres (10cm).
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St. Mary’s Catholic Primary School – Admissions criteria
St. Mary’s Catholic Primary School was founded by 6. Other baptised Catholic children. the Catholic Church to provide education for the 7. Other looked after children and children who children of Catholic families. The school is conducted have been adopted or made subject to child by its governing body as part of the Catholic Church arrangements orders or special guardianship orders. in accordance with its trust deed and instrument of government, and seeks at all times to be a witness to 8. Catechumens and members of an Eastern Christian Jesus Christ. Church. As a Catholic School, we aim to provide a Catholic 9. Christians of other denominations whose education for all our pupils. As a Catholic school, application is supported by their Minister of Catholic doctrine and practice permeate every aspect Religion. of the school’s activity. It is essential that the Catholic 10. Children of other faiths whose application is character of the school’s education is fully supported supported by their Religious Leader. by all families in the school. All applicants are therefore expected to give their full, unreserved and 11. Any other children. positive support for the aims and ethos of the school. Applications arriving after the closing date will be The Published Admissions Number (PAN) for the dealt with after all initial offers have been made. Reception year group at St. Mary’s is 60. The governing body has sole responsibility for admission Exceptional Need to this school and intends to admit 60 pupils to the The Governing Body will give top priority, within reception class in the school year, which begins in a category, to an application, where compelling September 2016. Applications are welcome from evidence is provided at the time of application, from families whose child reaches his/her 4th birthday an appropriate professional such as a doctor, priest or between 01/09/2015 and 31/08/2016. social worker, of an exceptional social, medical, pastoral or other need of the child, which can only be met at Whenever there are more applications than places this school. available, priority will be given to Catholic applicants in accordance with the criteria listed below. Multiple Applications In this policy applicant refers to the person making an Where the final place is offered to a child who has application on behalf of a child; candidate refers to the other siblings applying for a place in the same school child on whose behalf the application is being made. year, these siblings will also be admitted.
Oversubscription Criteria Applications in Previous Years Where there are more applications than places For the past three years the governing body has available, places will be offered according to the been unable to offer places to any applicants beyond following order of priority: oversubscription criterion (6) except for one applicant in 2012 (criterion 8) and in 2014 four applicants 1. Catholic looked after children and Catholic children (criterion 9) and 2 applicants (criterion 11). As who have been adopted or made subject to a Child the school is usually oversubscribed by Catholic Arrangements Order or special guardianship orders. candidates, it is very unlikely that applicants who are 2. Baptised Catholic children, from practising Catholic not Catholics will obtain a place. families, who are resident in the parish of Mary, Tie Break Mother of God, Ponders End and who have a Where the offer of places to all applicants in any of sibling at the school at the time of admission. the sub-categories listed above would still lead to over 3. Baptised Catholic children from practising Catholic subscription, the places up to the admission number families who are not resident in the parish of Mary, will be offered to those living nearest to the school as Mother of God, Ponders End, and who have a measured by the Local Authority (LA). sibling at the school at the time of admission. Fair Access 4. Baptised Catholic children from practising Catholic The school is committed to taking its fair share of families who are resident in the parish of Mary, children who are vulnerable and/or hard to place, Mother of God, Ponders End and who do not have as set out in locally agreed protocols. Accordingly, a sibling in the school at the time of admission. outside the normal admissions round the governing 5. Other Baptised Catholic Children from practising body is empowered to give absolute priority to a Catholic families. child where admission is requested under any local protocol that has been agreed by both the Diocese
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St. Mary’s Catholic Primary School – Admissions criteria and the local authority for the current school year. The Applicants wishing to be considered as practising Governing Body has this power even when admitting Catholics will need to complete and return the Diocesan the child would mean exceeding the published Priest’s Reference Form (contained in Application Pack). admission number. This must be completed and returned together with the Supplementary Information Form to St. Mary’s Catholic Applications for Admission outside the Normal Primary School by 15th January 2016. Admissions – In-Year Admissions For further information about in-year applications, The local authority will write to you on behalf of the please refer to the school’s website or contact the Governing Body with the outcome of your application school directly. on or about 16th April 2016.
Reception Year Deferred Entry Nursery Children Applicants may defer entry to school up until Please note there is no automatic transfer from the statutory school age i.e. the first day of term following School Nursery to the Reception Class. Attendance at the child’s fifth birthday. Application is made in the Nursery does not guarantee a place in Reception. the usual way and then the deferral is requested. Parents of children attending St. Mary’s Nursery must The place will then be held until the first day of the make a fresh application for Reception. spring or summer term as applicable. Applicants may Right of Appeal also request that their child attend part-time until If you are unsuccessful you may ask the Governing statutory school age is reached. Entry may not be Body for the reasons for the refusal of a place. These deferred beyond statutory school age or beyond the reasons will be related to the oversubscription criteria year of application. Applicants whose children have listed in the policy and you will have the right of birthdays in the summer term should be aware that, if appeal to an independent panel. Should you wish to they wish to defer, they will need to apply for a Year 1 appeal please contact the school as soon as possible place for the following September and if the school is for an appeal form on which you must list your oversubscribed they are very unlikely to obtain a place. reasons for making an appeal. Delayed Entry Waiting Lists Applicants who wish their child to be educated out of In addition to their right of appeal, unsuccessful their chronological age group must apply to governors candidates will be offered the opportunity to be placed in writing before the end of the autumn term in the on a waiting list. This list will be maintained in order school year in which they submit their application of the oversubscription criteria set out in the policy (e.g. write to governors in October 2015 when the and not in the order in which applications are received application is due by 15.01.16.). Governors will consider or added to the list. Names are normally removed such applications on an individual basis and permission from the list after one year, unless applicants request will only be given in exceptional circumstances. in writing to remain on the list. Application Procedure 2016-2017 Pupils with a Statement of Special Educational In order to make an application, you must complete Needs/Education, Health and Care Plan (EHC) a Common Application Form (CAF) from your local The admission of pupils with a statement of Special authority and return it to them. You should also Educational Needs/Education, Health and Care complete the School’s Supplementary Information Plan (EHC) is dealt with by a completely separate Form (SIF). The information on the SIF enables procedure. Details of this separate procedure are set the Governing Body to assess your application out in the Special Educational Needs Code of Practice. fully against the School’s criteria in the event of If your child has a Statement of SEN/Education, oversubscription. Please return the SIF (in person or by Health and Care Plan (EHC) you must contact your post) to St. Mary’s Catholic Primary School, Durants local authority SEN officer. Road, Ponders End, Enfield. EN3 7DE together with all other relevant paperwork required for your application. Change of Details If you do not complete both of the forms described If any of the details on either of your forms changes above and return them by 15th January 2016, the between the date of application and the receipt of the Governing body will be unable to consider your letter of offer or refusal, you must inform the School application fully and it is very unlikely that your child and the local authority immediately. If misleading will be offered a place. Applications received after information is given or allowed to remain on either the closing date will be dealt with after the initial of your forms, the Governing Body reserves the right allocation process has been completed. to withdraw the place, even if the child has already started at the School.
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St. Mary’s Catholic Primary School – Admissions criteria
Notes (these notes form part of the over ‘Christian’ for the purposes of this policy, means a subscription criteria) member of one of the Churches affiliated to ‘Churches ‘Looked after child’ has the same meaning as in Together in Britain and Ireland’. Section 22 of the Children Act 1989, and means any ‘Resident’. A child is deemed to be a resident at a child in the care of a local authority or provided with particular address when he/she resides there for more accommodation by them (e.g. children with foster than 50% of the school week. parents at the time of making an application to the school). For the purposes of this policy, parish boundaries are shown on the map below. ‘Adopted’. An adopted child is any child who has been formally adopted and whose parent/guardian can give ‘Distance from School’. All distances will be proof of adoption. calculated by the LA admissions IT system using Address-point®. This provides a national grid ‘Child Arrangements Order’. A child arrangements co-ordinate and a unique reference for each postal order is an order under the terms of the Children Act address in Great Britain. The grid reference is provided 1989 Section 8 which defines it as an order settling to a resolution of 0.1 metres (10cm). The accuracy the arrangements to be made as to the person with of each Address-point® is such that each point whom the child is to live. Children looked-after up will fall within the addressed building. In the cases until this order is made will be given priority within of multi-occupancy buildings such as flats where this category. there may only be one address point, priority will be ‘Special Guardianship Order’. A special guardianship given to the applicants whose door number is lowest order is an order under the terms of the Children numerically/or alphabetically. Act 1989 Section 14A which defines it as an order appointing one or more individuals to be a child’s special guardian(s).Children looked-after up until this order is made will be given priority within this category. ‘Parent’ means the adult or adults with legal responsibility for the child. ‘Sibling’ means a brother or sister, to include adopted brothers and sisters, half brothers and sisters or step brothers and sisters. A sibling relationship does not apply when the older children will leave before the younger one starts. ‘Catholic’ means a member of a Church in full communion with the See of Rome. This includes the Eastern Catholic Churches. This will normally be evidenced by a Certificate of Baptism in a Catholic Church or a Certificate of Reception into the full communion of the Catholic Church. ‘Practising Catholic’ means a Catholic child from a practising Catholic family where this practice is verified by a reference from a Catholic priest in the standard format laid down by the Diocese. ‘Family’ includes the Catholic or Catholics who have legal responsibility for the child. ‘Catechumen’ means a child who is a member of the catechumenate of a Catholic Church. This will normally be evidence by a Certificate of Reception into the Order of Catechumens. ‘Eastern Christian Church’ includes Orthodox Churches, and is normally evidenced by a Certificate of Baptism or Reception from the authorities of that Church.
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St. Matthew’s CE Primary School – Admissions criteria
St. Matthew’s is a Voluntary Aided Primary School Criteria with a Church of England Foundation in which the 20 places will be allocated under the following criteria: Governing Body is responsible for admission of pupils. 1. Children who are looked after or were previously 30 pupils are admitted to the reception class each looked after and have been adopted. Written September. The Governing Body is required to abide evidence must be provided at the time of by the legal maximum limits for infant classes (5, 6 application. and 7 year olds), i.e. 30 pupils per class. As far as is reasonably possible, the School will ensure that pupils 2. Children whose parents/guardians are regular with disabilities have access to the same opportunities worshippers at the Parish Church of St. Matthew’s, as other pupils. Ponders End, Enfield In the event of over-subscription, the Governors will 2a – Sibling 2b – New applicant consider all applications under the criteria below, 3. Children whose parents/guardians are regular which are listed in order of priority. worshippers at the Parish Churches of St. Alphege Within each criteria (except 1), priority will be given N9 and St. Peter the Apostle with St. Martin N9. to brothers and sisters (siblings) of children already 3a – Sibling 3b – New applicant attending the School and who will be still attending the School at the date of the applicant’s possible 4. Children whose parents/guardians are regular admission, with ‘a’ being sibling and ‘b’ being new worshippers at any Church of England Parish applicant (no sibling connection). or a Church of another Christian denomination recognised by the World Council of Churches, Also, within each criteria (except 1) priority will be Churches Together in Britain and Ireland, Free given on the least distance between the child’s home Churches Group and the Evangelical Alliance. and the Allens Road school gate. When reference is made to distance from the school, it must be 4a – Sibling 4b – New applicant the parents’/guardians’ address where the child 10 places will be allocated under the following criteria: is permanently resident. No other address will be considered. The Governing Body has been advised 5. Children living within the community of Enfield that the distances provided are calculated by the (Priority will be given on the least distance admissions IT system using ADDRESS-POINT®. This between the child’s home and the school.) provides a national grid co-ordinate and a unique 5a – Sibling 5b – New applicant reference for each postal address in Great Britain. The grid reference is provided to a resolution of 0.1metres If applying for a place under criteria 1 evidence from (10cm). The accuracy of each ADDRESS-POINT® is the relevant Social Worker may be required at the such that each point will fall within the addressed time of application, these are normally children in building. In the case of multi-occupancy buildings such Foster Care or in Local Authority care. as flats where there may only be one address point, If applying for a place under criteria 2, 3, or 4, the priority will be given to the applicants whose door Church attendance confirmation must be completed number is the lowest numerically or alphabetically. and signed by the appropriate Priest/Minister, The Local Authority (LA) Application Form for attendance sustained and the confirmation submitted Admission to a Reception Class in Enfield must be by the application deadline. Failure to do so will submitted either via the School or direct to Enfield assume non-church attendance. Schools Admissions Service at the Civic Centre. The Governors reserve the right to give priority within School also has a supplementary information form, each criterion to children with documented social or which requires information applicable to the Schools medical needs. Written supporting evidence must be Admission Criteria. Failure to complete this form supplied, at the time of application, from a relevant would result in the Admission Panel not considering professional, such as a Doctor, Social Worker or the applicant child under these criteria and could Educational Psychologist, demonstrating a need for minimise a child’s chance to obtain a place at the this particular School and the fact that the child would School. suffer detriment attending another school. Please ensure the School Supplementary Form is correctly completed and is accompanied by a photocopy of your child’s birth certificate and a stamped addressed envelope or a postcard if you require acknowledgement of receipt.
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St. Matthew’s CE Primary School – Admissions criteria
Proof of address must be submitted with the form. If you have moved to the area and wish to check Copies of any two of the following are required: if there are any vacancies at St Matthew’s School, please contact the School Office. An appointment may UK Driving Licence, Council Tax Notification, be made for you to visit the School and discuss the Child’s Medical Card, a recent Bank Statement or matter with the Head Teacher. Utility Bill. This must be the address where the child normally lives. If the Governors are unable to offer your child a place, their name may, if requested, be kept on a NB: if incomplete or false information is provided waiting list and you will be informed if a vacancy – this will lead to the Application being considered occurs. If places become available, they will be in the criteria for which the attached application allocated in line with the Casual Admissions information relates, or the offer of a place being Criteria: withdrawn. 1. Brothers or sisters are interpreted in this context Appeals, Late Admissions to Reception and as children, living at the same address, who share a applications for Casual Admission to other Year parent through a blood relationship, legal adoption Groups or legal fostering. The Governors consider each application strictly in line with the Admissions Criteria. There is always 2. Regular is interpreted in this context as pressure for places. In the event that a child is not attendance at Sunday worship by at least one offered a place, it is suggested that each criterion parent or guardian, at least twice a month for a is studied carefully before appealing. Parents continuous period of at least twelve months before wishing to appeal should obtain an Appeal Form the date on which the application is due. from the School. The form should be sent to reach the Clerk of the Appeals Panel, c/o the school within 14 days of the date of the letter confirming the Governors’ decision.
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ST. MICHAEL-AT-BOWES CE JUNIOR SCHOOL – ADMISSIONS CRITERIA
The governing Body is responsible for the admission *(1) Regular worship is consisted to be at least once a of pupils to St Michael at Bowes Church of England month for a year School and admits 90 pupils from Year 3 to Year 6 *(2) Judaism, Hinduism, Islamic, Sikhism each September. This admission limit has been agreed between the Governing Body and the Local Education If we are overscribed for a particular year, group Authority. parents can place their child on a waiting list. Applicants who wish to be placed on a waiting list will The school does not have any specific units for be ranked in accordance with the admissions criteria. children with particular special needs. It has disabled Any vacancies will be offered to the family at the top access; there are ramps at the main entrance to of the waiting list. the school and at the entrance to the playground. The school also has a lift for children with physical Parents who are not offered a place for their child disability to be able to access the classroom on the have the right to appeal to an independent appeal second floor. As far as possible the school will ensure panel. Parents wishing to appeal should obtain an that pupils with disabilities have access to the same appeal form from the school. The form should be sent opportunities as other pupils. to the Clerk to the Appeal panel, care of the school, within 14 days of the date of the letter confirming When there are more applications then there are the governors’ decision not to offer applications from places available, the governors will admit pupils these parents within the same academic year unless according to the following criteria, in order of priority: there have been significant and material changes in 1. Children who are in public care (‘looked after’ their circumstances. children). Written supporting evidence should be supplied, at the time of application, from the relevant LEA 2. Children whose families are regular worshippers*(1) of St Michael at Bowes or St. Cuthbert’s, Chitts Hill; written evidence of the applicant’s commitment to their place of worship (in the form of a clergy reference) will be required 3. Children whose families are regular worshippers of another Christian denomination, as recognized by the CTBI/EA (see annex 1); written evidence of the applicants’ commitment to their place of worship (in the form of a minister’s reference) will be required 4. Children who have brothers and/or sisters attending the school at the time of admission 5. Children whose families are committed and regular members of another world faith*(2). Written evidence will be required from the faith leader 6. Any remaining place will be given in order of the nearness to the home to the school, measured along the shortest safe walking route to the school’s main gate In the event that two or more applicants have equal rights to a place under any of the above criteria, the Governing Body will apply the subsequent criteria, in order of priority, to these applicants. (a) Children who attend Tottenhall Infant School (b) Children who live within close proximity to the school
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St. Michael’s CE Primary School – ADMISSIONS CRITERIA
Parents wishing to apply for a place in the Reception 1. Children in Public Care (currently known as ‘Child Class are able to visit the School in the Autumn term Looked After’)1 or with a Statement of Special of the year before their child starts full-time education. Educational Needs Visit dates will be advertised on the school’s web- The remaining places will be divided as follows: site and in LBE’s Applying for a School Place in Enfield: 85% Foundation Church Places and 15% Open Information for Parents booklet. Visits need to be Community Places. booked through the school office (020 8363 2724). 2. Foundation Church Places Parents should either apply for a Foundation Church place or for an Open Community place. Children of families who have attended church twice a month for the previous eighteen months. A Applying for a Foundation Church Place supporting reference from the priest/minister should There are three parts to applying for a Foundation be provided on the Supporting Statement. If Church place: families have changed their regular place of worship 1. A Supplementary Information Form should be within the last two years, an additional Supporting completed and returned directly to the school by Statement will need to be completed by the 15th January 2016. previous priest/minister to make up the full period. Should there be more applications than Foundation 2. In addition to the Supplementary Information places, the following criteria will apply, in order: Form, parents should also complete a London Borough of Enfield Application Form (on-line or Foundation a) A child whose parent/s worship 2 paper) and return this directly to LBE at the Civic regularly at St. Michael’s CE Church, Enfield. Centre by 15th January 2016. Should there be more applicants than places for St. Michael’s attenders, the category will be ordered as 3. A Supporting Statement should be completed by follows: the priest/minister of the church attended by the 4 family. It is the responsibility of parents to make I. Children with sibling/s at St. Michael’s CE arrangements for the signing of this statement Primary School with their own minister. This must be submitted II. Home/School distance3 to the school by 15th January 2016. It cannot be 4 signed before 1st January 2016. Foundation b) A sibling of a child currently attending the school at the time of admission Applying for an Open Community Place and whose parents regularly worship at a There is one part to applying for an Open Community Church belonging to any of the following Place. organisations: Churches Together in Britain and Ireland, Evangelical Alliance or Affinity. Should 1. Parents should complete a London Borough of there be more applicants than places for siblings Enfield Application Form (on-line or paper) and in this category, the category will be ordered return this directly to LBE at the Civic Centre by according to Home/School distance.3 15th January 2016. Foundation c) A child whose parent/s worship For information: The Admissions Process regularly2 at St Mary Magdalene or St Luke’s The Admissions Panel meets in February. According to and St John’s. Should there be more applicants the LBE Application Forms, Supplementary Forms and than places in this category, the category will be Supporting Statements, children are placed on either ordered according to Home/School distance.3 the Foundation List or the Open Community List. First of all, children in Public Care are considered and placed. Foundation d) A child whose parent/s worship Next, 85% of the remaining places are allocated to regularly2 at any other Church of England Foundation Church applicants. Should there be more Church. Should there be more applicants than Foundation applicants than places, these children will places in this category, the category will be be transferred to the Open Community List. Then, the ordered according to Home/School distance.3 remaining 15% of places will be allocated according to Foundation e) A child whose parent/s worship the Open Community criteria. regularly2 at a Church of any other Christian Admissions Criteria denomination belonging to Churches Together Sixty children are admitted each year to the Reception in Britain and Ireland, Evangelical Alliance Class. Should there be more applications than there or Affinity. Should there be more applicants are places, the following admissions criteria will apply than places in this category, the category will be 3 in order. ordered according to Home/School distance.
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St. Michael’s CE Primary School – ADMISSIONS CRITERIA
If there are any Foundation Church places still In-Year Admissions unfilled, they will become Open Community places. Parents should apply for In-Year Admissions using a 3. Open Community Places London Borough of Enfield In-Year Admissions Form and, if appropriate, a Supplementary Information Open Community Places are for children whose Form and completed Supporting Statement. families live in the local area. Should there be more applications than Open Community places, the Should a place become available and there are more following criteria will apply, in order: applicants than places, places will be allocated in the following order: Open a) A sibling4 of a child currently attending the school at the time of admission (i.e. Foundation a, Foundation b, Open a, Foundation c, in September 2016). Should there be more Foundation d, Foundation e, Open b. applicants than places in this category, they will be Notes: 3 ordered according to Home/School distance. 1 Includes: children who were Looked After, but ceased Open b) Children who do not fall into the to be because they were adopted, became subject to categories above but who live in close proximity a residence order or special guardianship order. 3 to the school, priority being given to the closest. 2 By regular we mean worship at church by a parent/ If there are any Open Community places still guardian, at least twice monthly over the period unfilled, they will become Foundation Church places. of 18 months, prior to the admissions meeting in February 2016. If you are planning an extended trip For both Foundation and Open places, priority which could affect your Church attendance, please will be given to children with documented Social see your Vicar or Minister in charge, in advance. or Medical needs for whom this is the most Attendance information will be sought via the appropriate school. This request must be supported Supporting Statement which parents should collect by a letter from a doctor, consultant or social from and return to, the school. worker detailing why St. Michael’s is the most appropriate school and the difficulties that would 3 Distances from home to school are provided by the be caused if another school had to be attended. Enfield Schools Admissions Service. The Governing Body has been advised that the distances provided Oversubscription Criteria/Waiting List are calculated by the Admissions IT system using After 1st September of the Admissions year (1st ADDRESS-POINT®. This provides a national grid September 2016), the Foundation Places List and co-ordinate and a unique reference for each the Open Community List become one and will be postal address in Great Britain. The grid reference allocated in the following order: is provided to a resolution of 0.1 metres (10cm) Foundation a, Foundation b, Open a, Foundation c, measured from the Headteacher’s Office. The Foundation d, Foundation e, Open b. accuracy of each ADDRESS-POINT® is such that each point will fall within the addressed building. In Should there not be enough places available, parents the case of multi-occupancy buildings such as flats will be automatically placed on a waiting list. This where there may only be one address point, priority waiting list will be maintained by the Governing Body will be given to the applicants whose door number is in the order of the oversubscription criteria and not the lowest numerically or alphabetically. in the order in which the applications are received. Names are removed from the list at the end of each 4 By ‘sibling’ we mean: brother, sister, step/half/foster academic year. When a place becomes available, the siblings living at the same address. governing body will decide who is at the top of the list Late applicants (i.e. submitted after 15th January so that the Local Authority can inform the parent that 2016) may be considered if governors consider there the school is making an offer. are exceptional circumstances leading to the late If you are not offered a place at St. Michael’s School, submission. you have the right to appeal against the School’s Multiple Births: Where one child is the 60th child, the decision. Appeals should be made in writing, to the other/s will be offered a place. Clerk to the Governors c/o St. Michael’s School, and should be made within six months of the date of Proof of address and date of birth will always be admission to the School. An independent appeals sought. committee will hear your appeal and notify you of their decision.
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ST. MONICA’S CATHOLIC PRIMARY SCHOOL – ADMISSIONS CRITERIA
St. Monica’s Catholic Primary School was founded by 6. catechumens* and members of an Eastern the Catholic Church to provide education for children Christian Church*; of Catholic families. As a Catholic school, we aim 7. Christians* of other denominations whose to provide a Catholic education for all our pupils. application is supported by their Minister of At a Catholic school, Catholic doctrine and practice Religion; permeate every aspect of the school’s activity. It is essential that the Catholic character of the school 8. children of other faiths whose application is be fully supported by all families in the school. All supported by their Religious Leader; and applicants are therefore expected to give their full, 9. any other children. unreserved and positive support to the aims and ethos of the school. *Definitions:- The Published Admissions Number (PAN) for the ‘Looked after child’ has the same meaning as in reception class at St Monica’s is 60. The Governing Section 22 of the Children Act 1989, and means any Body has sole responsibility for admissions to this child in the care of a local authority or provided with school and intends to admit 60 children in the school accommodation by them (e.g. children with foster year which begins in September 2016. Applications parents at the time of making an application for are welcome from families whose child reaches his/her admission to the School). fourth birthday between 1st September 2015 and 31st ‘Catholic’ means a member of a Church in full August 2016. communion with the See of Rome. This includes the Whenever there are more applications than places Eastern Catholic Churches. This must be evidenced available, priority will always be given to Catholic by a Certificate of Baptism in a Catholic church or a applicants in accordance with the criteria listed below. Certificate of Reception into the full communion of the Catholic Church, presented at the time of application. In this policy, ‘applicant’ refers to the person making an application on behalf of a child; ‘candidate’ refers ‘Adopted’ means a child who has been formally adopted to the child on whose behalf the application is being and whose parent/guardian can give proof of adoption. made. A ‘parent’ is the adult or adults with legal ‘Child arrangements order’. A child arrangements responsibility for a child. order is an order under the terms of the Children Act 1989 s.8 settling the arrangements to be made as to Oversubscription Criteria the person with whom the child is to live. Children Where there are more applications than the number of ‘looked after’ immediately before the order is made places available, places will be offered according to the qualify to be included in this category. following order of priority: ‘Special guardianship order’ means an order under 1. Catholic* looked-after* children and Catholic the terms of the Children Act 1989, section 14A children who have been adopted* or made appointing one or more individuals to be a child’s subject to child arrangements orders or special special guardian(s).Children ‘looked after’ immediately guardianship orders immediately after having been before the order is made qualify to be included in this looked after; category. 2. baptised Catholic children, from practising Catholic* ‘Practising Catholic’ means a Catholic child from families, (as confirmed on the Diocesan Priest’s a practising Catholic family where this practice is Reference Form by the Parish Priest), who have a verified by a reference from a Catholic priest in the sibling* at the school at the time of admission; standard format laid down by the Diocese. ‘Family’ 3. baptised Catholic children from practising Catholic includes the Catholic or Catholics who have legal families, as confirmed on the Diocesan Priest’s responsibility for the child. Reference Form by the Parish Priest. If you have ‘Sibling’ means brother or sister, to include adopted recently arrived within your Parish, we will require brothers and sisters, half-brothers and sisters or step- the Diocesan Priest’s Reference Form to be signed brothers and sisters. A sibling relationship does not by your previous Parish Priest; apply when the older child(ren) will leave before the 4. other baptised Catholic children; younger one starts. 5. other looked-after children and children who ‘Catechumen’ means a child who is a member of have been adopted (or made subject to child the catechumenate of a Catholic Church. This will arrangements orders or special guardianship normally be evidenced by a Certificate of Reception orders) immediately after having been looked after; into the Order of Catechumens.
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‘Eastern Christian Church’ includes Orthodox there may only be one address point, priority will Churches and is normally evidenced by a Certificate be given to the applicant whose door number is the of Baptism or Reception from the authorities of that lowest numerically or alphabetically. Church. Fair Access ‘Christian’, for the purposes of this policy, means a The school is committed to taking its fair share of member of one of the Churches affiliated to ‘Churches children who are vulnerable and/or hard to place, Together in Britain and Ireland’. as set out in locally agreed protocols. Accordingly, outside the normal admissions round, the Governing Exceptional Need Body is empowered to give absolute priority to a The Governing Body will give top priority within any child where admission is requested under any local category (after the appropriate category of looked- protocol that has been agreed by both the Governing after children) to an application where compelling Body and the Diocese for the current school year. The evidence is provided at the time of application of an Governing Body has this power even when admitting exceptional social, medical, pastoral or other need of the child would mean exceeding the published the child, which can only be met at this school. In such admission number. cases, evidence must be provided by an appropriate professional such as a doctor, priest or social worker. Waiting List Unsuccessful applicants will be invited to place their Applications for two or more siblings child on the waiting list. This will be maintained by the Where the final place is offered to a child who has Governing Body in the order of the categories in the siblings applying for a place in the same school year, oversubscription criteria above and not in the order in those siblings will also be admitted. which the applications are received. At the end of the Outcome of previous year’s application academic year, the school will ask applicants if they Last year the school was heavily oversubscribed: we wish their child to remain on the waiting list. Names received 195 applications for 60 places. will be removed accordingly. When a place becomes available, the Governing Body will decide who is at the 27 children from category 2 were offered a place, top of the list so that an offer can be made. along with 33 in category 3 in accordance with the distance criterion. The Governing Body was unable Reception Year Deferred Entry to offer places to any applicants beyond category 3. Applicants may defer entry to school until statutory As the school is usually oversubscribed by Catholic school age i.e. the first day of term following the candidates, it is very unlikely that applicants who are child’s fifth birthday. Application is made in the not Catholics will obtain a place. In the past ten years, usual way and then the deferral is requested. The the Governing Body has been unable to offer a place place will then be held until the first day of the to any applicant who is not a Catholic. spring or summer term as applicable. Applicants may also request that their child attend part-time until Distance Criterion statutory school age is reached. Entry may not be Where the offer of places to all the applicants in deferred beyond statutory school age or beyond the any of the categories listed above would still lead to year of application. Applicants wishing to defer entry oversubscription, the available places will be offered for summer-born children should note that entry can to those living nearest to St Monica’s Church, Stonard only be deferred until 1st April 2017. Road, Palmers Green. This distance is calculated by the Enfield Schools’ Admissions Service IT system Application for children to be educated outside using ADDRESS-POINT®. They calculate the distance their age group (in a straight line, as the crow flies) from the central Any application for a child to be educated out of his/ point of St Monica’s Church to the front door of the her age group will be considered sympathetically address at which the candidate is resident. A child by governors but be agreed only in exceptional is deemed to be resident at a particular address circumstances. Parents should write to the Chair of when he/she resides there for more than 50% of the Governors during the autumn term of 2015 (i.e. the week. The distance measure provides a national grid academic year in which the child will reach his/her coordinate and a unique reference for each postal fourth birthday) and submit compelling professional address in Great Britain. The grid reference is provided evidence to support the case for delaying entry to to a resolution of 0.1 metre (10cm). The accuracy of reception class until autumn 2017. If governors agree ADDRESS-POINT® is such that each point will fall that delayed entry is appropriate, an application would within the building at the address in question. In the subsequently have to be submitted in accordance with case of a multi-occupancy building, such as flats where the Admissions Policy for 2017/2018 and considered
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ST. MONICA’S CATHOLIC PRIMARY SCHOOL – ADMISSIONS CRITERIA by governors against the criteria in that Policy. There F. The Governors will meet during the spring term can be no presumption that the application will be to rank the children in accordance with this successful. Admissions Policy and its oversubscription criteria. The results of the ranking will then be sent to the Application Procedure Local Authority. A. In order to make an application, you must complete a Common Application Form (CAF) from G. On 18 April 2016, letters will be sent by the Local the Local Authority in which you live. The CAF Authority, on behalf of the Governing Body, to must either be completed on-line or returned as the 60 children who are being offered places. All directed to the Local Authority (or to the School families who wish to accept this offer will be asked which will send it to the Local Authority). This to confirm so in writing. application must include proof of the child’s home H. In addition, the School will write to all families address (see accepted proofs of address in the who have been offered a place. Families who do Local Authority Admissions booklet). The CAF not already have a child at the School and who should be submitted by 15th January 2016. wish to accept the offer, will be required to provide B. In order for applications to St Monica’s School to the School office with two further proofs of the be placed in the correct order of priority according address on the application form; one must be a to the oversubscription criteria set out above, you council tax bill and the second must be a utility should also submit the following direct to the bill not more than three months old. This address school by 15th January 2016: must be maintained until the child’s first day at school, unless the new address is no further from nn a Supplementary Information Form (SIF); St Monica’s Church than the address of the child at nn Part B of Diocesan Priest’s Reference (if the furthest distance from the church to whom a applicable; see paragraphs D and E below); place has been offered. and nn proof of baptism (if applicable) – only the I. The school fully supports the stance taken by original certificate marked with the Parish the London Borough of Enfield with regard to seal can be accepted. fraudulent or misleading information being given in order to secure a place. Evidence of fraud or If you are applying as a practising Catholic, all intentionally misleading information will lead to three documents will be required in order for your any offer of a place being withdrawn. application to be considered fully. J. If your child is not offered a place in reception If you are applying on behalf of a looked after or class, he/she will automatically be placed on a adopted child you should also provide evidence waiting list. This list ranks the children according to that confirms this. the categories in the oversubscription criteria. C. Unless all applicable documents are returned to K. Unless there are exceptional circumstances the school by 15th January 2016, the Governing and applicants can demonstrate a good reason Body will be unable to consider your application (accepted by the Governors) for not applying by fully and it is very unlikely that your child will be the published deadline of 15th January 2016, late offered a place. applications will not be considered until initial D. Parents applying as practising Catholics should allocations have been made. As soon as the initial arrange to meet the Parish Priest of the church allocations have been made, all applications, which they usually attend so that the Diocesan whenever made, are ranked solely according to the Priest’s Reference can be completed. Please take oversubscription criteria and placed on the waiting the original Baptismal Certificate with you to this list. The waiting list will be held open until the end meeting. of the academic year to which this application applies. The school will write to applicants at the E. Before the meeting with the Parish Priest, beginning of each academic year to ask if they parents should complete Part A of the Diocesan wish to remain on the waiting list. Priest’s Reference. This will be used as a basis for discussion at the meeting before the Parish Priest L. Applications on the waiting list are ranked completes Part B. He will retain Part A but return according to the oversubscription criteria and NOT Part B to parents who should then submit it, with in the order in which they have been received. This the Supplementary Information Form and the means that a child’s position on the reserve list is Baptismal Certificate marked with the Parish seal, subject to change, depending on how subsequent to the School by 15th January 2016. applications are ranked.
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ST. MONICA’S CATHOLIC PRIMARY SCHOOL – ADMISSIONS CRITERIA
M. All parents are strongly advised to apply to another school (or schools) as a place at St. Monica’s can never be guaranteed in advance of the Governors’ consideration of applications. N. The Admissions Policy will be posted on the notice board at St. Monica’s Church, Stonard Road, Palmers Green.
Applications for Admission outside the Normal Admissions – In-Year Admissions For further information about in-year applications, please refer to the school’s website or contact the school directly.
Right of Appeal If your application for a place is unsuccessful, you may ask us for the reasons. These will be related to the oversubscription criteria listed above and you will have the right of appeal to an independent panel. Parents who wish to appeal must complete a form provided by the School Office, stating the grounds for their appeal, and return it by 18th May 2016 to the Headteacher, c/o St. Monica’s Catholic Primary School, Cannon Road, Southgate, London, N14 7HE.
Pupils with an Education, Health & Care Plan The admission of pupils with an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP) is dealt with by a completely separate procedure. Details are set out in the Special Educational Needs Code of Practice. If your child has an ECHP, you must contact your local authority SEN officer. Candidates with an EHCP will be offered a place.
Change of Details If any of the details on either the CAF or the SIF changes between the date of application and the receipt of the letter of offer or refusal, you must inform the School and the Local Authority immediately. If misleading information is given or allowed to remain on either form, the Governing Body reserves the right to withdraw the offer of a place, even if the child has already started at the School. This Policy replaces all those previously published.
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ST. PAUL’S CE PRIMARY SCHOOL – ADMISSIONS CRITERIA
Applications must be made on the official Local church at least once per month for at least the Authority form giving full and accurate details. past year at the time of application and who live Applicants who wish to be considered under Criteria within ¾ of a mile of the school; 3 to 7 will also need to complete and submit the St 6. Baptised/dedicated children whose parent/ Paul’s School supplementary information form giving parents have attended Sunday worship at another the name and address of a minister of religion at recognised Christian church at least once per month the parent(s) current place of worship who would be for at least the past year at the time of application willing to supply a reference, so that governors may and who live within ¾ of a mile of the school; consider the application fully. If any of the information provided subsequently proves to be incorrect, the 7. Children whose parent/parents have attended the governors reserve the right to withdraw the place place of worship of another recognised World Faith offered. at least once per month for at least the past year and who live within ¾ of a mile of the school; As a Church of England school, when oversubscribed, priority will be given to the children of parents who 8. Proximity of the child’s principal place of residence demonstrate regular and sustained involvement in to St Paul’s School. the life and worship of one of the four local Church of England churches. The governors’ commitment NOTES ON THE CRITERIA OF ADMISSION to family values is also reflected in the admissions The following notes are intended to explain the criteria, with high priority being given to the siblings of criteria in detail and to assist prospective parents existing pupils. in understanding how the admissions policy will be administered. It is the policy of St Paul’s School to try to offer a place to every child whose parents would like him An applicant with written evidence from an or her to attend. When oversubscribed, places will appropriate professional of medical, social or pastoral be allocated in accordance with the criteria listed need which can be most appropriately met at St Paul’s below, which should be read in conjunction with the School where detriment would be suffered if the child accompanying ‘Notes on the Criteria of Admission’. had to attend another school, will be given the highest Within each criterion, priority will be given in priority within each criterion. Thereafter, places will be accordance with the proximity of the applicant’s offered on the basis of proximity, with priority being principal place of residence to the school with those given to those children living closest to the school. living nearest to the school being considered first. The London Borough of Enfield provides the school with the straight line distance from every applicant’s 1. ‘Looked after’ children and children who were principal place of residence to the front door of the adopted (or are subject to residence orders or school, measured by global positioning satellite. special guardianship orders) following having been Proximity will be determined in accordance with this looked after; information. The child’s principal place of residence 2. Siblings of a pupil attending the school at the time (where the child normally lives) will be deemed to be of admission; the child’s home address given by the parent/parents at the time of application. 3. Baptised children whose parent/parents are confirmed and who have attended Sunday worship Criterion 1 at St Paul’s Church Winchmore Hill, Holy Trinity Please see the Children Act 1989 for further details. This Church Winchmore Hill, St John the Evangelist is available for reference at www.opsi.gov.uk/legislation Palmers Green or St Peter’s Church Grange Park Criterion 2 at least twice per month for at least the past two Definition of siblings years at the time of application; For the purpose of criterion 2, siblings will be deemed 4. Baptised children whose parent/parents have to include full, half, step, adopted or fostered brothers attended Sunday worship at St Paul’s Church or sisters whose principal place of residence is within Winchmore Hill, Holy Trinity Church Winchmore the same family unit and at the same address as the Hill, St John the Evangelist Palmers Green or St pupil already attending the school at the time of Peter’s Church Grange Park at least once per admission. For the avoidance of doubt, children with month for at least the past two years at the time a sibling in Year 6 at the time of application will not of application; fulfil the requirements of criterion 2 as the sibling will have left St Paul’s School by the date of the 5. Baptised children whose parent/parents have applicant’s admission. attended Sunday worship at any Church of England
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ST. PAUL’S CE PRIMARY SCHOOL – ADMISSIONS CRITERIA
Criterion 3 (b) The past year (a) Baptism For the purpose of applying the admissions criteria, Baptism is defined as baptism with water in the reference to the past year shall be deemed to refer name of the Trinity. Please note you will be asked to a continuous period ending on the closing date to provide a copy of the child’s baptism certificate for applications in any given year. or letter of verification from the relevant church. (c) ¾ of a mile (b) The past two years The London Borough of Enfield provide the school For the purpose of applying the admissions criteria, with the distance from every applicant’s principal reference to the past two years shall be deemed to place of residence to the front door of the school refer to a continuous period ending on the closing measured by global positioning satellite. Whether date for applications in any given year. or not the applicant lives within ¾ of a mile will be determined in accordance with this information. (c) Confirmation A local area map is available for inspection by For the purpose of criterion 3, the requirement for prospective parents in the school office by way of confirmation will be satisfied if an applicant parent guidance only. is: Criterion 6 (i) Confirmed in the Church of England or a (a) Baptism or Dedication Church in Communion with the Church of See notes under criterion 3 above. In the case of England; or, children dedicated rather than baptised you will be (ii) being confirmed in another episcopal church, asked to provide a copy of the child’s dedication formally received into the communion of the certificate or letter of verification from the relevant Church of England. church. A list of churches in communion with the Church (b) The past year of England may be found online at: See notes under criterion 5 above. http://www.churchofengland.org/about-us/ (c) ¾ of a mile structure/churchlawlegis/canons/supplementary- See notes under criterion 5 above. material.aspx (d) Recognised Christian churches Reception into the communion of the Church of For the purpose of criterion 6, a recognised England is a formal act governed by the provisions Christian church will be a Christian church of Canon B 28 of the Canons of the Church of which is a member of Churches Together in England. Britain & Ireland*, the Evangelical Alliance** For the avoidance of doubt parents confirmed or the Fellowship of Independent Evangelical in a church other than a church in communion Churches***. A list of member churches are to be with the Church of England will not satisfy the found on the relevant websites: requirement for confirmation unless they have * www.ctbi.org.uk been episcopally confirmed or formally received ** www.eauk.org into the communion of the Church of England. *** www.fiec.org.uk You will be asked to provide a copy of the Criterion 7 confirmation or reception certificate or certified (a) The past year copy of an entry in the confirmation register of the See notes under criterion 5 above. said church. (b) Recognised World Faiths Criterion 4 For the purpose of criterion 7, recognised World (a) Baptism Faiths are Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism and See notes under criterion 3 above. Sikhism. (b) The past two years (c) ¾ of a mile See notes under criterion 3 above. See notes under criterion 5 above. Criterion 5 (a) Baptism See notes under criterion 3 above.
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ST. PAUL’S CE PRIMARY SCHOOL – ADMISSIONS CRITERIA
General Information Moving to the area In order to meet any of the faith criteria, parent(s) Where a family have recently moved into the area but will be required to provide the admissions committee were previously regularly attending another church with the contact details of the minister of religion at or place of worship of a recognised World Faith in their nominated church or other place of worship. The accordance with the criteria set out above, parent(s) governors will rely on a reference form received from will be entitled to provide the Admissions Committee the nominated minister providing information about with the contact details of their previous minister or the applicant including frequency of attendance at the faith leader in addition to the minister of their current nominated church. church. The Admissions Committee will request and consider a reference from that previous minister or Individual churches may have procedures in place to leader before deciding the criterion into which the record attendance in order to assist the nominated applicant falls. minister in providing an accurate reference. It is the responsibility of parents/guardians to ensure that they comply with any such procedures. All documentation requested must be attached to the supplementary information form and must pre- date the final date for submission. For the avoidance of doubt this means that baptism/dedication, confirmation/reception must have been undertaken before the closing date for applications. Dates for church attendance are taken from the 2 years previous to the closing date for applications.
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Wolfson Hillel Primary School – ADMISSIONS CRITERIA
Wolfson Hillel Primary School’s Foundation Body is Parents wishing to apply for a place outside their the United Synagogue and its religious authority is the normal age group should write to the Admissions Office of the Chief Rabbi of the Hebrew Congregations Officer setting out their views; information about the of the Commonwealth. child’s academic, social and emotional development; where relevant, their medical history and the views of The School’s ethos demonstrates orthodox Jewish a medical professional; whether they have previously belief and practice, embodied in the principles of been educated out of their normal age group; and Torah and Halachah, in a modern setting. These whether they may naturally have fallen into a lower include creating a sense of belonging, encouraging and age group if it were not for being born prematurely. preparing for lifelong Jewish learning, spiritual growth and practice, mutual responsibility within the Jewish This will then be considered by the admissions community and the wider world, and the importance committee who will make a decision based on the of Israel in Jewish life. Jewish belief and practice information provided and the views of the head permeate every aspect of Hillel’s activities. It also teacher of the school. Each decision will be based celebrates its wide communal involvement. on the circumstances of each case and in the best interests of the child concerned. The admissions Wolfson Hillel Primary School will give priority committee will write to the parents informing them to applicants who meet a religious practice test of their decision on the year group the child should be based on guidelines from the Chief Rabbi. Those admitted to; reasons for the decision will be given. applicants wishing to be considered a priority for available places must complete a Certificate of Oversubscription Criteria 1 Religious Practice (CRP ) based on criteria such If the School is oversubscribed, after the admission of as the family’s synagogue service attendance, children whose Statement of Special Educational Need commitment to Jewish education and voluntary (SEN)4/Education Health Care Plan names the School, work within the community. Whilst priority priority for admission will be given to those children will be given to those children whose families who meet the criteria as set out in the order of 1 to 8 demonstrate an ongoing commitment to the listed below. School’s ethos, all families will be expected to 5 respect the ethos. 1 Children who are looked after by a local authority, or a child who was previously looked after6, with a The School admits children aged four to 11 and all completed and valid CRP. children must attend full-time schooling by the term they reach their fifth birthday (compulsory school 2 Children for whom the school is appropriate 7 age2). There are 60 places available in each of two on genuine medical or social grounds , with a classes in every school year; this is the School’s completed and valid CRP. Published Admission Number (PAN). Additional 3 Siblings8 of pupils attending the School on the date children may be admitted under limited exceptional of admission, with a completed and valid CRP. circumstances3. The School will admit children at any 8 time to all year groups, provided a place is available. 4 Siblings of former pupils of the School, with a completed and valid CRP. Parents are invited to visit the School prior to applying. Open mornings for prospective parents are held every 5 Children eligible for pupil premium or early years 14 month and individual visits are also welcome by prior premium, with a completed and valid CRP. arrangement. Please contact the School for details. The 6 Other children who have a complete and valid CRP.
School is not permitted by law to interview parents, or 5 children, with a view to selection. 7 Other children who are looked after by a local authority, or other children who were previously All children whose Statement of Special Educational looked after6 by a local authority without a CRP. Need (SEN)4/Education Health Care Plan names the School will be admitted. 8 Children eligible for pupil premium or early years premium without a CRP. Parents may seek a place for their child outside of their normal age group, for example, if the child is 9 Other children who have an incomplete or invalid gifted and talented or has experienced problems such CRP. as ill health. In addition, the parents of a summer born 10 Any other children. child may choose not to send that child to school until the September following their fifth birthday and may request that they are admitted out of their normal age group – to reception rather than year 1.
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Wolfson Hillel Primary School – ADMISSIONS CRITERIA
Tie-Breaker with parents, from time to time, to establish whether In the event of there being more applicants than they wish their child to remain on the waiting list. The places available within each of the above criteria 1 to child’s place on the waiting list will be determined at all 8, priority will be given to children living nearest the times in accordance with the oversubscription criteria. School. Distance will be measured from the main gate Following the application procedure for Reception of the home address9 to the main gate of the School places, and once initial offers have been made, the site using Enfield Council’s computerised mapping waiting list will be adjusted to include late applications. system. In cases where more than one applicant lives A child’s position on the waiting list will not depend equidistant from the School, and places cannot be upon when the application was made, but will be offered to all these children, the available place will determined by how the oversubscription criteria are be determined by random allocation supervised by a met. This means that a child’s position on the list can person independent of the School. go down as well as up, depending on the circumstances Application Process of all applicants. In the event of a vacancy occurring, 1 When to Apply the place will be offered to a child on the waiting Children will be admitted to Reception10 in the list starting with the one at the top, at the time, and September following their fourth birthday. Applications working downwards until the vacancy is filled. should be made by 15 January in the calendar year Parents are asked to inform the School when they of entry. Forms are available from the School from no longer wish their child’s name to remain on the September each year. All applications received on time waiting list. will be processed together. By law, priority must not be given to children based on the date their application 6 Late Applications 10 is received or their name is added to the list. a) Applications for Reception received between March and the end of August, for entry in the September 2 How to Apply of the same year, must be made by completion of 10 a) Application for a place in Reception is by a Common Application Form (CAF). The form is completion of a Common Application Form (CAF). available from, and should be returned to, the local The form is available from, and should be returned authority where the child lives12 without delay. to, the local authority where the child lives10 by 15 January in the calendar year of entry. b) In addition, the School’s Supplementary Information Form (SIF) and Certificate of Religious b) In addition, the School’s Supplementary Practice (CRP1) must be completed. Both forms are Information Form (SIF) and Certificate of Religious available from the School Office or website (www. 1 Practice (CRP ) must be completed. Both the SIF wolfsonhillel.enfield.sch.uk) and must be returned and CRP are available from the School Office or to the School without delay. website (www.wolfsonhillel.enfield.sch.uk) and must be returned to the School by 15 January in Late applications will be processed after those that the calendar year of entry. have been received on time. c) Application for a child whose Statement of 7 In-Year Applications 10 Educational Need4/Education Health Care Plan Application for Reception received after the start of names the School is made by a separate process. the academic year of normal entry should be made directly to the School. Application is by completion 3 Offer Date of the School’s Application Form, Supplementary A letter offering, or refusing, a place will be sent by the Information Form (SIF) and Certificate of Religious local authority where the child lives on the national Practice (CRP1). All forms are available from the School 11 offer date which will be 16 April (or next working day ). Office or website (www.wolfsonhillel.enfield.sch.uk), 4 Response by Parents and must be returned to the School without delay, 12 Parents are requested to indicate in writing their together with proof of address . intention, or otherwise, to take up a place by the date 8 Applications Outside the Normal Admissions Round mentioned in the offer letter. Places may be available in years other than Reception. 5 Waiting List Application for a school place outside the normal For those applicants who do not receive an offer of admissions round should be made directly to the a place, parents must advise the School, in writing, School. The School’s Supplementary Information Form 1 if they wish the child’s name to be included on the (SIF) and Certificate of Religious Practice (CRP ) must waiting list. The School’s waiting lists for all years will be completed. Both forms are available from the School be kept open indefinitely and the School may check Office or website (www.wolfsonhillel.enfield.sch.uk),
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Wolfson Hillel Primary School – ADMISSIONS CRITERIA and must be returned to the School without delay, 6 A previously looked after child is a child who has together with proof of address12. ceased to be so because they have been adopted (see section 46 of the Adoption & Children Act 2002), or 9 Right of Appeal became subject to a residence order (see section 8 of Parents who receive a letter to say that their the Children Act 1989), or special guardianship order application has not been successful have the right (see section 14A of the Children Act 1989). to appeal. Parents wishing to appeal must write to the Clerk to the Governors at the School address, 7 Applications for priority on medical or social within 20 days of receiving the letter of refusal. The grounds must be supported by a letter from the procedure will be explained in a response by the child’s GP, medical consultant and/or social worker. School and the timetable for the process will be Submissions must specify the particular reasons why published on the Schools website (www.wolfsonhillel. Wolfson Hillel Primary School is the most suitable enfield.sch.uk) by 28 February each year. and the difficulties that would be caused if the child had to attend a different school. 10 Children from Overseas 8 Siblings of pupils attending the School at the time Applications for children coming from overseas must be of application and siblings of former pupils include treated in accordance with European Union law or Home half-siblings, foster siblings, step-siblings, adopted Office rules for non-European Economic Area nationals. siblings and other children living permanently in the Non–statutory guidance on this should be available on same home. the website of the Department for Education. 9 The child’s home address shall be determined as at 11 Fair Access Protocol the deadline for application. Where parents reside Wolfson Hillel Primary School is committed to taking at separate addresses, but with shared responsibility its reasonable share of children who are vulnerable for the child, it will be the address at which the child and/or hard to place, as set out in the locally agreed spends most of the week. Fair Access Protocol. Accordingly, outside the normal 10 Reception11 is the entry class to primary schools admissions round, the Governing Body is empowered as defined by section 142 of the School Standards to give absolute priority to a child where admission is Framework Act 1998. requested under a local Fair Access Protocol that has 11 ‘Working day’ is defined as any day other than a been agreed for that school year. The Governing Body Saturday, Sunday, or a day which is a bank holiday has this power even when admitting the child would within the meaning of the Banking and Financial mean exceeding the PAN. Dealings Act 1971. Parents are advised to make any necessary arrangements if the National Offer Day NOTES falls during Pesach. 1 The requirements of the CRP might change from year 12 If proof of address is requested by the School, this to year. Parents are advised to check with the School must not include evidence of personal details about whether the CRP obtained for Nursery, or another parents and families, such as maiden names, criminal school, will be valid for primary classes. convictions, marital or financial status (including 2 If a child is offered a place in Reception11 and would marriage certificates), the first language of parents start school before the child is of compulsory school or the child; details about parents’ or a child’s age, parents can defer until later in the year, or until disabilities, special educational needs or medical the term in which the child reaches compulsory conditions. school age, or take up the place part-time until the child reaches compulsory school age. 13 If proof of date of birth is requested by the School, at no time must a ‘long’ birth certificate be provided. 3 Twins and children from multiple births will be admitted when one of the siblings is the 30th child 14 Early years premium or pupil premium refers to and, as a result, the School’s PAN will be increased. pupils for whom eligibility for free school meals has been agreed. 4 A Statement of Special Educational Need is a statement made by the local authority (see section False Information 324 of the Education Act 1996) specifying the Places can be withdrawn after an offer has been made special educational provision required for that child. if the Admissions Committee of the Governing Body 5 A looked after child is a child who is (a) in the care determines that the offer was made on the basis of of a local authority, or (b) being provided with false or fraudulent information. accommodation by a local authority (see section 22(1) For further information please contact the School of the Children Act 1989). Applications for looked after Office on: 020 8882 6487. children must be made by the person with parental responsibility and/or the child’s social worker.
76 Applying for a Primary School in Enfield Admissions to schools at other times
REQUESTS FOR ADMISSION TO PRIMARY TRANSFER FROM INFANT TO JUNIOR SCHOOLS Delayed Admission While most parents are happy for their child to start Carterhatch, Hazelbury, Hazelwood, Raglan and school in the September following their fourth birthday, St Michael-at-Bowes CE some parents may request that their child is admitted Children normally transfer to the junior school linked outside their age group. to the infant school they attend. Application forms are The Admission Authority* for the school must consider available from the junior school concerned. The form requests and make a decision on the basis of the will need to be completed and returned to the link circumstances of the case and in the best interests of junior school. the child concerned. Other children who do not attend the link infant school Where possible, requests should include recent can obtain an application form from the relevant junior professional evidence of the child’s circumstances which school. Completed forms must be returned to the school make education outside the age group appropriate. Each or your home local authority concerned by 15 January Admission Authority must make its own decision, but 2016. will need to have information about an individual child’s In the case of oversubscription, priority will be given educational need, rather than general factors which first to looked after children and then to all children relate to a wider group of children born at a similar attending the linked primary school. Any remaining time. The Headteacher of the school concerned will be places will then be offered using the oversubscription asked for their view and he or she may want to discuss criteria detailed on page 24. the request with parents. Applying for Junior Schools outside of Enfield When to apply If you live in Enfield and your child attends an infant Parents requesting admission to an age group below school outside of Enfield you will need to make an online the child’s actual age should submit an application application for a junior school place in the relevant borough. for the child’s actual age group before the closing You can do this at www.enfield.gov.uk/admissions. date on 15 January. The request for later admission Your child’s current school will let you know when you should accompany the application. This enables the need to make this application but the closing date is 15 application to be processed and a school place secured January 2016. in the child’s actual age group if the request is refused by an Admission Authority. If the Admission Authority In-Year Admissions approves the request, the parent will be advised to If you have moved into the area with an older child, re-apply in the following year and provide a copy of they can join a primary school in the appropriate year the decision. However there can be no guarantee of a group for their age. If you wish to transfer your child for place being available at the school, as this is dependent any other reason, you should talk to the headteacher of on the number of applicants that year. It is not possible their present school before making an application. to reserve a place for the following year. Parents are therefore advised to have alternative arrangement in To apply for a place, you should contact the authority in place. There is a right of appeal if a place cannot be which the school is located to find out the application offered in another age group. procedure you need to follow. If the school you are interested in has a vacancy in your child’s year group, * The Local Authority is the Admission Authority for we will be able to offer you a place. If there are no community and voluntary controlled schools. The places available, your child’s name can be kept on a Governing Body is the Admission Authority for all other waiting list, while she/he attends an alternative school. schools. Any decision is applicable only to the school for You also have the right of appeal. If a place becomes which the Admission Authority is responsible. available at a school, all the children on the waiting list are considered and the place allocated in accordance with the admissions criteria. The length of time a child’s name has been on the waiting list cannot be taken into account.
Applying for a Primary School in Enfield 77 Special educational needs
CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE WITH SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL NEEDS AND DISABILITIES Enfield Council is committed to ensuring that all children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) are provided with the opportunity to learn, play and develop alongside their peers within their local community of mainstream schools so they may have similar opportunities and life chances. Enfield’s Local Offer provides information about services and support for families in Enfield with children/young people aged 0-25 years with special educational needs and/or a disability. For more information, please visit www.enfield.gov.uk/SEND All mainstream schools maintained by Enfield Council have the necessary resources allocated to them specifically to support children with SEND. All schools/ settings have a special educational needs coordinator (SENCO) who is responsible for supporting and monitoring children with SEND. Advice and support can be obtained by the school from a range of professionals including educational psychologists, therapists or specialist teachers, when required. Every school is required to publish their own SEN Information Report on their website, which must: nn make clear to parents how they meet the needs of children with SEN and disabilities nn provide more detailed information about how they identify, assess and make provision for children and young people with SEN and disabilities. This may If eligible, the SEN Service will undertake the statutory include additional specialist teaching and support assessment process. On completion of this process, the for children and young people with SEN and/or child may be issued with an Education, Health and Care disabilities and how they change the curriculum to Plan (EHCP). This assessment may not always lead to support your child’s learning needs. additional resources. It may indicate ways in which the Details of how each school supports children with school, college or setting can meet the needs of the SEND can be provided by the school or viewed on their child or young person without the need for any special website. educational provision being resourced. There are a small number of children with SEND An EHCP will describe all of a child’s special educational who may require additional support above what a needs and the additional resources the child requires mainstream school can offer. In these cases a statutory over and above the school’s own resources. Unless a assessment of their special educational needs may child has a Proposed or Final EHCP, parents or carers need to be undertaken in order to determine whether with children who have SEND are required to apply additional resources are required and what these for a school place through the coordinated admissions resources should be. process on the common application form provided by the local authority where the child is living. Eligibility for a statutory assessment will be assessed by Enfield Council’s Special Education Needs (SEN) Service, in conjunction with professional colleagues.
78 Applying for a Primary School in Enfield Other information
INFORMED FAMILIES – ENFIELD’S FAMILY TAKING FAMILY HOLIDAYS DURING TERM INFORMATION SERVICE (IF) TIME Informed Families – Enfield’s Family Information Service Family holidays should not be taken during term time. (IF) is an impartial, free and confidential service that Guidance from the DfE (Department for Education), provides information on choosing quality childcare and states that amendments to the Education (Pupil other parenting support information to Enfield families. Registration) (England) Regulations 2006, which came into force on the 1st September 2013, has Email: [email protected] removed references to family holiday, extended leave www.enfield.gov.uk/if and Headteacher’s discretional 10 days threshold. www.facebook.com/enfieldcouncilinformedfamilies Headteachers can only authorise a “leave of absence” IF offer information on: in “exceptional circumstances”. If a Headteacher nn Free Entitlement – FREE funding for 3 and 4 year olds grants a leave of absence request, it will be for the nn Terrific Twos – FREE Funding for 2 year olds Headteacher to determine the length of time that the nn Day nurseries child can be away from school. nn Pre-schools nn Out of hours school clubs and holiday playschemes SPECIAL NOTICE TO PARENTS nn Parent and toddler groups nn Working in Childcare Parents should be mindful that taking a child of nn Becoming a childminder, opening a group setting statutory school-age on holiday without the school’s permission, or staying longer than agreed, will result in What is the Terrific Twos? the school marking your child’s absence as unauthorised and that you will be breaking the law. This may result Your child might be eligible for up to 15 hours FREE in the Education Welfare Service involvement, the issue childcare per week, the term after their second birthday! of a Penalty Notice fine, a criminal record if the case is The free places can be offered through various day proven in the Magistrates Court and even loss of school nurseries, pre-schools, childminders and children’s place. centre/school nurseries throughout Enfield. You can check to see if you’re eligible and apply by visiting our RELIGIOUS PREFERENCE web page: www.enfield.gov.uk/terrifictwos There is no provision in community schools for the ASSISTANCE FOR PUPILS – FOR CHILDREN particular needs of any religious group. Parents who, because of their religious convictions, wish to withdraw ATTENDING SCHOOL FULL TIME their child from assembly or from Religious Education, We know that in some situations, parents may not need to discuss this with their Headteacher. The be able to meet all the costs involved in providing for religious preferences of parents as they may affect the their child’s needs at school. Consequently, if your education of their child will not be taken into account child attends a school in the Borough or in certain when considering applications for non-denominational circumstances a school outside the Borough, you may schools. be entitled to assistance to help you meet the costs. CHILD HEALTH Further information about the assistance available will be sent to you when you receive notification of the For your child to get the most out of their time at outcome of your application. school it is important that they’re as healthy as possible. Within school, children play and work closely together INSTRUMENTAL TUITION and this helps germs pass quickly from one child to another. There are some simple steps you can take to This can be requested at any school but, as it is not part protect your child; this includes encouraging them to of the school curriculum, a charge is normally made. In eat healthy diet, being active, getting enough sleep and certain circumstances this charge is reduced or removed being up to date with their vaccinations. altogether. For more information on instrumental tuition, please contact Enfield Music Service (020) 8807 8881.
Applying for a Primary School in Enfield 79 IS YOUR CHILD FULLY PROTECTED? STATEMENT OF EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES Vaccines are the best way to make sure that a range of The London Borough of Enfield believes in equality of diseases are wiped out. Diseases such as measles still opportunity for all its citizens regardless of class, age, occur in Enfield and can lead to serious illness, disability colour, creed, religion, gender and sexual orientation. and unfortunately even death. Vaccines against such Multi-cultural education is just one of the many aspects diseases are available free to all children. in its implementation and accordingly the London Borough of Enfield will treat all its residents on an equal Before your child starts school, check their red book and fair basis. to make sure they are up-to-date with all their vaccinations, including their pre-school booster and second MMR immunisation. Please note that vaccination DATA PROTECTION ACT schedules are changed every few years to take account The information provided on the application form by of the diseases occurring in this country, this may mean parents/carers will be input on to a computer system for that different children in the family have had different use by the School and Children’s Services Directorate in numbers of vaccinations – different countries also have accordance with the Data Protection Act. The Council different schedules. has a legal obligation to protect public funds. We may If you are not sure whether your child has had all their therefore share the information you have provided with vaccinations, please contact your GP as soon as possible other departments of the authority and with other to make an appointment. It is important that you are similar bodies for the detection and prevention of fraud. registered with a GP so that you can access a range of health care services. However, if you have difficulty accessing a GP your health visitor or school nurse will be able to check if your child has missed any vaccinations.
80 Applying for a Primary School in Enfield Are you looking after someone else’s child?
If you are caring for a child under the age of 16 (or 18 Private fostering is based on parental consent for the if disabled) for 28 days or more, and you are not a close duration of the arrangements, and birth parents retain relative, this is called a ‘private fostering’ arrangement. parental responsibility all of the time. A close relative is defined as either a grandparent, Birth parents should inform Enfield Children and sibling, aunt or uncle (whether blood relative or by Families Social Care of their intention to have someone marriage) or a stepparent. else look after their child. Some examples of private fostering: Private foster carers become responsible for the day- nn Children sent from abroad to live with other families, to-day care of the child they are looking after. They are or extended family members, in the UK; responsible for carrying out any duties agreed with the nn Children whose parents have paid someone to care parents and must allow a social worker to visit the child for them whilst they are away working or studying; being looked after at the carer’s home. Birth parents nn Unaccompanied minors who are living with friends should provide the carer with details of their child’s or strangers; school and health, information about their history, nn Teenagers living with the family of a boyfriend or language, religion, interests, dietary needs, hobbies, likes girlfriend; and dislikes etc. nn Children who are attending boarding schools and It is a good idea for parents to have a written who live with a host family during the holidays; agreement with the carer so that everyone is clear nn Children brought to the UK for adoption; about how the child should be cared for. This should nn Children and young people who have to live away include consent to medical treatment, educational from their own family as a result of parental issues and financial arrangements. It is important that separation, divorce or arguments at home. birth parents keep in regular contact with their children All private fostering arrangements have to be registered and with the carers. If they do not, the child may be with the local authority because local authorities have considered to have been abandoned. a duty to safeguard and promote the welfare of all What are the responsibilities of Enfield Children children in their borough, and to ensure that those in and Families Social Care? private fostering arrangements are safe and secure. In order to fulfil their duty to safeguard and promote What the law says: the welfare of all children in their borough, Enfield nn By law, all private fostering arrangements have to be Children and Families Social Care will: registered with the local authority where the private foster carer lives; nn Act on information given by parents, carers and nn If you intend to look after someone else’s child for anyone else about private fostering arrangements more than 28 days you must inform Enfield Children and visit to assess the suitability of the arrangement. and Families Social Care at least 6 weeks before the This includes making checks on the carer and their child comes to live with you; home; nn Where an emergency arrangement has been made nn Speak to the child alone and speak to the carer; you must inform Enfield Children and Families Social nn Make regular visits in line with the law to ensure Care within 48 hours of the child’s arrival; the child remains safe and is well cared for. This is nn It is an offence not to inform your local authority within 1 week of being told about a private fostering about a private fostering arrangement unless there is arrangement and not more than every 6 weeks after a reasonable explanation. that for the first year;
All private fostering arrangements have to be registered with the local authority where the private foster carer lives
Applying for a Primary School in Enfield 81 nn Offer advice and support to the birth parents or carers to try to keep the child at home. nn If the child is deemed to be at risk of suffering harm or has suffered harm, the child may be removed from the carer by Enfield Children and Families Social Care. Who do I tell if I am involved in, or aware of, a private fostering arrangement? If you know of a private fostering arrangement then you must contact Enfield Children and Families Social Care. They will be pleased to hear from you. It is not their intention to disrupt the arrangements you have made, they just need to know about them and check that the child is safe and being properly cared for. You can call or write using the details below: Enfield Children and Families Social Care Assessment Team Designated Person: Duty Manager Charles Babbage House 1 Orton Grove Melling Drive Enfield EN1 4TU Tel: 020 8379 2507 Email: [email protected] Or: [email protected]
82 Applying for a Primary School in Enfield Useful addresses and contacts
ENFIELD PARENTS & CHILDREN DENOMINATIONAL SCHOOLS The Enfield Parents & Children is a local organisation General advice on denominational schools may be that gives free advice, information and support to obtained from the following: parents whose children have special educational needs. Church of England Their address is: London Diocesan Board for Schools The Ark, Marsh House 36 Causton Street 500 Montagu Road London SW1P 4AU Edmonton Website: www.schools.london.anglican.org London N9 0UR Roman Catholic Tel: (020) 8373 2700 Education Service of Westminster Archdiocese Website: www.enfieldparents.org.uk Vaughan House Department for Education (DfE) 46 Francis Street London SW1P 1QN Sanctuary Buildings Website: www.rcdow.org.uk/education/ Great Smith Street London SW1P 3BT Jewish Denomination Tel: 0370 0002288 Agency for Jewish Education Textphone/Minicom: 01928794274 Bet Meir Email: [email protected] 44B Albert Road Parents website: www.parentscentre.gov.uk London NW4 2SG Website: www.aje.org.uk Coram Children’s Legal Centre Coram Children’s Legal Centre provides free legal NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF OTHER information, advice and representation to children, young people, their families, carers and professionals, LOCAL AUTHORITIES as well as international consultancy on child law and London Borough of Barnet children’s rights. Admissions Team, Education & Skills Delivery Unit Coram Children’s Legal Centre Building 2, North London Business Park Coram Community Campus Oakleigh Road South 48 Mecklengburgh Square London N11 1NP London WC1N 2QA Tel: (020) 8359 7651 Email: [email protected] Tel: 020 7713 0089 Website: www.barnet.gov.uk/school-admissions Fax: 020 7713 0748 Child Law Advice Line – Freephone 0808 802 0008 London Borough of Haringey Website: www.childrenslegalcentre.com The Admissions Service River Park House 225 High Road London, N22 8HQ Tel: (020) 8489 1000 Website: www.haringey.gov.uk/schooladmissions Hertfordshire County Council Admissions & Transport Team (CHR102) County Hall Pegs Lane Hertford SG13 8DF Tel: 0300 1234 043 Email: [email protected] Website: www.hertsdirect.org/admissions
Applying for a Primary School in Enfield 83 Term dates
ACADEMIC YEAR 2015/16 ACADEMIC YEAR 2016/17 AUTUMN TERM 2015 AUTUMN TERM 2016 Thursday 3 September – Friday 18 December Thursday 1 September – Wednesday 21 December Half Term – Monday 26 October – Friday 30 October Half Term – Monday 24 October – Friday 28 October SPRING TERM 2016 SPRING TERM 2017 Monday 4 January – Thursday 24 March Tuesday 3 January – Friday 31 March Half Term – Monday 15 February – Friday 19 February Half Term – Monday 13 February – Friday 17 February SUMMER TERM 2016 SUMMER TERM 2017 Monday 11 April – Friday 22 July Tuesday 18 April – Friday 21 July Half Term – Monday 30 May – Friday 3 June Half Term – Monday 29 May – Friday 2 June
84 Applying for a Primary School in Enfield Key words
Academies Mixed Ability Teaching Groups Publicly funded independent schools. Children of a wide range of ability taught together as a class: the work of such a group is largely based on Admissions Authority individual and group assignments. The admissions authority of a school determines the admissions policy for the school. The admissions National Curriculum authority for community primary schools in Enfield The core and foundation subjects as set out in the is the London Borough of Enfield and the admissions 1988 Education Act: English, Maths, Science, History, authority of a voluntary aided school, academy and free Geography, Art and Design, Design and Technology, school is the Governing Body of the individual school. Music, Physical Education and Information and Communication Technology (ICT). Admission Number Every school has an Admission Number. The Admission Ofsted Number has been calculated with regard to physical Office for Standards in Education. Ofsted is responsible capacity of the school which is measured according to for the inspection of schools and local authorities. the DfE Statutory Guidance Assessing the Net Capacity of Schools 2002. The admission number represents Priority Zones the maximum number of places available in the year Priority zones are normally areas in which families who group which pupils usually enter on joining the school, ask for admission live some distance away from the i.e. reception year in Infant and Primary Schools. Places school concerned, but who cannot reasonably be offered must be offered up to this number. The admission an alternative community primary school. These zones number for each school is listed earlier in this booklet. may vary from year to year.
Community Schools Sibling This type of school is funded entirely by the Local A child’s brother or sister living at the same address Authority. The admissions to the School are controlled on the date when the applicant would be admitted. by the Local Authority. If the School is oversubscribed The term sibling means a full, step, half, adopted or the Local Authority’s published criteria for admission fostered brother or sister, but not cousins. Proof of the will be used. relationship may be requested.
Criteria Voluntary Aided School The rules used to decide a child’s priority for admission This is a school which although mainly funded by to a particular school. the Local Authority has admissions decided by the Governing Body. The Governors will apply the published Curriculum admissions criteria. At Voluntary Aided schools the The total programme of planned work and activities of a Governing Body will employ the School’s staff and have school to meet its pupils’ needs. primary responsibility for admission arrangements. The School’s land and buildings will normally be owned Free School by a charitable foundation. The Governing Body will Free schools are non profit-making, all ability, state- contribute towards the capital costs of running the funded schools, either in primary or secondary, set up by School. a wide range of proposers in response to local demand.
Key Stage A period of study relating to a particular age group. Key Stage 1 covers school years reception and years 1-2, and Key Stage 2 covers school years 3-6.
Applying for a Primary School in Enfield 85 Priority zones
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86 Applying for a Primary School in Enfield CHASE SIDE PRIMARY SCHOOL Aragon Close Mount View East Lodge Lane Oak Avenue Enders Close Ridge Crest Farorna Walk Roundhedge Way Hadley Road Spring Court Road Harefield Close The Ridgeway High Oaks (odd numbers from 191 up, even numbers from 82 up) Hunters Way William Covell Close Lavender Hill (numbers 200 up)
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LAVENDER PRIMARY SCHOOL Ash Ride Golf Ride Beech Avenue Rosewood Drive Beggars Hollow Rossendale Close Burnt Farm Ride Strayfield Road Cattlegate Road Theobalds Park Road Clay Hill Tingeys Top Lane (nos. 180 up & nos. 181 up) Whitewebbs Road Cypress Avenue Wroxham Gardens Flash Lane
88 Applying for a Primary School in Enfield RAYNHAM PRIMARY SCHOOL Albany Road, N18 Ladysmith Road, N18 Culpepper Close Leopold Road Dysons Road Willoughby Lane Genista Road (nos. 179-209) Kimberley Road
Applying for a Primary School in Enfield 89 Notes
90 Applying for a Primary School in Enfield Immunisation Has your child had all their free injections?
If your child has not had all their vaccines, or if you are unsure about what they have had, please contact your General Practitioner (GP) to arrange an appointment. If you would like to discuss anything about vaccinations you can you can do this through your GP. Remember it is never too late to vaccinate and protect your child.
For more details visit www.nhs.uk/vaccinations Education Benefits Universal Infant Free School Meals Since September 2014, all children in Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 have been offered a free school meal at no cost to parents and carers. Our meals are heathy, tasty, social and fun and and by choosing to let your child have a school meal, you could save up to £400 a year.
In order for Enfield to plan for your child and our schools for September, you will need to complete a registration form and return it to your child’s school during the Summer Term. The school will make arrangements for you to get a copy of the registration form or alternatively, you can download it from Enfield Council’s website at www.enfield.gov.uk/freeschoolmeals after 5th May 2015.
School Clothing Grants If you live in Enfield, you might be eligible for a school clothing grant. For the 2015/16 academic year, the grant for children in reception will be £22. Please make sure you make an application for the grant if your child will be attending a state maintained school and you are receiving one of the following benefits: Income Support Income-based Jobseekers Allowance Income-related Employment and Support Allowance Support under Part VI of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 The Guaranteed Element of State Pension Credit Child Tax Credit, (provided you are not also receiving Working Tax Credit) and have an annual gross income as assessed by HM Revenue & Customs that does not exceed £16,190.
Please note that if you are receiving working tax credit you will not qualify for a grant.
Application forms will be available from your child’s school or can be downloaded from Enfield Council’s website at www.enfield.gov.uk/freeschoolmeals. To avoid delays, make sure you complete the application in full and return it with photocopies of your supporting evidence to the address on the form.
Funds for the school clothing grant are limited and we cannot guarantee that we can assist every applicant.
For further information, ask at your school’s office or call Enfield Council’s Pupil Benefit Helpline on: 020 8379 5367
Enfield School Meals www.enfield.gov.uk/freeschoolmeals Give your child the best start by joining the library
Research shows that children who share books regularly have the best chance of reading well.
The Library has…
Hundreds of books to choose from – lots of activities for you and picture books, poetry, fairy your child to encourage reading tales – books to share and books to – reading groups, story and craft help your child read alone activities after school and in holidays books in more than 20 different Enjoying books is a BIG step towards languages including Turkish, reading Albanian, Somali To find out more about the Library stories and music on CD and films on Service, telephone: 020 8379 1000 or DVD visit the website: www.enfield.gov.uk free Internet access to find things It’s FREE to join and FREE to out borrow books. Enfield Schools Admission Service PO Box 56 MONDAY 10am - 4.30pm Civic Centre TUESDAY 1pm - 4.30pm Silver Street Enfield EN1 3XQ WEDNESDAY 10am - 4.30pm www.enfield.gov.uk/admissions THURSDAY 1pm - 4.30pm Tel: 020 8379 5501 FRIDAY 10am - 4.30pm Email: [email protected]