School Admissions Policy for September 2006

Service Sector :	Schools' Leadership = Service
Target Audience :	1. Headteachers and Chairs of = Governors of=20 All Surrey Community and Voluntary Controlled Schools. = 2. FOR=20 INFORMATION ONLY to all Foundation Schools; Voluntary = Aided=20 Schools; PRUs and Special Schools =
Type of School:

Date :	13/04/2005	Reference:	05/SLS/37
Information Category :	Policies & = Guidelines	Respond / Action by :

Summary:

On 01 March 2005 after careful consideration of the = responses to the consultation the Executive approved = the=20 Admissions Policy for Surrey=92s Community and = Voluntary=20 Controlled Schools. Their decision was that there = should be=20 no change to the current admission policy. This = decision was subsequently ratified by the full Council = on 08=20 March 2005. The following admissions criteria are = therefore to=20 be used to allocate places when an LEA Community / = Voluntary=20 Controlled School is oversubscribed (in priority = order):=20

Document=20 Contents:

A)
First Priority: Exceptional=20 Arrangements:

Occasionally there will be a = very=20 small number of children for whom exceptional = arrangements=20 will apply. These exceptional arrangements may = override other=20 admissions priorities. Schools may also be asked to = admit in=20 excess of their published admission number at other = times=20 under this category which will include:

Looked After Children=20
Children with Statements of Special Educational = Needs=20 that name a School in the Statement=20
Medical grounds and other sensitive, individual = and=20 compelling family = circumstances

Second=20 Priority: Siblings

After =91Exceptional = Arrangements=92=20 places are then allocated to siblings. A sibling is a = child=20 who will have an older brother or sister still = attending the=20 school concerned or a junior school on an = adjoining/shared=20 site at the time of the younger sibling=92s admission = (i.e., a=20 younger sibling will be given priority for admission = only if=20 the older sibling will still be attending the school = in=20 September 2006).

Third Priority: Children = resident=20 within the Admission Priority Area = (APA)

After=20 places have been allocated to siblings as described = above and=20 if places are still available, an Admission Priority = Area=20 (APA) is drawn in order to fill the remaining places. = An=20 Admission Priority Area is drawn only if the number of = first=20 preferences received by the closing date exceeds the = published=20 admission number. The Executive Director for Children = &=20 Young People determines admission priority areas in=20 consultation with county councillors, headteachers = and/or=20 school governors of the oversubscribed schools and = other local=20 schools. Consideration is given to the following = factors in no=20 ranked order of priority:=20

availability of places at = alternative schools=20
any longstanding community links, = road and=20 rail links=20
any clear natural boundaries such as = main=20 roads or rivers

Please note that whilst = a lot of=20 Education Authorities have =91distance=92 as their = main criterion=20 we do not have an equal spread of secondary schools = and the=20 use of distance would mean that some children, living = furthest=20 away from a secondary school, may not qualify for = entry to=20 any school.

Waiting = Lists

For=20 those pupils who do not obtain their preference the = LEA will=20 operate a waiting list for the period of one academic = year=20 only. Waiting list places will, therefore, be = allocated as=20 follows should vacancies occur:

i) All = first=20 preferences according to the criteria listed = below:

1.Exceptional=20 Arrangements.
2.Siblings =	i) inside the = admission=20 priority area
	ii) outside the = admission=20 priority area
3.Non Siblings =	i) inside the = admission=20 priority area
	ii) outside the = admission=20 priority area

ii) Second preferences according to = the same=20 criteria, then=20

iii) Third preferences according to the same=20 criteria.=20

Distance from home to school, measured by the = shortest available walking route, will apply within = each=20 category as a means of prioritising places on the = list.=20

B)
Please also note that it was agreed = in=20 March 2003 to trial a different admissions policy for = The=20 Acorns First and Brockham Primary Schools for 3=20 years

If either school receives more = applications=20 than there are places available, priority would be = given in=20 the following order:=20

Within=20 each category children will be ranked in order of = proximity of=20 their home to the point of entry to the school, = measured as=20 =93the crow flies=94 (straight line = distance).

Please=20 ensure that if you are an LEA Maintained Community or=20 Voluntary Controlled School it is a statutory = requirement for=20 you to publish the information in Section A in your = school=20 prospectus as directed in Part III of the School = Standards and=20 Framework Act 1998. The Acorns First and Brockham = Primary=20 Schools should publish the information in Section B. = Please=20 note your school prospectus should be available to = parents for=20 distribution with the Information for Parent booklet = in=20 September 2005.

Contact=20 Name :	Paul=20 Mailer	Creation=20 Date :	13/04/2005
Tel=20 :	01483=20 517690	Published On :	11/04/2005
Fax=20 :	01483=20 517809	For=20 Academic Year :	2004/05
Email=20 :	paul.mailer@surreycc.gov.uk =	Retention Date :	01/07/2006
Postal=20 Address :	Admissions & Transport Policy = Team,=20 Grosvenor House, London Square, Cross Lanes, = Guildford,=20 GU1=20 = 1FA

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