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

Admission toAbbeywood Community SchoolThe Olympus Academy TrustPurpose of the policyThe purpose of this policy is to make theadmissions process to Abbeywood CommunitySchool (ACS) clear and open.The Directors of the Olympus Academy Trust(the Trust) have agreed that the admissionarrangements for ACS will remain in line with theagreed arrangements for South Gloucestershire’smaintained non-denominational secondaryschools.The Trust adheres to the statutory requirementsand the principles expressed in the SchoolAdmissions Code.Year 7 admissionsThe directors and governors are supportedby South Gloucestershire Council in allocatingplaces to ACS and informing families. Thecouncil co-ordinates the admissions and the Trustcommissions the council’s independent appealpanel which hears appeals from parents/carerswhose child has not been allocated a place at theschool.ACS has 180 places in each year group fromYear 7 to Year 11. Up to 25 of the 900 places atACS are set aside for students allocated to theResource Base by South Gloucestershire Council.The admission criteria andarrangementsShould ACS be over-subscribed (i.e. if there aremore applications than places available), initialallocations will be made according to the criteriabelow. These are listed in order of priority andwill be applied to all applications for the schoolreceived by the published closing date forapplications:2. Local siblings (those living within theschool’s Area of Prime Responsibility andwho have named the school as a preference(please see Note 2 below).3a. Geographical considerations (thoseliving within the school’s Area of PrimeResponsibility) (please see Note 3a below).3b. Geographical considerations (thoseliving outside the school’s Area of PrimeResponsibility) (please see Note 3b below).4. Tie breaker: Where it does not provepossible to resolve allocations by theapplication of criteria 1-3, any remainingplaces will be allocated by drawing lots(please see Note 4 below).Notes:1. Children in Public Care* are those lookedafter by a local authority within the meaning ofSection 22 of the Children Act 1989.ChildrenPreviously in Public Care* are those whowere looked after, but ceased to be sobecause they were adopted 1 (or becamesubject to a residence order 2 or specialguardianship order 3 ).* Documentation will need to be provided to SouthGloucestershire Council as proof of care status.1Under the terms of the Adoption and Children Act 2002.Advice from the DfE sets out that the Adoption Act did notcome into force until 31 December 2005 and therefore onlychildren adopted after this date qualify as Previously LookedAfter Children.2Under the terms of the Children Act 1989.3Section 14A of the Children Act 1989.Admission to Abbeywood Community School – The Olympus Academy Trust1. Children in Public Care or Previously inPublic Care (please see Note 1 below)✆ 01454 868008 cis@southglos.gov.uk43