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Admission to The Castle School – The Castle School Education TrustAdmission toThe Castle SchoolThe Castle School Education TrustPurpose of the policyThe purpose of this policy is to make theadmissions process to The Castle School clearand open.Year 7 admissionsThe Trust is supported by South GloucestershireCouncil in allocating places to The Castle Schooland informing families.The Castle School has an admission number of270 places in each year group from Year 7 toYear 11.Should The Castle School be over-subscribed(i.e. if there are more applications than placesavailable), initial allocations will be madeaccording to the following criteria. These arelisted in order of priority and will be applied to allapplications received by the published closingdate for applications.1. Children in Public Care or Previously inPublic Care.2. Local siblings (those living within theschool’s Area of Prime Responsibilityand who have named the school as apreference).3a. Geographical considerations (thoseliving within the school’s Area of PrimeResponsibility).Notes:1. Children in Public Care* are those lookedafter by a local authority within the meaning ofSection 22 of the Children Act 1989.❚❚❚❚Children Previously in Public Care* are thosewho were 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. Advicefrom the DfE sets out that the Adoption Act did not come intoforce until 31 December 2005 and therefore only childrenadopted after this date qualify as Previously Looked AfterChildren.2Under the terms of the Children Act 1989.3Section 14A of the Children Act 1989.2. 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 within the school’s definedArea of Responsibility, and they haveindicated that school as a preference; andthe older sibling is already in attendanceat the school and will be in attendance inSeptember 2015 (statutory school age only).3b. Geographical considerations (thoseliving outside the school’s Area of PrimeResponsibility).Please note: to be defined as a ‘localsibling’ a child must live in the Area of PrimeResponsibility for the school.4. Tie breaker: Where it does not provepossible to resolve allocations to an oversubscribedschool by the application ofcriteria 1-3, any remaining places will beallocated by drawing lots.54Apply on-line at: www.southglos.gov.uk/admissions
3a. Geographical considerations (for thoseliving within the 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 the school’s Area of PrimeResponsibility): After places have beenallocated from within the Area of PrimeResponsibility, any remaining places willbe allocated to those children who liveclosest to the school. Distances from hometo school are measured in a straight linebetween the address point of the child’shome and a central point within the mainschool building using South GloucestershireCouncil’s computerised mapping system. Allapplications will be considered at the sametime and the published over-subscriptioncriteria applied.3c. Area of prime responsibility: An indicativemap showing details of the Area of PrimeResponsibility can be found in this booklet.4. Tie breaker: Lots will be drawn by a seniorofficer of South Gloucestershire Council whois independent of the school admissionsprocess.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 places will be offered to one child andthe other child/children considered under theadmission criteria.Children of UK service personnel(UK armed forces)South Gloucestershire Council recognisesthe particular needs of children of UK servicepersonnel (UK Armed Forces). The councilensures that the needs of these children are takeninto account by:❚ Allocating a school place in advance if theapplication is accompanied by an officialgovernment letter which declares a relocationdate and a Unit postal address or quarteringaddress.❚ Accepting a Unit postal address, or, ifappropriate, a quartering area address (theaddress of the closest house in the relevantquartering area), for applications from servicepersonnel in the absence of a new home postaladdress.❚ Accepting a late application from UK servicepersonnel as ‘on time’ where a notification ofposting has been received after the closingdate and before the date of exchange ofinformation with other admission authorities.❚ Considering an application on the criterion of‘local sibling’ where another child in the familyhas been offered a place at the preferredschool and the Unit postal address orquartering address is within the Area of PrimeResponsibility for the preferred school.❚ Wherever possible, children of UK servicepersonnel will be offered a place at thepreferred local school but taking into accountthe admission number for the school.Admission to The Castle School – The Castle School Education Trust✆ 01454 868008 cis@southglos.gov.uk55
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Page 3 and 4: ContentsPageWelcome 4Important date
Page 5 and 6: Important dates for your diaryThe o
Page 7 and 8: Where can I get help and advice?Sou
Page 9 and 10: How do I choose my preferredschools
Page 11 and 12: Applying on-lineThe on-line applica
Page 13 and 14: Where a child spends time with each
Page 15 and 16: Children with Statements of Special
Page 17 and 18: 2 Local siblings: children are defi
Page 19 and 20: What happens to myapplication?Co-or
Page 21 and 22: I’ve been offered a school place,
Page 23 and 24: In-year admissionsApplications duri
Page 25 and 26: Post 16 admission arrangementsAll a
Page 27 and 28: Map of South Gloucestershireshowing
Page 29 and 30: Littletonon-Severntleton-Severnbury
Page 31 and 32: Brimsham Green SchoolSpecialism: Hu
Page 33 and 34: Bradley Stoke Community School - Th
Page 35 and 36: Downend SchoolSpecialism: Technolog
Page 37 and 38: The Grange School and Sports Colleg
Page 39 and 40: Marlwood SchoolThursday 2 October 2
Page 41 and 42: Special schoolsContact Details / He
Page 43 and 44: Admission toAbbeywood Community Sch
Page 45 and 46: Children of UK service personnel(UK
Page 47 and 48: Admission toBradley Stoke Community
Page 49 and 50: application is accompanied by an of
Page 51 and 52: Admission toBristol Technology andE
Page 53: Arrangements for admitting pupilsto
Page 57 and 58: Post 16 admissionsChildren and thei
Page 59 and 60: also has an Area of First Responsib
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Page 63 and 64: Children with statements of special
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Page 67 and 68: Children with statements of special
Page 69 and 70: Admission toJohn Cabot AcademyPart
Page 71 and 72: Applicants who complete the admissi
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Page 75 and 76: Post 16 admissionsChildren and thei
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Page 89 and 90: Children’s position on the waitin
Page 91 and 92: Useful contact detailsThe following
Page 93 and 94: Glossary of termsAcademiesAcademies
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Page 97 and 98: Notes✆ 01454 868008 cis@southglo
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