Admissions Criteria for Community Primary Schools
PLEASE NOTE : The admission criteria for nursery schools are the same criteria as that for community primary schools
IMPORTANT : Please note that admission to a nursery class does not guarantee admission to the main school on the nursery site .
The criteria listed in order of priority are :
1 . Looked after children or children who were previously looked after but immediately after being looked after became subject to an adoption , child arrangements order , or special guardianship order .
( NOTE definitions of looked after children or previously looked after children are detailed at the end of the criteria ).
2 . Children with a brother or sister who will be attending the main school ( not the nursery class ) at the time of admission *.
3 . Children with a brother or sister who will be attending the main school ( not the nursery class ) on the same site * ( this refers only to Berrymede Infant and Junior schools ) at the time of admission .
NOTE The words brother and sister refer to all blood , half , foster , step and adoptive brothers and sisters ( not cousins ) who live at the same home and in the same family unit as the child on a permanent basis or for the majority of time in any calendar year . A sibling relationship does not apply when the older child ( ren ) will leave before the younger one starts .
4 . The distance from home to school as measured by straight-line , from a point in the property to a point in the school determined by the grid references for the centre of the school ’ s postcode .
DEFINITION OF LOOKED AFTER AND PREVIOUSLY LOOKED AFTER CHILDREN A “ looked after child ” is a child who is ( a ) in the care of a local authority , or ( b ) being provided with accommodation by a local authority in the exercise of their social services functions ( see the definition in Section 22 ( 1 ) of the Children Act 1989 ) at the time of making an application to a school . Previously looked after children are children who were looked after , but ceased to be so because they were adopted or became subject to a child arrangements order or special guardianship order immediately following having been looked after . A child arrangements order is defined in s8 of the Children Act 1989 as amended by s12 of the Children and Families Act 2014 . Child arrangements orders replace residence orders and any residence order in force prior to 22 April 2014 is deemed to be a child arrangements order . A special guardianship order is defined by s14A of the Children Act 1989 as an order appointing one or more individuals to be a child ’ s special guardian ( or special guardians ).
TIE BREAK In the event that the distances are equal the Local Authority will draw lots to determine which applicant should be offered the place .
TWINS , TRIPLETS OR OTHER CHILDREN FROM MULTIPLE BIRTHS The Local Authority does not give priority under its admission criteria for twins , triplets or other children from multiple births , however , the Local Authority will admit twins and children from multiple births when one of the siblings is the thirtieth child admitted .
CHILDREN OF NEWLY APPOINTED STAFF After the published offer date , where there is a demonstrable skills shortage for a vacant post ( independent evidence is required ), the admission authority will place the children of a new appointee for the post in question , at the top of the waiting list for places at the school .
The measuring system is an integral part of the admission software produced by Synergy . It uses Ordnance Survey maps and the LLPG ( Local Land Property Gazetteer ) and is accurate to 2 metres .
It does not mean that we will be able to allocate a place at the school nearest to your address .
If two or more children have equal priority under the criteria , the criterion of distance will then be applied .
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