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

Admission to John Cabot Academy – Part of the Cabot Learning FederationAdmission arrangements❚ We are holding one Open Evening for entryinto Year 7, on Thursday 11 September 2014,3.30pm to 8.00pm (open house).❚ The local authority common application formmust be completed and returned to your homelocal authority by 31 October 2014. The localauthority will send application data to JohnCabot Academy late in November.❚ If English is not the applicants first languageit is vital that you inform the academy prior toattending the admission assessment.❚ We will send you an appointment to attendJohn Cabot Academy for an assessment. Thisacademic assessment will be a standardisednon verbal reasoning assessment specificallyconstructed by Granada Learning, anindependent provider of educationalassessments. This enables us to offer placesto students of all academic abilities.❚ The assessment is scheduled for Friday 12December 2014. If you have not received anappointment letter by 1 December pleasecontact the Admissions Officer at theacademy.❚ Children in Public Care are those looked afterby a local authority within the meaning ofSection 22 of the Children Act 1989. ChildrenPreviously in Public Care are those who werelooked after, and were then adopted, (orbecame subject to a residence order or specialguardianship order).❚ If you wish to be considered under thecriterion: where a child has a physical ormental impairment which has a substantialand long term adverse effect on their abilityto carry out normal day to day activities,and this requires specific admission to JohnCabot Academy, i.e. no other school canaccommodate the child’s needs, we willrequire written supporting evidence from arelevant professional, e.g. Doctor or Specialist.Supporting evidence should be sent direct toJohn Cabot Academy. A student will only beconsidered under this criterion if the academyreceives the supporting evidence by1 December. It is the responsibility of theparent to send the supporting evidence theywish to be considered, John Cabot Academywill not make any request for such, either froma parent or third party.No applicant is restricted to gaining a placeunder this criterion alone, a student notallocated a place at this stage is included inall other relevant criteria including the randomallocation of places within the ability bands.Examples of physical/mental impairment thatmay require entry to a specific school include:- mobility or co-ordination problems;- speech, hearing or eyesight impairment; orprogressive conditions, e.g. cancer, multiplesclerosis, muscular dystrophy; or recognisedmental illness.❚ To be classed as a sibling an applicant musthave a sibling currently attending John CabotAcademy in Years 7 to 11. In order for a Year12 age student at post 16 within the CabotLearning Federation (CLF) to be classed as asibling they must have completed KS4 at JohnCabot Academy and continue to attend theCLF on the date of admission of the applicant.Please note that twins/multiple birth applicantsare treated as individuals. As such, this mayresult in a situation where a place could beoffered to one child and not to the other/s.All assessment results and procedures for theallocation of places are open to inspectionby HMI, OfSTED and the DfE. The randomselection is witnessed by independent auditors.Any applicant who is absent for theassessment and who does not notify JohnCabot Academy of the circumstances ofabsence on the day of the assessmentor within 2 working days, will be deemedto have withdrawn from the admissionsprocess.70Apply on-line at: www.southglos.gov.uk/admissions