Open the Secondary Schools in Lambeth 2013/14 - Lambeth Council

The Elmgreen School
after under an agreed series of shortterm
placements (such as respite) will
not be regarded as siblings under this
criterion.
Criterion 3 Children with
exceptional medical or social needs.
Children with a professionally
supported medical or social need,
whose application identifies a
particular school that is especially
able to meet that need. The decision
to prioritise children on these
grounds will be determined via
MEDSOC panel, which is comprised
of the council’s senior management
as well as senior school staff.
Documents from an appropriate
professional (not including general
information from a website) must
support these applications. However,
any supporting evidence does not
automatically mean that applicants
will gain priority in this criterion as the
decision to prioritise under this
criterion will solely rest with the
MEDSOC panel.
Criterion 4 Distance.
Priority will be given on the basis of
distance between the child’s home
and the school, measured by a
straight-line. This measurement will
be done using a computerised
mapping system. This measurement
will be from a point from the child’s
home as identified by the software to
a point at the school as profiled in
the software. The child’s home
address will be the child’s permanent
place of residency and will not be the
address of a relative or carer, unless
they have legal custody of the child.
Applications must only be made
from a single address. When offered
a place at a school, the offer will be
conditional until proof of address has
been given.
As a tiebreaker for all criteria, priority
will be given to children living closest
to the preferred school – (measured
by a straight-line) in accordance with
the measuring information in criterion
4. However, ONLY in the case where
children have exactly
the same distance between their
home and the school, Lambeth
Council will randomly allocate places
as a tiebreaker.
Appeal arrangements
Unsuccessful applicants will have the
right to appeal against the decision
to an Independent Admissions
Appeals Panel established under the
School Standards and Framework
Act 1998. Appeals for this school are
arranged by Democratic Services,
tel. 020 7926 2170 or visit
www.lambeth.gov.uk for an appeals
form (see page 11 for more details).
How to apply
Applications must be made
using the Common Application
Form from your home borough
by 31 October 2012. However,
we are encouraging applicants
to submit their application no
later than the 26 October 2012
(i.e. the Friday before half term),
to allow it sufficient time for
processing and checking.
Open days/evenings
Tuesday 25 September 2012
7–9pm (last tour at 8.15pm)
(Headteacher's talk at 7pm and
8.15pm)
Saturday 29 September 2012
9.30–11am
(Headteacher's talk at 9.30am)
Monday 1 October 2012
9–10.15am (last tour at 10.15 am)
(Headteacher's talk at 9am)
Wednesday 3 October 2012
9–10.15am
(Headteacher's talk at 9am)
Sixth Form Open Evening
Thursday 25 October 2012
6–8pm
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