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

Glossary of termsEducation, Health and Care Plan(EHC Plan)The EHC Plan is for children and young peoplewho have special educational needs and/or adisability and where an assessment of education,health and social care needs has been agreedby a multi-agency group of professionals. It isavailable from birth to age 25.First area of responsibilityIn some cases, where a school forms part of aConsortium Area of Prime Responsibility, theschool concerned may also have a First Area ofResponsibility for certain outlying or more ruralareas. Children living in these first areas will begiven priority over children living elsewhere withinthe Consortium Area of Prime Responsibility.Foundation trustFoundation trust schools are state-fundedfoundation schools which receive extra support(usually non-monetary) from a charitable trustmade up of partners working together for thebenefit of the school. Achieving trust status is oneway in which maintained schools can formalisetheir relationship with their partners.GazetteerThe Routes to School Gazetteer that is used bythe Department for Children, Adults & Health indetermining transport entitlement comprises:surfaced to base course level and lit. Whereverpossible the roads and footpaths on newdevelopments, satisfying the ‘Certificate 1’ criteriaare included so as not to disadvantage individualsmoving onto new developments.d) Only gates/entrances to schools recognised bythe Gazetteer will be used to determine routesto school.The following routes are not included:❚ Isolated/remote Public Rights of Way –although a highway, the surface is private andunpredictable; they are generally not lit.❚ Route(s) through private land.The Gazetteer can be viewed at the councils’One Stop Shops located in Kingswood, Yate andThornbury. See also ‘Nearest available walkingroute’.Home addressThe home address is considered to be wherethe child lives most of the time with his or herparent(s) or carer(s). Where the child spends timewith each parent/carer equally at two differentaddresses South Gloucestershire Council will askfor proof of the arrangements and will determinethe appropriate address to be used in allocating aschool place.a) Routes that are Public Highway maintained bySouth Gloucestershire Council as the HighwayAuthority.b) Man-made surfaced roads, tracks and pathson South Gloucestershire Council owned land.Local siblingsA local sibling is not the same as a sibling. InSouth Gloucestershire children are defined aslocal siblings if:❚ they live within the Area of Prime Responsibility;c) Potentially adopted highways that are coveredby adoption agreements with developers.Although these lengths of highway are notmaintained by South Gloucestershire Council, butby the developer, the land on which the adoptableroads and footpaths have been constructed isdedicated as public highway. This dedicationoccurs on the issuing of ‘Certificate 1’ underthe terms of the adoption agreement, prior tofirst occupation. To meet the requirements ofCertificate 1 the roads and footpaths must be❚ or, where there is no Area of PrimeResponsibility, local siblings will be deemed tobe those living up to a maximum of two milesfrom school;❚ or, where the distance is over two miles but theschool is still the nearest school;❚ they are full or half brother or sister; or❚ they are adoptive brother or sister; or94Apply on-line at: www.southglos.gov.uk/admissions