Bridge Learning Campus Admissions

BRIDGE LEARNING CAMPUS

ADMISSIONS POLICY

1. PURPOSE

The purpose of this policy is to provide guidance on the processes and criteria used for the admission of students to the Bridge Learning Campus. It identifies the appeals process where the Academy is oversubscribed and the process for setting the admission numbers for the Academy.

2. GENERAL

i. The Bridge Learning Campus is an inclusive all age Academy which educates pupils aged from 3 to 16 years.

ii. Bridge Learning Campus is an exciting, creative learning community in which all pupils develop their knowledge, skills and understanding to achieve the very best of which they are capable. The Academy works in partnership with its community to promote the highest aspirations for all. All parents applying for their child’s admission to Bridge Learning Campus should understand and respect to respect this ethos. iii. The main entry points to Bridge Learning Campus will be for Nursery; Reception and Year 7. The Academy Sponsors and Governors are committed to ensure that the admissions to the Academy reflect the full range of ability. iv. Nursery education is not statutory and children in the Nursery class, cannot therefore, be guaranteed a place in the Reception class.

v. Pupils who are admitted into Reception WILL NOT NEED to reapply when their child moves into the secondary phase. vi. Admissions to Bridge Learning Campus will be co-ordinated through the Local Authority’s Co-ordinated Scheme and its timetable. Applications should be submitted on the Common Application Form (CAF) provided and administered by the Local Authority. vii. The Academy Trust will act in accordance with all relevant provisions of the School Admissions Code and the School Admission Appeals Code published by the Department for Education (“the Codes”) as they apply at any given time to maintained schools and with equalities law and the law on admissions as they apply to maintained schools. viii. The Academy Trust shall ensure that parents will have the right of appeal to an Independent Appeal Panel if they are dissatisfied with an admission decision of the Academy Trust. The Independent Appeal Panel will be independent of the Academy Trust. The arrangements for appeals will comply with the School Admission Appeals Code published by the Department for Education as it applies to Foundation and Voluntary Aided schools. The determination of the appeal panel is binding on all parties. ix. The Academy Trust will take part in the Admissions Forum set up by the LA and have regard to its advice; and will participate in the co-ordinated admission arrangements operated by the LA and the local in-year fair access protocol.

3. PROCEDURE FOR ADMITTING CHILDREN TO THE BRIDGE LEARNING CAMPUS ACADEMY

Admission Number(s)

The Academy Trust has the following agreed planned admission numbers (PAN) for the Academy for the year 2014-15 and, subject to any changes approved or required by the Secretary of State, for subsequent years:

a) 60 pupils in the Nursery b) 60 pupils in Reception c) 180 pupils in Year 7 (see note on page 2 below) Bridge Learning Campus – Admissions Policy May 13 Page 1

The school reserves the right to admit pupils above the PAN in any year group, but not below it.

Year 7 admissions

The Bridge Learning Campus will admit a total of 180 students to Year 7 and expects that the great majority of its Year 7 students will comprise those transferring from Year 6 outside of the Academy itself. Consequently, 120 places overall will be available in Year 7 (the Year 7 ‘capacity’) for those students applying from outside the Academy. For those students the published oversubscription criteria will apply.

If fewer than 60 of the Academy’s own Year 6 pupils transfer into Year 7, additional external pupils will be admitted until year Y7 meets its capacity of 180.

Process of Application

Arrangements for applications for places at the Bridge Learning Campus will be made in accordance with the LA’s co-ordinated admission arrangements and will be made on the Common Application Form provided and administered by the Local Authority.

The Academy Trust will use the Local Authority’s timetable for applications to the Bridge Learning Campus each year (exact dates within the months may vary from year to year) which will fit in with the common timetable agreed by the Local Authority’s Admissions Forum.

Detail of each year’s admissions timetable will be found on the Local Authority’s website and the Bridge Learning Campus’s website.

4. GENERAL OVERSUBSCRIPTION CRITERIA

The Academy Trust will consider all applications for places at the Bridge Learning Campus. Where fewer than the published admission number(s) for the relevant year groups are received, the Academy Trust will offer places at the Bridge Learning Campus to all those who have applied.

When the Academy is oversubscribed and after places for children with Statements of Special Educational Needs which name the Academy have been allocated, allocations will be made in the following order of priority:

i. A ‘looked after child’ or a child who was previously looked after but immediately after being looked after became subject to an adoption, residence or special guardianship order 671

ii. Children with a sibling attending the Academy at the time of application2. Sibling is defined in these arrangements as children who live as brother or sister in the same house, including natural brothers or sisters, adopted siblings, stepbrothers or sisters and foster brothers and sisters.

iii. New Fosseway School @ The Bridge – Siblings of children on roll at New Fosseway School, at the time of application.

1 A looked after child is a child who is (a) in the care of a local authority, or (b) being provided with accommodation by a local authority in the exercise of their social services functions (see the definition in section 22(1) of the Children Act 1989).

2 Sibling is defined in these arrangements as children who live as brother or sister in the same house, including natural brothers or sisters, adopted siblings, stepbrothers or sisters and foster brothers and sisters.

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iv. Geography – children living closes to the Academy as measured in a direct line from the home address3 to the Academy.

5. ADDITIONAL ADMISSIONS INFORMATION

Twins, triplets or same-year siblings

Where applications are received from twins, triplets or same year siblings, the procedure will be to follow the criteria above.

Tie breaks

Where there are more applications than there are places remaining within a particular category, the direct line distance from home to Academy will be used as a tie-break.

Confirmation of address

Home addresses supplied to the Campus will be confirmed with each applicant’s primary school or by other means. In case of dispute, parents will be asked to provide appropriate documentary evidence to confirm address and residence. If false or misleading information is used to gain entry to the Campus, the offer of a place may be withdrawn.

Late applications

Late applicants will be dealt with in accordance with the procedures set down by the Local Authority as part of their co-ordinated scheme.

False or misleading information

If false or misleading information is used to gain entry to the Bridge Learning Campus, the offer of a place may be withdrawn.

Confirmation of address

Right of appeal

There will be a right of appeal to an Independent Appeals Panel children refused admission to the Bridge Learning Campus. The Appeal Panel will normally be composed of three members who will include:

i. At least one person who has no personal experience of Bridge Learning Campus defined as a ‘lay member’; ii. At least one person with experience in education.

Parents wishing to appeal should obtain an appeal form from the Bridge Learning Campus. The form should be sent to the Clerk to the Appeal Panel, c/o Bridge Learning Campus, within 14 days of the date of the letter confirming the Governors’ decision not to offer a place. Other documents may be submitted in support of an appeal and should be lodged with the Bridge Learning Campus not less than 7 days before the appeal hearing.

Parents will be given 14 days notice of the appeal hearing, unless they agree to a shorter period of notice.

3 This is the child’s permanent address where he or she resides with a person with parental responsibility or with a parent (as defined in Section 576 of the Education Act 1996).

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At least 7 days before the hearing the Bridge Learning Campus will provide the parent with a written statement detailing the reasons why it has not been possible to admit their child. The Appeal Panel will have the discretion to refuse to admit late evidence.

The Clerk to the Appeal Panel will, if possible, inform parents of the Appeal Panel’s decision on the day of the hearing. In the case of the appeal hearings taking more than one day the Clerk to the Appeal Panel will inform parents of the decision in writing as soon as possible after all the hearings have taken place and certainly within 14 days.

Should an appeal be unsuccessful, the Appeal Panel will give the parents their reasons for not upholding the appeal. The Governing Body will not consider further appeals within the same academic year unless there have been significant or material changes in the child’s circumstances.

6. OPERATION OF WAITING LISTS

i. Where in any year the Bridge Learning Campus receives more applications for places than there are places available, a waiting list will be maintained by the Campus from 1 September to 31 October of the year to which the allocation applies. Any parent will be able to ask for his or her child’s name to be placed on the waiting list, following an unsuccessful application.

ii. A child’s position on the waiting list will be determined solely in accordance with the oversubscription criteria set out in Section 4. Where places become vacant they will be allocated to children on the waiting list in accordance with the published Oversubscription Criteria.

iii. Children who are the subject of a direction by the Secretary of State to admit, or are allocated to the Bridge Learning Campus in accordance with the Local Authority’s In-Year Fair Access Protocol, will be given precedence over children on the waiting list.

7. IN-YEAR ADMISSIONS

The Bridge Learning Campus will consider all such applications and if the year group applied for has a place available, a place will be offered. If the Academy feels unable to admit a child with challenging behaviour outside the normal admissions round, even though places are available, it must refer the case to the local authority under the Fair Access Protocol. If a place is not available, the parent can ask for his or her child’s name to be added to the waiting list, as described in Section 6. Parents whose application is turned down are entitled to appeal to an independent appeals panel.

8. ANNUAL PROCEDURES FOR DETERMINING ADMISSION ARRANGEMENTS

Consultation

Consultation is not required in any year where:

i. the admission arrangements were consulted upon in one or both of the previous two years; and ii. there have been no changes, or proposed changes, since the last consultation.

As soon as any changes are made to arrangements, or proposed, The Academy Trust shall consult the following parties on the Academy’s proposed admission arrangements for a minimum of eight weeks between 1 November and 1 March in the ‘Determination Year”4.

a) The LA; b) The admission forum for the LA; c) Any other admission authorities for primary and secondary schools located within the relevant area for consultation set by the LA;

4 A ‘determination year’ is the Academy Financial Year beginning two years before the Academy Financial Year which the admissions arrangements will be for e.g. consultation to end in March 2013 and determination to be in April 2013 for admissions in September 2014.

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d) Any other governing body for primary and secondary schools (as far as not falling within paragraph c) located within the relevant area for consultation; e) Affected admission authorities in neighbouring local authority areas; f) Parents living in the relevant area for consultation whose children have attained the age of two but are not above compulsory school age and who are or will be eligible to apply to be admitted to the Academy; g) Community groups which the Academy considers relevant; h) Teaching unions if the consultation includes an increase in admission number.

Consultation shall be in line with the requirements of the Codes and relevant admissions legislation.

The Academy Trust will consider comments made by those consulted including any requests to amend the proposed admission number, before determining the admission arrangements for the Academy.

The Academy Trust will determine the Academy’s admission arrangements annually by 15 April of the Determination Year and notify consultees what has been determined within 14 days of that decision being made.

Where the admission arrangements determined in a Determination Year are different from the admission arrangements currently in existence for the Academy, the Academy Trust shall by 30 June in the Determination Year apply to the Secretary of State for him to consent to such amended admission arrangements.

9. Publication of admissions arrangements

The Bridge Learning Campus will publish its admission arrangements each year, by sending copies to:

i. primary, special and secondary schools in the local area;

ii. the offices of Bristol LA;

iii. public libraries in the LA area to be made available for reference by parents and other persons

In addition, copies will be available on the Academy’s website at www.bridgelearningcampus.org.uk/ The published arrangements will set out:

i. the name and address of the Academy and contact details;

ii. a summary of the admissions policy, including oversubscription criteria;

iii. numbers of places and applications for those places in the previous year;

iv. arrangements for hearing appeals.

10. Review Arrangements

This policy was adopted on 1st May 2013 and will be reviewed in November 2013

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THE ADMISSION OF PUPILS TO BRISTOL BRUNEL ACADEMY POLICY STATEMENT June 2012

Implementation Date June 2012

Review period Annual

Policy last reviewed by Academy Council 21st January 2013

Person responsible for policy Assistant Principal, Ethos and Behaviour

1. This document sets out the admission arrangements for Bristol Brunel Academy, hereinafter referred to as the Academy. These arrangements are without prejudice to the provisions of Annex 3 to this agreement. The document forms an Annex to the Funding Agreement between the Academy and the Secretary of State. Any changes to the arrangements set out in this document must be approved in advance by the Secretary of State. 2. The Academy will act in accordance with, and will ensure that the Independent Appeal Panel acts in accordance with, all relevant provisions of the statutory codes of practice (the School Admissions Code and the School Admission Appeals Code) as they apply at any given time to maintained schools and with the law on admissions as it applies to maintained schools. Reference in the codes to admission authorities shall be deemed to be references to the governing body of the Academy. In particular, the Academy will take part in the Admissions Forum set up by Bristol LA and have regard to its advice; and will participate in the co-ordinated admission arrangements operated by Bristol LA. 3. Notwithstanding these arrangements, the Secretary of State may direct the Academy to admit a named pupil to the Academy on application from an LA. Before doing so the Secretary of State will consult the Academy.

I: ADMISSION ARRANGEMENTS APPROVED BY SECRETARY OF STATE 4. The admission arrangements for the Academy for the year 2013/14 and, subject to any changes approved by the Secretary of State, for subsequent years are: a) The Academy has an agreed admission number of 216 pupils. The Academy will accordingly admit at least 216 pupils in the relevant age group each year if sufficient applications are received; b) The Academy may set a higher admission number as its Published Admission Number (PAN) for any specific year. Before setting an admission number higher than its agreed admission number, the Academy will consult those listed at paragraph 19 below. The number of pupils admitted will not exceed the PAN unless exceptional circumstances apply and such circumstances shall be reported to the Secretary of State 4a The Academy has a Published Admission Number of 216. A synopsis of the admissions arrangements is set out in Appendix A to this Annex. Process of application 5. Applications for places at the Academy will be made in accordance with LA’s co- ordinated admission arrangements, and will be made on the Common Application Form (CAF) provided and administered by the relevant LA. The Academy will use the following timetable for applications into Year 7 each year (exact dates within the months may vary from year to year) which, whenever possible, will fit in with the common timetable agreed by the Bristol Admissions Forum or LA: a) September - The Academy will publish in its prospectus information about the arrangements for admission, including oversubscription criteria, for the following September (eg in September 2012 for admission in September 2013). This will include details of open evenings and other opportunities for prospective pupils and their parents to visit the school. The Academy will also provide information to Bristol LA for inclusion in the composite prospectus, as required; b) September/October - The Academy will provide opportunities for parents to visit the Academy; c) October 31. Submission date for CAF to be completed and returned to the LA to administer d) 1st March or next working day, offers made to parents by LA.

Consideration of applications 6. The Academy will consider all applications for places. Where fewer than 216 applications are received, the Academy will offer places to all those who have applied.

Procedures where the Academy is oversubscribed 7. Where the number of applications for admission is greater than the published admissions number, applications will be considered against the criteria set out below. After the admission of pupils with statements of Special Educational Needs where the Academy is named on the statement, the criteria will be applied in the order in which they are set out below: a) Children in Public Care (Looked after Children) b) Children resident within the Academy’s designated area of first priority, who have siblings who currently attend the Academy and who will continue to do so on the date of admission c) Geography (1) Children living within the Academy’s designated area of first priority. d) Children resident outside the Academy’s designated area of first priority, who have siblings who currently attend the Academy and who will continue to do so on the date of admission e) Geography (2) Children living closest to the school as measured in a direct line from the home address to the Academy. Note 1: Children in Public Care (Looked after Children), also called ‘Children Looked After’, are children who are in the care of a local authority or provided with accommodation by that authority under section 22 of the Children Act 1989. Note 2: Children are siblings if they are half, full or adoptive brother or sister or if they are children of the same household. Pupils will not be considered as a sibling where the older child is attending the school as a Year 12 or Year 13 student in the year of entry. Note 3: Area of first priority All Bristol community and foundation schools and Academies serve a designated geographical area known as the ‘area of first priority’. Children living within these areas receive priority over those living outside when the geographical parts of the oversubscription criteria are being applied. Maps are available from Bristol LA. Note 4: Tie-breaks Where there are more applications than there are places remaining within a particular category, the direct line distance from home to school will be used as a tie-break. When the furthest distance to qualify for a place relates to a household containing two or more children for whom applications are being made (eg twins), the place will be offered to one child. The remaining child(ren) will be considered under the sibling criterion if further places become available. Where two or more children live in a flat or other multi-home dwelling and it is not possible to determine which applicant lives closest to the preferred school as measured in a direct line from the building to the school; the available place(s) will be allocated by drawing lots. Any offer of a place determined by random allocation will be overseen by a representative of the Academy’s legal advisers Distances will be measured using the LA’s computerised mapping system

Operation of waiting lists 8. Where parents/carers indicate their wish to remain on a waiting list for the Academy, the waiting list will remain in operation for a full school year 2013 /14. Arrangements for appeals panels 9. Parents will have the right of appeal to an Independent Appeal Panel if they are dissatisfied with an admission decision of the Academy. The Appeal Panel will be independent of the Academy. The arrangements for Appeals will be in line with the Code of Practice on School Admission Appeals published by the Department for Education and Skills as it applies to Foundation and Voluntary Aided schools. The determination of the appeal panel will be made in accordance with the Code of Practice on School Admission Appeals and is binding on all parties. The Academy will prepare guidance for parents about how the appeals process will work and will provide parents with a named contact who can answer any enquiries they may have about the process.

Arrangements for admission to Post 16 provision 10. The Academy will publish specific criteria in relation to minimum entrance requirements for the range of courses available based upon GCSE grades or other measures of prior attainment. 11. There will be a right of appeal to an Independent Appeals Panel for unsuccessful applicants.

Arrangements for admitting pupils in year, The Academy is part of the Bristol coordinated in year admissions arrangements. This scheme applies to all applications for places in existing year groups from parents/carers resident in Bristol or with a confirmed move to Bristol at the time of the application. Applications for Academy places from parents/carers resident in, or with a confirmed move to the Bristol must be made on the common application form which is available from the Academy, the School Admissions Team or on the Bristol City Council/Children and Young People’s Services website. The Academy will consider each application and make its decision taking into consideration efficient use of resources. If more applications are received then there are places available, the oversubscription criteria shall apply. Parents whose application is turned down are entitled to appeal.

II: ANNUAL PROCEDURES FOR DETERMINING ADMISSION ARRANGEMENTS Consultation 12. The Academy shall consult each year on its proposed admission arrangements. 13. The Academy will consult by 1 March: a) Bristol LA; b) All other admission authorities within the relevant area; c) Bristol LA Admissions Forum d) Admission authorities in neighbouring local authority areas e) Any other governing body for primary and secondary schools (as far as not falling within paragraph b)), located within the relevant area for consultation.

Determination and publication of admission arrangements 14. Following consultation, the Academy will consider comments made by those consulted. The Academy will then determine its admission arrangements by 15 April of the relevant year and notify those consulted of what has been determined.

Publication of admission arrangements 15. The Academy will publish its admission arrangements each year once these have been determined, by: a) sending copies to primary and secondary schools in Bristol LA; b) sending copies to the offices of Bristol LA; c) making copies available without charge on request from the Academy; d) sending copies to public libraries in the Bristol LA for the purposes of being made available at such libraries for reference by parents and other persons. 16. The published arrangements will set out: a) the name and address of the Academy and contact details; b) a summary of the admissions policy, including oversubscription criteria; c) a statement of any religious affiliation; d) numbers of places and number of applications for those places in the previous year; and e) arrangements for hearing appeals.

Representations about admission arrangements

17. Where any of those bodies that were consulted, or that should have been consulted, make representations to the Academy about its admission arrangements, the Academy will consider such representations before determining the admission arrangements. Where the Academy has determined its admission arrangements and notified all those bodies whom it has consulted and any of those bodies object to the Academy’s admission arrangements they can make representations to the Secretary of State. The Secretary of State will consider the representation and in so doing will consult the Academy. Where the Secretary of State judges it appropriate, the Secretary of State may direct the Academy to amend its admission arrangements. 18. Those consulted have the right to ask the Academy to increase its proposed Published Admissions Number for any year. Where such a request is made, but agreement cannot be reached locally, they may ask the Secretary of State to direct the Academy to increase its proposed Published Admissions Number. The Secretary of State will consult the Academy and will then determine the Published Admission Number. 19. In addition to the provisions at paragraphs 22 and 23 above, the Secretary of State may direct changes to the Academy’s proposed admission arrangements and, in addition to the provisions above, the Secretary of State may direct changes to the proposed Published Admissions Number.

Proposed changes to admission arrangements by the Academy after arrangements have been published 20. Once the admission arrangements have been determined for a particular year and published, the Academy will propose changes only if there is a major change of circumstances. In such cases, the Academy must notify those consulted under paragraphs 17 – 18 above of the proposed variation and must then apply to the Secretary of State setting out: a) the proposed changes; b) reasons for wishing to make such changes; c) any comments or objections from those entitled to object.

Need to secure Secretary of State’s approval for changes to admission arrangements 21. The Secretary of State will consider applications from the Academy to change its admission arrangements only when the Academy has notified and consulted on the proposed changes as outlined at 19 - 21 above. 22. Where the Academy has consulted on proposed changes, the Academy must secure the agreement of the Secretary of State before any such changes can be implemented. The Academy must seek the Secretary of State’s approval in writing, setting out the reasons for the proposed changes and passing to the Secretary of State any comments or objections from other admission authorities/other persons. 23. The Secretary of State can approve, modify or reject proposals from the Academy to change its admission arrangements. 24. Records of applications and admissions shall be kept by the Academy for a minimum period of ten years and shall be open for inspection by the Secretary of State.

Colston’s Girls’ School

ADMISSIONS POLICY

ADMISSIONS 2015/16

Agreed Admission Arrangements for Colston’s Girls’ School

1. This document sets out the admission arrangements for Colston’s Girls’ School (“CGS”), in accordance with Annex 1 of the Supplemental Funding Agreement between Colston’s Girls’ School Trust and the Secretary of State. Obligations in this document are to be treated as if imposed by the Funding Agreement.

I: ADMISSION ARRANGEMENTS Arrangements for admission to 11-16 Provision

Published Admission Number

2. The admission arrangements for Colston’s Girls’ School for the year 2015/16 are:

2.1 Colston’s Girls’ School has an agreed admission number (“PAN”) of 140 pupils for entry into Year 7. CGS will accordingly admit at least 140 pupils in the relevant age group each year if sufficient applications are received.

2.2 It may admit above its PAN in-year in accordance with paragraph 1.4 of the Schools’ Admissions Code.

Process for application

3.1 Applications for places at Colston’s Girls’ School will be made in accordance with the Local Authority’s (“LA”) co-ordinated admissions scheme and will be made on the Common Application Form (“CAF”) provided and administered by the applicant’s home local authority. Parents are required to do the following:

 Complete and return the Colston’s Girls’ School Supplementary Application Form (“SAF”), provided and administered by Admissions at Colston’s Girls’ School, by midnight on Wednesday 24th September 2014.

 Complete and return the Common Application Form (“CAF”), provided and administered by the applicant’s home Local Authority, by Friday 31st October 2014, selecting Colston’s Girls’ School as one of your preferences.

As Colston’s Girls’ School is its own admissions authority, parents must complete the forms as above. If the Colston’s Girls’ School Supplementary Application Form is not completed and submitted by 24th September 2014, the applicant will not be invited to the test(s). For applications received after this date, Colston’s Girls’ School will gain other evidence of the child’s academic ability.

3.2 Colston’s Girls’ School will use the following timetable for applications each year (exact dates within the months may vary from year to year).

a) By September – CGS will publish on its website (www.colstonsgirls.bristol.sch.uk) information about the arrangements for admission, including oversubscription criteria, for the following September (e.g. in September 2014 for admission in September 2015). This will include details of open evenings for prospective pupils and their parents to visit the school. CGS will also provide information to Bristol City Council for inclusion in the composite prospectus, as required.

b) September - Colston’s Girls’ School will hold Open Evenings for prospective parents and pupils to visit the school;

c) Closing date for all Year 7 Colston’s Girls’ School Supplementary Application Forms to Colston’s Girls’ School will be midnight on Wednesday 24th September 2014.

d) By 10th October 2014 – CGS will invite applicants submitting the Colston’s Girls’ School SAF to attend a non-verbal reasoning assessment and the optional foreign language specialism test.

e) Saturday 18th October 2014 – CGS holds a Non Verbal Reasoning Assessment and Foreign Language Aptitude Test.

f) By 26th October 2014 – CGS will inform parents of the results of the Foreign Language Aptitude Test only. Please note that successful outcome in this test does not equate to the guarantee of a place.

g) 31st October 2014 - CAF to be completed and returned to the LA to administer.

h) Early January - CGS sends the list of pupils to be offered places to BCC;

i) February - BCC applies the agreed scheme for its own schools, including CGS, informing other LAs of offers to be made to their residents; and

j) 1st March (or next working day) - offers are made to parents by LA

Consideration of applications

4. Colston’s Girls’ School will consider all applications for places. Where fewer than the published admission number for any relevant age group are received, CGS will offer places to all those who have applied.

Specialism

5. Colston’s Girls’ School will admit 10% of the Year 7 PAN on the basis of aptitude in Foreign Language, using a language aptitude test.

Procedures where Colston’s Girls’ School is oversubscribed

6.1 Where the number of applications for admission is greater than the PAN, applications will be considered against the criteria set out below.

6.2 After the admission of pupils with statements of Special Educational Needs where Colston’s Girls’ School is named on the statement, the criteria will be applied in the order in which they are set out below.

a) Equal priority will be given to:

(i) children who are “looked after” children (within the meaning of the Children Act 1989) at the date that the relevant application for admission is made and who a local authority has confirmed will continue to be looked after by it in accordance with relevant legislation at the time they are admitted to CGS; and

(ii) formerly “looked after children” who are defined as children who were adopted (or made subject to residence orders or special guardianship orders) immediately following having been looked after.

b) Children up to a maximum of 10% of the Year 7 PAN admitted on the basis of aptitude in Foreign Language.

c) Children who, on the date of admission, will have an older sibling on the roll of CGS. The term “sibling” is defined as a sister, but not cousins, under one of the following categories, and who will be living permanently with them at the same address at the date of their entry to the School. Parents will be required to produce proof of the birth date or adoption certificates of both siblings to prove the relationship together with any other evidence that Colston’s Girls’ School may reasonably require. (i) Full (ii) Half (iii) Step (iv) Adopted

d) Children who have a parent who is a member of staff at the school who has been employed for two or more years at the time at which the application for admission to the school is made, and/or the member of staff is recruited to fill a vacant post for which there is a demonstrable skill shortage.

e) Children for whom it is essential to be admitted to Colston’s Girls’ School because of special circumstances to do with significant medical or social needs. The application will need to be supported by written advice from a qualified social worker, GP, hospital specialist, or similar professional. The information should demonstrate why “Colston’s Girls’ School is the only school that can meet the child’s needs”.

f) Next, places will be allocated by random allocation as specified below. The random allocation process will be supervised by an independent person (someone who is not employed by CGS):

75% of those places will be offered to an inner catchment area which will include all addresses in post codes BS1 – BS16.

25% of those places will be offered to an outer catchment area which will include all addresses in the following post codes:

 BS17 to BS49

 BA1 to BA3

 GL9, GL12, GL13

 SN14

g) Where places are still available, these will be allocated by random allocation to those applicants living outside the above areas.

Banding

7.1 Banding will be applied to paragraphs 6.2 a) and c) to g) to ensure a comprehensive intake.

7.2 Applicants will be placed into 1 of 5 ability bands based on the score achieved in the GL Assessment Non Verbal Reasoning assessment.

7.3 Where applicants have not attended the Non Verbal Reasoning assessment, Colston’s Girls’ School will gain other evidence of the child’s academic ability. Once this has been received, they will be placed into 1 of 5 ability bands based on the information received. They will be considered in accordance with the oversubscription criteria. The deadline for receipt of this evidence by Colston’s Girls’ School is 30th November 2014.

7.4 Applicants will be placed in bands, such that, wherever possible, there are an equal number in each band.

7.5 Places will be allocated, as far as possible, such that, an equal number are given in each band.

7.6 Banding will enable Colston’s Girls’ School to achieve an intake representative of the ability range of all applicants to the school.

7.7 Parents have the right to Appeal if their application is unsuccessful. (Details are available in the Appeals procedure available on the website (www.colstonsgirls.bristol.sch.uk).

Late Applications

8.1 Late applications are those that are received after the deadline for receipt of the Common Application Form of 31st October, 2014.

8.2 Applications received after the published deadline date, given in 8.1 above, will be placed in the appropriate ability band once Colston’s Girls’ School gains other evidence of the child’s academic ability. They will be placed in the relevant waiting list randomly and will be considered in accordance with the oversubscription criteria if a place becomes available.

Operation of waiting lists

9.1 Subject to any provisions regarding waiting lists in the BCC’s co-ordinated admission scheme, Colston’s Girls’ School will operate a waiting list. Where in any year CGS receives more applications for places than there are places available, a randomly allocated banded waiting list will operate from the date specified within BCC’s co-ordinated scheme as the end of secondary co-ordination. This will be maintained by Colston’s Girls’ School and it will be open to any parent to ask for his or her child’s name to be placed on the waiting list, following an unsuccessful application for admission.

9.2 The child’s position on the waiting list will be determined solely in accordance with the oversubscription criteria set out in paragraph 6 above. Where places become vacant they will be allocated to children on the waiting list in accordance with the oversubscription criteria. A fresh round of random allocation will be used each time a child coming within paragraphs 6 f) or g) above is offered a place from the waiting list.

9.3 A separate waiting list will operate for those applicants who applied under the foreign language specialism criterion which is held in rank order from the scores achieved following the aptitude test.

In-year admissions

10.1. Colston’s Girls’ School will consider all such applications if the year group applied for has a place available. If more applications are received than there are places available, the oversubscription criteria in paragraphs 6.2 a), c) - g) shall apply.

10.2 There will be a right of appeal to an Independent Appeal Panel for unsuccessful applicants.

10.3 Colston’s Girls’ School will participate in Bristol City Council’s In Year Fair Access Protocol.

II: Arrangements for admission to post 16 provision

11.1 Colston’s Girls’ School’s provision is a maximum of 200 students in the Sixth Form.

11.2 The admission number for year 12 will be 100 students. Colston’s Girls’ School will accept external students up to that figure minus the number of CGS’s own students who meet the minimum academic entry standards and who are accepted into the sixth form. These students have priority over external students but all applicants must meet the minimum academic entry standards.

11.3 If the sixth form is oversubscribed, following the admission of pupils with statements of Special Educational Needs where Colston’s Girls’ School has agreed to be named on the statement, the criteria will be applied in the order in which they are set out below:

a) Equal priority will be given to (i) children who are looked after children (within the meaning of the Children Act 1989) at the date that the relevant application for admission is made and who a local authority has confirmed will continue to be looked after by it in accordance with relevant legislation at the time they are admitted to CGS and (ii) formerly “looked after children” who are defined as children who were adopted (or made subject to residence orders of special guardianship orders) immediately following having been looked after in each case where they meet the minimum academic standards.

b) Internal applicants who meet the minimum academic entry standards.

c) Students who, on the date of admission, will have a sibling on the roll of Colston’s Girls’ School and who meet the minimum academic entry standards. The term “sibling” is defined as a sister, but not cousins, under one of the following categories, and who will be living permanently with them at the same address at the date of their entry to the School. Parents will be required to produce proof of birth date or adoption certificates of both siblings to prove the relationship together with any other evidence that Colston’s Girls’ School may reasonably require.

(i) Full (ii) Half (iii) Step (iv) Adopted

d) Students for whom it is essential to be admitted to Colston’s Girls’ School because of special circumstances to do with significant medical or social needs. The application will need to be supported by written advice from a qualified social worker, GP or hospital specialist, or similar professional. The information should demonstrate why “Colston’s Girls’ School is the only school that can meet the child’s needs”.

e) The remaining places will be allocated by random allocation between the remaining applicants, provided that they meet the minimum academic entry standards.

11.4 Colston’s Girls’ School will publish, at the beginning of the academic year prior to admission (e.g. September 2014 for those seeking admission in September 2015), specific criteria in relation to minimum entrance requirements for the range of courses available based upon GCSE grades or other measures of prior attainment. These criteria are the same for internal and external applicants.

11.5 Entry will not be determined by a formal interview but all students will be invited to and expected to attend an information advice and guidance interview to discuss appropriate course guidance and course selection. A written/verbal reference may be sought from a student’s current school as to the suitability of the student for the level of the courses being considered.

11.6 Admission to the school is not the same as admission onto individual courses. Where courses are full or unavailable, applicants will be advised of alternative course options.

11.7 There will be a right of appeal to an Independent Appeals Panel for unsuccessful applicants whether internal or external.

In implementing this policy Colston’s Girls’ School will at all times have due regard to its obligations under the Public Sector Equality Duty.

Contact Details: The Admissions Team Colston’s Girls’ School Trust Cheltenham Road Bristol, BS6 5RD Tel: 0117 910 8412

MERCHANTS’ ACADEMY

ADMISSIONS POLICY

ENTRY IN 2015

1. GENERAL

1.1 Merchants’ Academy is an inclusive Academy. The Governors are also committed to ensure that the admissions to the Academy reflect the full range of ability. The admission arrangements described in this document will apply to admissions in September 2015.

1.2 Admissions to Merchants’ Academy for new entrants to Y7 for September will be co-ordinated through Bristol Local Authority’s Co-ordinated Scheme and its timetable. Applications should be submitted on the Common Application Form (CAF) to the Local Authority responsible for the parental address.

1.3 Admissions at any other point will be processed by the Academy.

2. GENERAL OVERSUBSCRIPTION CRITERIA

2.1 When the Academy is oversubscribed, priority will be given to the admission of students who meet the criteria set out below:

(a) students with Statements of Special Educational Needs where the Academy is named in the Statement.

(b) A ‘looked after child’ or a child who was previously looked after but immediately after being looked after became subject to an adoption, residence or special guardianship order 67. A looked after child is a child who is (a) in the care of a local authority, or (b) being provided with accommodation by a local authority in the exercise of their social services functions (see the definition in section 22(1) of the Children Act 1989).

(c) Children with a sibling attending the Academy at the time of application. Sibling is defined in these arrangements as children who live as brother or sister in the same house, including natural brothers or sisters, adopted siblings, stepbrothers or sisters and foster brothers and sisters.

2.2 Late applicants will be dealt with in accordance with the procedures set down by Bristol Local Authority as part of their co-ordinated scheme.

2.3 If false or misleading information is used to gain entry to the Academy, the offer of a place may be withdrawn.

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2.4 Confirmation of address. Home addresses supplied to the Academy will be confirmed with each applicant’s nursery or primary school or by other means. In case of dispute, parents will be asked to provide appropriate documentary evidence to confirm address and residence. If false or misleading information is used to gain entry to the Academy, the offer of a place may be withdrawn.

2.5 Once the statutory oversubscription criteria have been applied, the additional criteria relevant to each phase will be adopted.

Nursery and Primary Phase

2.6 Priority for admissions will be given to children who live nearest to the Academy as the crow flies. Distances are measured from the main entrance of the child’s home to the main entrance of the relevant phase.

Secondary Phase – Fair Banding

2.7 In order to ensure that the intake to the Academy represents the full range of ability, the Academy will use student banding as part of its admissions arrangements if the Academy is oversubscribed at secondary phase. Other than to determine the ability band into which a student will be placed, the assessment of a student’s ability plays no other part in the admission arrangements for the Merchants’ Academy. All applicants will be required to take a non verbal reasoning test and will be placed in one of five equal bands according to their test scores. The same number of students will be admitted to each band so each band represents 20% of the applicants. In the case of applications from multiple births (eg twins or triplets), if one sibling gains a place through the fair banding process, the second or third siblings will automatically be given a place.

2.8 To achieve an intake representative of the national ability range the bands will be criterion referenced relating to national figures.

2.9 Students with a Statement of Special Educational Needs, that name the Academy will be included in the band allocations. Children in Care and Siblings will also be included in the banding process.

2.10 The Academy may seek other evidence of a student’s academic ability if (for acceptable reasons) he/she is not able to take the non-verbal reasoning test.

2.11 If places become vacant in a band, for example because parents accept offers of places at other schools, and no applicants in this band remains without a place, they will be evenly by students falling into the next nearest bands (i.e. the bands on either side, or below or above, if the first student is selected from the band above, the next will be selected from the band below.

3. WAITING LISTS

3.1 Where in any year the Merchants’ Academy receives more applications for places than there are places available, a waiting list will be maintained by the Academy from 1 September to 31 October

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of the year to which the allocation applies. Any parent will be able to ask for his or her child’s name to be placed on the waiting list, following an unsuccessful application.

3.2 A child’s position on the waiting list will be determined solely in accordance with the oversubscription criteria set out in Section 2. Where places become vacant they will be allocated to children on the waiting list in accordance with the published Oversubscription Criteria.

3.3 Children who are the subject of a direction by the Secretary of State to admit, or are allocated to the Academy in accordance with Bristol Local Authority’s In-Year Fair Access Protocol, will be given precedence over children on the waiting list.

4. IN-YEAR ADMISSIONS

4.1The Academy will consider all such applications and if the year group applied for has a place available, a place will be offered. If the Academy feels unable to admit a child with challenging behaviour outside the normal admissions round, even though places are available, it must refer the case to the local authority under the Fair Access Protocol. If a place is not available, the parent can ask for his or her child’s name to be added to the waiting list, as described in Section 3.

5. APPEALS

5.1 Parents who are not offered a place for their child have the right to appeal to an independent appeals panel. Parents wishing to appeal should obtain an appeal form from the Academy. The form should be sent to the Clerk to the Appeal Panel, c/o Merchants’ Academy, within 14 days of the date of the letter confirming the Academy’s decision not to offer a place. Should an appeal be unsuccessful, the Governing Body will not consider further appeals within the same academic year unless there have been significant or material changes in the child’s circumstances.

6. ARRANGEMENTS FOR ADMISSION TO NURSERY PHASE

6.1 Applicants who will be starting school in the following September will be given priority for the 40 places available. For oversubscription criteria see paragraph 2.1 and 2.7

7. ARRANGEMENTS FOR ADMISSION TO RECEPTION /PRIMARY PHASE

7.1 Nursery education is not statutory and children in the Nursery class cannot, therefore, be guaranteed a place in the Reception class.

7.2 Parents will need to apply for a place in the Reception class of the Academy Primary Phase on the Common Application form if they wish their child to be considered for a place. Applicants will be considered as per the Primary admission criteria.

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7.3 The Academy Primary Phase has provision for children with Statements of Special Educational Needs (Autistic Spectrum Disorder). (See separate ARB Admissions Policy)

7.4 The Academy will admit 60 students to the Primary Phase. Where the number of applications is greater than the published admission number the oversubscription criteria in paragraph 2.1 and 2.7 will be applied.

8. ARRANGEMENTS FOR ADMISSIONS TO SECONDARY PHASE

8.1 Merchants’ All Age Academy will admit up to 182 students in total to Year 7 each September; 30 of these places will be allocated to all students in Year 6 currently in Merchants’ All Age Academy (Primary phase). If not all primary phase children transfer into Year 7 the places will be offered to external applicants up to the PAN.

8.2 In the event of the number of applications exceeding the number of places available, the Academy will use fair banding as part of its admissions arrangements in accordance with its Funding Agreement (see paragraph 2.8).

9.ARRANGEMENTS FOR ADMISSION TO POST 16 PROVISION

9.1 Merchants’ Academy will admit up to a maximum of 250 students in Year 12 and Y13, including the students who transfer from Year 11 of the Academy. In the event of there being more applicants for new admission to Year 12 the following factors will be taken into account:

(a) The availability of courses which best suit the applicant’s preferences;

(b) The effective use of staff resources.

9.2 Merchants’ Academy will publish specific criteria in relation to minimum entrance requirements for the range of courses available based upon GCSE grades or other measures of potential attainment. These will apply to both transfers from Year 11 and new admissions to Year 12.

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Admissions

Oasis Academy John Williams is a non-selective Academy open to students of all religious faiths and those of no faith.

If you are a parent/carer of a child in Year 6 and wish to apply for a place in Oasis Academy John Williams for the following September you will need to How places will be allocated at Oasis Academy John Williams complete the common Where the number of applications for admission is greater than the published admissions number, applications application form and return it will be considered against the criteria set out below. After the admission of students with Statements of Special to the admissions section at Educational Needs where the Academy is named on the Statement, the criteria will be applied in the order in Bristol City Council. which they are set out below:

1. Children in public care (Looked after Children) at the time of application. If you are seeking a place in any 2. Children who have specific medical and/or special needs where the application is supported by written other year group, or for a Year 7 specific professional advice as to why admission to the Academy is necessary. The definition as to what constitutes medical and special needs within the scope of this provision will be agreed by Oasis place post-September, you must Community Learning and available from the Academy. contact the Academy directly. 3. Admission of students whose siblings currently attend the Academy and will continue to do so on the date of admission. The term ‘Sibling’ means a full, step, half, adopted or fostered brother or sister, or other child living permanently within the same household. The Academy reserves the right to ask for proof of relationship. 4. Admission of students on the basis of proximity to the Academy using straight line measurement from the main entrance of the Academy to the main entrance to the child’s home. Places are allocated on a geographical basis to children who live nearest to the Academy. The child’s permanent home address is where she or he normally lives and sleeps and goes to school from. Proof of residence – such as council tax or utility bill - can be requested at any time throughout the admissions process. If false or misleading information is used to gain entry to the Academy, the offer of a place may be withdrawn.

If there are more applicants than there are places remaining within a particular category and where there is no difference in distance from home to school for two or more children, random allocation will be used to allocate the final available place(s) and to establish priority on the waiting list.

Please note There is an appeals process and all Oasis Academies follow the nationally agreed guidance for admissions appeals.

Post – 16 Admissions Criteria The Academy will publish specific criteria in relation to minimum academic entrance requirements for admission to Post – 16 provision in the Sixth Form prospectus.

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Oasis Academy John Williams is a non-selective Academy open to students of all religious faiths and those of no faith.

1. Children in public care (Looked after Children) at the time of application. If you are seeking a place in any 2. Children who have specific medical and/or special needs where the application is supported by written other year group, or for a Year 7 specific professional advice as to why admission to the Academy is necessary. The definition as to what constitutes medical and special needs within the scope of this provision will be agreed by Oasis place post-September, you must Community Learning and available from the Academy. contact the Academy directly. 3. Admission of students whose siblings currently attend the Academy and will continue to do so on the date of admission. The term ‘Sibling’ means a full, step, half, adopted or fostered brother or sister, or other child living permanently within the same household. The Academy reserves the right to ask for proof of relationship. 4. Admission of students on the basis of proximity to the Academy using straight line measurement from the main entrance of the Academy to the main entrance to the child’s home. Places are allocated on a geographical basis to children who live nearest to the Academy. The child’s permanent home address is where she or he normally lives and sleeps and goes to school from. Proof of residence – such as council tax or utility bill- can be requested at any time throughout the admissions process. If false or misleading information is used to gain entry to the Academy, the offer of a place may be withdrawn.

Please note There is an appeals process and all Oasis Academies follow the nationally agreed guidance for admissions appeals.

Post – 16 Admissions Criteria The Academy will publish specific criteria in relation to minimum academic entrance requirements for admission to Post – 16 provision in the Sixth Form prospectus.

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Policy/Statement

Admission Policy 2015

Introduction: For September 2015 Saint Bernadette Catholic Secondary School – Bristol was established by the Diocese of Clifton.

Our Mission is to create opportunities for the moral, spiritual, intellectual, physical, emotional and social growth of all members of our School community. We seek to achieve this within a loving Christian environment where we strive for equality, justice and fairness.

1. Control of Admissions: Admissions to Saint Bernadette Catholic Secondary School, Bristol are in the control of the Governors acting in accordance with the Clifton Diocesan Department for Schools & Colleges according to the Education Act 2002 and any arrangements agreed with Bristol Local Authority (LA). All applications should be addressed to the home LA [See note (i)] who will forward them, via Bristol LA, to the Governors.

2. Dates for Application for September 2015 Intake The Governors intend to admit a new intake of 150 for September 2015. Applications for a place should be made on the home LA’s common application form and sent to the home LA by the date – as announced by the Bristol Local Authority – midnight, Friday 31st October 2014. All applications for Saint Bernadette Catholic Secondary School will be sent to the School by Bristol LA by Friday 21st November 2014. The School will have forwarded to all applicants by Tuesday 25th November 2014 a supplementary form to allow applicants to provide information about their faith commitment. The supplementary forms must be returned to the School by Friday 5th December 2014. The Governing Body will consider all applications against its policy criteria and inform Bristol LA of places to be offered. The home LA will offer those places on behalf of the Governing Body by Monday 2nd March 2015. Late applications from families moving into the area or who were otherwise unable to apply by the specified date, will be offered places in accordance with the usual criteria for over-subscription. A waiting list will be maintained by the School until the end of each academic year.

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3. Criteria for Admission: Saint Bernadette is a Catholic Voluntary Aided Secondary School established by the Diocese of Clifton, in which Religious Education is at the heart of the curriculum.

3.1 The designated parishes for Saint Bernadette Catholic Secondary School are:

St Bernadette, Whitchurch Holy Cross, Bedminster St Gerard Majella, Knowle St Pius X, Hartcliffe and Withywood Sacred Heart, Chew Magna Christ the King, Filwood Broadway Holy Cross, Bedminster St Patrick, Redfield St Mary-on-the-Quay, central Bristol St Joseph, Fishponds St Nicholas of Tolentino, Lawford’s Gate [see note ii]

And those in Our Lady of Lourdes, Kingswood and St Augustine, Downend for whom Saint Bernadette is the nearest Catholic Secondary School. [See Note (iii)]

4. Availability of Places When allocating places, the following order of priority will apply: NOTE – For categories 4.1, 4.2, 4.3 and 4.4 below – Children who are baptised in the Catholic faith must provide a valid Baptismal Certificate for inspection as indicated on the Religious Affiliation and Faith Commitment Form [Appendix 1].

4.1 Looked After Children [see note (iv)] baptised into the Catholic faith].

4.2 Children baptised into the Catholic faith from the Parishes/ Areas named above [see 3.1].

4.3 Children baptised into the Catholic faith from other Parishes where there is no designated Catholic Secondary School. (Every Catholic Parish in Bristol and Bath has a designated Catholic Secondary School from the following – Saint Bede’s Catholic College, Saint Bernadette Catholic Secondary School, and Saint Gregory’s Catholic College).

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4.4 Children baptised into the Catholic faith from other Catholic Parishes for whom there is no place in their designated Catholic Secondary School.

4.5 Looked After Children not included in category (4.1) above.

4.6 Siblings [See Note (vi)] of present pupils at the time of admission at Saint Bernadette Catholic Secondary School.

4.7 Children who have a Christian faith commitment, will be ranked according to evidence provided by a place of worship and being known to the Minister or person in charge. 4.8 Children with other faith commitments as evidenced by a Minister or equivalent.

4.9 Other applicants. [See Note (vii)]

Over-Subscription: In the event of over-subscription, families who can show that they have an active attachment to a Christian Church will have strongest claims on places. Should there be more applicants than places available who clearly fall into categories 4.5–4.9 above, places would first be offered to children attending the Catholic Primary Schools listed in section 3.1 above. Of other children who have an equal faith commitment priority will be given to those living nearest to the School. [See Notes (v) and (viii)]

All Parents are asked to complete the appropriate sections of the faith form from the School with extra information where relevant. It is most important that as much information as possible is given, which demonstrates the commitment of children to their faith.

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Applications Mid-Year and to Year Groups Other Than Year 7 Governors are the Admission Authority. For applications outside the normal round, whether, in year, or at the start of a school year, which is not a normal point of entry to the School, Parent/Carers must apply to the Saint Bernadette Catholic Secondary School Admissions Secretary.

New Intake September 2014 Offers: *

1. Children with Statements of Special Education Needs – 07 2. Looked After Children baptised Catholic (4.1 – 4.4 see above & – 0 note (iv) overleaf.) 3. Baptised Catholic Children (4.2 – 4.3 see above) – 71 4. Looked After Children not baptised Catholic (4.5 see above & – 0 note (iv) overleaf) 5. Children who are siblings (4.6 see above) – 11 6. Children with Christian faith commitment (4.7 see above) – 30 7. Children with non- Christian faith commitment (4.8 see above) – 01 8. Other offers ( 4.9 see above) – 30 Total 150 *These figures as at January 2014

Children with Statements of Special Needs There is a different procedure for the admission to school for children with Statements of Special Educational Needs: it is administered by the Local Authority (LA) in whose area the family lives. That LA is responsible for issuing the Statement and consulting parents and the Governing Body of Saint Bernadette Catholic Secondary School, Bristol if a preference has been made for the School, before the School is named in the Statement. If the School is named in the Statement the child will be admitted.

Appeals Procedure: Parents have a right of appeal against a refusal by the Governing Body to admit their child and should put their appeal in writing to the Clerk to Governors at the School within 14 days of receiving the letter of refusal. Appeals will be arranged by the Clifton Diocesan Department for Schools & Colleges and conducted in accordance with the Code of Practice on School Appeals.

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Notes (i) Home LA – Is the Local Authority area which serves the child’s home address and where Council Tax is payable. (ii) St Nicholas Parish – Children in St Nicholas of Tolentino Parish are also in the ‘designated area’ for Saint Bede’s Catholic College. (iii) Parents – Parent/Carers in these parishes should refer to South Gloucester LA for their nearest Catholic Secondary School. (iv) Looked After Children – Refers to children in the care of the Local Authority. (v) Multiple births – When the last offer of a place in the rank order relates to a multiple birth situation, those children will be offered places. (vi) Siblings – Sibling refers to brother or sister, half brother or sister, adopted brother or sister, step brother or 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. Siblings must be on the School roll at the time of admission. (vii) Other Applicants – Those under normal transfer age will be considered and the advice of relevant professionals will be sought as appropriate following the order of priority in section 4. (viii) Nearest to the School – Distance from the School supplied by the Local Authority. Distance will be measured [in a straight line/by the shortest walking route] from the front door of the child’s home address (including flats) to the main entrance of the school, [using the Local Authority’s computerised measuring system], with those living closer to the school receiving the higher priority. (ix) School Transport – Details of any School transport will be available from the School.

Refer Appendix [1] – Religious Affiliation and Faith Commitment Form – Completion required

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Admission Policy 2015 Religious Affiliation and Faith Commitment Form

Saint Bernadette Catholic Secondary School Fossedale Avenue, Whitchurch, Bristol BS14 9LS

Head Teacher: Tel: 0117 377 2050 Mrs. B A McLaughlin, BA (Hons) Fax: 0117 377 2054

APPLICATION FOR ADMISSION – SEPTEMBER 2014 SECTION [1]

To be completed by all applicants

Child’s Full Name:______

Date of Birth: ______Child’s religion:______

Address: ______

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______Home Tel. No: ______

Present school:______

Names of brothers/sisters at present in Saint Bernadette Catholic Secondary School:

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Parent’s/Carer’s Full Names: ______

Home telephone number: ______Mobile:______

E-mail address ______

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To be completed by Parent/Carers of Baptised Roman Catholic Children only

Parish and Town of Baptism: ______

Name of Parish in which you live: ______

Has child made First Holy Communion? ______Confirmation? ______

A copy of the child’s Baptism or 1st Holy Communion certificate must be enclosed with this application

Sections [3] & [4] do not need to be completed for baptised Catholic children

SECTION [3]

To be completed by Parent/Carer of children of all other faiths, including those who have siblings currently attending Saint Bernadette Catholic Secondary School.

Name of child: ______

Child’s religion: ______

Name and address of church or place of worship your child attends:______

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Name of Leader of church or place of worship: ______

A copy of the child’s Baptism certificate is enclosed. YES/NO

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To be completed by leader of church/place of worship.

How long have you known the applicant? ______

I offer the following comments to indicate the faith commitment of the above child:

______

(Please continue on a separate sheet, if necessary)

Signature: ______Date:______

Faith Commitment – It is very important that detailed information is given about attendance at their place of worship and the type of service the child attends. In the event of over-subscription, the Governors’ Panel will offer places to children on the basis of the information it receives about the child’s connection with his/her place of worship.

Please return this form as soon as possible and no later than Friday 5th December 2014 Admissions Secretary Saint Bernadette Catholic Secondary School Fossedale Avenue, Whitchurch, Bristol BS14 9LS

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Admissions Arrangements for September 2015/16 Other than for the Sixth Form

The arrangements and criteria listed below apply only for applications in 2014/15 and will be reviewed annually by the Governing Body; they should not be regarded as binding for future years.

Please note that your application cannot be considered against our published faith criteria (see pages 3 and 4) unless you have completed two forms as follows:

 The Common Application Form, which must be returned to your home Local Authority, that is, the Local Authority area which serves the child’s home address and where Council Tax is paid. This form may also be submitted on line.

 The Supplementary Form, which is attached and should be completed and returned direct to St Mary Redcliffe and Temple School. This form provides information which enables the governors to allocate places in accordance with their published criteria. This form cannot be submitted on line. Local applicants - those living within 500 metres from the school, need not complete the Supplementary Form but are advised to do so in view of the possibility of oversubscription.

NB All applicants must complete a Supplementary Form even if there are siblings already attending the school.

Definitions - Highlighted words have the full meaning set out below:

Completed Supplementary Forms must be received by the School by 31 Closing Date October 2014.  The Church of England or other Anglican Church, or  A Christian Church which is in membership of Churches Together in England (or its partner bodies in Scotland, Wales & Ireland) or Church  A Church or congregation that can provide either evidence of membership of the Evangelical Alliance, or a statement of belief which is Trinitarian. The permanent place of residence of child and Parent/Carer. Where parents/Carers have shared responsibility for a child and the child lives for Home part of the week with each parent/carer, the nearer address will be considered as the Home address. On Time All applications on the Supplementary Form received on or before the Supplementary Closing Date. Applications Late All applications on the supplementary form received, for whatever reason, Supplementary after the Closing Date but before the 31 August immediately preceding the Applications Term of Entry. Includes either or both Parents/Carers or a sole Parent/Carer. Where only one of two Parent/Carers satisfies the criterion the application will be treated equally with applications where the criterion is satisfied by both Parents/Carers, save in the definition of Home. The reason for this is to Parent/Carer ensure that children of separated or divorced Parents/Carers are treated in the same way as a child whose Parents/Carers live together. The expression “Parent/Carer” includes permanent legal carers, but must relate to either a parent or a permanent legal carer but not both. A Sibling is a brother or sister, half-brother or half-sister or step-brother or step-sister living in the same Home and family unit. Full brothers/sisters are defined as children who have the same biological Sibling or adoptive Parents. Half brothers/sisters are defined as children who share only one biological or adoptive Parent. Step brothers/sisters are defined as children who are not related biologically but are living in the same household. A Child in Care is a child who is (a) in the care of a Local Authority, or (b) being provided with accommodation by a Local Authority in the exercise of their Social Services functions (see the definition in Section 22(1) of the Children in Children Act 1989). Children who were in care, but ceased to be so Care because they were adopted (or became subject to a residence order or special guardianship orders) immediately following having been in care, will be counted as Children in Care. Term of Entry The Autumn term in which the applicant will start at the School.

Planned Admission Number (PAN) The PAN decided by the governors on the basis of the capacity of the school is 216.

Admission Criteria The criteria below will be used in the order shown.

A Statemented Children

If the school is named in the statement the child will be admitted unless contested by the Governing body.

B Local Applicants (16 places) – Applications for September to Year 7 only

Children who live within 500 metres of the school.

Applicants under this criterion need not complete the Supplementary Form. However, they are advised to do so if they wish to be considered as Church applicants if there are insufficient places for all those who apply as Local applicants.

C Faiths Other than Christian (4 places) – In order of priority and grouped as in Note 1 overleaf

Children who are practising adherents of Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism and Sikhism.

Applicants under this criterion must complete the Supplementary Form, making appropriate adjustments in terminology, e.g.: “place of worship” instead of “Church”.

D Church Applicants in order of priority – In order of priority and grouped as in Note 1 overleaf

Applicants under this criterion must complete the Supplementary Form.

E Other Applicants

Oversubscription Criteria

In the case of oversubscription in each of the criteria B, C, D & E:

 First priority will be given to Children in Care applicants.  Second priority will be given to applicants with siblings already at the school who will still be attending the school on the date of proposed admission.  Third priority will then be given to children living closest to the school – see Note 2 overleaf.

The above priority order also applies to each of the groups in Note 1 overleaf.

Notes

1. Church Applicants and Other Faith Applicants Church and Other Faith Applicants will be considered by the Governors and placed in Groups on the basis of information provided on the Supplementary Form as confirmed by Church/Place of Worship representatives, as follows:

Group 1 - The Parent/Carer and/or child is a member of Group 1 if they are very regular worshippers. This means attending Church/Place of Worship three or more times a month for a minimum of the last three years. Group 2 - The Parent/Carer and/or child is a member of Group 2 if they are regular worshippers. This means attending Church/Place of Worship two or more times a month for a minimum of the last two years. Group 3 - The Parent/Carer and/or child is a member of Group 3 if they are occasional worshippers. This means attending Church/Place of Worship a minimum of four times in the past year.

‘Worship’ in the above includes not only Sunday services, but also weekday ones and it includes Sunday School or equivalent on a Sunday or on another day so long as the group is primarily about ‘faith development’.

‘Minimum of years.’ Parents/Carers should calculate the minimum number of years’ attendance as including the period up to the day before the specified closing date for submission of the Supplementary Form.

2. Distance Distance will be measured in a direct line from home address to the centre point of the school as used by the Local Authority computerised mapping system.

3. Multiple Births It is the policy of the Governing Body not to separate twins or other multiple birth children living at the same address.

4. Waiting List Applicants who are refused a place as a result of oversubscription will be placed on a waiting list, from which children will be drawn in accordance with the oversubscription criteria to fill vacancies that arise. Waiting lists will be kept until the end of October in the year of entry.

5. Sixth Form Please contact the school directly for our admissions procedure for the Sixth Form.

6. Other Points to Note Information on an application form must be complete, truthful and accurate. If an application is fraudulent or deliberately misleading, any place offered is likely to be withdrawn. A place is unlikely to be withdrawn for these reasons once a child has started at the School.

The decision to offer a place to an applicant is entirely that of the Governing Body. Applicants will be notified by their home LA, in writing. Offer and refusal letters will be issued by the LA on behalf of the Governors on 1 March 2015 or the next available working day.

A refusal letter will be sent in respect of all unsuccessful applications and information regarding the right to appeal will be included with it. Unless there are significant and material changes in the circumstances of the Parent/Carer, child or school relevant to a further application, such application cannot be considered in the course of the same academic year and so no fresh appeal can be made. The Governors and School must not be lobbied individually in relation to specific applications and appeals. Any representations must be in writing. The representations will be passed to the Appeals Panel.

If a place is offered but is not required, it should be refused within 14 days of the offer being made, out of consideration for the other children waiting for a place to become available. Where,

following reminders, the Parent/Carer does not respond to an offer within a further 14 days, the Parent/Carer will be deemed to have declined it.

The School has a Race Relations and Equal Opportunities Policy and this may be viewed on request.

St Matthias Campus Oldbury Court Road Fishponds Bristol BS16 2JP www.steineracademybristol.org.uk [email protected]

Admissions Policy for September 2015 entry

Contents

Introduction

1. Admissions arrangements 2. Consideration of applications 3. Waiting lists 4. In-year admissions 5. Special educational needs 6. Admissions appeals

Annex 1: Points of entry to 2022

Introduction

Steiner Academy Bristol is an all-through school catering for 4-16 year olds. Our vision is for a nurturing, creative and environmentally-conscious school that combines the values of Steiner education with an inclusive and community-centred ethos. Steiner Academy Bristol is committed to straightforward, open, fair and transparent admissions arrangements and the school will act fully in accordance with the School Admissions Code, the School Admissions Appeals Code and admissions law as they apply to academies. Steiner Academy Bristol’s admissions arrangements have been chosen as part of the ethos and vision of our school as a community in itself and as part of the local community. Priority for siblings and for children of staff, and a ‘nearest first’ tiebreaker, are intended to support a school that is connected to its local area and that has a strong internal community.

1. Admissions arrangements

For September 2015, Steiner Academy Bristol will have a published admission number (PAN) of 26 pupils for each point of entry.

The points of entry for Sept 2015 will be Reception; Year 2; Year 4; and Year 7.

Annex 1 of this document shows the points of entry for subsequent years. The school will reach full capacity in 2022.

For September 2015 admissions, the Academy will be part of Bristol City Council’s coordinated admissions arrangements for Reception and Year 7 entry, but will act as its own admissions authority for Year 2 and Year 4 entry.

All applications for Reception and Year 7 for September 2015 must be made via Bristol City Council. All applications for Year 2 and Year 4 should be made directly to the school.

2. Consideration of applications

The Admissions Committee will consider all applications for places. All children with Statements of Special Educational Needs in which Steiner Academy Bristol is named will be offered places before the over-subscription criteria are considered.

When fewer applications than the published admission number or Admission Limit for any Year Group are received, the Academy will offer places to all those who have applied. When the number of applications is greater than the published admissions number, applications will be prioritised according to the following over-subscription criteria in the order given:

1 Looked-after children or children who were looked-after but ceased to be so because they were adopted, made the subject of a residence order or a special guardianship order.

2 Children of the Founding Directors (See Note 1 below).

3 Children of members of staff (See Note 2 below).

4 Children with a sibling on roll at the Academy at the time of application (see Note 3 below). A sibling is a full, adopted, half or step brother or sister, including a full, adopted, half or step brother or sister living at a different address. Foster children will count as a brother or sister to those living within the foster household or, where appropriate, the natural parental home address. In addition: • Where applications are received from families with multiple birth siblings (twins, triplets, etc.) and a place can be offered to one of the siblings, places will be offered to the other siblings wherever possible, including offering place(s) above the published admission number; • Where simultaneous applications are made for two or more children who are not multiple birth siblings, the application will not be considered under the sibling criteria.

5 Children who qualify for Pupil Premium at the time of application (see Note 4 below).

6 Children not satisfying a higher criterion.

Note 1 The Secretary of State for Education has approved derogation from the School Admissions Code to allow this criterion. A list of the Founding Directors is available on the school website.

Note 2 In this policy a ‘member of staff’ is defined as being one recruited by Steiner Academy Bristol to fill a post for which there is a demonstrable skill shortage, employed on a salaried contract with working hours that exceed 0.2 Full Time Equivalent (FTE).

Note 3 As a new school opening a number of classes, we will fill the new classes one at a time, starting with Y7, then Y4, then Y2, then YR. In each case, we will consider siblings offered places in an older class as being ‘on roll’ for that year.

Note 4 Pupil Premium is an additional funding allocation for disadvantaged children. To be eligible for Pupil Premium, the child’s parent or guardian must be receiving one of the following benefits at the time of application: • Income Support • Income based Job Seeker’s Allowance • Employment & Support Allowance (must be Income Related and not Contribution Based) • Child Tax Credit with no Working Tax Credit and where the household income is less than £16,190. You do not qualify if you are in receipt of Working Tax Credit unless you are newly unemployed, when you remain eligible for four weeks. • Guarantee Pension credit • NASS cards & Immigration papers This criterion previously related to eligibility for Free School Meals. The wording has been changed to avoid confusion following the introduction of free school meals for all children of Infant School age.

2.1 Tie Breaker Where the Published Admission Number is reached part way through any criterion, places will be allocated in priority order up to the published admission number to those children living nearest to the school by straight line measurement between the main gate of the school and the door of the child’s home as plotted on a Geographical Information System (GIS). A child’s home is defined as the address at which the child is normally resident. Where a child lives at more than one address, the address will be where the child lives for the majority of the time. Where the child lives at more than one address and spends equal time at both, the home address will be counted as that at which the child is registered with their GP. Where two or more children are assessed as exactly equal and it cannot otherwise be determined which child has the higher priority for a school place or a position on a waiting list, the order of priority will be determined by the drawing of lots for these children. This will be undertaken on the school premises by a person entirely independent of the Admissions Committee and with no current connection to the school. The Chair of Governors or nominated governor will observe this process.

3. Waiting lists

Waiting lists will be kept where there are more applications than places available. It is open to any parent or carer to ask for his or her child’s name to be placed on a waiting list, following an unsuccessful application. A child’s name on the list is ranked according to the above over-subscription criteria, and will be kept so long as there is at least one name on a list. When places become vacant they are allocated to children on the waiting list in accordance with the over-subscription criteria.

4. In-year admissions

The Academy will consider all such applications and admit the child if the year group applied for has a place available. If more applications are received than there are places available, the over-subscription criteria above shall apply.

5. Special education needs

All pupils with statements of Special Educational Needs where Steiner Academy Bristol is named on the statement will be admitted.

6. Admission Appeals

Parents will have the right of appeal to an Independent Appeal Panel if they are not satisfied with an admission decision of Steiner Academy Bristol. The Appeal Panel will be independent of the Academy and will consist of four members, a clerk; a chair; a lay person; and someone with experience in education. The Appeal Panel will be appointed by the Governors of the Academy. The arrangements for appeals will be in line with the Code of Practice on School Admission Appeals and will be reviewed and published annually before admissions are taken. Parents will normally have 20 days after notification of an admissions decision in which to lodge an appeal. The notification of admissions decisions will include the reasons for refusals and information on the right of appeal and the appeals process. Appeal Forms will be available on the Academy’s website, www.steineracademybristol.org.uk. Paper forms will be available on request by writing to the address given above. Parents wishing to appeal against an admission decision by Steiner Academy Bristol should send a completed form to the appeal panel at the address given on the appeal form. Parents will be given 14 days’ notice of the appeal hearing. Other documents may be submitted in support of an appeal and must be supplied to the Appeal Panel not less than 7 days before the appeal hearing.

Annex 1: table of admissions arrangements

The following table sets out our admission numbers for the period in which the school is growing. Figures in yellow indicate a point of entry.

2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 Reception 26 26 52 52 52 52 52 52 52 Year 1 26 26 52 52 52 52 52 52 Year 2 26 26 26 26 52 52 52 52 52 Year 3 26 26 26 26 52 52 52 52 Year 4 26 26 26 26 26 52 52 52 Year 5 26 26 26 26 26 52 52 Year 6 26 26 26 26 26 52 Year 7 26 26 26 26 52 52 52 52 52 Year 8 26 26 26 26 52 52 52 52 Year 9 26 26 26 26 52 52 52 Year 10 26 26 26 26 52 52 Year 11 26 26 26 26 52 Totals 78 182 260 338 416 468 520 572 624

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Introduction: For September 2015 Saint Bernadette Catholic Secondary School – Bristol was established by the Diocese of Clifton.

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3. Criteria for Admission: Saint Bernadette is a Catholic Voluntary Aided Secondary School established by the Diocese of Clifton, in which Religious Education is at the heart of the curriculum.

3.1 The designated parishes for Saint Bernadette Catholic Secondary School are:

And those in Our Lady of Lourdes, Kingswood and St Augustine, Downend for whom Saint Bernadette is the nearest Catholic Secondary School. [See Note (iii)]

4.1 Looked After Children [see note (iv)] baptised into the Catholic faith].

4.2 Children baptised into the Catholic faith from the Parishes/ Areas named above [see 3.1].

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4.4 Children baptised into the Catholic faith from other Catholic Parishes for whom there is no place in their designated Catholic Secondary School.

4.5 Looked After Children not included in category (4.1) above.

4.6 Siblings [See Note (vi)] of present pupils at the time of admission at Saint Bernadette Catholic Secondary School.

4.9 Other applicants. [See Note (vii)]

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New Intake September 2014 Offers: *

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Refer Appendix [1] – Religious Affiliation and Faith Commitment Form – Completion required

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Admission Policy 2015 Religious Affiliation and Faith Commitment Form

Saint Bernadette Catholic Secondary School Fossedale Avenue, Whitchurch, Bristol BS14 9LS

Head Teacher: Tel: 0117 377 2050 Mrs. B A McLaughlin, BA (Hons) Fax: 0117 377 2054

APPLICATION FOR ADMISSION – SEPTEMBER 2014 SECTION [1]

To be completed by all applicants

Child’s Full Name:______

Date of Birth: ______Child’s religion:______

Address: ______

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______Home Tel. No: ______

Present school:______

Names of brothers/sisters at present in Saint Bernadette Catholic Secondary School:

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Parent’s/Carer’s Full Names: ______

Home telephone number: ______Mobile:______

E-mail address ______

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To be completed by Parent/Carers of Baptised Roman Catholic Children only

Parish and Town of Baptism: ______

Name of Parish in which you live: ______

Has child made First Holy Communion? ______Confirmation? ______

A copy of the child’s Baptism or 1st Holy Communion certificate must be enclosed with this application

Sections [3] & [4] do not need to be completed for baptised Catholic children

SECTION [3]

To be completed by Parent/Carer of children of all other faiths, including those who have siblings currently attending Saint Bernadette Catholic Secondary School.

Name of child: ______

Child’s religion: ______

Name and address of church or place of worship your child attends:______

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Name of Leader of church or place of worship: ______

A copy of the child’s Baptism certificate is enclosed. YES/NO

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To be completed by leader of church/place of worship.

How long have you known the applicant? ______

I offer the following comments to indicate the faith commitment of the above child:

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(Please continue on a separate sheet, if necessary)

Signature: ______Date:______

Please return this form as soon as possible and no later than Friday 5th December 2014 Admissions Secretary Saint Bernadette Catholic Secondary School Fossedale Avenue, Whitchurch, Bristol BS14 9LS

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