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ADMISSIONSThe school offers 210 places each year. 180 of these aredenominational places which are offered to families involvedin the worship and work of churches which are membersof Churches Together in England & Free Churches Group.The remaining 30 are community places.Criteria for the allocation of the 180Denominational placesThe Governors will consider all applications. If the schoolis oversubscribed places will be allocated according to thefollowing criteria in descending order of priority.1. Looked after children. [Looked-after children aredefined as children who are in the care of the localAuthority or provided with accommodation by thelocal Authority].2. In pursuance of their policy of inclusion, Governorsreserve the right to offer up to 5 places wherethere are special social, pastoral or medicalcircumstances for the admission of the child to thisschool. Applicants under this criterion may, inexceptional cases, not be members of a church,but all applications must be accompanied bysupporting evidence from an appropriate professional.3. Those families at the heart of the church, where thechild and/or the parent(s) or guardian(s) attendchurch once a week or more frequently.4. Those families committed to the church, where thechild and/or the parent(s) or guardian(s) attendchurch approximately once a fortnight.5. Those families attached to the church, where thechild and/or the parent(s) or guardian(s) attendchurch approximately once a month.6. Those families known to the church, where the childand/or the parent(s) and/or guardian(s) attendchurch less frequently than once a month.7. All others wishing to attend the school.Under criteria 3, 4, 5, & 6, if the number of applicationsmeeting any of these criteria exceeds the number of placesavailable, the following tie-breakers will be applied indescending order of priority:a. siblings of children attending the schoolon the date of enrolmentb. prior attendance at St Edward’s C of EPrimary School, Romfordc. attendance at an Anglican church [Allexcept criterion 7]Criteria for the allocation of the 30Community places30 places are allocated to applicants who have not beenoffered places under the denominational criteria as follows:(i)To children who live closest to St Edward’s C of ESchool as measured by a straight line from theschool and who reside within the ecclesiasticalParishes of St Andrew (Romford) and St John theDivine (Romford) at the time of application.(ii) In the event of any of these 30 places still beingavailable once the applications from (i) above havebeen determined these will be offered to applicantswho live closest to St Edward’s C of E School asmeasured by a straight line from the school.Within (i) above, priority for places will be given to siblingsof pupils who currently attend the school and who wereawarded places under criterion (i) above, providing theirbrothers/sisters still reside in the above ecclesiasticalparishes and who will still be in attendance at the date ofthe applicant’s admission. Siblings of pupils who gain accessthrough criterion number (ii) above will be given priorityonce all the applications from pupils who reside within theecclesiastical parishes have been determined.Other matters relating to admissionsThe Governors will not allocate more than 210 places forentry to the School.All parents must fill in two forms: either the school’sdenominational form, which is passed to their priest/ministerwho will complete Part 2 before returning it to the school, orthe school’s non-denominational form, which is returneddirectly to the school; and, in addition, all parents mustcomplete the preference form from their home boroughwhich is returned to their home borough (usually via thechild’s primary school).Notification to parents of places offered will be madecentrally (not by the school) in March. Parents who fail togain places have the right under the School Standard &Framework Act 1999 to appeal to an independent AppealPanel. Statements to be placed before this Panel shouldbe addressed to The Clerk to the Appeal Panel, c/o TownHall, Main Road, Romford, RM1 3BD.210 places were available for September 2008 and 469applications were received by the school for these placesby 1st November 2007. 42 of these were for communityplaces. This cannot be taken as a guide to what mayhappen (and has happened) in other years.4