Proposed Changes

Current Arrangements

The current oversubscription criteria are as follows:

Criterion (i) – Places will first be allocated to children who are looked after by a local authority and to children who were previously looked after, including children who were previously looked after outside England, but ceased to be so because they were adopted or became subject to child arrangements order or special guardianship order.

A looked after child is a child who is in the care of a local authority or is provided with accommodation by that authority (see section 22 of the Children Act 1989). Any application submitted for a child who is

looked after by a local authority should be supported by the authority’s Children’s Services Department. An ‘adopted child’ is a child adopted under the Adoption and Children Act 2002 or Adoption Act 1976. A ‘child arrangements order’ is an order made under the terms of the Children and Families Act 2014.

Section 14A of the Children Act 1989 defines a ‘special guardianship order’ as an order appointing one or more individuals to be a child’s special guardian (or special guardians).

If the number of applicants meeting the first criterion is greater than the published admission number/number of available places, priority will be given first using Criterion (ii), then Criterion (iii), then Criterion (iv) where applicable, then Criterion (v) and then Criterion (vi).

Criterion (ii) - Places will next be allocated to children who live in the academy’s designated catchment area.

Brigantia Learning Trust maintain catchment areas for all academies covered by this policy. Information about catchment areas can be obtained from the Local Authority Admissions Team or from the academy. Map of the catchment areas are attached to this policy.

The child concerned must be resident in the catchment area by 28 February 2022 to qualify under this criterion in the normal primary admissions round.

The child concerned must be resident in the catchment area by 31 January 2022 to qualify under this criterion in the normal secondary admissions round.

If the number of applicants meeting the first two criteria is greater than the published admission number/number of available places, priority will be given first to those who meet Criterion (i); and then those who fulfil Criterion (ii) will be prioritised using Criterion (iii), then Criterion (iv) where applicable, then Criterion (v) and then Criterion (vi).

Criterion (iii) - Places will next be allocated to children who will have a sibling attending the academy in Reception or in years 1-11 at the time of admission.

If the number of applicants meeting the first three criteria is greater than the published admission number/number of available places, priority will be given first to those who meet Criterion (i) and then Criterion (ii); and then those who fulfil Criterion (iii) will be prioritised using Criterion (iv) where applicable, then Criterion (v) and then Criterion (vi).

Criterion (iv) - for applications in the secondary admissions and junior round only - places will next be allocated to children who have attended the academy’s sister academies since the beginning of National Curriculum Year 6 or 2.

To qualify, the child must have attended an infant, junior or primary feeder academy from the start of Year 2or 6, the academy year in which the child becomes seven or eleven years old. Attending a feeder academy does not guarantee a child a place at a secondary academy.

Primary academies covered by this policy do not have named feeder academies.

If the number of applicants meeting the first four criteria is greater than the published admission number/number of available places, priority will be given first to those who meet Criterion (i), then Criterion (ii) and then Criterion (iii); and then those who fulfil Criterion (iv) will be prioritised using Criterion (v) and then Criterion (vi).

Criterion (v) - for applications in the secondary admissions round only - places will next be allocated to children who have attended the academy’s named feeder junior or primary schools/academies since the beginning of National Curriculum Year 3.

 To qualify, the child must have attended a junior or primary feeder academy from the start of Year 3, the academy year in which the child becomes eight years old. Attending a feeder academy does not guarantee a child a place at a secondary academy.

Primary academies covered by this policy do not have named feeder academies.

If the number of applicants meeting the first four criteria is greater than the published admission number/number of available places, priority will be given first to those who meet Criterion (i), then Criterion (ii) and then Criterion (iii); and then those who fulfil Criterion (iv) will be prioritised using Criterion (v) and then Criterion (vi).

Criterion (vi) - Places will next be allocated to children of members of staff of the academy.

The member of staff must have been employed by the academy for two years or more at the time the application for admission to the academy is made or have been recruited to fill a vacant post for which there is a demonstrable skill shortage.

If the number of applicants meeting the first five criteria is greater than the published admission number/number of available places, priority will be given first to those who meet Criterion (i), then Criterion (ii), then Criterion (iii), and then Criterion (iv) where applicable; and then those who fulfil Criterion (v) will be prioritised using Criterion (vi).

Criterion (vii) - Places will next be allocated to those children who live closest to the academy. The distance from the child’s home to the academy will be measured and priority will be given to those living nearest to the academy.

If the measurement of the distance from home to academy above does not distinguish between two or more applicants with equal priority, random allocation will be used as the final tiebreaker, and independently verified.

6.2.         It is the responsibility of parent/carers or the relevant social care professional, to include with their application any details or documents that would allow the admission authority to consider the relevance of Criterion (i), for example by providing the name of the relevant care authority and or copies of the relevant orders.

6.3.         A child is normally deemed to be resident with their parents/carers. If a child has more than one home address, the applicant must use on the application form the address at which the child lives for the majority of academy nights (Sunday-Thursday). Documentary evidence may be required to show that the child is resident at the address, which may include both ‘entry’ proofs of the current address and ‘exit’ proofs of any previous addresses.

6.4.         It is the responsibility of parent/carers to include with their application the name of any sibling(s) for consideration under the oversubscription criteria. For the purposes of these academy admission arrangements, the term ‘sibling’ refers to children living as part of the same family unit at the same address. A family unit consists of children and their parents/carers. The term ‘parent/carer’ includes any

person who is the birth parent, person with parental responsibility, special guardianship or who has care of that child.

6.5.         If applications are submitted for siblings in the same year group and a place is available for one or more but not all of the siblings from the same family, the published admission number/number of available places will be exceeded wherever reasonably possible to allow them to be placed at the academy.

6.6.         The named feeder academies differ for each of the secondary/junior academies covered by this policy. The Primary academy covered by this policy do not have named feeder academies/schools. For Yewlands Academies, these schools/academies are:

For Hinde House (2-16) Academy, these schools/academies are: For Concord Junior Academy, these schools/academies are:

6.7.         Where distance from the child's home to academy has to be measured, the admission authority, or another body acting on their behalf, uses a computer GIS mapping system using Ordnance Survey information, to measure the distance and adopts the address points for the child's home and the academy as recorded on the Local Land & Property Gazetteer, (LLPG). The actual distance measured is a straight line from the LLPG recorded address point for the child’s home to the LLPG recorded address point for the academy

Proposed Changes:

The following amendments to our admissions arrangements have been proposed:

Criterion (i) – Places will first be allocated to children who are looked after by a local authority and to children who were previously looked after, including children who were previously looked after outside England, but ceased to be so because they were adopted or became subject to child arrangements order or special guardianship order.

A looked after child is a child who is in the care of a local authority or is provided with accommodation by that authority (see section 22 of the Children Act 1989). Any application submitted for a child who is looked after by a local authority should be supported by the authority’s Children’s Services Department. An ‘adopted child’ is a child adopted under the Adoption and Children Act 2002 or Adoption Act 1976. A ‘child arrangements order’ is an order made under the terms of the Children and Families Act 2014. Section 14A of the Children Act 1989 defines a ‘special guardianship order’ as an order appointing one or more individuals to be a child’s special guardian (or special guardians).

Criterion (ii) - Places will next be allocated to children who will have a sibling attending the academy in Reception or in years 1-11 at the time of admission.

Criterion (iii) – Places (Year 3 & 7) will next be allocated to children who attend a designated feeder school.  The named feeder schools are:

1. Hinde House Secondary – Hinde House(Primary Phase), Concord Junior School, Limpsfield Junior School, Tinsley Meadows Primary School, Phillimore Community Primary School
2. Yewlands – Fox Hill Primary School, Mansel Primary School, Grenoside Community Primary School, Monteney Primary School
3. Concord Junior Academy – Wincobank Nursery & Infant Academy

Criterion (iv) - Places will next be allocated to children who live in the academy’s designated catchment area.

Brigantia Learning Trust maintain catchment areas for all academies covered by this policy. Information about catchment areas can be obtained from the Local Authority Admissions Team or from the academy. Map of the catchment areas are attached to this policy.

The child concerned must be resident in the catchment area by 28 February 2024 to qualify under this criterion in the normal primary admissions round.

The child concerned must be resident in the catchment area by 31 January 2024 to qualify under this criterion in the normal secondary admissions round.

Criterion (v) - Places will next be allocated to children of members of staff of the academy.

The member of staff must have been employed by the academy for two years or more at the time the application for admission to the academy is made or have been recruited to fill a vacant post for which there is a demonstrable skill shortage.

Criterion (vi) - Places will next be allocated to those children who live closest to the academy. The distance from the child’s home to the academy will be measured and priority will be given to those living nearest to the academy.

6.2.         It is the responsibility of parent/carers or the relevant social care professional, to include with their application any details or documents that would allow the admission authority to consider the relevance of Criterion (i), for example by providing the name of the relevant care authority and or copies of the relevant orders.

6.3.         A child is normally deemed to be resident with their parents/carers. If a child has more than one home address, the applicant must use on the application form the address at which the child lives for the majority of academy nights (Sunday-Thursday). Documentary evidence may be required to show that the child is resident at the address, which may include both ‘entry’ proofs of the current address and ‘exit’ proofs of any previous addresses.

6.4.         It is the responsibility of parent/carers to include with their application the name of any sibling(s) for consideration under the oversubscription criteria. For the purposes of these academy admission arrangements, the term ‘sibling’ refers to children living as part of the same family unit at the same address. A family unit consists of children and their parents/carers. The term ‘parent/carer’ includes any

person who is the birth parent, person with parental responsibility, special guardianship or who has care of that child.

6.5.         If applications are submitted for siblings in the same year group and a place is available for one or more but not all of the siblings from the same family, the published admission number/number of available places will be exceeded wherever reasonably possible to allow them to be placed at the academy.

6.6.         The named feeder academies/schools differ for each of the secondary academies covered by this policy. The Primary academies covered by this policy do not have named feeder academies/schools.

6.7.         Where distance from the child's home to academy has to be measured, the admission authority, or another body acting on their behalf, uses a computer GIS mapping system using Ordnance Survey information, to measure the distance and adopts the address points for the child's home and the academy as recorded on the Local Land & Property Gazetteer, (LLPG). The actual distance measured is a straight line from the LLPG recorded address point for the child’s home to the LLPG recorded address point for the academy