KEY NOTES – ADMISSION ARRANGEMENTS 2017/18 Schoo name P ymstock Schoo Admission authority The go,erning body of P ymstock Schoo Schoo status Academy .atchment area No Supp ementary Yes – parents 1ho are members of staff on y Information 0orm App ication forms 111.p ymouth.go,.uk/schoo admissions a,ai ab e on ine Normal point of entry Y7 In-Year admission Age range for 1 September 2005 2 31 Any admission other than app ication August 2004 the norma point of entry in years 7211 App ication period 5 September 2014 – 31 0rom 1 September 2017 October 2014 Offer date 1 March 2017 Within 20 schoo days of app ication receipt Pub ished 240 6n ess other1ise agreed, admission number the pub ished admission number at the norma point of entry app ies to each year group as it mo,es through the schoo INDEX SE.TION 1 8i9 App ication process for Year 7 8norma point of entry9 8ii9 App ication process for in2year admissions SE.TION 2 8i9 O,ersubscription criteria for norma point of entry and in2year admissions 8ii9 Staff supp ementary information form SE.TION 3 Si:th form admission arrangements 12 October 2015. V2. The Go,erning Body of P ymstock Schoo forms the admission authority. P ymstock Schoo 1i comp y 1ith pro,isions 1ithin the Schoo Admissions .ode and the Schoo Appea s .ode a,ai ab e at 111.go,.uk/go,ernment/co ections/statutory2guidance2schoo s. The admission arrangements out ined 1ithin this document app y to P ymstock Schoo , P ymouth in the 2017/18 academic year. This po icy shou d be read in conjunction 1ith the Secondary and In2Year .o2 ordinated schemes of admission a,ai ab e at 111.p ymouth.go,.uk/schoo admissions. SECTION 1 (i) Secondary admissions (normal point of entry at Year 7) The admission arrangements out ined 1ithin this section app y to chi dren starting in Year 7 for the first time in 2017/18. The pub ished admission number 8PAN9 for this year group is 240. The c ose date for app ication is 31 October 2014. A ocation resu ts 1i be notified on 1 March 2014. The schoo fo o1s P ymouth .ity .ounci ’s co2ordinated secondary admissions scheme a,ai ab e at 111.p ymouth.go,.uk/schoo admissions. A app icants must: 8i9 .omp ete the .ommon App ication 0orm a,ai ab e from, and returnab e to their home oca authority; 8ii9 In addition, app icants app ying under criteria 5 be o1 must comp ete the staff supp ementary information form and return it direct to the Schoo Admissions Team, P ymouth .ity .ounci . (ii) In-Year admissions (admissions o tside the normal point of entry) The admission arrangements out ined 1ithin this section app y to in2year admissions for P ymstock Schoo in the 2017/18 academic year. An In2Year admission is any entry to schoo other than at the norma point, for e:amp e, transferring schoo due to a house mo,e or for other persona reason. Requests for admission to Year 7 made after the norma round of admissions – after 31 August 2017 – and requests for p aces in other Year Groups shou d be made direct to P ymouth .ity .ounci . With the e:ception of a chi d 1ith an Education, Aea th and .are P an 8EA.P9 or Statement of Specia Educationa Needs 8SEN9, a app ications 1i be considered under P ymouth .ity .ounci ’s 0air Access Protoco . App ication shou d be made ,ia P ymouth .ity .ounci 1 at 111.p ymouth.go,.uk/schoo admissions. P ymstock Schoo fo o1s P ymouth .ity .ounci ’s oca co2ordinated in2year admissions scheme a,ai ab e at 111.p ymouth.go,.uk/schoo admissions. A app icants must: 8i9 .omp ete the .ommon App ication 0orm a,ai ab e from and returnab e to P ymouth .ity .ounci 1; 8ii9 In addition, app icants app ying under o,ersubscription criteria 5 must comp ete the staff supp ementary information form and return it direct to the Schoo Admissions Team, P ymouth .ity .ounci 1. 1 At the time of determination, P ymstock Schoo purchases ser,ices from P ymouth .ity .ounci . If the schoo ceases this ser,ice, the function 1i be undertaken by the schoo or contracted to another pro,ider. 6n ess other1ise agreed, the pub ished admission number app ies to each year group as it mo,es through the schoo . Offers shou d be made 1ithin t1enty schoo days of the app ication submission date. SECTION 2 Overs bscription criteria for Plymstock School for secondary normal point of entry and in- year admissions A chi d 1ith an Education, Aea th and .are P an 8EA.P9 or Statement of Specia Educationa Needs 8SEN9 1hich names the schoo 1i be admitted. Where there are fe1er app icants than the PAN, a chi dren 1i be admitted un ess they can be offered a higher ranked preference. In the e,ent that the Schoo is o,ersubscribed, the admission authority 1i app y the fo o1ing o,ersubscription criteria in order of priority: 1. Looked after children and all previo sly looked after children. A B ooked after chi dB is a chi d 1ho is 8a9 in the care of a oca authority, or 8b9 being pro,ided 1ith accommodation by a oca authority in the e:ercise of their socia ser,ices functions 8see the definition in Section 22819 of the .hi dren Act 1C8C9 at the time of making an app ication to a schoo . Pre,ious y ooked after chi dren are chi dren 1ho 1ere ooked after, but ceased to be so because they 1ere adopted 8or became subject to a chi d arrangements order or specia guardianship order9; 2. A child with exceptional medical or social gro nds. App icants 1i on y be considered under this heading if the parent/carer or their representati,e can demonstrate that on y the preferred schoo can meet the e:ceptiona medica or socia needs of the chi d. This can be in the form of a testimony from a medica practitioner, socia 1orker or other professiona 1ho can support the app ication on an Be:ceptiona B basis. E:ceptiona medica or socia grounds cou d inc ude, for e:amp e: ° a serious medica condition, 1hich can be supported by medica e,idence ° a significant caring ro e for the chi d 1hich can be supported by e,idence from socia ser,ices; 3. Children with a sibling already attending the school at the time of admission. .hi dren are sib ings if they are a fu , ha f, step, or adopti,e brother or sister, and i,e in the same fami y unit and househo d; 4. Children attending a feeder primary school. A feeder primary schoo is inked to the secondary schoo . A ist of feeder primary schoo s is a,ai ab e in the Ne:t Step Parent’s Guide; 5. Children whose parent-carer is a member of staff employed on a permanent contract by the school for t1o or more years at the time at 1hich the app ication for admission to the schoo is made or 1here the member of staff is recruited to fi a ,acant post for 1hich there is a demonstrab e ski shortage e,idenced by comp etion of the staff supp ementary information form. 8This co,ers staff 1orking at the schoo to 1hich the app ication re ates but does not inc ude staff 1ho 1ork on the schoo site for other emp oyers9; 4. Other children measured by a straight ine on the map using P ymouth .ity .ounci ’s e ectronic mapping system1 – the shorter the distance, the higher the priority. Measurement points 1i be from the spatia ocator identified by the Nationa Eand and Property GaFetteer. The spatia ocator is the address point based on a genera interna point. 0 ats are therefore taken to be the same measurement point regard ess of f oor of ocation. 1 At the time of determination, P ymstock Schoo purchases ser,ices from P ymouth .ity .ounci . If the schoo ceases this ser,ice, the function 1i be undertaken by the schoo or contracted to another pro,ider. NOTES. Admission o t of the normal age gro p. P aces 1i norma y be offered in the Year Group according to the chi d’s date of birth but a parent may submit an app ication for a Year Group other than the chi d’s chrono ogica Year Group. We 1i make a decision on the basis of the circumstances of each case and in the best interests of the chi d concerned. This 1i inc ude taking account of the parent’s ,ie1s; information about the chi d’s academic, socia and emotiona de,e opment; 1here re e,ant, their medica history and the ,ie1s of a medica professiona ; 1hether they ha,e pre,ious y been educated out of their norma age group; and 1hether they may natura y ha,e fa en into a o1er age group if it 1ere not for being born premature y. We 1i a so take into account the ,ie1s of the head teacher of the schoo 8s9 concerned. Parents must not assume that the decision of one schoo 1i transfer 1ith the chi d to a different schoo as the decision rests 1ith the indi,idua admission authority.