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

The London Nautical
School
The London Nautical School
61 Stamford Street
Blackfriars
London SE1 9NA
Headteacher
Mr H Dastagir BSc
according to the following criteria:
1 Pupils who are in the care
of a Council or provided with
accommodation by that Council in
accordance with the Children Act
1989, often known as `looked after
children' (also a legal obligation).
This will include any who are
`previously looked after children’
(defined as those who have ceased
to be because of adoption, a
residence order or a special
guardianship order).
2 Pupils who already have another
sibling on the school roll (including
the 6th form) as at September 2013.
Sibling is defined as a full, half or
step brother/sister who is living at
the same home address, and may
include an adopted or fostered child
provided they can be proven to be
resident at that address.
3 All other pupils.
Pupils with a Statement of Special
Education Needs who have named
London Nautical as their school of
choice (this is a legal obligation).
All applicants under category 3 are
treated equally, and in common with
many other schools, where there
are more applicants than places
available, all potential pupils
(including those in categories
1, 2 and 3) will sit a `test' for the
purposes of banding ability. This
enables us to ensure the school has
a very wide range of ability within it.
Pupils are allocated to one of 3
bands according to results. Where
there are more applicants than
places within a particular band,
allocation of those places will be
by way of random selection with
all pupils having equal opportunity.
An appropriate independent person
who is not a member of the school
staff, governors or an LNS parent,
will supervise this process. In the
case of twins, where one is allocated
a place in the ballot, the remaining
twin will also receive a place within
their relevant band.
All admissions are co-ordinated
through the Pan-London Coordinated
scheme and parents
will be required to apply on the
appropriate Common Application
Form via their Local Authority before
the published date. In addition, a
supplementary form must be sent to
the Admissions Department at the
London Nautical School by the same
date. The Local Authority will advise
parents whether or not a place at the
school has been allocated to them
on the 1 March 2013. Parents are
allocated the highest preference
school that has offered a place.
Waiting lists
The London Nautical School will
operate a waiting list. Where in any
year The London Nautical School
receives more applications for places
than there are places available a
waiting list will be maintained by The
London Nautical School from 1
September of the year to which the
application applied in accordance
with council guidelines.
Children’s position on the waiting
lists will be determined solely in
accordance with the
oversubscription criteria set out
above. Where places become
vacant they will be allocated to
children on the waiting list in
accordance with the published
oversubscription criteria.
Children who are subject of a
direction by the secretary of state to
admit will be given precedence for
admission over children on the
waiting list.
In-year submissions
Subject to any provisions in the
council’s co-ordinated admission
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