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

also has an Area of First Responsibility,children living in this area will be given thehighest priority. If in any year there aremore children living within the Area of PrimeResponsibility than the number of placesavailable at the school, priority will be given tothose children who live closest to the school.Distances from home to school are measuredin a straight line between the address pointof the child’s home and a central pointwithin the main school building using SouthGloucestershire Council’s computerisedmapping 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 will beallocated to those children who live closest tothe school.Distances from home to school are measuredin a straight line between the address pointof the child’s home and a central pointwithin the main school building using SouthGloucestershire Council’s computerisedmapping system. All applications willbe considered at the same time and thepublished over-subscription criteria applied.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.Admission to Chipping Sodbury School – Co-operative Foundation Trust❚ Wherever possible, children of UK servicepersonnel will be offered a place at thepreferred local school but taking into accountthe admission number for the school.✆ 01454 868008 cis@southglos.gov.uk59