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

Admission to Hanham Woods Academy – Part of the Cabot Learning Federation Where an academy also has an Area of FirstResponsibility, children living in this area willbe given the highest priority.If in any year there are more children livingwithin the Area of Prime Responsibilitythan the number of places available at theacademy, priority will be given to thosechildren who live closest to the academy.Distances from home to academy aremeasured in a straight line between theaddress point of the child’s home and acentral point within the main academybuilding using South GloucestershireCouncil’s computerised mapping system.3b. Geographical considerations (for thoseliving outside the academy’s Area ofPrime Responsibility): After places havebeen allocated from within the Area of PrimeResponsibility, any remaining places will beallocated to those children who live closestto the academy. Distances from home toacademy are measured in a straight linebetween the address point of the child’s homeand a central point within the main academybuilding 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 who isindependent of the school admissions process.Children of multiple birthsWhenever possible, South GloucestershireCouncil will endeavour to place children ofmultiple births in the same academy 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.66Apply on-line at: www.southglos.gov.uk/admissions