St Vincent’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 at the time of making an application
to the school).
‘Adopted’. An adopted child is any child who has been formally
adopted, having previously been in care and whose parent/
guardian can give proof of this.
‘Child arrangements order’. A child arrangements order is an
order under the terms of the Children Act 1989 s.8 settling the
arrangements to be made as to the person with whom the child
is to live. Children ‘looked after’ immediately before the order is
made qualify in this category.
‘Special guardianship order’. A special guardianship order
is an order under the terms of the Children Act 1989 s.14A
appointing one or more individuals to be a child’s special
guardian(s). A child ‘looked after’ immediately before the order
is made qualifies in this category.
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.
‘Parent’ means the adult or adults with legal responsibility for
the child. ‘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.
‘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. ‘Distance from school’ means distance as measured by a
straight line, from the front door of the child’s residential address
(including flats) to a point at the school. In the event that the
distances are equal, an independent authority such as the local
authority (not the school) will operate a random allocation
through the admissions system.
‘Catholic’ means a member of a Church in full communion with
the See of Rome. This includes the Eastern Catholic Churches. This
will be evidenced by a Certificate of Baptism in a Catholic church
or a Certificate of Reception into the full communion with the
Catholic Church. - for the purpose of this policy a child must be
baptised within one year of birth or a Certificate of Reception into
the full communion of the Catholic Church must be provided.
‘Practising Catholic’ means a Catholic child from a practising
Catholic family where weekly practice is verified by a Certificate
of Catholic Practice from a Catholic priest in the standard format
laid down by the Diocese. ‘Family’ includes the Catholic or
Catholics who have legal responsibility for the child.
‘Catechumen’ means a child who is a member of the
catechumenate of a Catholic Church. This will be evidenced by a
Certificate of Reception into the Order of Catechumens.
‘Eastern Christian Church’ includes Orthodox Churches, and
is evidenced by a Certificate