Admission - Arthur Mellows Village College

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In this example the child has applied for Blue School as their highest ranked and Red School as their next ranked school and Yellow School as a third choice. If the child qualifies for a place at all three schools, we would offer a place at Blue School. This is because Blue School is the highest ranked preference. The applications for Red School and Yellow School will be discarded and the places will be offered to other children. As you can see from this example it is important that you list the schools in order of preference, with the school you most want as your highest ranked. Although most children are offered a place at one of their preferred schools there are some children who are not offered a place at any of the schools they have listed because all the available places at each of the schools listed were taken by children who met the oversubscription criteria before them. Please note that you could be allocated any one of your preferences and you need to be sure that you are willing and able to get your child to that school. If you live in Peterborough and we have not been able to allocate your child a place at any of your preferred schools; we will offer your child a place at the nearest school to your child’s home address with available places. If you do not live in Peterborough and we have not been able to allocate your child a place at a Peterborough school you applied for; we will not offer your child a place at any other Peterborough school. You will then need to contact the local authority where you live, as it is their responsibility to provide you with a school place. Distance measuring When we measure distance we measure in a straight line from the child's home address to the school, using the National Ordnance Survey seed points and the local authority's computerised mapping system. (The seed point is taken from the Ordnance Survey’s (OS) Address-Point® dataset. It is used to locate individual residential and school addresses using grid references.) The straight line measurement is used purely as a tie-breaker; it has no relevance to how you would walk to the school. Letting you know If you live in Peterborough and have applied online, you will be able to access the site at 12.30am on 1 March 2012 and see where we have been able to allocate you a place. If you applied using the paper form we will send you a letter by first-class post from our offices on 1 March 2012 telling you at which school we have offered your child a place. If you live outside of Peterborough your own local authority will offer you a school place either through their online system or by letter. What can you do if you do not get the school place you want? If we have not been able to offer your child a place at your highest ranked preference school, the offer letter will explain how your child’s name will automatically be placed on the waiting list and how you can apply for another school if you wish to do so. If there are still places available at an alternative school you could be offered a place or, in cases of oversubscription, be placed on the waiting list at that school or move to the appeals process. Appeals You have the right to appeal to an independent appeals panel if you do not get the school place offer you want. Information relating to how you go about this is included in the offer letter along with the timetable for an appeal to be heard before the end of the current academic year. Apply online at www.peterborough.gov.uk/admissions - deadline 31 October 2011 13 <strong>Admission</strong> to secondary school: 2012/2013
Waiting lists If you have not been offered your first preferred school, you will automatically be placed on the waiting list for that school. If you have not been offered your first or second preference you will be placed on the waiting lists for both schools. If you have not been offered any of your three preferred schools you will be placed on the waiting list for all three schools. You can ask to go on the waiting list for any other school(s). These may be the schools you listed on your application form or others at which you are interested in gaining a place. You will be asked to complete a revised application form. If a place becomes available at a school it will be offered to the child at the top of the waiting list which is based on the oversubscription criteria for the school regardless of when the application is made. This means that late applications will be included in the waiting list and will be placed according to the oversubscription criteria and not the date of application. It is important to remember that your child can move up or down the waiting list. For example, if other children higher on the list are offered places you could go up the waiting list, or if children who request to go on to the list after you meet the oversubscription criteria above your own personal circumstances, you could go down the waiting list. Waiting lists come into force on the day after allocation. In-year waiting lists Waiting lists will be maintained by the local authority for Peterborough Community Schools and by the individual schools if they are their own admission authority and will last for the lifetime of the year group in that school, moving from year to year. Waiting lists for out-of-county schools are maintained by the relevant authority responsible for the school. Please refer to their admission arrangements for details of how they are maintained. Fair access protocol Peterborough City Council has in place an overarching Fair Access Protocol which ensures that children to whom the protocol applies and who are without a school place take precedence over children on a school’s waiting list. Home to school transport It is a parent’s responsibility to ensure that their child can get to school. Only a very small number of children qualify for free home to school transport. Unless you are on a low income as defined below if you make a preference for a school other than the nearest suitable school or the designated school (i.e. your catchment area school, or where there is no catchment school, the nearest school) you will be expected to make your own arrangements for your child’s journey to and from school and to meet any costs involved. When is transport available? Free transport to school is only available if the nearest suitable or designated school (see above) is more than three miles from the home address or you are directed to a school which is more than three miles from the home address. All distances are measured by the shortest safe walking route unless the route is considered unsafe. What kind of support is provided? Transport may be provided either by the provision of a bus pass or a seat on a contracted bus. Cycle allowance At the discretion of the Director of Children’s Services, an allowance of £30 per term may be paid to parents of secondary age pupils who are entitled to free transport but choose to use a cycle to travel to school. This allowance will only be paid if the cost of transport exceeds the amount of the cycle allowance. Apply online at www.peterborough.gov.uk/admissions - deadline 31 October 2011 <strong>Admission</strong> to secondary school 2012/2013 14
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