Admission to secondary school booklet 2014-15 - South ...

2 Local siblings: children are defined as localsiblings if:❚❚❚❚❚❚they are full or half brother or sister; orthey are adoptive brother or sister; orthey are children of the same household; andthey live within the school’s defined area ofresponsibility; andthey have indicated that school as apreference; andthe older sibling is already in attendance atthe preferred school and will be in attendancein September 2015 (statutory school ageonly).Please note: to be defined as a ‘localsibling’ a child must live in the Area of PrimeResponsibility for the school.the school. Distances from home to schoolare measured in a straight line between theaddress point of the child’s home and acentral point within the main school buildingusing South Gloucestershire Council’scomputerised mapping system.4 Tie breaker: Lots will be drawn by a seniorofficer of South Gloucestershire Council whois independent of the school admissionsprocess.!Please note: In determining whichapplicants live closest to school,distances from home to school will bemeasured in a straight line between theaddress point of the child’s home anda central point within the main schoolbuilding. Applications for assistancewith transport will continue to beassessed using the nearest availablewalking route.How are places allocated?3a Geographical considerations (for thoseliving within a school’s Area of PrimeResponsibility): Priority will be given to thosechildren who live within the Area of PrimeResponsibility for the school. Where a schoolalso has an Area of First Responsibility,children living in this area will be given thehighest priority.If in any year there are more children livingwithin the Area of Prime Responsibility thanthe number of places available at the school,priority will be given to those children wholive closest to the school. Distances fromhome to school are measured in a straightline between the address point of the child’shome and a central point within the mainschool building using South GloucestershireCouncil’s computerised mapping system.3b Geographical considerations (for thoseliving outside a school’s Area of PrimeResponsibility): After places have beenallocated from within the Area of PrimeResponsibility, any remaining places will beallocated to those children who live closest toAdmission to all year groups duringthe school year 2015/2016All other applications for places for SouthGloucestershire secondary schools during theyear 2015/2016, including those to other yeargroups, will be considered using the relevantover-subscription criteria for the school concernedand in accordance with the in-year admissionarrangements set out in the “In-year admissions”section.Children of multiple birthsWhenever possible, South GloucestershireCouncil will endeavour to place children ofmultiple births in the same school within theplaces available. However, where the last childto qualify for a place is a twin or child of multiplebirth, the place will be offered to one child andthe other child/children considered under theadmission criteria but normally admitted.✆ 01454 868008 cis@southglos.gov.uk17