Hampshire County Council is the admission authority for all community and voluntary controlled primary and secondary schools. The admission arrangements are determined by the County Council, after statutory consultations. The County Council will consider first all those applications received by the published deadline of midday on Sunday 31 st October 2010 Late applications (i.e. those submitted after midday on 31 st October 2010) will be considered after all on time applications unless exceptional circumstances merit earlier consideration. Letters to parents offering a secondary school place will be sent by the County Council on 1 March 2011. The published admission number (PAN) for The Wavell School for 20112012 is 175 For the main admission round, all preferences will be considered simultaneously and ranked in accordance with the admission criteria. If more than one school can offer a place, the parent’s highest stated preference will be allocated. If the school is oversubscribed, places will be offered in the following priority order. Places for late applications will be allocated using the same criteria. 1. Children who are in the care of a local authority or provided with accommodation by that authority in accordance with Section 22 of the Children Act 1989. (A letter from the Children's Services Department confirming the child’s status must be provided.) 2. Children or families who have a serious medical, physical or psychological condition which makes it essential that the child attends the preferred school rather than any other. (Appropriate medical or psychological evidence must be provided in support.) 3. Children living within the catchment area of the school who at the time of application have a brother or sister (including children living as siblings in the same family unit) on the roll of the preferred school and who will still be on roll at the time of the sibling’s admission. 4. Children living within the catchment area of the school who live closest to the school, based on a straight line from school to the entrance of the property. (See ‘Distance measurement’ paragraph for details.) 5. Children living outside the catchment area of the school who at the time of application have a brother or sister (including children living as siblings in the same family unit) on the roll of the preferred school and who will still be on roll at the time of the sibling’s admission. 6. Children living outside the catchment area of the school who, at the time of application, attend one of the linked primary schools, namely: St Marks Church of England Primary; St Peters’ Church of England Junior; South Farnborough Junior and Talavera Junior. 7. Children living outside the catchment area of the school. Measurements for prioritising will be taken from the school catchment boundary to the applicants address using a straight line distance measurement. (See ‘Distance measurement’ paragraph for details.) N.B. School Closures statement. In the event of a school closure, pupils from the closing school may be given a higher priority (for example this might include the child being treated as incatchment) within the admission criteria for any school nominated as the receiving school. Specific arrangements will be determined by the Local Authority in accordance with School Admissions Code and will be published at the time for the specific schools affected by a particular closure. Siblings Criteria 3 and 5 include children who at the time of application have a sibling for whom the offer of a place at the preferred school has been accepted, even if the sibling is not yet attending. Distance measurement If the school is oversubscribed from (number 4) above the Within Catchment category, the distance criterion will be used to prioritise applications. For measurements for within catchment prioritising, measurement will be from the school reception to the applicants address. Where straight line distance is used, Hampshire County Council’s Geographic Information Systems (GIS) will be used to confirm the order of applicants. Distances to multiple dwellings will give priority to the ground floor over the first floor and so on. On individual floors, distances will be measured to the stairs leading to the communal entrance. This method of prioritising admissions will also to any “school specific” criterion unless otherwise stated in the school prospectus. ‘School Specific Criterion ’ If the school is oversubscribed from (number 7) above the Outside Catchment category, the distance criterion will be used to prioritise applications. For measurements for outside catchment prioritising, measurement will be from the school catchment boundary to the applicants address using a straight line distance measurement. Multiple births If the last pupil to be offered a place within the school’s published admission number (PAN) is a multiple birth or same cohort sibling, any further sibling will be admitted, if the parents so wish, even though this may raise the intake number above the school’s PAN. The PAN will remain unchanged so that no other pupil will be admitted until a place becomes available within the PAN. Pupils with statements of special educational needs The governors will admit any pupil whose final statement of special educational needs names the school. InYear Fair Access placements by the local authority The local authority must ensure that all pupils are placed in schools as quickly as possible. It may therefore sometimes be necessary for a pupil to be placed by the local authority, or a local placement panel acting on behalf of the authority, in a particular school even if there is a waiting list for admission. Such placements will be made in accordance with the provisions of the protocol approved by the Admission Forum, based on government guidance. If an admission raises the number on roll above the PAN, no further pupil will be admitted from the waiting list until a place becomes available within the PAN. Waiting list When all available places have been allocated, schools will operate a waiting list. Parents who wish their child to be included on the waiting list must inform the school in writing. Any places that become available will be allocated according to the criteria of the admission policy with no account being taken of the length of time on the waiting list or any priority order expressed as part of the main admission round. Inyear fair access and school closure arrangements will take priority over the waiting list. The waiting list will be reviewed and revised – · each time a child is added to, or removed from, the waiting list; · when a child’s changed circumstances will affect their priority; · at the end of each school year, when parents with a child on the waiting list will be contacted and asked if they wish to remain on the list for the following school year. Parents may keep their child’s name on the waiting list of as many schools as they wish and for as long as they wish. Legislation This policy takes account of all relevant legislation including the legislation on sex discrimination, race relations, and disability, together with all relevant regulations and the School Admissions Code (DCSF 2007 & 2009). January 2010 for September 2011 admissions
