St Raphael ’ s Catholic Primary School
Hartfield Avenue , Northolt UB5 6NL 020 8841 0848 admin @ st-raphaels . ealing . sch . uk www . st-raphaels . ealing . sch . uk
Nursery : Yes l Breakfast club : Yes l Afterschool club : No
DfE No : 307 / 3508 Type of school : Voluntary aided Headteacher : Evelyn Ward Age range : 3-11 Planned admission number at 4 years : 90
Admissions criteria
The below criteria has been summarised , for the full admissions policy and arrangements please visit the school website : www . st-raphaels . org
Where the number of applications is greater than the planned admission number , applications will be considered against the criteria set out below .
After the allocation of children with an EHC plan , the admission criteria will be applied in the following order of priority :
1 . Catholic looked after children and Catholic children who have been adopted ( or made subject to child arrangements order or special guardianship orders ) immediately following having been looked after .
2 . Baptised Catholic children with a Certificate of Catholic Practice who have a sibling in Years 1 to 6 inclusive at the time of admission .
3 . Baptised Catholic children who are resident in the parishes of St . Raphael ’ s and St . Bernard ’ s and whose practice is supported by a Certificate of Catholic Practice .
4 . Other Baptised Catholic children whose practice is supported by a Certificate of Catholic Practice . 5 . Other baptised Catholic children . 6 . Other looked after children and children who have been adopted ( or made subject to child arrangements order or special guardianship orders ) immediately following having been looked after .
7 . Children of Catechumens and members of an Eastern Christian Church .
8 . Christians of other Christian denomination whose application is supported by a letter confirming membership of the faith community .
9 . Children of other faith whose application is supported by a letter confirming membership of the faith community . 10 . Other applicants
Exceptional need The Governing Body will give top priority , after the appropriate category of looked-after children , to an application where compelling evidence is provided at the time of application , from an appropriate professional such as a doctor , priest or social worker , of an exceptional social , medical , pastoral or other need of the child , which can only be met at this school .
Tie break Where the offer of places to all applicants in any of the subcategories listed above would still lead to oversubscription , the places up to the admission number will be offered to those living nearest to the school , as measured from a point in the property of the child ’ s home to the main entrance of the school in a straight line . If all is equal , the Local Authority ’ s admissions system will operate a random allocation . The Local Authority is responsible for measuring the distances .
Multiple applications Where the final place is offered to a child who has other siblings applying for a place in the same school year , these siblings will also be admitted .
Supplementary information form ( SIF ) You should complete the School ’ s Supplementary Information Form ( SIF ). The information on the SIF enables the Governing Body to assess your application fully against the School ’ s criteria in the event of oversubscription . Please return the SIF ( in person or by post ) to the school together with all other relevant paperwork required for your application . If you do not complete and return the SIF by the closing date , the Governing Body will be unable to consider your application fully .
Certificate of Catholic practice ( CCP ) Applicants applying under oversubscription criteria 2 , 3 and 4 should obtain a Certificate of Catholic Practice from the priest at the church where you normally worship . ‘ Certificate of Catholic Practice ’ means a certificate issued by the family ’ s parish priest ( or the priest in charge of the church where the family attends Mass ) in the form laid down by the Bishops ’ Conference of England and Wales . It will be issued if the priest is satisfied that at least one Catholic parent or carer ( along with the child , if he or she is over seven years old ) have ( except when it was impossible to do so ) attended Mass on Sundays and holy days of obligation for at least five years ( or , in the case of the child , since the age of seven , if shorter ). It will also be issued when the practice has been continuous since being received into the Church if that occurred less than five years ago . It is expected that most Certificates will be issued on the basis of attendance . A Certificate may also be issued by the priest when attendance is interrupted by exceptional circumstances which excuse from the obligation to attend on that occasion or occasions . Further details of these circumstances can be found in the guidance issued to priests http :// rcdow . org . uk / education / governors / admissions /
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