St Raphael’s Catholic
Primary School
Notes
‘Looked after child’ has the same meaning as in S.22 of
the Children Act 1989, and means any child in the care of a
local authority or provided with accommodation by them (e.g.
children with foster parents).
‘Adopted’. An adopted child is any child who has been
formally adopted and whose parent/guardian can give proof
of adoption.
‘Child arrangements order’. A child arrangement is an order
under the terms of the Children Act 1989 s.8 which defines it as
an order setting the arrangements to be made as to the person
whom the child is to live.
‘Special guardianship order’. A special guardianship order is
an order under the terms of the Children Act 1989 s. 14A which
defines it as an order appointing on or more individuals to be a
child’s special guardian(s).
‘Parent’ means the adult or adults with legal responsibility for
the child.
‘Sibling’ means brother or sister, to include adopted brothers
and sisters, half brothers and sisters or step brothers and sisters.
A sibling relationship does not apply when the older child(ren)
will leave before the younger one starts.
‘Catholic’ means a member of a Church in full communion with
the See of Rome. This includes the Eastern Catholic Churches.
This will normally be evidenced by a Certificate of Baptism in
a Catholic church or a Certificate of Reception into the full
communion of the Catholic Church.
‘Certificate of Catholic Practice’ means a certificate given by
the family’s parish priest (or the priest in charge of the church
where the family practises) in the form laid down by the Bishops’
Conference of England and Wales.
‘Catechumen’ means a child ( or the parent/guardian if the child
is under 7 years of age) who is a member of the catechumenate
of a Catholic Church. This will normally be evidenced by a
Certificate of Reception into the Order of Catechumens.
‘Eastern Christian Church’ includes Orthodox Churches, and
is normally evidenced by a Certificate of Baptism or Reception
from the authorities of that Church.
‘Children of other Christian denominations’ means children
who belong to other churches and ecclesial communities which,
acknowledging God’s revelation in Christ, confess the Lord Jesus
Christ as God and Saviour according to the Scriptures, and,
in obedience to God’s will and in the power of the Holy Spirit
commit themselves: to seek a deepening of their communion
with Christ and with one another in the Church, which is his
body; and to fulfil their mission to proclaim the Gospel by
common witness and service in the world to the glory of the one
God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit. An ecclesial community which
on principle has no credal statements in its tradition, is included
if it manifests faith in Christ as witnessed to in the Scriptures and
is committed to working in the spirit of the above.
All members of Churches Together in England and of CYTÛN are
deemed to be included in the above definition, as are all other
churches and ecclesial communities that are in membership of
any local Churches Together Group (by whatever title) on the
above basis.
‘Children of other faiths’ means children who are members
of a religious community that does not fall within the definition
of ‘other Christian denominations’ and which falls within the
definition of a religion for the purposes of charity law. The
Charities Act 2011 defines religion to include:
• A religion which involves belief in more than one God, and
• A religion which does not involve belief in a God.
Case law has identified certain characteristics which describe the
meaning of religion for the purposes of charity law, which are
characterised by a belief in a supreme being and an expression
of belief in that supreme being through worship.
‘Resident’ A child is deemed to be resident at a particular
address when he/she resides there for more than 50% of the
school week.
For the purpose of this this policy parish boundaries are shown
on a map available from the school.
How places were offered in 2017
Admissions
criteria Offers made on national
offer day
Criteria 1 to 10 All applicants offered
Waiting lists
Unsuccessful candidates will be offered the opportunity to be
placed on a waiting list. This list will be maintained in order of
the oversubscription criteria set out in the policy and not in the
order in which applications are received or added to the list.
Names will be removed from the list at the end of the academic
year, unless applicants request in writing to remain on the list.
Nursery admissions
Applications for nursery are made directly to the school. Please
visit the school website for information on nursery admissions:
www.st-raphaels.org
For detailed information about the school please visit
the school website: www.st-raphaels.org
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