Going to School in Nottingham

Your vision for your child’s future

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Going to school in Nottingham

Information about applying for a school place

2012/13

• Starting school

• Transferring to a junior school

• Going to a secondary school

Going to school in NottinghamInformation about applying for a school place 2012/13

Apply online: mynottingham.gov.uk/schooladmissions

Apply online for a school place

Applying online is the quickest and most secure way to apply for your child’s school place.

If your child is registered at a city school, or with us (the Admissions and Exclusion Team), and lives in Nottingham city, we will send you a letter with your child’s details including your child’s unique security identity number. If you have access to an email account you can use this number to register and apply for a school place online at www.mynottingham.gov.uk/schooladmissions.

If you do not have an email account you’ll need to set one up or visit www.go-on.co.uk and follow the step-by-step instructions.

Benefits of applying online

• It is quick and easy.

• It is safe and secure.

• You can read the online tutorial before you start, which will guide you through how to apply.

• You can follow the simple instructions online.

• Internet access is available at most Nottingham city libraries and children’s centres, and some schools may allow you to use their computers to apply.

• The system helps you to fill in your form correctly by giving a selection of options in drop-down lists.

• We will send you an email to confirm that we have received your application.

• You can change your application at any time up to the closing date.

• You will receive your decision by email on the national or local offer day, rather than having to wait for your decision to arrive in the post.

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If your child is starting school, transferring to a junior school or going to a secondary school in September 2012 you need to apply for a school place

Closing dates for applying for a school place are:

31 October 2011- Secondary school place (apply between 9 September 2011 and 31 October 2011)

15 January 2012 - Infant, junior or primary school place (apply between 25 November 2011 and 15 January 2012)

If we receive your application after the closing date, this will reduce your chances of getting a place at your preferred school, particularly if it is popular.

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Apply online for a school place 2

Welcome 5

Introduction 8

Your vision for your child’s future 9

Important dates to remember 10

Step-by-step guide to applying for a school place 11Step 1: Understand the co-ordinated admission process 2012-2013 12

o The admissions scheme 12o The Law 12o Infant class sizes 13o When will children start infant or primary school? 13

Step 2: Decide which schools to apply for 14o What to consider when deciding about schools 14o Special Educational Needs 15o Travelling to school 16

- Infant, junior and primary schools- Secondary school transport- Faith school transport- Children with special transport needs

o Oversubscribed schools 20o Secondary school open evenings/sessions 29

Step 3: Apply for a school place 31o When to apply 31o How to apply 31o Fair Access policy 35

Step 4: Find out the outcome of your application and what to do next 37o How we decide which school to offer your child a place at 37

- Example of how the infant/junior/primary scheme works 38- Example of how the secondary scheme works 39

ContentsThis booklet contains important information about how to apply for your child’s school place. There is more information on our website at www.mynottingham.gov.uk/schooladmissions or you can contact the Admissions and Exclusion Team on 0115 841 5568.

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o What happens if you have not applied for a secondary school 40 place for your child

o Accepting the place we have offered your child 40o Your rights of appeal 41o How to appeal against the decisions for other schools 43o Waiting lists – community schools and the voluntary controlled school 45

- Example of a waiting list

Applying for a school place during the school year 47o Changing schools during the school year 47o Moving house 47o Moving to a different school 48o In year waiting list - community schools and voluntary controlled schools 49o In year waiting list - other schools 49

Extra help for children and families 50o School attendance 50o Free school meals 50o School clothing allowance 51

School information 52o Types of schools in Nottingham 52o School term dates 53o Map of infant/junior/primary schools in Nottingham City 54o Directory of community nursery/infant/junior/primary schools in 56

Nottingham Cityo Map of secondary schools in Nottingham City 69o Directory of secondary schools and academies in Nottingham City 70o Early years admissions criteria 84o Admissions criteria 85o Leaving school 154

Useful information 155o Useful contacts 155o FAQs 158o Checklist 165

GlossaryCE: Church of England

DfE: Department for Education

Ofsted: Office for Standards in Education, Children’s Services and Skills

Parent or carer: A person who is legally responsible for caring for a child

SEN: Special educational needs

VA: Voluntary aided

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Welcome

This information is about children starting school; transferring to junior schools and going to a secondary school in Nottingham. To apply for your child’s school place it’s best to apply online at www.mynottingham.gov.uk/schooladmissions. Here you will also find the facility to translate the pages into your language and alternative formats. If you require a Braille copy please contact us by phone on 0115 841 5568.

www.mynottingham.gov.uk/schooladmissions

Urdu


Punjabi

ىلا باهذلاو ؛ةيدادعإلا سرادملا ىلا لاقتنإلا ؛ةسردملا ىلا باهذلاب نوبغري نيذلا لافطألا لوح تامولعم هذه لضفألا نم هنإف مكلفطل يسارد دعقم ىلع لوصحلل بلطب مدقتلل .ماهغنتون يف ةيوناثلا ةسردملا

ثيح www.mynottingham.gov.uk/schooladmissions ينورتكلإلا انعقوم ربع مكبلط ميدقت .ةليدب جذامنب اهيلع لوصحلا وأ مألا مكتغل ىلا اهتمجرت مكنكمي

5568 841 0115 :فتاهلا ىلع انب لاصتالا ىجري ليارب ةقيرطب اهيلع لوصحلل

Arabic

Chinese


Tyto informace jsou o dětech začínajících školu; přestupujících na druhý stupeň základní školy (junior school) a chodících na střední školu v Nottinghamu.Abyste si zažádali o místo ve škole pro Vaše dítě, nejlepší je zažádat online na www.mynottingham.gov.uk/schooladmissions. Také zde najdete nástroj k přeložení stránek do Vašeho jazyka a alternativních formátů.Pokud požadujete kopii v Braillově písmu, spojte se s námi, prosím, telefonicky na čísle 0115 841 5568.

Czech

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Ces renseignements concernent les enfants qui commencent à l’école; le transfert des enfants à une école primaire et les enfants qui vont à une école secondaire à Nottingham. Pour faire une demande d’inscription de votre enfant à une école il vaut mieux le faire en ligne: www.mynottingham.gov.uk/schooladmissions. Sur ce site vous trouverez l’option d’afficher les pages dans votre langue et en formats alternatifs. Si vous avez besoin de la version Braille veuillez nous contacter par téléphone au 0115 841 5568.

French

Ta informacja jest na temat dzieci rozpoczynających szkołę, przeniesieniu do szkoły junior oraz na temat pójścia do szkoły średniej w Nottingham. Aby złożyć wniosek o miejsce w szkole dla dziecka, najlepiej zrobić to online pod adresem www.mynottingham.gov.uk/schooladmissions. Na stronie znajdziesz również program tłumaczeniowy, który pozwoli przetłumaczyć strony na Twój język lub przekształcić w inny format. Jeśli potrzebujesz kopii Braille proszę o telefon na numer 0115 841 5568.

Polish

Esta informação é sobre as crianças em início do período escolar; ingressando em escolas do ensino primário (junior schools) e secundário (secondary schools) em Nottingham. A mellhor forma para solicitação de vaga escolar de seu filho (a) é pelo site www.mynottingham.gov.uk/schooladmissions. Aqui também existe a facilidade para tradução das páginas em seu idioma e outros formatos alternativos. Caso necessite de uma cópia em Braille, favor entrar em contato conosco pelo número de telefone 0115 841 5568.

Portugese

Aceste informatii sunt pentru copiii care incep scoala; care se transfera la o scoala primara sau incep generala in Nottingham. Ca sa faceti cerere pentru un loc la scoala pentru copilul dumneavoastra cel mai bine este sa faceti asta pe Internet la www.mynottingham.gov.uk/schooladmissions. Aici veti avea si posibilitatea sa traduceti informatiile in limba dumneavoastra si alte formate. Daca aveti nevoie de o copie Braille va rog sa sunati la numarul 0115 841 5568.

Romanian

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Bu bilgiler okula başlayacak çocuklar içindir; Nottingham’ da ilk okula transfer olma ve orta okula giriş; çocuğunuzun okula giriş vaşvurusunu www.mynottingham.gov.uk/schooladmissions websitesinden yaparsanız daha iyi olur. Bu websitede kendi dilinizde tercüme edilmiş ve farklı formatlarda yazıları de bulabilirsiniz. Eğer Braille (göremeyenlar için yazı) tarzında isterseniz 0115 841 5568 telefon numarasından bize bildiriniz.

Turkish

ییادتپا هرود یاه هسردم هب لاقتنا .دهدیم تامولعم دننکیم عورش هسردم هب هک ییاه هچب دروم رد هلاقم نیا قیرط زا ناتیا یاه هچب هسردم هب هعجارم هار نیرتهب .ماهگنتان رد هطسوتم هرود یاه هسردم هب نتفر و

:تسه ینایاپ تیاس بیوwww.mynottingham.gov.uk/schooladmissions

لیرب یابفلا لکش هب ار هلاقم نیا رگا .دینک همجرت دیناوتیم زین دوخ نابز هب ار تیاس بیو نیا .دیریگب طابترا 5568 841 0115 نوفلت هرامش اب ،دیهاوخیم (نایانیبان یابفلا)

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Introduction

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Introduction

Dear parents and carers

Our schools are fantastic and exciting places, very different to the schools most of us remember from our own childhood days. We have great teachers and support staff, brilliant children and young people, and some state of the art buildings and equipment, a great recipe for success!

Our children and young people are our greatest asset; they will be the ones who will shape the future that we will live in and for generations to come.

Here in Nottingham we treasure and invest in such assets, and strive to give every child in the city the best possible education.

Parents and carers are our greatest partners; I have never yet met a parent or carer who does not want the very best for their youngster. Every parent or carer I have ever met always wants more for their children than they have achieved for themselves.

Our schools are fantastic places for learning, where children and young people are valued, kept safe, nurtured and developed.

Every day in a child’s life is a day that learning takes place, and here in Nottingham we aim to provide the best learning opportunities and outstanding teaching on every school day.

More and more children and young people in the city are achieving great test and exam results that give them currency for the future. Our aim is to ensure that every youngster that leaves a city school does so with the best possible exam results, placing them on route to a prosperous future.

Our pledge to you is that, working in partnership with yourselves we will offer your children exciting learning experiences and opportunities, and work tirelessly to achieve the best possible outcomes for every single child in our city schools.

Yours truly,

Cllr David Mellen Portfolio Holder for Children’s Services

Ian Curryer Corporate Director for Children and Families

Introduction Your vision for your child’s future


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As a mother, father or carer you have the biggest influence on your child’s ambitions, their sense of purpose, their desire to grow, achieve and improve, their belief in their ability to achieve their goals and their sense of personal responsibility for the choices they make. However, the school they go to and the staff they meet there can also make a big difference. They offer support, advice and inspiration to help your child identify and follow realistic but challenging goals.

In the diagram above are the four main factors that influence our ambitions and are worth considering when making the important choices you are facing around which school you would like your child to go to. Each young person is different.

When choosing your preferences (the schools you tell us you would prefer your child to go to), think about which school would best offer the inspiring, supportive and challenging environment your child

needs to reach their full potential and achieve their goals for the future.

School is one of the important steps towards your child’s future ambitions


What is your vision for your child’s future? What will influence their hopes and ambitions? What part will your choice of school play in this?

We all need reliable, accessible advice andinformation to base our life-choices on. Information helps us to understand what we need to achieveour goals.

Inspiration provides asense of what is possible -it broadens our horizonsand opens up new ideas andopportunities.

We need to value and be confidentabout ourselves if we are to

grow and achieve.Self-confidence and

self-esteem helps us todeal with life’s setbacks.

Our belief in our abilityto achieve affects our

ambitions - we need tobelieve we have the

appropriate skillsand a fair chance of success.

Information Self-esteem

Inspiration Self-belief

Aspiration

Starting school (reception class) and infant to junior transfers (Year 3 place)

Moving up to secondary school from primary or junior school

What happens on these dates?

15 January 2012 31 October 2011 Closing date for receipt of all application forms and any supplementary information or supporting information

27 February 2012 12 January 2012 Last date for exceptional late applications to be considered

13 April 2012

13 April 2012

13 April 2012

1 March 2012

1 March 2012

1 March 2012

• Online applicants receive an email showing the outcome of their application

• Letters sent to parents by second class post showing the outcome of their application

• Waiting lists operate from this date for any school that is full

27 April 2012

June 2012

15 March 2012

May 2012

• Final date for parents to return reply slips accepting or refusing the place that is offered

• City Council starts processing late applications (those received after the closing date)

Secondary Schools

Junior schools Reception classes

6 April 2012

18 May 2012

18 May 2012

Closing date for receipt of appeals for applications made by the deadline date (some own admission authority schools may use a different date)

Secondary Schools

Junior schools

Reception classes

May/June 2012

June/July 2012

June/July 2012

Appeal hearings take place for appeals lodged by the deadline date (some own admission authority schools may use a different date)

The waiting list for secondary schools will operate on the offer day and will be maintained by the Local Authority up to 31 August 2012. The primary, infant and junior waiting lists will remain open until 22 March 2013. After these dates the relevant admission authorities will operate their own waiting list in accordance with their own arrangements and the co-ordinated in-year admissions scheme.

Waiting lists close*

Important dates to remember

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*Some voluntary aided schools may continue to hold waiting lists after this date

Step-by-step guide to applying for a school placeThis guide sets out what you need to do to apply for a school place for your child, whether they are starting school for the first time or moving from one school to another.

Step-by-step guide to applying for a school place

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Step 1: Understand the admissions process; read pages12 and 13 or visit our website at www.mynottingham.gov.uk/schooladmissions.

Step 2: Decide which schools to apply for; read pages 14 to 29 or visit our website at www.mynottingham.gov.uk/schooladmissions, which gives you links to the websites of individual schools, Ofsted and the Department for Education (DFE).

Step 3: Apply for a school place. This is easier to do online (read pages 31 to 35). If you do not have access to the internet you can apply by filling in a paper application form. Remember to give more than one school preference to increase your chances of getting a place at a school you want yor child to go to.

Step 4: Find out the outcome of your application, including your rights of appeal (read pages 37 to 42).

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We are here to help you. For more information about applying for a school place, contact us in one of the following ways:

By phone: 0115 841 5568

By email: [email protected]

Online: www.mynottingham.gov.uk/schooladmissions

By fax: 0115 876 3231

By post: Admissions and Exclusion Team Pupil and School Services

LH Box 14 Loxley House Station Street Nottingham NG2 3NG

The aim of the co-ordinated admissions scheme is to make the process easier by allowing parents and carers to list their preferences in order of priority, on the online or paper application form.

You do not apply direct to any school, unless it is a private or independent school. The scheme also makes sure that every parent or carer living in Nottingham city who has applied for a school place for their child by the closing date receives a single offer of a school place by Nottingham City Council on the national or local offer day. You can apply easily online at www.mynottingham.gov.uk/e-admissions. A paper form to fill in yourself is available on request.

If you do not live in Nottingham city, you must contact your home local authority (the local authority for where you live) to apply for a school place, even if you want to apply for a Nottingham city school.

• Applications for infant, primary or junior school: If you live in Nottingham city and your child will be starting infant or primary school or moving up from infant to junior school in the 2012-2013 school year, you must apply to us for a school place through the co-ordinated admissions scheme. In order of priority, list up to six school preferences, for infant and primary schools, and up to three school preferences for junior schools, including schools in other local authority areas.

• Applications for secondary schools: If your child will be going to secondary school in September 2012, you must apply for a school place through the co-ordinated admissions scheme. All applications from people living in Nottingham city for places in year 7 at secondary schools in the city or Nottinghamshire are co-ordinated by the local authority. List up to four school preferences, in order of priority, including schools in other local authority areas.

The law You have a legal right to tell us which school you would prefer your child to go to. This is not the same as having a choice and automatically getting a place for your child at that school. However, most children will be offered a place at a school listed as a preference on their application.

We provide you with an information pack to help you apply online and, if you need it, individual advice on the admissions process, a guide and a form. We will always offer your child a place at the school you listed highest in your preferences if there is a place available. In some cases, a school receives more applications than it has places available. If that happens, we will offer places according to each school’s admissions criteria (see pages 85 to 153).

Step 1Understanding the admissions process 2012-2013

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Admissions authorities must manage school admissions in line with the School Standards and Framework Act 1998, the Education and Inspections Act 2006 and the School Admissions Code. All parents and carers must fill in an application to ask for a place at the school they would like their child to go to, even if it is the catchment school (the school your child would be most likely to be offered a place at considering your home address).

The way in which school places are offered must be clear and fair. Make sure you read the admissions criteria at the back of this booklet to understand how they will apply to your child and your application.

Infant class sizesThere are rules relating to infant class sizes, which say that no infant class may contain more than 30 pupils with a single qualified teacher. We cannot offer your child a place at an infant school if this would mean there would be more than 30 pupils in that class.

When will children start infant or primary school?All children whose fifth birthday is between 1 September 2012 and 31 August 2013 will start school in September 2012, even though they may not yet be five years old. You will be able to delay your child starting school if you feel they are not ready for full-time school in September. The law says all children must receive full-time education no later than the start of the term after their fifth birthday. This is known as compulsory school age. Parents and carers can ask the head teacher if their child can go to school part-time until they reach compulsory school age.

For admission purposes only, term dates are as follows:

Autumn term: 1 September 2012 to 31 December 2012

Spring term: 1 January 2013 to 31 March 2013

Summer term: 1 April 2013 to 31 August 2013

If you would like to delay your child starting school until they reach compulsory school age, you should arrange this with the head teacher of the school.

However, if your child’s fifth birthday falls between 1 April 2013 and 31 August 2013, delaying your child starting school until they reach compulsory school age would result in your child starting school in a different admission year and missing out on their reception year. In this case, your child could not be given a reception place at the school during the 2012-2013 school year and you would have to apply for a place in Year 1 during the summer term 2013. If you are thinking of this option please contact us for advice.

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What to consider when deciding about schools

• Thereisnosubstitutefor seeing things yourself. The best way to decide how well a school might suit your child is to go and see it for yourself. That way you are not relying on rumours that are often incorrect and out of date.

Visit the schools you are interested in to get the feel of the school and judge whether it is the right environment for your child. See page 29 for details of secondary school open evenings. Most infant, junior and primary schools are happy to arrange a time for you to visit them.

• Getacopyoftheschools’ prospectuses, by contacting each individual school. Each prospectus contains information about the values of the school, the curriculum and details of pupils’ achievements. It also contains information about the school’s dress code, discipline policy and other general information.

• Ifyourchildhasspecial educational needs (SEN) can these be met at a mainstream school? If not you will need the support of the SEN team (see page 15 for more information).

• Thinkabouthowyourchild will get to and from school - it is your responsibility to make sure your child can get to and from school. See pages 17 to 19 for more details on travelling to school.

• The best way to assess your child’s chances of getting a place at a school you prefer is to study that school’s admissions criteria and check which schools were oversubscribed (had more applications for places than they had places available) last year. For Nottingham

city schools, see pages 20 to 28 and 84 to 153.

• Places in Nottingham city infant, primary and secondary community schools will be offered to applicants who live in the school’s catchment area first (see the admissions criteria on pages 84 to 87 and 104 to 105).

• If you want to apply for a place at a school that was oversubscribed last year, but you do not live in the catchment area for that particular school, find out how many children who lived outside the catchment area were offered a place last year. For Nottingham city community schools, look at the tables on pages 20 to 28. The further away from the school you live, the less likely you are to be offered a place.

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• Some schools have specialist places (for example performing arts or technology) and your child may need to take a test if you are applying for one of these places. Ask yourself whether your child has an aptitude for the subject being tested.

• Make sure you use all of your preferences and do not name a school more than once (if you do this it will count as only one preference and you will have lost the opportunity to name other schools).

• Ifyouareconsideringapplying for a place at The Nottingham Bluecoat C of E School or the Nottingham Academy, you cannot apply for a particular site. As the school and academy are both run from two sites, if your child is offered a place you will have the opportunity to discuss which site you prefer with senior staff at the relevant school or Academy.

We recommend that at least one of the schools you list as a preference on your application form should be a school where you are sure that your child will meet one of the higher admissions criteria. (Please see pages

84 to 153 for the admissions criteria.) This is likely to be your catchment school. Most parents and carers are happy for their child to go to their catchment school, and this is the school where your child will be given priority for a place, so we strongly recommend you consider listing it as one of your preferences. If you do not name your catchment school on your application, there may be no places left at that school if you decide to apply for a place there.

Make sure you fill in your online application or return a common application form (and any supplementary forms you are asked to fill in if you are applying for a church school) by the closing date.

Please consider your preferences for schools very carefully before filling in your application, as it may not be possible to offer your child a place at a different school if you change your mind after the closing date.

If your preferences are not realistic, we may not offer your child a place at any of your preferred schools and we may offer your child a place at a different school instead.

There is no guarantee of a place at your catchment school as it will depend on

the number of applications we receive and the number of places available.

Special educational needs (SEN)Wherever possible, we provide ways to support children with special educational needs in mainstream schools.

How are special needs identified?Some children’s special educational needs are identified at a very early age. Health visitors or community health services will let the Portage and Early Education Team (specialist early years staff who work with young children and their families) know about any children who may have special educational needs. The Portage Team will then contact the family and arrange to visit them to discuss this.

When children start to receive a formal education, the staff working with them (teachers and teaching assistants) are responsible for identifying any children with special educational needs. They will also make arrangements to meet those needs.

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By the time children approach the move to secondary school, information about their special educational needs is normally available and the relevant schools make appropriate arrangements for the move.

However, if your child has special educational needs, the move from primary to secondary school should always be supported by the Special Educational Needs Co-ordinator (SENCO) at your child’s junior or primary school and the SENCO at the secondary school working together to make sure the move goes as smoothly as possible.

What is the local authority policy?In a number of mainstream schools resources have been significantly increased to meet certain types of special educational needs. This is called focus provision.

Special schools cater for children with very severe and complicated needs. Children who go to special schools have statements of special educational needs. Their parents or carers will have chosen for them to go to a special school rather than a mainstream school.

All of our special schools are developing new ways of linking with mainstream schools.

What should you do if your child has a physical disability?If your child has a physical disability, needs help moving around school, or needs some other physical support, it is helpful to think at an early stage about the schools your child is likely to go to.

We are trying to adapt as many of our mainstream schools as possible to meet the needs of disabled pupils. However, not all our schools’ buildings are currently suitable and there are some schools where it will not be possible to provide full access for disabled pupils.

You can get more information about education for children with special educational needs from the Special Educational Needs Service on 0115 915 8953 or email [email protected] or the Parent Partnership Service on 0115 948 2888.

The Parent Partnership Service works with parents and carers of all pre-school and school-aged children with special educational needs and disabilities. There are more contact details for the Parent Partnership Service on page 156, and you can find more information on their website at www.ppsnotts.org.uk.

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Travelling to schoolWe would prefer all children to walk or cycle from home to school to encourage exercise and promote children’s health and well-being. We do not guarantee to provide free travel to school and you should take this into account when choosing your school. Please see over the page for the conditions for free travel to school.

Infant, junior and primary schoolsMost children who go to their catchment primary school will live well within walking distance and so do not qualify for help with transport costs.

You are responsible for making sure your children

can get to and from school and for paying any transport costs involved. However, help with travel costs may be available to eligible pupils who go to their catchment school or a nearer available school and live further away from the school than the maximum walking distance.

The maximum walking distances (measured using computerised software) for children at primary school are as follows:

• Two miles for pupils aged five to seven

• Three miles for pupils aged eight to 11

• Two miles for pupils aged eight to 11 from low-income families

If we refuse your child a place at their catchment school and they go to the next nearest school, this becomes their catchment school for the purpose of assessing whether they qualify for help with transport costs.

Pupils from families on low incomes (those families that are entitled to free school meals or receive the maximum level of Working Tax Credit) may be entitled to help with travel costs to and from school, if they go to their catchment school or the nearest available primary

school to their home, and this school is at least two miles away from their home (walking distance).You will need to provide evidence to show that you are entitled to help.

If your child qualifies for free transport because you are on a low income, they will only receive free transport for this school year. You must apply again for future school years. If there is a change in personal circumstances that means you are no longer considered to be on a low income, we may withdraw your child’s entitlement to free transport for the following school year.

Secondary school transportWhere walking or cycling is not an option, we would prefer pupils to use public transport to and from school. Bus and tram services pass near to every secondary school in Nottingham city and special tickets for pupils are available from most bus operators.

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However, in a few cases pupils may be entitled to a free bus pass if they live over three miles away from school (walking distance measured using computerised software), and they:

• go to their catchment school or the nearest school to their home;

• have been refused a place at their catchment school and are going to the next nearest school; or

• are from a low-income family and are going to one of their three nearest schools which is over two miles away from their home (walking distance).

For more information please call the Children and Families Transport Team on 0115 876 5049 or email them at [email protected].

Or, you can visit our website at www.mynottingham.gov.uk/school_transport to see the latest copy of our full policy.

Faith school transportFrom September 2011 we will not provide discretionary free transport to a home address for pupils who go to their allocated or nearest faith primary or secondary school because of their religion or belief, unless:

• the pupil was already receiving free travel before September 2011, in which case we will continue to provide free travel for the rest of the pupil’s statutory education (until they no longer have to go to school by law) unless they move home or change school;

• the pupil is from a family on a low income (we will need to see evidence of this) and goes to their designated or nearest suitable school and this school is more than two miles’ walking distance and less than 15 miles’ driving distance from home (driving distance is the shortest available route by road).

As well as the points listed opposite, from September 2011 we may consider providing free school travel to pupils who go to their designated or nearest faith or single-sex secondary school because of their religion or belief if:

• the family have more than one school-aged child at the nearest faith or single-sex secondary school because of their religion or belief and the school is over two miles’ walking distance from the home, and the family are receiving Working Tax Credit where the reduction due to income is less than the family’s yearly school travel costs.

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Children with special transport needsIf you are the parent or carer of a child with special educational needs who has a special transport need, you may qualify for help with your child’s transport costs to and from school. Most children with special educational needs do not have special transport needs.

Children may have special transport needs if they have:

• extra needs or disabilities that place them or others at a serious risk of danger during the journey to and from school; or

• a mobility difficulty or medical condition which means they need to travel to school in a specialised vehicle, for example, an ambulance or a vehicle suitable for carrying wheelchairs.

Children aged between two and five do not usually travel to school on their own and so would not normally be eligible for help with travel costs unless they have significant special educational needs.

If we agree that your child has a special transport need, we may provide help with travel in one of a variety of ways, for example, a bus pass, minibus, taxi or ambulance, or we may offer you a mileage allowance towards your petrol costs to take your child to school. If we provide help with travel and your child usually travels on their own, we may ask you to travel with them.

If the school is too far away for your child to walk, any help we provide will include your journey back home after taking your child to school and your journey to school to collect your child. If there is a group of children travelling together, we will usually provide someone to travel with them. If you decide to send your child to a school that is further away than the nearest appropriate school with available places, we will not provide help with travel.

We will continue to review your child’s special transport needs and any help we provide is likely to change over time, for example, as your child gets older we may help them to learn independent travel skills and provide training and support so they can use public transport and travel independently.

If you think your child may have a special transport need, please contact the Special Educational Needs Team on 0115 915 8953 or email [email protected].

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Consider oversubscribed schoolsOversubscribed schools in reception year in 2011/2012

School Admission Number

Total no. of applicat-ions received by closing date

Places offered in each criterion* (total equals the admission number)

Total no. refused at 15 April 2011

No. refusedbecause theywere offered a school theyranked higherthan this school

No. refusedbecause theschool wasoversub-scribed (as detailed in columns to the right)

Number refused in each criterion*(total equals the number refused because the school was oversubscribed)

1 2 3 4 Medical/ social grounds

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Ambleside Primary

75 196 28 35 12 0 0 121 80 41 0 0 0 41

Bentinck Primary

30 97 8 14 2 5 1 67 61 6 0 0 0 6

Berridge Infant 70 200 16 48 5 1 0 130 102 28 0 0 0 28

Bulwell St Mary 45 103 4 5 12 24 0 58 54 4 0 0 0 4

Carrington Primary

30 170 8 14 5 3 0 140 98 42 0 0 0 42

Dunkirk Primary

30 76 8 17 3 2 0 46 26 20 0 0 0 20

Edale Rise Primary

30 80 6 11 10 3 0 50 43 7 0 0 0 7

Fernwood Infant

120 327 48 68 4 0 0 207 143 64 0 0 0 64

Forest Fields Primary

60 140 17 25 10 8 0 80 75 5 0 0 0 5

Glenbrook Primary

30 104 5 9 9 7 0 74 68 6 0 0 0 6

Haydn Primary 60 189 10 14 21 15 0 129 88 41 0 0 0 41

Heathfield Primary

40 109 8 19 1 12 0 69 64 5 0 0 0 5

Mellers Primary 30 103 5 6 13 6 0 73 54 19 0 0 0 19

Middleton Primary

52 (54 offered)

216 21 33 0 0 0 162 116 46 0 8 3 35

Milford Primary 45 104 12 13 12 7 1 59 44 15 0 0 0 15

Table 1 lists the city community and voluntary controlled infant and primary schools which were oversubscribed in reception year with applications received by the closing date in the 2011/2012 school year. The number of applications offered (in yellow) or refused (in blue) for each school is indicated along with the criterion under which they were considered. Proof of residence may be required for these schools (see page 34). These figures will further increase as a result of additional late applications received and refused after the closing date.

Please note that these schools and a number of other schools have also been oversubscribed in other year groups during the 2010/2011and 2011/2012 school years.

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Old Basford Primary

52 (60 offered)

183 11 28 9 11 1 123 94 29 0 0 0 29

Radford Primary

30 88 10 15 5 0 0 58 44 14 0 0 0 14

Rosslyn Primary

64 120 29 18 7 10 0 56 51 5 0 0 0 5

Rufford Primary 30 81 12 11 6 0 1 51 44 7 0 0 0 7

Scotholme Primary

35 (45 offered)

137 5 8 16 16 0 92 73 19 0 0 0 19

Seely Infant 70 138 23 21 10 16 0 68 64 4 0 0 0 4

Southwark Primary

90 170 28 33 13 16 0 80 66 14 0 0 0 14

Springfield Primary

30 65 20 9 0 0 1 35 29 6 0 6 0 0

Warren Primary 30 55 4 14 5 7 0 25 24 1 0 0 0 1

Whitemoor Primary

58 111 12 16 8 21 1 53 52 1 0 0 0 1

William Booth Primary

30 82 6 14 10 0 0 52 44 8 0 0 0 8

*SUMMARY OF CRITERIA:

Criterion 1 - living in catchment area, brother or sister attending the school at the time of admission

Criterion 2 - living in catchment area

Criterion 3 - living outside catchment area, brother or sister attending the school at the time of admission

Criterion 4 - living outside catchment area

Medical/Social - where the local authority is

satisfied that a pupil has exceptional medical, mobility or social grounds for attending this school and the application has been supported by a statement in writing from a doctor, social worker or other relevant professional. For full details of the criteria, please see pages 85 to 87.

Table 2 below lists the community schools that were not oversubscribed at the closing date, but became oversubscribed as a result of late applications received after the closing date.

Proof of residence is not required for these schools up to the closing date, but may be required at a later date if a school becomes oversubscribed. These figures will further increase as a result of additional late applications received and refused after the date of compiling this information (5 July 2011).Table 2

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Total no. of applicat-ions received by 5 July 2011


Total no. refused at 5 July 2011





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Brocklewood Infant

73 161 6 22 18 27 0 88 86 2 0 0 0 2

Burford Primary

30 60 7 14 4 5 0 30 27 3 0 0 0 3

Cantrell Primary

60 133 17 31 3 9 0 73 70 3 0 0 0 3

Crabtree Farm Primary

60 98 18 35 6 1 0 38 33 5 0 2 1 2

Dovecote Primary

60 100 13 26 9 12 0 40 39 1 0 0 0 1

Edna G Olds Primary

30 75 6 10 9 4 1 45 35 10 0 3 0 7

Glapton Primary

42 87 9 10 12 11 0 45 44 1 0 0 0 1

Henry Whipple Primary

30 62 4 18 1 7 0 32 29 3 0 0 2 1

Huntingdon Primary

30 81 9 13 5 3 0 51 45 6 0 0 1 5

Melbury Primary

37 93 9 12 4 12 0 56 51 5 0 0 1 4

Northgate Primary

30 (50 offered)

115 4 11 7 28 0 65 64 0 0 0 0 1

Robert Shaw Primary

50 (60 offered)

104 17 13 12 18 0 44 35 0 0 0 0 9

Southwold Primary

25 (28 offered)

60 7 7 5 9 0 32 29 3 0 0 0 3








Table 1 lists the city community and voluntary controlled infant and primary schools which were oversubscribed in reception year with applications received by the closing date in the 2010/2011 school year. The number of applications offered (in yellow) or refused (in blue) for each school is indicated along with the criterion under which they were considered.Table 1

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Ambleside 75 142 18 28 18 11 0 67 54 13 0 0 0 13

Bentinck 30 82 6 10 9 5 0 52 45 7 0 0 0 7

Berridge Inf 70 164 14 40 15 1 0 94 64 30 0 0 0 30

Blue Bell Hill 30 63 7 18 5 0 0 33 19 14 0 0 0 14

Bulwell St Mary’s

45 87 3 6 15 21 0 42 32 10 0 0 0 10

Burford 30 48 5 9 9 7 0 18 17 1 0 0 0 1

Cantrell 60 134 16 38 6 0 0 74 48 26 0 0 6 20

Carrington 30 143 6 18 5 0 1 113 64 49 0 0 1 48

Dunkirk 30 54 9 15 2 4 0 24 14 10 0 0 0 10

Fernwood Inf 120 283 39 55 15 11 0 163 78 85 0 0 0 85

Glenbrook 30 65 5 11 5 9 0 35 28 7 0 0 0 7

Haydn 60 160 3 14 24 19 0 100 64 36 0 0 0 36

Heathfield 40 92 8 21 10 1 0 52 36 16 0 0 0 16

Hogarth 30 51 7 5 8 10 0 21 20 1 0 0 0 1

Huntingdon 30 63 5 18 7 0 0 33 23 10 0 0 0 10

Mellers 30 74 2 5 9 13 1 44 41 3 0 0 0 3

Middleton 52 (54) 212 23 31 0 0 0 158 103 55 0 9 3 43

Old Basford 52 (60) 144 12 18 11 19 0 84 69 15 0 0 0 15

Radford 30 67 4 17 5 4 0 37 32 5 0 0 0 5

Rise Park 60 127 10 18 17 15 0 67 51 16 0 0 0 16

Scotholme 35 (45) 111 2 7 14 22 0 66 56 10 0 0 0 10

St Ann’s Well 30 51 9 11 6 4 0 21 19 2 0 0 0 2

Sycamore 30 67 7 7 10 6 0 37 34 3 0 0 0 3

Warren 30 64 11 13 3 3 0 34 28 6 0 0 0 6

Welbeck 30 74 8 10 7 5 0 44 25 19 0 0 0 19








Table 2 lists the community schools that were not oversubscribed at the closing date, but became oversubscribed as a result of late applications received after the closing date.

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Edale Rise Primary

30 71 0 6 12 12 0 41 35 6 0 0 0 6

Firbeck Primary

30 69 2 7 7 14 0 39 37 2 0 1 0 1

Forest Fields Primary

60 108 24 18 7 11 0 48 39 9 0 2 0 7

Greenfields Primary

30 60 10 8 2 10 0 30 28 2 0 0 0 2

Robert Shaw Primary

50 88 8 19 6 16 1 38 29 9 1 0 0 8

Robin Hood Primary

60 129 7 19 16 18 0 69 56 13 0 2 1 10

Rosslyn Park Primary

64 122 18 32 6 8 0 58 41 17 0 3 3 11

Seely Infant 70 121 16 33 4 17 0 51 46 5 0 0 1 4

Southwark Primary

90 143 22 48 6 14 0 53 39 14 0 4 1 9

Southwold Primary

25 (28) 47 8 10 3 7 0 19 12 7 0 0 0 7

Springfield Primary

30 48 5 22 3 0 0 18 17 1 0 0 0 1

Walter Halls Primary

60 94 6 24 9 21 0 34 28 6 0 0 0 6

Whitemoor Primary

58 110 18 27 7 6 0 52 45 7 0 2 0 5

William Booth Primary

30 84 3 7 7 13 0 54 43 11 0 0 0 11








The tables below list the voluntary aided schools in Nottingham city which were oversubscribed at the closing date in reception year in the 2010/11 and 2011/12 school years.

2011/2012 – Catholic primary schoolsSchool Admission

Number & number offered

Total no. of applications received by closing date


No. refused because they were offered a school they ranked higher than this school

No. refused because the school was oversubscribed

Blessed Robert Widmerpool Catholic Primary 30 58 28 16 12

Our Lady & St Edward Catholic Primary 30 67 37 34 3

Our Lady of Perpetual Succour Catholic Primary 30 109 79 51 28

St Augustine’s Catholic Primary 45 97 52 48 4

St Margaret Clitherow Catholic Primary 30 73 43 32 11

St Mary’s Catholic Primary 30 153 123 75 48

St Theresa’s Catholic Primary 60 179 119 60 59

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2010/11 - Catholic primary schoolsSchool Admission






Blessed Robert Widmerpool Catholic Primary 30 44 14 12 2

Our Lady & St Edwards Catholic Primary 30 64 34 19 15

Our Lady of Perpetual Succour Catholic Primary 30 105 75 42 33

St Margaret Clitherow Catholic Primary 30 54 24 23 1

St Mary’s Catholic Primary 30 147 117 68 49

St Patrick’s Catholic Primary 30 52 22 21 1

St Theresa’s Catholic Primary 60 144 84 63 21

2011/12 - Church of England primary schoolsSchool Admission






Sneinton St Stephen’s C of E Primary 30 62 32 27 5

South Wilford Endowed C of E Primary 45 78 33 17 16

2010/11 - Church of England primary schoolsSchool Admission






Sneinton St Stephen’s C of E Primary 30 58 28 19 9

South Wilford Endowed C of E Primary 42 (45 offered)

73 28 7 21

For the Catholic and Church of England primary schools above please contact the school directly for details of the specific category into which applicants were offered or refusd a place at these schools.

The tables below list the city community secondary schools which were oversubscribed in year 7 with applications received by the closing date for the 2010/2011 and 2011/2012 school years. The number of applications offered (in yellow) or refused (in blue) for each school is indicated along with the criterion under which they were considered. Proof of residence may be required for this school (see page 34). These figures will further increase as a result of additional late applications received or refused after the closing date.

2011/12 Table 1 - school oversubscribed at the closing date for 2011/2012 applications

Proof of residence is not required for this school up to the closing date, but may be required at a later date if the school becomes oversubscribed. These figures will further increase as a result of additional late applications received after the date of compiling this information (5 July 2011).

Oversubscribed community secondary schools in year 7 in 2010/2011 and 2011/2012

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1 2 3 4

Big Wood School

150 319 23 95 12 20 0 169 153 16 0 0 0 16









1 2 3 4

Ellis Guilford School

270 644 54 110 39 65 2 374 355 19 0 3 1 15

2011/12 Table 2 - school not oversubscribed at the closing date, but became oversubscribed as a result of late applications received up to 5 July 2011


Criterion 1 living in catchment area, brother or sister attending the school at the time of admission

Criterion 2 living in catchment area

Criterion 3 living outside catchment area, brother or sister attending the school at the time of admission

Criterion 4 living outside catchment area

Medical/Social where the local authority is satisfied that a pupil has exceptional medical, mobility or social grounds for attending this school and the application has been supported by a statement in writing from a doctor, social worker or other relevant professional. For full details of the criteria, please see pages 104 and 105.

Notes:

The schools listed right were not oversubscribed in year 7 with applications received by the closing

date for the 2010/11 and 2011/12 school years. This means that all applicants who applied for a place in year 7 at these schools by the closing date were able to be offered a place, if they had not been offered a place at a school they ranked higher:

Farnborough Manning (this school will become the Nottingham Girls’ Academy from 1 September 2011) Top Valley

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Big Wood School

150 309 23 66 16 45 0 159 148 11 0 0 0 11

Ellis Guilford School

270 610 41 110 38 81 0 340 299 41 0 0 0 41

Schools oversubscribed at the closing date for 2010/2011 applications


Criterion 1 living in catchment area, brother or sister attending the school at the time of admission

Criterion 2 living in catchment area

Criterion 3 living outside catchment area, brother or sister attending the school at the time of admission

Criterion 4 living outside catchment area

Medical/Social where the local authority is satisfied that a pupil has exceptional medical, mobility or social grounds for attending this school and the application has been supported by a statement in writing from a doctor, social worker or other relevant professional. For full details of the criteria, please see pages 104 and 105 .

Notes:

The schools listed right were not oversubscribed in year 7 with applications received by the closing

date for the 2010/11 and 2011/12 school years. This means that all applicants who applied for a place in year 7 at these schools by the closing date were able to be offered a place, if they had not been offered a place at a school they ranked higher:

Farnborough Manning (this school will become the Nottingham Girls’ Academy from 1 September 2011) Top Valley

The tables below list the foundation and voluntary aided secondary schools in Nottingham city which were oversubscribed in year 7 with applications received by the closing date for the 2011/2012 school year.

Which non-community schools were oversubscribed in year 7 in 2011/2012?

School Admission Number & number offered

Total no. of applications received bthe closing date




The Nottingham Bluecoat C of E (VA) School and Technology College

300 855 555 460 95

Fernwood School 200 535 335 252 83

Trinity Catholic School 165 509 344 89 255

Please contact the above schools directly for details of the specific category in whichapplications were offered or refused a place at these schools. Notes:

The schools listed below were not oversubscribed in year 7 with applications received by the closing date for the 2011/12 school year. This means that all applicants who applied for a place in year 7 at these schools by the closing date were able to be offered a place, if they had not been offered a place at a school they ranked higher:

The Bulwell Academy Djanogly City Academy Nottingham Nottingham Academy The Nottingham Emmanuel CofE (VA) School Nottingham Girls’ Academy (formerly Manning School for Girls) Nottingham University Samworth Academy The Hadden Park High School

The tables below list the foundation and voluntary aided secondary schools in Nottingham City which were oversubscribed in Year 7 with applications received by the closing date for the 2010/11 school year. The number of applications offered (in yellow) or refused (in blue) for each school is indicated.

Please contact the above schools directly for details of the specific category in whichapplications were offered or refused a place at these schools.

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Places offered in each category* (total equals the admission number)



No. refusedbecause theschool wasoversubscribed (as detailed in columns to the left)


Trinity Catholic

165 571 0 165 0 0 0 406 285 121

School Admiss-ion Number

Total no. of appli-cations received by closing date

Places offered in each category* (total equals the admission number or number)



No. refusedbecause theschool wasoversub-scribed (as detailed in columns to the left)

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Bluecoat C of E

300 1010 15 151 25 4 50 30 25 0 710 526 184







1 2 3 4

Emmanuel C of E

180 397 95 14 42 29 217 199 18








Fernwood 200 503 42 126 12 19 1 303 212 91

Most secondary schools hold open evenings or sessions and details of these are set out in the table below. We encourage you to visit the schools you are interested in. There is no substitute for seeing things for yourself and the open evenings or sessions are for you and your child to visit schools and talk to teachers and existing pupils.

We believe this provides a very good opportunity for you to get the feel of schools and we strongly encourage you to attend. Full details of all secondary schools are listed on pages 70 to 83.

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School/academy Date of open evening/session

Time

Djanogly City Academy Nottingham Wednesday 14 September 2011

6pm - 7.30pm (Guided tours are also available throughout the year at the 11-14 Gregory Boulevard site. Please ring the school to book a place 942 4422 ext 245)

The Bulwell Academy Wednesday 14 September

7pm

Ellis Guilford School and Sports College

Thursday 15 September 2011

6pm – 8.30pm

Nottingham Academy (at Greenwood Road, Sneinton Boulevard and Ransom Road sites)


6.00pm - 9.00pm

Top Valley School & Engineering College


6pm - 8pm

Farnborough School Technology College

Monday 26 September 2011

6.45pm – 9.00pm

Big Wood School – a Business and Enterprise College

Tuesday 27 September 2011

from 6.30pm

The Fernwood School Tuesday 27 September 2011

7pm - 9pm

The Nottingham Emmanuel CofE (VA) School

Tuesday 27 September 2011

from 7pm (Guided tours and an opportunity to meet school staff are available during the school day to see the school at work. Please ring the school to book a place.)

Nottingham University Samworth Academy

Wednesday 28 September 2011

6pm - 8pm

Nottingham Girls’ Academy Thursday 29 September 2011

5pm - 8pm

The Hadden Park High School Thursday 29 September 2011

4pm to 8pm (Viewing of the school in operation by appointment on Friday 30 September 2011)

The Nottingham Bluecoat CofE (VA) School and Technology College both Campuses


7pm (Guided tours and an opportunity to meet school staff are available during the school day to see the school at work. Please ring the school to book a place.)

The Trinity Catholic School Please telephone the school for the date and time

NB: Please note that the dates and times listed above may change. You are advised to check with the school/academy before attending the open evening/session

When to applyThe deadlines for applying for a school place are as follows:

31 October 2011 - secondary school place (apply between 9 September 2011 and 31 October 2011)

15 January 2012 - infant or junior or primary school place (apply between 25 November 2011 and 15 January 2012)

If we receive your application after the closing date, this will reduce your chances of getting a place at your preferred school, particularly if it is popular.If your child already goes to a primary school and is in year 2, they will stay at this school until they are 11, and this information does not apply to you.

How to applyThe quickest and easiest way to apply for a school place is to go online at www.mynottingham.gov.uk/ e-admissions and follow the instructions.

You will need a valid email address to apply online. It is completely safe and secure to apply online, you can make changes to your application right up to the time of the closing date and we’ll send you an email to confirm that we have received your application.

If you do not have an email account you’ll need to set one up or visit www.go-on.co.uk and follow the step-by-step instructions.

If you don’t have access to the internet, you can use the computers at most Nottingham city libraries and Children’s Centres. Some schools may also allow you to use their computers to apply.

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Naming your schools

Fill in your application and list up to:

• sixinfant or primary schools; or

• threejunior schools; or

• foursecondary schools.

You can include schools outside Nottingham city. List the schools in the order that you would most like your child to go to. Do not name the same school more than once. We strongly recommend that one of the schools you list on your application is one where you are sure that your child meets one of the highest admissions criteria.

Give us details (including the date of birth) of any brothers or sisters who already go to the schools you have listed as preferences or a linked infant or junior school and who will still be on roll at the schools in September 2012.

Having a place at a nursery school does not guarantee your child a place in the linked infant or primary school. You still need to apply for a place at the school on the online or paper application form.

If you are applying for a place at Farnborough School Technology College, The Nottingham Bluecoat C of E VA School and Technology College, or Djanogly City Academy Nottingham, please confirm whether you are applying for one of the ‘specialist’ technology places (see the individual secondary school admissions criteria on pages 104, 111 and 126.

If you want to apply for a place at The Nottingham Bluecoat C of E School or Nottingham Academy, please do not list both sites for the school and the Academy on your form, as this will count as one preference only. As the school and Academy both run from two sites, if your child is offered a place at either the school or the Academy, you will have the opportunity to discuss which site you would prefer them to go to with senior staff at the relevant school or Academy.

Supplementary formsIf you are applying for a place at a Nottingham city voluntary-aided church school, you may also need to fill in a supplementary form or give more information.

You can get these forms from the school or at www.mynottingham.gov.uk/schooladmissions. Please remember that the supplementary form is not a valid application on its own − you must also fill in an online or paper application.

Send your supplementary form straight to the church school you are applying for, do not send it to us. If you are applying for a voluntary-aided school, trust school, foundation school or Academy outside Nottingham city, you need to contact that school to check if you need to fill in a supplementary form.

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Sending your application to us

When you apply online, make sure you click ‘submit’ at the end of the application.

If you fill in a paper application, sign and date the form and return it by the closing date to:

Admissions and Exclusion Team LH Box 14 Loxley House Station Street Nottingham NG2 3NG.

AcknowledgementIf you apply online, we will send you an email straight away telling you we have received your application.

If you apply by filling in a paper form, we will send you a reply in writing when we have received it. If you do not hear from us within 10 days, call us on 0115 841 5568.

If you do not get a reply letter it means we have not got your application form or maybe we do not have your correct address. We will only consider your application if we have sent you an acknowledgement, even if you have delivered it by hand or sent it by recorded

or special delivery (proof of postage is not proof that we received your form).

If you do not get a reply letter at least one week before the closing date, it is your responsibility to follow this up and call us on 0115 841 5568.

If we have not received your application and you make another application after the closing date, we will consider this to be a late application. This will reduce your chances of your child being offered a place at your preferred school.

Nursery applicationsIf you want to apply for a nursery school place, you need to contact the head teacher of the nursery. For more information, please call the Families Information Service on Freephone 0800 458 4114. (Calls from mobile phones may be charged at the network provider’s standard rate.)

Pupil’s home addressWe consider a pupil’s home address to be the residential property that is their only or main home on the closing date for applications and which their parent, carer or guardian owns, leases or rents under a lease or written rental agreement.

If more than one person has parental responsibility for the child and those people live in separate homes, we will consider the child’s home address to be the property at which they live for most of the week (this includes weekends as well as weekdays).

If the child lives at two separate homes for an equal length of time, we will consider their home address to be the address named on the Child Benefit letter. If you live or move into the catchment area of a school that you have listed as a preference and which has a history of being oversubscribed (see pages 20 to 28 for details of oversubscribed schools in 2010-2011 and 2011-2012), we may need documents from you to prove that you live in the catchment area.

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below as proof of your home address. This is because we give priority to pupils who live within the catchment area and we need to avoid offering places to people who have claimed their child lives in the catchment area of a school when in fact they don’t. If we find out we have offered a school place based on incorrect or misleading information, we may withdraw that place.

Proof of your child’s home addressIf you do not provide proof of your child’s home address when we ask for it, we will be unable to consider your application as being from within the catchment area and it may reduce your child’s chance of getting a place at their catchment school.

Category 1 • Acopyofaletterfrom

the Child Benefit Agency showing the child’s name and home address

• Acopyofaletterfromthe Child Tax Credit Agency showing the child’s name and home address

If you do not have up-to-date documents you may contact the Child Benefit Agency Helpline on 0845 302 1444.

Category 2

• Acopyofyourtenancyagreement

• Acopyofasolicitor’sletter confirming the completion of a property you have bought

• Acopyofacounciltaxbill (we will only accept this if you have lived in the catchment area for over six months)

Category 3

• Acopyofyourbankstatement dated within the last six months

• Acopyofautilitybill(gas, water or electricity bill, but not mobile phone bill) dated within the last six months

We will not usually accept informal living arrangements with family and friends unless there are exceptional circumstances (in which case we will need to see proof of the exceptional circumstances).

Fraudulent applicationsIf we find out that we have offered your child a place based on incorrect or misleading information and this meant that we did not offer a place to another pupil with a higher priority, we may withdraw that offer of a place.

Late applicationsIf we receive your application or any changes to your preferences after the closing date, we will deal with your application after 1 March 2012 (if your application is for a place at a secondary school) or after 13 April 2012 (if your application is for a place at an infant, junior or primary school). This may mean that we cannot offer your child a place at one of your preferred schools.

Under exceptional circumstances, we (and other admissions authorities) may be willing to accept applications which we receive late but before 4.50pm on 12 January 2012 (for applications for a place at a secondary school) or 27 February 2012 (for applications for a place at an infant, junior or primary school).

Examples of exceptional circumstances include if the application is from:

• afamilywhoarereturning from living abroad;

• asingleparentwhohasbeen ill for some time; or

• afamilywhoismovinginto Nottingham from another area.

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If you think there are exceptional circumstances which mean we should accept a late application from you, you must attach written details to your application form. We will consider each case individually.

If you send us your application before the closing date and you then send in a late application for different schools, because you are still applying for a school place in the same academic year, we will add these to the end of your first list of schools. For example, if you applied for six primary schools before the closing date and then applied for three different primary schools after the closing date, they would be your seventh, eighth and ninth preferences. We will deal with these after the national or local offer date.

Fair access policyUnder the 2009 School Admissions Code, all local authorities must have a fair access policy to make sure they offer a school place quickly to children who do not have one already, and to make sure that all schools in an area have their fair share of vulnerable and challenging children and young people. The School Admissions Code says that all schools and academies must take part in their local authority’s fair access policy, even if this means that they accept more pupils than the published admission number if they are already full. For details of our fair access policy and categories of children it covers, please visit www.mynottingham.gov.uk/schooladmissions

Please remember that the fair access policy does not apply to year 6 pupils moving up to secondary school in September.

Help and adviceIf you would like any help or advice about applying for a school place, please call us on 0115 841 5568. Or, for secondary school applications, you can also call the Choice Advice Service on 0800 458 4114. (Calls from mobile phones may be charged at the network provider’s standard rate.)

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What are the benefits of going online?

It’s quick, easy and reduces the amount of paperwork you have to do. It’s easier to follow the layout and I got a message to inform me that my application was in the process. It was reassuring to know as I know that a lot of people panic during the process.

How did you find the process of applying online, compared to filling out a paper form?

I found it a lot easier than on paper as my handwriting is awful and I misplaced the paperwork when I got round to applying. It’s a lot quicker too, I copy and pasted some information which speeds up the process and means I don’t have to re-write things several times. You can save your work as you go along so if you make a mistake you can go back and change it and it gives you a chance to check your details again before you submit it. Overall the process was smooth.

How safe and secure do you think it is to apply online?

I think the process of applying online is safe and I felt reassured by having my own unique reference number.

How much support did you get whilst filling in your application form online?

There are drop down boxes which are helpful and there are step by step instructions if you need some guidance.

What would your advice be to other parents who haven’t applied online before?

I would definitely recommend it to other parents and carers. Ask your friends and family if you haven’t done it before or visit your local children’s centre, library or school who will be able to help.

A parent’s view about applying online

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How we decide which school to offer your child a place atEach school has a published admission number (PAN), which is the number of places it has available in the intake year (reception year for infant and primary schools, year 3 for junior schools and year 7 for secondary schools). We show the admission number for each school in the schools directory at the end of this booklet.

After the closing date, we will treat your applications for each of the schools you have listed as separate applications and will consider them all equally. We will process all requests for places at Nottingham city community schools and the voluntary-controlled school. If you have listed any other city schools as preferences, or schools in another local authority, we will send details of your application to the relevant admissions authority for them to consider against the school’s admission criteria.

They will send us their decision. We will not tell the other admissions authorities the order you have ranked your preferences in during the decision-making process. If a school receives more applications than it has places available, this means the school is oversubscribed and places are offered using the school’s admissions criteria. For a full list of the criteria for each type of school, see pages 84 to 153. If there are too many applications in a single criterion for city community schools or the voluntary-controlled school, we will give priority to those who live closest to the school, measured (using a computerised geographical information system) in a straight line from a point in the school grounds to a point in your home (as the crow flies).

We will offer only one school place to your child as follows:

a) If it is possible to offer your child a place at only one of the schools you listed as preferences, we will offer them a place at that school.

b) If it is possible to offer your child a place at two or more of the

schools you listed as preferences, we will offer them a place at the school you ranked highest from the schools we could offer them a place at.

c) It is possible that we may not be able to offer your child a place at any of the schools you have named, although this is less likely if you have included your catchment school as one of your preferences and you are applying for a place at an infant, primary or secondary school, or the linked junior school if you are applying for a place in year 3.

You do not have to name your catchment school if you do not want your child to go to that school. However, you should remember that if it is not possible for us to offer a place for your child at any of your preferred schools, the only schools with places available at the end of the admissions process may be some distance away from your home and you may be responsible for the cost of getting your child to school (see ‘Travelling to school’ on page 17).

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If it is not possible to offer your child a place at any of the infant, primary or junior schools you listed as preferences, we will ask you to consider making another application for up to three different schools.

We will be able to give you details of which schools have places available.If it is not possible to offer your child a place at any of the secondary schools you listed as preferences, the local authority will offer your child a place at your catchment community school if places are still

available. If there are no places still available, a place will be offered at the next nearest Nottingham city community school (or The Hadden Park High School or Djanogly City Academy Nottingham with places available).


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Here’s an example of how the infant, primary or junior scheme works for a child called JohnRank School

preferenceJohn’s details Outcome of

each requestPlace offered

Placed on the waiting list

1 St Mary’s Catholic Primary

Not a baptised Catholic

No No Yes

2 Old Basford Primary

Lives in catchment area

Yes Yes Does not apply

3 Whitemoor Primary

Does not live in catchment area

Yes No No

4 Southwark Primary


Yes No No

5 Northgate Primary


Yes No No

6 Heathfield Primary


No No No

Please remember that we can only offer one place to your child. For more information about waiting lists, please see page 45.

• StMary’sCatholicPrimaryisJohn’sparents’firstpreference,butitisoversubscribed(it receives more applications than it has places available) and John is not a baptised Catholic.

• JohndoesnotliveinthecatchmentareaofWhitemoor,SouthwarkorNorthgateprimary schools but as the schools are not oversubscribed with pupils from within their catchment areas, it is possible to offer a number of places to pupils from outside the catchment areas. We will offer places to those living closest to the schools first.

• JohndoesnotliveinthecatchmentareaofHeathfieldPrimaryandtheschoolisoversubscribed.

• John’sparentshadrankedOldBasfordPrimarySchoolhigherthanWhitemoor,Southwark and Northgate primary schools, so we would offer John a place at Old Basford and not Whitemoor, Southwark, or Northgate primary schools.

If it had not been possible to offer John a place at any of the schools his parents listed as preferences, we would have contacted them after the offer day of 13 April 2012 to ask them to consider making another application for up to three different schools. To have the best chance of being offered a place at one of the schools you prefer, you should include a school where you are sure your child will meet one of the higher criteria for the school. This is likely to be your catchment school, so you should consider naming it as one of your preferences.


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Here’s an example of how the secondary school scheme works for a child called Amy

Rank School preference

Amy’s details Outcome of each request

Place offered


1 Fernwood Does not live in the catchment area or go to one of the linked feeder schools

No No Yes

2 Bluecoat Does not go to church

No No Yes

3 Arnold Hill Does not live in the catchment area - brother goes to the school


4 Ellis Guilford Lives in the catchment area

Yes No No

• AmylivesinthecatchmentareaofEllisGuilfordSchoolandSportsCollege.

• Herparents’firstpreferenceisFernwoodSchool,buttheschoolisoversubscribed(ithas more applications for places than it has places available).

• TheNottinghamBluecoatChurchofEngland(VA)SchoolandTechnologyCollegeisherparents’ second preference, but it is also oversubscribed.

• AmydoesnotliveinthecatchmentareaofArnoldHillSchoolandTechnologyCollege,but because her brother already goes to the school and will still be at the school in September 2012, it is possible to offer Amy a place at that school as she lives closer than a number of other pupils who also have a brother or sister at the school.

• WecanofferplacestoallapplicantslivingwithinthecatchmentareaofEllisGuilfordSchool and Sports College.

• Amy’sparentshadrankedArnoldHillSchoolandTechnologyCollegehigherthanEllisGuilford School and Sports College, so we would offer Amy a place at Arnold Hill School and Technology College and not Ellis Guilford School and Sports College.


What happens if you have not applied for a secondary school place for your child, or have been refused all preferences you made?If your child lives in Nottingham city and you have not applied for a secondary school place for them, or you have been refused all the secondary school preferences you applied for, we will offer your child a place at their catchment community secondary school if places are still available at that school or the next nearest Nottingham city secondary community school (or The Hadden Park High School or Djanogly City Academy Nottingham) with places available.

If you have not applied for a secondary school place we will only offer your child a place after we have offered places to people who have applied on time.

Accepting the place we have offered your childIf you have applied online, you will receive an email from us on the offer day to tell you the outcome of your application. We also write to parents and carers to tell them the outcome of their applications on the offer day. These letters will arrive in the post 2-3 days after the offer day. Please wait until you receive your decision email or letter - do not phone us for your decision as we cannot give decisions over the phone.

You need to let us know whether or not you want to accept the school place we have offered to your child. You can do this online or by filling in the acceptance slip enclosed with your decision letter and returning it to us within 14 days. If you do not accept the place within 14 days, we may withdraw the place and offer it to another pupil.


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If we turn down your application for a place at a community school or the voluntary-controlled school, you can appeal to an independent appeal panel. This is dealt with by the Appeals Team in our Democratic Services Department, who are independent of Children and Families.

Appeals against infant class sizesWe may turn down your application for a place in an infant class because the class size would go above 30 if any more pupils were accepted. Appeal panels can only grant a place in very limited circumstances. Your appeal is only likely to be successful if the panel is satisfied that either:

• wewouldhaveofferedyour child a place if we had followed the published admissions arrangements properly; or

• thedecisiontorefuseyour child a place was not one which a reasonable admissions authority would have made in the same circumstances. The refusal letter we send you will tell you if we have refused your child a place because of infant class size.

All appealsIf you decide to appeal, you should contact us within 14 days of receiving your decision letter. We will send you an appeal form and a leaflet explaining the procedure for appealing and what will happen at the appeal. You can ask for a copy of this leaflet by phoning 0115 841 5568.

Appeals for applications made on time (by the closing date of 15 January 2012) for places in reception year and year 3 are likely to be heard during June and July 2012 and, in any event, no later than 20 July 2012.

Appeals for late applications for places in reception year and year 3 and for applications into other year groups will be heard within 30 school days of being made.

Appeals for applications made on time (by the closing date of 31 October 2011) for places in year 7 are likely to be heard during May and June 2012 and, in any event, no later than 6 July 2012. Appeals for late applications for places in year 7 and for applications into other year groups will be heard within 30 school days of being made.

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The Appeals Team will tell you when the appeal panel will hear your appeal and will send you detailed guidance notes about the appeal hearing.

You can contact the Appeals Team on 0115 876 4302 or email them at [email protected].

You can also contact the Advisory Centre for Education (ACE) – an independent registered charity which offers information and advice on state education, including admissions appeals. You can contact ACE by calling Freephone 0808 800 5793, by texting ‘APPEAL’ to 68808 or by visiting their website at www.ace-ed.org.uk.

Repeat applicationsIf you have applied for, and been refused, a place at a school, we will not consider another application for this school for a place in the same school year unless there has been a significant change in your circumstances since you made your original application. Examples of significant changes in your circumstances may include significant medical or social reasons, not simply a change of address. If you believe you have a strong case, please write to us and send us proof of the change in your circumstances. We may be able to reconsider your application.


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School How to appeal

Blessed Robert Widmerpool Catholic Primary and NurseryOur Lady and St Edward’s Catholic Primary and NurseryOur Lady of Perpetual Succour Catholic Primary and NurserySt Augustine’s Catholic Primary and NurserySt Margaret Clitherow Catholic Primary and NurserySt Mary’s Catholic Primary and NurserySt Patrick’s Catholic Primary and NurserySt Teresa’s Catholic Primary

Write to the clerk of the governors of your preferred school no later than three weeks (15 working days) after you have received your decision letter. The Catholic Schools Appeals Service will arrange for an independent panel to hear your appeal on behalf of the governors. See pages 66 and 67 for details of the schools’ addresses.

Nottingham Academy Write to the clerk of the governors. Send your letter to the academy within one month of the date of the decision letter. The clerk will contact you with details of your appeal hearing. See page 68 for details of the academy’s address.

Sneinton St Stephen’s C of E (Aided) Primary

Write to the clerk to the governors. Send your letter to the school, preferably within 15 school days of the date of your decision letter. See page 68 for details of the school’s address.

South Wilford Endowed C of E Primary

Write to the clerk of the appeals committee. Send your letter to the school office within 17 days of the date of your decision letter. See page 68 for details of the school’s address.

The Bulwell Academy Phone the academy for an appeal form. When you have filled in the form, send it to the clerk to the appeal panel at the address given on the appeal form within 14 days of receiving your decision letter.

Djanogly City Academy Nottingham Phone the academy for an appeal form. When you have filled in the form, send it to the clerk to the appeals panel at the address given on the appeal form within 14 days of receiving your decision letter.


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School How to appeal

Nottingham Academy and Nottingham Girls’ Academy

Write to the clerk to the governors. Send your letter to the academy within one month of the date of your decision letter.


Phone the academy for an appeal form. When you have filled in the form, send it to the clerk to the appeals panel at the address given on the appeal form within 14 days of receiving your decision letter.

The Fernwood School Ask Fernwood School for an appeal form. When you have filled in the form, send it to County Hall at the address given on the appeal form within 21 days from the date of the decision letter.

The Hadden Park High School Write to the clerk of governors. Send your letter to the school within 14 days of the date of your decision letter.

The Nottingham Bluecoat C of E VA School and Technology College

Write to the clerk to the governors. Send your letter to the school within 14 days of the date of the decision letter.

The Nottingham Emmanuel C of E VA School

Write to the clerk to the independent appeals committee for an appeal form. Send your letter to the school. When you have filled in the form, send it to the Clerk to the Independent Appeals Committee, c/o the school within 21 days of the date of the decision letter.

The Trinity Catholic School If you feel there are exceptional reasons why your child should be offered a place at this school, you can write to the clerk to the governors setting out your reasons. However, there is a formal appeals procedure which will involve an independent appeal panel. You should make your appeal in writing, to the clerk to the governors, no later than 15 working days (three weeks) after the date of the decision letter.

Waiting lists – community schools and the voluntary-controlled school We will only put your child’s name on a waiting list for each city community school and the voluntary-controlled school that they have been refused a place at if that school is ranked higher (in your list of preferences) than the school they have been offered a place at or, if you have asked us in writing to do this, we will put their name on the waiting list of a community school or the voluntary-controlled school that is ranked lower than the school they have been offered a place at. (For example, in the table overleaf, we will put Safa’s name on the waiting list for Fernwood Infant School only.)

Priority on the waiting list will depend on which of the admissions criteria (see pages 84 to 87 and 104 to 105) your application meets. Waiting list arrangements should be clear and fair, and must not give priority based simply on the date the application was added to the list.

If late applicants have a higher priority under the admissions criteria, they will be placed higher on the waiting list than those who have been on the list for some time.

Your child’s place on the list may move up or down. If we have put your child’s name on a waiting list, we advise you not to raise your hopes about the likelihood of your child being offered a place. If school places become available before any admissions appeals are heard, we will fill these places from the top of the waiting list.

If we offer your child a place at a higher-ranked school than the one they were originally offered, we will remove their name from the waiting list for lower-ranked schools. Putting your child’s name on a waiting list does not affect your right to appeal against an unsuccessful application.

We keep the waiting list open until the end of the summer half term (that is, May 2013). We will contact you every half term to confirm that you want your child’s name to stay on the waiting list. We have details of schools with places available and we will help you decide on another school for your child if your application has been refused.


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Here’s an example of when a child called Safa is added to the waiting list for an infant, junior or primary school

Rank School preference

Safa’s details Outcome of each request

Place offered


1 Fernwood infant Does not live in the catchment area

No No Yes

2 Middleton Primary

Lives in the catchment area


3 Southwold Primary

Does not live in the catchment area, but the school is not oversubscribed

Yes No No

If you later refuse the school place you have been offered for your child and ask for a place at a school you had ranked lower than the one you were offered, but that school is full, we will not add your child’s name to the waiting list for that school unless you have asked us in writing to put your child’s name on the waiting list for that school.


Changing schools during the school yearThis information is about applications to change schools which we receive between September and August to change schools for children in years 1 to 6 and years 8 to 11 and (these applications are known as in-year transfers).

We co-ordinate all requests for a school place from people living in Nottingham city. You cannot apply to any school direct unless it is a private or independent school. If you do not live in Nottingham city, you must contact your home local authority (the local authority for where you live) to apply for a school place or to move to a different school, even if you want to apply for a Nottingham city school.

Moving houseIf you move house during the school year, we will be able to tell you which is the catchment school for your new address. This is the school where your child will have a higher priority for a place.

If your catchment school has a history of being oversubscribed and you want to apply for a place at that school, you may be asked to provide documents to prove that you and your child are living in the catchment area (see page 34).

Pages 20 to 28 list the schools which were oversubscribed on the closing date for applications in the 2010-2011 and 2011-2012 school years. This means that there were more applications than places available in the year group. Please remember that other schools may have become oversubscribed at a later date as a result of late applications received after the closing date. If this is the case, we may be ask you to provide documents to prove that you and your child are living in the catchment area as explained above and on page 34.

Please remember that moving into the catchment area of a school will not guarantee your child a place at that school if the school is already full.

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Moving to a different school

Moving your child to another school may affect their education and achievement. We strongly recommend that you keep your child at the school they are at. Many things that worry parents, carers and children can be settled without the need to move schools. Talking to your child and staff at your child’s school should avoid the need for your child to change school.

You should read the ‘Guidance notes for parents/carers considering moving their child to another school other than at the normal time’ before applying for a change of school. You can get a copy of these guidance notes from our website at www.mynottingham.gov.uk/schooladmissions, from any city school (except private and independent schools) or by contacting us.

If, after discussing the situation with your child’s head teacher, you still feel that changing school is the best option for your child, you must fill in a Nottingham city Schools Common Application Form to apply for a place in a different school. You can get a paper

copy of the application form from us or any Nottingham city school (except private or independent schools).

The relevant admissions authority must approve the transfer from one school to another. For community and voluntary schools, usually the last day for transfers to take place will be during the summer half term. If we receive your application for a transfer in the second half of the summer term, we will consider offering your child a place for September.

If you are applying for a Nottingham city church school, you should also fill in the relevant supplementary form which you can get from our website or from the relevant school.

You should return the supplementary form to the church school you are applying for, do not send it to us. Please remember to fill in the common application form; a supplementary form on its own is not a valid application. If you are applying for a school outside Nottingham city, you should ask that school whether you need to fill in a supplementary form.

While you are waiting to transfer your child from one school to another, they must continue to go to their current school. If they do not, the school may involve the Education Welfare Service.




In-year waiting lists - community and voluntary- controlled schools

For transfer requests for years 1 to 5 and years 8 and 9, if your child is refused a place at any city community school or voluntary controlled school, we will put your child’s name on a waiting list for each of those community or voluntary controlled schools that is ranked higher (in your list of preferences) than the school they have been offered a place at or, if you have asked us in writing to do this, for a community or voluntary controlled school ranked lower than the school they have been offered a place at. We keep the waiting list open until the end of the summer half term (that is, May 2013) and we will contact you every half term to confirm that you want your child’s name to stay on the waiting list.

We do not hold waiting lists for years 6, 10 and 11. We do not encourage pupils in years 6, 10 and 11 to change school because this seriously affects their chances of success in these important years of their education. So, if you are refused a place for your child in years 6, 10 or 11, we will not add their name to a waiting list.

This does not affect your right to appeal against our decision. Children who are entitled to a school place under our fair access policy must take priority over those on any waiting list (see page 35).

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School attendanceA full-time education will give your child the best possible start in life. By law, you must make sure your child receives an appropriate education. Most children receive their education by going to school regularly.

The Education Welfare Service works with children and young people (and their families and schools) when it is not possible for them to go to school regularly.

For help with and advice on school attendance, contact your child’s school or the Education Welfare Service (phone 0115 915 8966 or email [email protected]).

Free school mealsMidday meals are available in all schools. Your child may qualify for either a free two-course meal or, where the school has a cafeteria service, items up to the price of a school meal, if you receive:

• IncomeSupport;

• Income-basedJobseeker’s Allowance;

• ChildTaxCredit(withoutWorking Tax Credit), with an income (assessed by HM Revenue & Customs) of less than £16,190;

• SupportunderpartVIofthe Immigration Asylum Seeker Act 1999;

• EmploymentSupportAllowance (income related); or

• PensionCredit(Guarantee Credit).

All children receive free school milk up to their fifth birthday. Children who are eligible for free school meals will receive free milk up to the end of the term in which they reach their seventh birthday. If you would like to apply for free school meals for your child (or children) and they will be going to a city school, you should contact the Pupil Benefits Team on 0115 915 4084 or email [email protected].

If your child will be going to a county school, you should contact Nottinghamshire County Council on 01623 433 499 or email [email protected].

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School clothing allowanceEach school decides whether their pupils must wear a school uniform and games kit. Please check the school’s prospectus. If your child goes to a community school, a voluntary-aided school or the voluntary-controlled school, you may be entitled to help with the cost of school clothes and shoes for children aged five to 16 years if you receive:

• IncomeSupport;

• Income-basedJobseeker’s Allowance;

• ChildTaxCreditorWorking Tax Credit with an income (assessed by H M Revenue & Customs) of less than £16,190;

• SupportunderpartVI of the immigration Asylum Seeker Act 1999; or

• EmploymentSupportAllowance (income related).

If your child has a place at an Academy, please contact the academy for details of their clothing policy.

If you are entitled to help, you will receive a payment at the beginning of the school year as a contribution towards the cost of your child’s uniform for that school year.

If you would like to apply for school clothing allowance, please send your application to the Pupil Benefit Scheme by 31 December 2011.

For more information, please contact the Pupil Benefits Team.

Phone: 0115 915 4084 (from Monday to Friday between 8.30am and 4.50pm)

Email: [email protected]

Call in: The Contact Centre, Angel Row, NottinghamNG16HP(the enquiry counter is open between 8.15am and 4.30pm, Monday to Friday)

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Types of schools in NottinghamDifferent types of schools will have different arrangements for admission. As the local authority, we maintain a number of the schools in the city.

Community schoolsWe are the admissions authority for these schools and are responsible for offering or refusing places. Individual schools and head teachers are not allowed to offer or refuse places at these schools. The admissions arrangements set out in this booklet apply mainly to community schools.

Voluntary-controlled schoolsThese were originally provided by voluntary organisations, but are now maintained by us. Admissions arrangements are usually the same as for community schools. There is only one voluntary-controlled school in the city − Bulwell St Mary’s C of E Primary and Nursery School.

Own Admission Authorities Voluntary-aided schoolsThese are partly maintained by the Church of England or Catholic Church and partly by us. There are three voluntary-aided secondary schools in the city and 10 voluntary aided primary schools:• TheTrinityCatholicSchool;• NottinghamEmmanuelChurchofEngland(VA)School;and• NottinghamBluecoatChurchofEngland(VA)SchoolandTechnologyCollege.• SouthWilfordEndowedChurchofEnglandPrimary• StMargaretClitherowCatholicPrimary• SneintonStStephen’sChurchofEnglandPrimary• BlessedRobertWidmerpoolCatholicPrimary• HysonGreenStMary’sCatholicPrimary• OurLadyofPerpetualSuccourCatholicPrimary• StAugustine’sCatholicPrimary• StEdward’sCatholicPrimary• StPatrick’sCatholicPrimary• StTeresa’sCatholicPrimary

Each school’s governing body is the admissions authority and is responsible for offering or refusing places.

Trust schoolsA trust school is a state-funded foundation school supported by a charitable trust. They are responsible for setting their own admissions policies and for offering and refusing places based on that policy. They are funded by us, but the governors and head teachers are responsible for running the school. There is one trust school in the city − The Hadden Park High School.

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AcademiesAcademies are all-ability schools set up by sponsors from business, faith or voluntary groups working with partners from the local community. There are six academies in the city:• DjanoglyCityAcademyNottingham;• TheBulwellAcademy;• TheFernwoodSchool;• NottinghamUniversitySamworthAcademy;• NottinghamAcademy;and• NottinghamGirls’Academy.

There are proposals for a number of primary schools to become academies in the 2011/2012 school year see pages 56 to 68 for details). The academies’ governing bodies are the admissions authorities and are responsible for offering or refusing places.

Single-sex education for girlsThe Nottingham Girls’ Academy is an academy which provides single-sex education for girls between the ages of 11 and 18. If you live within the city boundary the governing body will consider you to be in the catchment area for the academy. There are full details of all the schools and academies in Nottingham city at the end of this booklet. For places at all these schools and academies you must apply to us and we will co-ordinate applications for all the admission authorities in the city.

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School term datesNottingham City Council is considering making changes to school terms and holidays for 2012/13. Under a new proposal, starting September 2012, children would have the same amount of time off in total, but the holidays would be spread evenly throughout the year.

Each school will also have additional staff training days when the school will be closed to pupils. These dates will vary. Your child’s school will inform you of these dates.

The consultation closes on 9 September 2011. For more information visit www.mynottingham.gov.uk/terms.

The final decision will be announced on 26 October 2011 and details will be on the website with the agreed school terms and holidays calendar for the year.

Community schools1. Bulwell St Mary’s CE Primary and Nursery**

2. Rufford Primary and Nursery

3. Snape Wood Primary and Nursery

4. Springfield Primary and Nursery

5. Crabtree Farm Primary and Nursery

6. Cantrell Primary and Nursery

7. Rise Park Primary and Nursery

8. Robin Hood Primary and Nursery

9. Stanstead Primary and Nursery

10. Westglade Primary and Nursery

11. Glade Hill Primary and Nursery

12. Southglade Primary and Nursery

13. Warren Primary and Nursery**

14. Burford Primary and Nursery

15. Carrington Primary and Nursery

16. Claremont Primary and Nursery

17. Haydn Primary and Nursery

18. Henry Whipple Primary & Nursery

19. Northgate Primary and Nursery**

20. Seely Infant & Junior

21. Heathfield Primary and Nursery

22. Hempshill Hall Primary and Nursery

23. Old Basford Primary and Nursery

24. Rosslyn Park Primary and Nursery

25. Southwark Primary and Nursery**

26. Whitemoor Primary and Nursery

27. Bentinck Primary and Nursery

28A. Berridge Infant and Nursery

28B. Berridge Junior

29. Blue Bell Hill Primary and Nursery

30. Forest Fields Primary and Nursery

31. Huntingdon Primary and Nursery**

32. Scotholme Primary and Nursery

33. St Ann’s Well Primary and Nursery**

34. Sycamore Primary and Nursery

35. Walter Halls Primary and Nursery

36. Edale Rise Primary and Nursery

37. Windmill Primary and Nursery

38. William Booth Primary and Nursery

39. Brocklewood Infant & Junior

40. Firbeck Primary and Nursery

41. Melbury Primary and Nursery

42. Portland Primary and Nursery

43. Seagrave Primary and Nursery

44. Fernwood Infant & Junior

45. Beeston Fields Primary (part) (county school)

46. Middleton Primary and Nursery

47. Southwold Primary and Nursery

48. Dunkirk Primary and Nursery

49. Edna G Olds Primary and Nursery**

50. Mellers Primary and Nursery

51. Radford Primary

52. Ambleside Primary and Nursery

53. Glenbrook Primary and Nursery

54. Highwood Player Infant & Junior

55. Robert Shaw Primary

56. Dovecote Primary and Nursery

57. Glapton Primary and Nursery

58. Greenfields Primary and Nursery

59. Highbank Primary and Nursery

60. Milford Primary and Nursery

61. Riverside Primary and Nursery

62. Welbeck Primary and Nursery

63. Whitegate Primary and Nursery

64. Hogarth Primary and Nursery

*Voluntary aided schools and academy65. South Wilford Endowed CE Primary

66. St Margaret Clitherow Catholic Primary

67. Sneinton St Stephen’s CE Primary and Nursery

68. Blessed Robert Widmerpool Catholic Primary and Nursery**

69. Hyson Green St Mary’s Catholic Primary and Nursery

70. Our Lady of Perpetual Succour Catholic Primary and Nursery**

71. St Augustine’s Catholic Primary and Nursery

72. St Edward’s Catholic Primary and Nursery**

73. St Patrick’s Catholic Primary and Nursery

74. St Teresa’s Catholic Primary

75. Nottingham Academy

* These represent voluntary aided schools and an academy and do not have a local authority defined catchment area. For further details please contact the relevant school.

**An application has been submitted for conversion to Academy status for these schools. Subject to approval this may occur in the Academic year 2011/12.

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School DfE No Head Teacher

Address & Phone Number

Age Admission number/number on roll

Number of applications refused (admissions into reception year in 2011/12 as at 15 April 2011)See pages 20 to 25 for more details

*Ambleside Primary & Nursery

892 2122 Mrs K Hannon

Minver Cres Aspley Nottingham NG8 5PN900 3610

3-11 75 (90)**

519 est. on roll

41 (see page 20 for details)

*Bentinck Primary & Nursery

892 2045 Mrs J Nunez

Alfreton Rd RadfordNottinghamNG7 4AA915 1567

3-11 30

230 est. on roll

6(see page 20 for details)

*Berridge Infant & Nursery

892 2047 Mrs J McGavin

Bobbersmill RoadHyson GreenNottinghamNG7 5GY915 5851

3-7 70 (90)**

210 est. on roll

28(see page 20 for details)

*Berridge Junior 892 2046 Mr B Mallows

Berridge Road WestHyson GreenNottinghamNG7 5LE915 5813

7-11 82 (90)**

306 est. on roll

*Blue Bell Hill Primary & Nursery

892 2183 Mrs J Bradley

Gordon RoadSt Ann’sNottinghamNG3 2LE915 1161

3-11 30

262 est. on roll

Brocklewood Infant & NurseryThere are proposals to close this school in August 2012 and for a new primary and nursery school to be opened from September 2012 on the existing site, subject to final approval. If approved the current proposed admission number will be 60.

892 2086 Ms E Potter Fircroft AvenueBilboroughNottingham NG8 3AL915 5731

3-7 73

210 est. on roll

2 The school was not oversubscribed at the closing date, but became oversubscribed as a result of late applications receivedup to 5 July 2011 (see page 22 for details)

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Brocklewood JuniorThere are proposals to close this school in August 2012 and for a new primary and nursery school to be opened from September 2012 on the existing site, subject to final approval. If approved the current proposed admission number will be 60.

892 2083 Ms H Tarrant

Beechdale RoadBilboroughNottinghamNG8 3AJ915 3272

7-11 73

210 est. on roll

*Bulwell St Mary’s CofE Primary & Nursery Voluntary controlled school An application has been submitted for conversion to Academy status. Subject to approval this may occur in the Academic year 2011/12.

892 3000 Ms R Meredith (Executive Head)

Ragdale RoadBulwellNottinghamNG6 8GQ915 1506

3-11 45

272 est. on roll

4 (see page 20 for details)If you request a place for your child at Bulwell St Mary’s CofE Primary School, out of catchment area applications may be given a higher priority if parents are involved with St Mary’s Church and this is supported by written evidence from the minister. Places are given to those who live closest to the school.

*Burford Primary & Nursery

892 2082 Mr S Farrington

Oxclose Lane ArnoldNottingham NG5 6FX915 1560

3-11 30

176 est. on roll

3The school was not oversubscribed at the closing date, but became oversubscribed as a result of late applications receivedup to 5 July 2011 (see page 22 for details).

*Cantrell Primary & Nursery

892 2056 Mr P FieldingMrs S Fielding(job share)

Cantrell Road BulwellNottingham NG6 9HJ915 5770

3-11 60

390 est. on roll


*Carrington Primary & Nursery

892 2057 Ms C Skeats

Jenner Street CarringtonNottinghamNG5 1AB915 6825

3-11 30

209 est. on roll

42 (see page 20 for details).

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*Claremont Primary & Nursery

892 2894 Mrs E Tiplady

Claremont Road CarringtonNottinghamNG5 1BH915 6870

3-11 60

338 est. on roll

Crabtree Farm Primary & Nursery

892 2153 Mr R Dunbar

Steadfold Close BulwellNottinghamNG6 8AX915 5784

3-11 60

317 est. on roll


*Dovecote Primary & Nursery

892 3323 Mr A Jenkins

GreencroftCliftonNottingham NG11 8EY915 2953

3-11 60

382 est. on roll


*Dunkirk Primary & Nursery

892 2061 Mrs J Alford

Marlborough Street DunkirkNottingham NG7 2LE915 3273

3-11 30

192 est. on roll


*Edale Rise Primary & Nursery

892 2099 Mrs J Swingler

Edale Road Sneinton Dale NottinghamNG2 4HT915 0180

3-11 30

188 est. on roll


*EdnaGOldsPrimary & Nursery An application has been submitted for conversion to Academy status. Subject to approval this may occur in the Academic year 2011/12.

892 2074 Mrs D Owen (Executive Head Teacher)Mrs C Morse (School Leader)

Church Street LentonNottingham NG7 1SJ915 6813

3-11 30199 est. on roll


*Fernwood Infant 892 2129 Mrs A Austin (Executive Head)

Arleston Drive Wollaton Nottingham NG8 2FZ915 5730

4-7 120

357 est. on roll


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*Fernwood Junior 892 2054 Mrs A Austin(Executive Head)

Arleston Drive Wollaton NottinghamNG8 2FZ915 5727

7-11 120

482 est. on roll

Firbeck Primary & Nursery

892 2064 Miss E Christian

Firbeck Road Wollaton NottinghamNG8 2FB915 5739

3-11 30180 est. on roll (Includes Individual Needs Centre for deaf children)

*Forest Fields Primary and Nursery

892 2929 Ms S Hoyland

Bradgate Road Forest Fields NottinghamNG7 6HJ915 6872

3-11 60 (90)**

415 est. on roll


GladeHillPrimary& Nursery

892 2360 Ms L Sheppard

Chippenham RoadBestwood ParkNottingham NG5 5TA915 0298

3-11 30

192 est. on roll

GlaptonPrimary& Nursery

892 2907 Ms R Ellis Glapton Lane Clifton Nottingham NG11 8EA915 2936

3-11 42

240 est. on roll


*GlenbrookPrimary& Nursery

892 2932 Mr D Crookes

Wigman Road Bilborough NottinghamNG8 4PD915 5717

3-11 30

205 est. on roll


*GreenfieldsCommunity Primary & Nursery

892 3324 Mr T Smith Orange Gardens The Meadows Nottingham NG2 2JE915 3762

3-11 30

199 est. on roll

*Haydn Primary & Nursery

892 2163 Mr P Fielding/ Mrs S Fielding(job share)

Haydn Road Sherwood NottinghamNG5 2JU915 0193

3-11 60

410 est. on roll


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*Heathfield Primary & Nursery

892 2095 Mr G Fullwood

Scotland Road BasfordNottinghamNG5 1JU915 5725

3-11 40

260 est. on roll


*Hempshill Hall Primary

892 2170 Mrs H M Ridge

Arnstrong Road Hempshill Vale Nottingham NG6 7AT915 3275

3-11 60

374 est. on roll

Henry Whipple Primary & Nursery

892 3328 Mr K Deardon

Padstow Road Bestwood NottinghamNG5 5GH915 5723

3-11 30

171 est. on roll


Highbank Primary & Nursery

892 2909 Mrs K Slack(Acting)

Winscombe Mount CliftonNottinghamNG11 9FP915 2965

3-11 47

252 est. on roll

Highwood Player Infant & Nursery There are proposals to close this school in August 2012 and for a new primary and nursery school to be opened from September 2012 on the existing site, subject to final approval. If approved the admission number will be 60.

892 2085 Mr R Morley (Interim Head)

Highwood Avenue BilboroughNottingham NG8 3AF915 5719

3-7 75

206 est. on roll

*Highwood Player Junior There are proposals to close this school in August 2012 and for a new primary and nursery school to be opened from September 2012 on the existing site, subject to final approval. If approved the admission number will be 60.

892 2084 Mr M R Morley

Highwood AvenueBilborough NottinghamNG8 3AF915 5720

7-11 64

239 est. on roll

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*Hogarth Primary & Nursery

892 2077 Mrs F Johnson

Porchester Road Mapperley NottinghamNG3 6JG915 0106

3-11 30

172 est. on roll

*Huntingdon Primary & Nursery An application has been submitted for conversion to Academy status. Subject to approval this may occur in the Academic year 2011/12.

892 2939 Ms D Owen(Executive Head Teacher)Ms T Shrestha(School Leader)

Alfred Street CentralSt Ann’s NottinghamNG3 4AY915 6841

3-11 30

222 est. on roll


*Melbury Primary (Nursery attached)

892 2079 Ms C Richardson

Melbury Road Bilborough NottinghamNG8 4AU915 5787

3-11 30

243 est. on roll


*Mellers Primary & Nursery

892 2158 Ms A Dawson

Norton Street RadfordNottinghamNG7 3HJ915 1796

3-11 30

208 est. on roll


*Middleton Primary & Nursery

892 2080 Ms C Saddler-Penn

Harrow Road Wollaton Park Nottingham NG8 1FG915 3261

3-11 52 (60)**

385 est. on roll


Milford Primary 892 2906 Mr D Magner

Dungannon Road CliftonNottingham NG11 9BT915 2951

3-11 45305 est. on roll

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*Northgate Primary & Nursery An application has been submitted for conversion to Academy status. Subject to approval this may occur in the academic year 2011/12.

892 2081 Mrs E Anderson

Suez StreetNew Basford NottinghamNG7 7GB915 6896

3-11 30 (60)**

231 est. on roll


The Nottingham Nursery School & Training CentrePlease note that parents/carers must apply directly to The Nottingham Nursery School for a nursery place for their child.

892 1012 Mrs J Robey

Denman Street WestRadfordNottinghamNG7 3FL915 9090

3-5 90

*Old Basford Primary & Nursery

892 2152 Mr M Precious

Percy StreetOld BasfordNottingham NG6 0GF915 5744

3-11 52 (60)**

407 est. on roll


Portland Primary & Nursery

892 2903 Ms D Wood Westwick Road Bilborough NottinghamNG8 4HB915 5747

3-11 55

289 est. on roll

*Radford Primary 892 2088 Ms J Smith Denman Street WestRadfordNottingham NG7 3FL915 5810

4-11 30

202 est. on roll


*Rise Park Primary & Nursery

892 2151 Mrs K Slack Bestwood Park Drive WestRise Park Nottingham NG5 5EL915 3775

3-11 60373 est. on roll


Riverside Primary & Nursery

892 3325 Mr J Tee Ainsworth Drive The Meadows Nottingham NG2 1FX915 3898

3-11 30

187 est. on roll

*Robert Shaw Primary & Nursery

892 2090 Ms K Coker Southfield Road, Western Boulevard, Nottingham NG8 3PL915 5765

4-11 50 (60)**359 est. on roll


Robin Hood Primary & Nursery

892 3329 Mrs J Bell Beckhampton RoadBestwoodNottinghamNG5 5NA915 3982

3-11 60378 est. on roll

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*Rosslyn Park Primary & Nursery

892 3322 Mr C Turner-Rowe

Amesbury CircusAspleyNottingham NG8 6DD915 3266

3-11 64

443 est. on roll


*Rufford Primary 892 3332 Mrs A Tones

Hoewood Road BulwellNottinghamNG6 8LF915 5755

3-11 30

260 est. on roll


*Scotholme Primary & Nursery

892 2155 Mrs K Hall Fisher StreetHyson Green Nottingham NG7 6FJ978 1968

3-11 45 (60)**

309 est. on roll


Seagrave Primary 892 2113 Mr M Jackson

Helston Drive StrelleyNottinghamNG8 6JZ884 5913

3-11 60

308 est. on roll

Seely Infant & Nursery

892 2186 Mrs S Clarke/ Mrs J Newton (job share)

Perry Road Sherwood NottinghamNG5 3AE915 3780

3-7 70

211 est. on roll


Seely Junior 892 2096 Mr P Hillier (Acting)

Perry Road Sherwood NottinghamNG5 3AE915 9246

7-11 75

214 est. on roll

*Snape Wood Primary & Nursery

892 2897 Ms J Flower

Aspen RoadSnape Wood BulwellNottingham NG6 7DS915 9146

3-11 30

175 est. on roll

Southglade Primary & Nursery

892 3326 Mrs L Harrison

Beckhampton RoadBestwood Park NottinghamNG5 5NE915 5763

3-11 60

318 est. on roll

Southwark Primary (Nursery attached) An application has been submitted for conversion to Academy status. Subject to approval this may occur in the academic year 2011/12.

892 2110 Mrs M Saunders

Park LaneOld Basford NottinghamNG6 0DT915 0466

3-11 90

471 est. on roll


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*Southwold Primary & Early Years’ Centre

892 2128 Ms K Clifford

Kennington Road RadfordNottingham NG8 1QD915 5756

3-11 25 (30)**

179 est. on roll


Springfield Primary (Nursery attached)

892 2917 Mrs J B Francis

Lawton DriveBulwellNottingham NG6 8BL915 5769

3-11 30

177 est. on roll


St Ann’s Well Primary & Nursery An application has been submitted for conversion to Academy status. Subject to approval this may occur in the Academic year 2011/12.

892 3331 Mr S Parry Hungerhill RoadSt Ann’s NottinghamNG3 3PQ915 5808

3-11 30

194 est. on roll

Stanstead Primary & Nursery

892 2190 Ms P Vladev

Stanstead Avenue Rise Park NottinghamNG5 5BL915 6300

3-11 30

155 est. on roll

*Sycamore Primary & Nursery

892 3330 Mr P Worley

Abbotsford DriveSt Ann’s NottinghamNG3 4QP915 5804

3-11 30221 est. on roll

Walter Halls Primary (Nursery attached)

892 2117 Mr P Strauss

Querneby Road Mapperley NottinghamNG3 5HS 915 0045 or 953 7200

3-11 60373 est. on roll

Warren Primary & Nursery An application has been submitted for conversion to Academy status. Subject to approval this may occur in the Academic year 2011/12.

892 2898 Mr D Pomeroy

Bewcastle Road Top Valley NottinghamNG5 9PJ915 3760

3-11 30185 est. on roll


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*Welbeck Primary & Nursery

892 2157 Ms C Norman

Kinglake PlaceThe Meadows NottinghamNG2 1NT915 3890

3-11 30222 est. on roll

Westglade Primary & Nursery

892 3327 Ms J Parker Syke RoadTop Valley NottinghamNG5 9BG915 7515

3-11 30173 est. on roll

Whitegate Primary & Nursery

892 2935 Mr S Farr Middlefell Way CliftonNottinghamNG11 9JQ915 2944

3-11 51244 est. on roll

*Whitemoor Primary & Nursery

892 2118 Ms J O’Leary

Bracknell Crescent Whitemoor NottinghamNG8 5FF978 6351

3-11 58 (60)**403 est. on roll


*William Booth Primary & Nursery

892 2097 Mr A Mattison

Notintone Street Sneinton NottinghamNG2 4QF915 5821/2

3-11 30194 est. on roll


*Windmill Primary & Nursery

892 2098 Ms A Latif Sneinton Boulevard SneintonNottingham NG2 4FZ915 0195

3-11 60379 est. on roll

* Please note that these schools have been oversubscribed in some year groups during the 2010/11 school year.

** The current admission number is stated. The number in bold and brackets is the proposed admission number which is conditional on a satisfactory business case for the capital expenditure for each individual proposal being approved by Executive Board.


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Admission No (AN)

*Blessed Robert Widmerpool Catholic Primary & Nursery School** Parish of Corpus Christi

892 3319 Mrs A Blake

Listowel CrescentCliftonNottinghamNG11 9BHTel: 0115 915 2392

Enquiries should be made to Mrs A BlakeEmail: [email protected]

3-11 AN: 30Est on roll: 251

*Our Lady and St Edward’s Catholic Primary and Nursery School** Parish of Our Lady & St Edward’s

892 3320 Mrs M Dales

Gordon RoadSt Ann’sNottinghamNG3 2LG Tel: 0115 915 5800

Enquiries should be made to Mrs JordonEmail: [email protected]: www.stedwardsprimary.org.uk


*Our Lady of Perpetual Succour Catholic Primary & Nursery School Parish of Our Lady of Perpetual Succour

892 3318 Mrs P Lynch

PiccadillyBulwellNottinghamNG6 9FNTel: 0115 915 0500

Enquiries should be made to Mrs P LynchEmail: [email protected]

3-11 AN: 30Est on roll 236

*St Augustine’s Catholic Primary & Nursery School Parish of St Augustine’s

892 3314 Ms C Caille

Park AvenueMapperleyNottinghamNG3 4JSTel: 0115 915 6995

Enquiries should be made to Mr W LewisEmail: [email protected]


*St Margaret Clitherow Catholic Primary and Nursery School Parishes of the Divine Infant of Prague & the Good Shepherd

892 3321 Miss C Reilly

Mildenhall CrescentBestwood ParkNottingham NG5 5RSTel: 0115 915 0296

Enquiries should be made to Christine Reilly

Email: [email protected]: www.st-margaretclitherow.nottingham.sch.uk

3-11 AN: 30Est on roll:201

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*St Mary’s Catholic Primary and,Nursery School Parishes of St Mary and St Paul

892 3313 Mrs G Kelly

Beaconsfield StreetHyson GreenNottinghamNG7 6FLTel: 0115 915 1799

Enquiries should be made to Barbara GethingsEmail: [email protected]


*St Patrick’s Catholic Primary and Nursery School Parish of Our Lady and St Patrick

892 3316 Mr N Benzie

Coronation AvenueWilfordNottingham NG11 7ABTel: 0115 915 2961

Enquiries should be made to Lynda Harrison & Lynne Tyson in the Meadows Email: [email protected]: www.st-patricks.nottingham.sch.uk


*St Teresa’s Catholic Primary School Parishes of St Teresa’s Church, Aspley, St Hugh’s Church, Bilborough, St Paul’s Church, Lenton. St Thomas More’s Church, Wollatonand The AssumptionChurch, Beeston

892 3317 Mrs Ann Glynne-Jones

Kingsbury DriveAspleyNottinghamNG8 3EPTel: 0115 915 5762

Enquiries should be made to Elaine BranninghanEmail: [email protected]


* These schools were oversubscribed in reception year for the 2011/12 school year. Please see page 25 for details.

** An application has been submitted for conversion to Academy status. Subject to approval this may occur in the Academic year 2011/12. See pages 89 to 94 for admission arrangements for Catholic VA primary schools.


Church of England SchoolsThese schools are organised to provide education to baptised Anglicans, although they admit children of other faiths or no faith where places are available:

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Contact Details Age Range

Admission No (AN)

*SneintonSt Stephen’s CE (aided) Primary SchoolAn application has been submitted for conversion to Academy status. Subject to approval this may occur in the Academic year 2011/12.

892 3311 Ms R Meredith

Windmill LaneSneintonNottinghamNG2 4QBTel: 0115 915 1370

Website: www.sneinton.nottingham.sch.ukEnquiries should be made to Rebecca Meredith or Jackie OgleEmail: [email protected]


South Wilford Endowed CE Primary School

892 3312 Mrs D A Nicholson

Main RoadWilfordNottinghamNG11 7ALTel: 0115 9152 9687/8

Website: www.wilford.orgEnquiries should be made to Mrs D A Nicholson.Email: [email protected]


* This school was oversubscribed in reception year for the 2011/12 school year. Please see page 25 for details.

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892 6907 Lynda Valentine

Greenwood Road BakersfieldNottinghamNG3 7EBTel: 0115 822 9696

Website: www.nottinghamacademy.orgEmail: [email protected] should be addressed to Jane Balfe


Applications have been submitted for conversion of a number of primary community and voluntary controlled schools to academy status. See pages 56-65 for details. Subject to approval thse may occur in the academic year 2011/12.

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Business and Enterprise College

2 Ellis Guilford School and Sports College

3 Farnborough School Technology College

4 Top Valley School & Engineering College

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7 The Bulwell Academy

8 The Fernwood School

9 Nottingham University Samworth Academy

10 Djanogly City Academy Nottingham

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13 The Trinity Catholic School

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As at 1 March 2011, 16 applications for admission into year 7 were refused for 2011/12 because the school was oversubscribed, see page 26 for details. Please note that this school has also been oversubscribed in a number of other year groups during the 2010/11 school year.

Date and time of open evening:

Tuesday 27 September 2011 from 6.30pm

School uniform:

Black blazer with school logo; burgundy sweater with school logo; white shirt and school tie; black skirt or black trousers and black shoes.

PE kit:

Burgundy and white all weather shirt with Big Wood logo, white t-shirt, black shorts or jogging bottoms and trainers.

Session times:

Morning session: 8.45 am – 12.15pm

Lunch: 12.15pm – 1.00pm

Afternoon session: 1.00pm – 3.00pm

The school operates 5 periods with one hour lessons.

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Big Wood SchoolBewcastle Road, Warren Hill, Nottingham, NG5 9PJDfE No. 892 4072

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Head Teacher: Mrs B Groves

Telephone: 0115 953 9323

Enquiries: should be addressed to Mrs Tina Hough, Office Manager, at the school address or via: [email protected]


Website: www.bigwood.nottingham.sch.uk

Age range: 11-16 755 est. on rolI. Planned admission number: 150


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At 5th July 2011, 19 applications for admission into year 7 were refused for 2011/12 because the school was oversubscribed, see page 26 for details. Please note that this school has also been oversubscribed in a number of other year groups during the 2010/11 school year.


Thursday 15 September 2011, 6.00pm – 8.30pm

School uniform:

Years 7, 8 & 9: Bottle green sweatshirt with the school crest, plain white polo shirt with green stripe and Ellis Guilford motif on sleeves, plain black trousers or black school skirt, plain black leather shoes, waterproof coat or jacket (preferably dark in colour).

Years 10 & 11: Same uniform as for years 7, 8 & 9, with the exception of a black sweatshirt rather than bottle green.

Jewellery is not allowed, with the exception of one pair of stud earrings.

PE kit:

Please see the school’s prospectus.

Session times:

The main school day is:

Morning session: 8.50am – 12.25pm


Ellis Guilford School & Sports CollegeBar Lane, Old Basford, Nottingham NG6 0HT DfE No. 892 4026

Executive Head Teacher: Mr P Plummer Joint Acting Head Teachers: Mr N Goforth & Mr R Pierpoint

Telephone: 0115 913 1338

Enquiries: should be addressed to Mrs S Green

Attendance Line: 0115 913 1345

Sports Centre: 0115 913 1759


Website: www.ellisguilfordschool.co.uk



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This school was not oversubscribed in year 7 with applications received by the closing date for the 2010/11 and 2011/12 school years. This means that all applicants who applied for a place in year 7 at this school by the closing date and who had not been granted a place at a school they ranked higher than this school were able to be offered a place. However this school has been oversubscribed in a number of other year groups during the 2010/11 school year.


Monday 26 September 2011, 6.45pm - 9.00pm

School uniform:

The uniform is a blue blazer, shirt and tie with grey trousers or skirt from approved stockists only. It is essential to refer to the full details in the school’s prospectus before making purchase.

PE kit:

Girls: plimsolls or training shoes, black cycling shorts, white shirt, white socks, black gym skirt, swimming costume, black pants, towel.

Boys: Winter indoor and summer: plimsolls or training shoes, white sports shirt, white shorts, white socks, black swimming trunks, towel. Winter outdoor: black rugby shirt (reversible with red band round the middle), black shorts, black socks, soccer boots, towel.

Session times:

8.40am to 2.55pm (Monday to Thursday)

8.40am to 2.05pm (Friday)

Morning break times and lunch times will be staggered between key stages 3 and 4, and all pupils remain on the school premises for lunch. For full details of these arrangements please contact the school.

Farnborough School Technology CollegeFarnborough Road, Clifton, Nottingham, NG11 8JWDfE No. 892 4053

Head Teacher: Mr H J Barnes

Telephone: 0115 974 4444

Enquiries: should be addressed to Mr H J Barnes


Website: www.farnborough.ik.org



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This school was not oversubscribed in year 7 with applications received by the closing date for the 2010/11 and 2011/12 school years. This means that all applicants who applied for a place in year 7 at this school by the closing date and who had not been granted a place at a school they ranked higher than this school were able to be offered a place.


Thursday 22nd September 2011 6.00pm – 8.00pm

School uniform:

The school uniform comprises: Black school blazer (with embroidered badge), white shirt and school tie, V-neck jumpers; and smart black trousers, smart black shoes with no branding and smart black trouser belts. The wearing of correct uniform is a very clear expectation of all pupils.

PE kit:

White polo top.

Session times:

Morning session: 8.45am -12.25pm


We operate a five period day plus daily tutor period.

Top Valley School & Engineering CollegeTop Valley Drive West, Top Valley, Nottingham NG5 9AZDfE No. 892 4067

Head Teacher: Mr P Brown

Telephone: 0115 953 9060

Enquiries: should be addressed to Sean Kelly, Deputy Head


Website: www.topvalley.nottingham.sch.uk



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The academy was not oversubscribed in year 7 with applications received by the closing date for the 2010/11 and 2011/12 school years. This means that all applicants who applied for a place in year 7 at this academy by the closing date and who had not been granted a place at a school they ranked higher than this academy were able to be offered a place.


Wednesday 14 September, 2011 at 7.00 pm

School uniform:

Boys: Black blazer with school badge, black trousers, white traditional school shirt, school tie, black V-neck sweater (optional) and plain black shoes.

Girls: Black blazer with school badge, black knee length skirt or trousers, white traditional school shirt, school tie, black V-neck sweater (optional) and plain black shoes.

PE kit:

Please see the Academy prospectus.

Session times:

8.30am to 3.15pm

Directory of secondary Academies

The Bulwell AcademyHucknall Lane, Bulwell, Nottingham, NG6 8AQDfE No. 892 6919

Principal: Mr G Roberts

Telephone: 0115 964 7640

Enquiries: should be addressed to Tracy Sadler


Website: www.bulwellacademy.co.uk

Age range: 11-18 871 est. on rolI. Planned admission number: 210 Year 7 and 125 Year 12


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This academy was not oversubscribed in year 7 with applications received by the closing date for the 2010/11 and 2011/12 school years. This means that all applicants who applied for a place in year 7 at this academy by the closing date and who had not been granted a place at a school they ranked higher than this academy were able to be offered a place.


Wednesday, 14 September 2011, 6.00pm to 7.30pm.

Guided tours are also available throughout the year at the 11-14 Centre on Gregory Boulevard. Please ring 0115 942 4422 ext. 245 to book a place.

School uniform:

Blue sweatshirt with logo and/or blue or white polo shirt with logo.

Black trousers/skirt, black shoes (no trainers), PE shirt with logo.

Session times:

Monday – Thursday: 8.30am – 3.30pm

Friday: 8.30am – 2.05pm

Djanogly City Academy Nottingham11-14 Centre, Gregory Boulevard, Hyson Green, Nottingham NG7 6ND

14-19 Centre, Sherwood Rise, Nottingham Road, Nottingham NG7 7AR

DfE No. 892 6905

Chief Executive: Mike Butler Principal: Elaine Crookes (Principal - 14-19) Gi Berman (Principal - 11-14)

Telephone: 0115 942 4422 (Sherwood Rise) 0115 942 1300 (Gregory Boulevard)

Enquiries: admissions enquiries should be addressed to Julie Howard

Fax: 0115 942 4034


Website: www.djanogly.notts.sch.uk

Age range: 11-19 1655 est. on rolI. Planned admission number: 270 Year 7, 50 Year 12


The Fernwood SchoolGoodwood Road, Wollaton, Nottingham NG8 2FTDfE No. 892 4064

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As at 1 March 2011, 83 applications for admission into year 7 were refused for 2011/12, because the school was oversubscribed, see page 27 for details. Please note that this school has also been oversubscribed in a number of other year groups during the 2010/11 school year.


Tuesday, 27 September 2011, 7-9pm

School uniform:

Full information is available from the school

PE kit:

Full information is available from the school

Session times:

Morning registration: 8.30am

Morning session: 8.50am – 12.30pm

Afternoon registration: 1.30pm – 1.35pm


Head Teacher: Mrs A Witheford

Telephone: 0115 928 6326

Enquiries: should be addressed to Angela Hopkinson


Website: www.fernwood-comp.nottingham.sch.uk



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This academy was not oversubscribed in reception year or year 7 with applications received by the closing date for the 2010/11 and 2011/12 school years. This means that all applicants who applied for a place in reception year and year 7 at this academy by the closing date and who had not been granted a place at a school they ranked higher than this academy were able to be offered a place.


Thursday, 22 September 2011, 6.00pm – 9.00pm (at Greenwood Road, Sneinton Boulevard and Ransom Road sites)

Academy uniform:

Years 7 – 9: Plain white school shirt, black trousers or skirt, Academy V-necked pullover, with logo, in purple, Academy tie, black or grey socks, sensible black shoes, not trainers.

Years 10-11: Plain white school shirt, black trousers or skirt, Academy V-necked pullover, with logo, in black, Academy tie, black or grey socks, sensible black shoes, not trainers.

Some students may wish to wear a Salwar Kameez, in Academy purple for years 7-9 and in plain black for years 10-11. The Kameez must be at least knee length.

PE kit:

Academy long-sleeved sports shirt, Academy short-sleeved polo shirt, Academy track suit bottoms, suitable trainers or other PE footwear.

Session times:

Morning session: 8.35am - 11.45am (year 7) 8.40am - 12.35pm (year 8 - 13)

Afternoon session: 12.30pm - 3.10pm (year 7) 1.30pm - 3.20pm (year 8 - 13)

Nottingham Academy Greenwood Road, Bakersfield, Nottingham NG3 7EBSneinton Boulevard, Nottingham NG2 4GLRansom Drive, Mapperley, Nottingham NG3 5LRDfE No. 892 6907One of the Greenwood Dale Foundation Trust Group of Academies

Executive Principal: Mrs J Simpson BA (Hons)

Telephone: 0115 910 3200

Enquiries: should be addressed to Jane Balfe


Website: www.nottinghamacademy.org

Age range: 3-18 1667 est. on rolI (secondary school). Planned admission number: 90 Reception year, 390 Year 7


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The Nottingham Girls’ Academy opened on 1 September 2011. Manning School, the predecessor school, was not oversubscribed in year 7 for the 2010/11 school year and the Girls’ Academy was not oversubscribed in year 7 for the 2011/12 school year. This means that all applicants who applied for a place in year 7 at this school by the closing date and who had not been granted a place at a school they ranked higher than this school were able to be offered a place.


Thursday 29 September 2011, 5.00 pm – 8.00 pm

Academy uniform:

Years 7 – 9: Plain white school shirt, black trousers or skirt, Academy V-necked pullover, with logo, in purple, Academy tie, black or grey socks, sensible black shoes, not trainers.

Years 10-11: Plain white school shirt, black trousers or skirt, Academy V-necked pullover, with logo, in black, Academy tie, black or grey socks, sensible black shoes, not trainers.

Some students may wish to wear a Salwar Kameez, in Academy purple for years 7-9 and in plain black for years 10-11. The Kameez must be at least knee length.

PE kit:

Academy long-sleeved sports shirt, Academy short-sleeved polo shirt, Academy track suit bottoms, suitable trainers or other PE footwear.

Session times:

Morning session: 8.50 – 11.55am (year 7) 8.50am – 12.45pm (years 8-11)

Afternoon session: 12.45pm – 3:30pm (year 7), 1.40pm - 3.30pm (years 8-11)

Nottingham Girls’ AcademyRobin’s Wood Road, Aspley, Nottingham NG8 3LD DfE No. 892 4000One of the Greenwood Dale Foundation Trust Group of Academies

Principal: Ms S Williams

Telephone: 0115 929 9401

Enquiries: should be addressed to Margaret O’Dowd


Website: www.nottinghamgirlsacademy.org



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This academy was not oversubscribed in year 7 with applications received by the closing date for the 2010/11 and 2011/12 school years. This means that all applicants who applied for a place in year 7 at this academy by the closing date and who had not been granted a place at a school they ranked higher than this academy were able to be offered a place.


Wednesday 28th September 2011, 6:00pm to 8:00pm

School uniform:

Full details are displayed on the Academy’s website: www.nusa.org.uk

PE kit:

Full details are displayed on the Academy’s website: www.nusa.org.uk

Session times:

8.45am – 3.20pm

The Academy operates a five period day.

Nottingham University Samworth AcademyBramhall Road, Bilborough, Nottingham NG8 4HY DfE No. 892 6906

Principal: Mr D Harris

Telephone: 0115 929 1492

Enquiries: should be addressed to the Principal, Mr D Harris


Website: www.nusa.org.uk

Age range: 11-19 539 est. on rolI. Planned admission number: 150 Year 7, 20 Year 12 (see page 141 for details)


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As at 1 March 2011, 255 applications for admission into year 7 were refused for 2011/12, because the school was oversubscribed, see page 27 for details. Please note that this school has also been oversubscribed in a number of other year groups during the 2010/11 school year.


Please telephone the school for the date and time.

School uniform:

Black and green. Full information is available from the school.

PE kit:

Full information is available from the school.

Session times:

The main school day is from 8.50am – 3.30pm.

Catholic Voluntary Aided (VA) Secondary School

The Trinity Catholic SchoolBeechdale Road, Aspley, Nottingham, NG8 3EZDfE No. 892 5404

Head Teacher: Mr M McKeever

Telephone: 0115 929 6251/2

Enquiries: should be addressed to Mrs E Birchnall


Website: www.trinity.nottingham.sch.uk

Age range: 11-18 1125 est. on rolI. Planned admission number: 165 Year 7, 40 Year 12 (see page 106 for details)


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As at 1 March 2011, 95 applications for admission were refused for 2011/12, because the school was oversubscribed, see page 27 for details. Please note that this school has also been oversubscribed in a number of other year groups during the 2010/11 school year.


Both campuses: Thursday 29th September 2011 at 7.00pm. Guided tours and the opportunity to meet senior staff are available during the school day to see the school at work. Please ring the school to book a place.

School uniform:


PE kit:


Session times:


Church of England Voluntary Aided (VA) Secondary Schools

The Nottingham Bluecoat Church of England (VA) School & Technology CollegeAspley Lane Campus, Aspley Lane, Nottingham, NG8 5GY

Wollaton Park Campus, Sutton Passeys Crescent, Wollaton Park, Nottingham, NG8 1EA

DfE No. 892 4615

Head Teacher: Mrs S Hampton

Telephone: 0115 929 7445

Enquiries: should be addressed to Mrs M Walshe

Fax: 0115 942 6257


Website: www.bluecoat.nottingham.sch.uk

Age range: 11-19 1814 est. no on roll. Planned admission number: 300 Year 7, 100 Year 12 (see page 111 for details)


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This school was not oversubscribed in year 7 for the 2011/12 school year. This means that all applicants who applied for a place in year 7 at this school by the closing date and who had not been granted a place at a school they ranked higher than this school were able to be offered a place. However, as at 1 March 2010, 18 applications for admission into year 7 were refused for the 2010/11 school year, because the school was oversubscribed, see page 28 for details.


Tuesday 27 September 2011, from 7pm

Guided tours and the opportunity to meet senior staff are available during the school day to see the school at work. Please ring the school to book a place.

School uniform:


PE kit:


Session times:


The Nottingham Emmanuel Church of England (VA) School Gresham Park Road, West Bridgford, Nottingham NG2 7YFDfE No. 892 4462

Head Teacher: Mrs C Fearria

Telephone: 0115 977 5380

Enquiries: should be addressed to Julie Morley


Website: www.emmanuel.nottingham.sch.uk

Age range: 11-19 980 est. no on roll. Planned admission number: 180 Year 7, 100 Year 12 (see page 117 for details)


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This school was not oversubscribed in year 7 for the 2010/11 and 2011/12 school years. This means that all applicants who applied for a place in year 7 at this school by the closing date and who had not been granted a place at a school they ranked higher than this school were able to be offered a place.


Thursday 29 September 2011, 4.00pm - 8.00pm

Viewing of school in operation by appointment, Friday 30 September 2011.

School uniform:

Black trousers or skirt, white shirt, school tie, black jumper, black shoes (shirt, tie and jumper provided by the school free of charge to all year 7 pupils).

PE kit:

Black and white sportswear.

Session times:

The main school day is from 8.55am until 3.15pm. The school also operates an extended school day 5 days per week – a breakfast club from 8.15am and after school activities on most days. Parents and members of the local community are encouraged to access these activities too.

Secondary School Trust

The Hadden Park High SchoolHarvey Road, Bilborough, Nottingham, NG8 3GPDfE No. 892 4461

Head Teacher: Mr Gareth Owen

Telephone: 0115 913 5211

Enquiries: should be addressed to Deborah Oliver, Student Services Leader for Year 7


Website: www.haddenpark.nottingham.sch.uk

Age range: 11-16 549 est. no on roll. Planned admission number: 180


All three and four year olds in Nottingham city are entitled to 15 hours a week of free early years education. This means that all three- and four-year-olds (from the school term after their third birthday) are entitled to a free nursery place for 15 hours a week for 38 weeks of the year.

Research shows that a child’s development benefits if they go to nursery. Through play your child can develop:

• theconfidencetheyneed for learning;

• thesocialskillstheyneed for personal development; and

• theearlyskillsthatsupport reading and writing.

Early years providers will try to give you a choice of times for your child to receive their free early years education. You will need to check direct with providers to see what choice they are offering.

Where are places available?Most primary and nursery schools will be offering 15 hours a week through a combination of sessions in the morning and afternoon, possibly with a lunch club in between. Some schools are also offering breakfast and after-school clubs. Please check what your local school is offering.

Please remember that having a place in a nursery school does not guarantee your child a place in the linked infant or primary school.

Most private day nurseries and preschool playgroups will also be offering 15 free hours a week for 38 weeks of the year. Children can go to nursery for between two hours and 10 hours in one day as part of the 15 hours. You will have to pay for any extra childcare over the free entitlement.

How do you claim a free place?If you would like to apply for a place in a maintained nursery, you will need to contact the school direct, as their governors are responsible for offering or refusing places.

If you want to apply for a place within an Ofsted-inspected childcare setting in the city that provides the free early years education and care (day nurseries, independent schools and playgroups), please contact the Families Information Service for details of where these are and how to claim your free nursery education places.

Admissions criteria Early yearsFREE early years places for all three and four year olds

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Call the

Nottingham City

Council Children

and Families

Information Service

on 0800 458 4114

for a list of all

the

providers in your

area.


If a school is oversubscribed (there are more applications than there are places available) and applicants are equal in terms of which criteria they meet, we will offer places to the children who live closest to the school first. This is measured by a computerised geographical information system in a straight line (as the crow flies) from a point on the school site to a point at the pupil’s home.

Where two or more pupils are equal in all respects and it is not possible to differentiate between them, we will draw lots to decide who to offer places to (this will supervised by someone independent of us).

For children who have a Statement of Special Educational Need, we will always offer a place at the school that is named in the child’s statement. This will reduce the number of places available for other children.

Brothers or sisters – sibling connection

1 For admission purposes, we consider a sibling connection to relate to any of the following:•Abrotherorsister(who

share both parents)•Ahalf-brotherorhalf-

sister (where two children share one parent)

•Astepbrotherorstepsister (where two children are related by a parent’s marriage)

•Adoptedorfosteredchildren living in the same household under the terms of a residence order.

2 We do not consider a sibling connection to relate to any of the following.•Cousinsorother

family relationships not included in 1 above

•Brothersandsisters

who will not be registered pupils at the preferred school on 1 September 2012

Other admissions authorities may use different definitions of a sibling connection.

If we receive applications for twins, triplets and so on, we will try to offer places in the same school, even if this means that a school would have more than the planned admission number, (unless this would break the Key Stage 1 class-size limit). If this is not possible, we will ask you which child (or children) you would like the place (or places) for. You will still have the right to appeal against our decision to refuse one (or more) of your children a place.

Admissions criteria Community and voluntary schools

The following

arrangements

apply to all

community

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controlled

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pages 86 to 87

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Community infant and primary schools

We use the admissions criteria set out below to offer places at Nottingham city community infant and primary schools and the voluntary-controlled school. There are details of these schools on pages 56 to 65 of this booklet.

1 Under the Education (Admissions of Looked After Children) (England) Regulations 2006 and section 22 of the Children Act 1989, we will offer places to children who are looked after by the local authority first. These children must be looked after at the time of the application for a school place and must still be looked after at the time when they will start school.

2 We will then offer places to children who, at the closing date for applications, live within the catchment area, whose parents have asked for a place at the school and who, at the time they start school, will have a brother or sister who goes to the school or the linked junior school or individual needs centre.

3 We will then offer places to other pupils who, on the closing date for applications, live within the catchment area and whose parents have asked for a place at the school.

4 We will then offer places to children who live outside the catchment area, whose parents have asked for a place at the school and who, at the time they start school, will have a brother or sister who goes to the school or the linked junior school or individual needs centre.

5 We will then offer places to children who go to the nursery of the school at the closing date for applications and whose parents have asked for a place at that school.

6 We will then offer places to other pupils who live outside the catchment area whose parents have asked for a place at the school.

We may decide to override numbers 2 to 6 of the above criteria and give priority to a child who:

• hasspecialeducationalneeds that can only be met at a specific school (for example, where the

school has specialist provision)*; or

• hasmedical,mobilityorsocial needs that can only be met at a specific school (for example, because their family are travellers).*

*Applications in the two categories above and opposite under point 6 must be supported by a written statement from a doctor, social worker or other relevant professional. This is necessary because you will be asking us to assess your child as having a stronger case than other children. The Corporate Director of Children and Families (or his nominated representative) will look at each case individually with the school concerned.

Please remember that going to a school’s nursery does not guarantee your child a place at the main infant or primary school. If the school has more applications than places available, we will follow the admissions criteria set out on this page.

Community junior schools We use the admissions criteria set out below to offer places at Nottingham city community junior schools. There are details of these schools on pages 56 to 63 of this booklet.

1 Under the Education (Admissions of Looked After Children) (England) Regulations 2006 and in line with section 22 of

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the Children Act 1989, we will offer places to children who are looked after by the local authority first. These children must be looked after at the time of the application for a school place and must still be looked after at the time when they will start school.

2 We will then offer places to pupils who go to the linked infant school, whose parents have asked for a place at the school.

If a school is oversubscribed and more applicants meet this second criterion than there are places available, we will offer places in the following order:

• Childrenwho,atthe closing date for applications, live within the catchment area, whose parents have asked for a place at the school and who, at the time they start school, will have a brother or sister who goes to the school or the linked infant school or individual needs centre.

• Childrenwho,atthe closing date for applications, live within the catchment area and whose parents have asked for a place at the

school.

• Childrenwholive outside the catchment area, whose parents have asked for a place at the school and who, at the time they start school, will have a brother or sister who goes to the school or linked infant school or individual needs centre.

• Otherchildrenwholive outside the catchment area, whose parents have asked for a place at the school.

3 We will then offer places to pupils who, at the closing date for applications, live within the catchment area, whose parents have asked for a place at the school and who, at the time they start school, will have a brother or sister who goes to the school or the linked infant school or individual needs centre.

4 We will then offer places to other pupils who, at the closing date for applications, live within the catchment area and whose parents have asked for a place at the school.

5 We will then offer places to pupils who live outside the catchment area, whose parents have asked for a place

at the school and who, at the time they start school, will have a brother or sister who goes to the school or linked infant school or individual needs centre.

6 We will then offer places to other pupils who live outside the catchment area, whose parents have asked for a place at the school.

We may decide to override criteria 2 - 6 and give priority to a child who:

• hasspecialeducationalneeds that can only be met at a specific school (for example, where the school has specialist provision)*; or

• hasmedical,mobilityorsocial needs that can only be met at a specific school (for example, because their family are travellers).*

*Applications in the two categories above must be supported by a written statement from a doctor, social worker or other relevant professional. This is necessary because you will be asking us to assess your child as having a stronger case than other children. The Corporate Director of Children and Families (or his nominated representative) will look at each case individually with the school concerned.

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How to apply for a school place

In each school, the governing body is the admissions authority. Each governing body is responsible for determining the admissions policy and for all decisions relating to admissions. For reception year (foundation 2) the admissions process is administered by Nottingham City Council on behalf of the school governors. See ‘Apply for a school place’ on page 31.

In addition to Nottingham City Council’s application form, parents and carers applying for a place at these schools will also be required to complete a supplementary form as detailed on page 32 and to provide a copy of the relevant documents referred to on the supplementary form. If the documents are not provided, the child might be ranked in a lower admissions criterion.

Parents and carers of baptised Catholic children and others who are baptised or dedicated in another Christian denomination are required to give full details of baptism (or dedication) on the supplementary form.

Governors reserve the right to verify this information.

Both forms must be returned directly to the school applied for by the closing date of 15 January 2012.

Admission arrangements 2012/13 - all city Catholic primary schoolsThese admission arrangements apply to all city Catholic primary schools listed on pages 66 and 67 and will operate during the school year which starts in September 2012. They apply to all children who will become five years of age between 1 September 2012 and 31 August 2013.

The schools are principally provided to serve the Catholic communities of Nottingham. The governors also welcome applications from all parents and carers, regardless of faith or background, who would like their children to be educated in a Christian environment.

All the Catholic schools are mindful of the mission of the church to welcome those who are disadvantaged or

marginalised. In particular, they welcome children of families from other countries who have made their home in the city. All city Catholic schools are under the Trusteeship of the Diocese of Nottingham and belong to the Nottingham Diocesan Family of Schools. They are founded by and are part of the Catholic Church and seek at all times to be a witness to Jesus Christ.

Religious education and worship are in accordance with the teachings and doctrines of the Catholic Church. This does not affect the right of parents or carers who are not of the faith of these schools to apply for and be considered for places. We ask all parents and carers applying for a place to respect this ethos and its importance to the school community.

The Planned Admission Number for each school is set out in the table on pages 66 and 67.

How to appeal if you do not obtain a placeWrite to the clerk to the governors of your preferred school no later than three weeks (15 working days)

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after you have received your letter. Your appeal will be arranged on behalf of the governors by the Catholic Schools Appeals Service and will be heard by an independent panel. The decision of the panel will be binding both on you and on the school.

Appeals for ‘on-time’ applications (i.e. those received by the closing date of 15 January 2012) into reception year are likely to be heard during June 2012 and, in any event, no later than 20 July 2012. Appeals for late applications for reception year and for applications into other year groups will be heard within 30 school days of being lodged.

Nursery/foundation 1 classesAll children attending a nursery at any of the Catholic primary schools will be excluded from the register when they reach the time of transfer into school at the age of 5. Applications for full-time places in the school must be made separately. A place in the nursery does not guarantee a place in the school.

Late applicationsAny applications received after the closing date will be

accepted but considered only after those received by the closing date (i.e. by 15 January 2012). You are therefore encouraged to ensure that your application is received on time.

Deferred admissionIf your child is offered a full-time place before s/he reaches compulsory school age, you have the option of deferring the child’s entry until later in the same school year. A place will be held and will not be offered to another child. Parents/carers may request a part-time place until the child reaches compulsory school age.

Infant class size regulationsInfant classes of 5, 6 and 7 year olds may not, by law, contain more than 30 pupils with a single qualified teacher. Parents/carers should be aware that when the governing body is considering applications for places, they must keep to the 30 limit.

Parents/carers do have a right of appeal in accordance with the Infant Class Size Regulations if the school is oversubscribed and their child is refused a place.

Applications for twins/multiple birth childrenSuch applications will be considered in accordance with the policy. Governors will normally offer places to twins, triplets, etc, even if this means exceeding the planned admission number.

In the unusual event of there being one space available within the infant class size limit and children of multiple births having next priority, governors will consult with the parents/carers, the local authority and other agencies to consider whether parental preference can be met.

However as regulations do not allow exceptions to the infant class size limit in these circumstances, ultimately, if there is no alternative, the parents/carers will be asked to decide which of their children should take up the place.

Applications during the school yearApplications for places in any year group, made during the school year, must be made via the local authority. Details of the application process will be available from schools and from the local authority.

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Once an application has been made, it will be passed to the Admissions Committee of the relevant school’s governing body for consideration. If the respective year group total is below the published admission number for that year group, the child will be offered a place.

If the respective year group total is full or above the published admission number, the child will be offered a place only in exceptional circumstances and if the Committee decides that the education of pupils in that year group will not be detrimentally affected by the admission of an extra pupil.

Popular schools may maintain waiting lists for in-year applications. Details will be provided on request from the relevant school.

Inclusion on a school’s waiting list does not mean that a place will eventually become available. Places will be offered in writing. Offers not taken up within 10 working days may be withdrawn.

In cases involving school transfers that do not require a house move or where there is no need for an immediate move, arrangements may be made for the child to start school at the beginning of

term to minimise disruption to their own and other children’s education. If your child is not allocated a place, you have a statutory right to appeal (see ‘How to Appeal’ on page 89). Your appeal must be lodged within three weeks (15 working days) after the date of your refusal letter.

Waiting listsThe waiting list will operate on the offer day and will be maintained by Nottingham City Council up to the end of the Autumn term 2012, after which it will cease to operate. Popular schools may maintain waiting lists after this date. Children will automatically be placed on that list where they have been refused a place at a school and that school ranks above the school at which they have been offered a place.

After the end of the Autumn term 2012 the governing body of each school may operate its own waiting list in accordance with its own arrangements. All waiting lists will be ranked in the same order as the oversubscription criteria listed for each relevant school. Waiting lists may change. This means that a child’s waiting list position during the year could go up or down. Any late

applications will be added to the list in accordance with the order of priority for allocating places. Inclusion on a school’s waiting list does not mean that a place will eventually become available. Parents and carers should contact the relevant school for details.

Fraudulent information If the allocation of a place has been made on the basis of fraudulent or intentionally misleading information, the governors reserve the right to withdraw the place.

Oversubscription criteria for all Catholic primary schools Except Our Lady of Perpetual Succour and St Mary’s Catholic Primary Schools

Where schools have more applications than places, governors will apply the following criteria in the order listed:

Children who have a Statement of Special Educational Needs which names the school will be admitted. This will reduce the number of places available. See page 15 for further details about special educational needs provision.

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First priority in all categories will be given to siblings (see note 4 on page 94) that is, children who will have older brothers or sisters attending the school at the proposed time of admission.

1 Catholic children who are in the care of a local authority (see notes 1 and 2 on page 93);

2 Catholic children living in the parish(es) served by the school who will have a sibling at the school at the proposed time of admission (see notes 2 & 4 on pages 93 and 94) (see pages 66 and 67 for a list of parishes served by each school);

3 Catholic children living in the parish(es) served by the school (see note 2 on page 93) (see pages 66 and 67 for a list of parishes served by each school);

4 Catholic children living outside the parish(es) served by the school who will have a sibling attending the school at the proposed time of admission (see notes 2 and 4 on pages 93 and 94) (see pages 66 and 67 for a list of parishes served by each school);

5 Catholic children living outside the parish(es) served by the school

(see note 2 on page 93) (see pages 66 and 67 for a list of parishes served by each school);

6 Other children who are in the care of a local authority (see note 1 on page 93);

7 Other children who will have a sibling attending the school at the proposed time of admission (see note 4 on page 94);

8 Children who are attending the nursery or foundation 1 class (where relevant);

9 Other children

Tie breaker

Within each criterion, priority will be given to children who live nearest to the school using the same method of measurement as used by the local authority (see page 85).

In a very few cases, it may not be possible to decide between the applications of those pupils who are the final qualifiers for a place (eg children who live at the same address or have the same distance measurement). In this exceptional situation, if there is no other way of separating the applications then the governors will

admit the additional child above the planned admissions number. If however, admission would result in the legal limit of 30 children being exceeded, then the place will be allocated by drawing lots.

Oversubscription criteria for Our Lady of Perpetual Succour onlyWhere the school has more applications than places available, governors will draw up a ranked list based on the criteria listed below and will allocate places accordingly:

Children who have a Statement of Special Educational Needs which names the school will be admitted. This will reduce the number of places available. First priority in all categories will be given to siblings that is, children who will have older brothers or sisters attending the school at the proposed time of admission (see note 4 on page 94).

1 Catholic children who are in the care of a local authority (see notes 1 & 2 on page 93);

2 Catholic children living in the parish of Our Lady of Perpetual Succour (see note 2 on page 93);

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3 Catholic children living outside the parish of Our Lady of Perpetual Succour (see note 2 below);

4 Other children who are in the care of a local authority (see note 1 below);

5 Children who are baptised or dedicated members of other churches as recognised by Churches Together in England (including Eastern Orthodox churches) (see note 3 on page 94);

6 Children who are attending the school’s nursery or foundation 1 class;

7 Other children whose parents are seeking a Christian environment for their children’s education.

Tie breaker

The tie-breaker for Our Lady of Perpetual Succour Catholic Primary School is the same as that for all other Catholic primary schools in Nottingham city. See page 92 for details.

Oversubscription criteria for St Mary’s Hyson Green onlyWhere the school has more applications than places available, governors will draw up a ranked list based on the criteria listed below and will allocate places accordingly.

Children who have a Statement of Special Educational Needs which names the school will be admitted. This will reduce the number of places available.

First priority in all categories will be given to siblings that is, children who will have older brothers or sisters attending the school at the proposed time of admission (see note 4 on page 94).

Second priority in all categories will be given to children who attend St Mary’s nursery.

1 Children who are in the care of a local authority (see note 1 opposite);

2 Catholic children living in the parishes of St Mary’s and St Paul’s (see note 2 opposite);

3 Catholic children living outside the parishes of St Mary’s and St Paul’s (see note 2 opposite);

4 Other children whose parents or carers are seeking a Christian environment for their children’s education.

Tie breaker

The tie-breaker for St Mary’s Catholic Primary School is the same as that for all other Catholic primary schools in Nottingham city. See page 92 for details.

Definitions – all city Catholic primary schoolsNote 1: Definition of A Looked After Child (In Public Care)

A child who is looked after by a local authority in accordance with Section 22 of the Children’s Act 1989(b) at the time an application for his/her admission to a school is made and who the local authority can confirm will still be looked after at the time when he/she is admitted to school.

Note 2: Catholic children are defined as

a) a child baptised in the Catholic church (Roman rite or Eastern rites) whose members are in full communion with the Bishop of Rome (Pope Benedict XVI).

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Advice available from the Diocesan Education Service (see page 156 for contact details);

b) a child baptised in another Christian denomination who has been received into full communion with the Catholic church;

c) a child who, with his or her family, is enrolled in a recognised course of preparation leading to baptism (parishes are requested to keep appropriate records). Written verification signed by a Catholic priest and stamped with the parish stamp will be required.

Note 3: Churches Together in England (See www.churches-together.org.uk for details of membership)

Baptist UnionBritish Antiochian Orthodox ChurchCherubim & Seraphim Council of ChurchesChurch of EnglandChurch of God ProphecyChurch of Scotland (in England)Congregational FederationCoptic OrthodoxCouncil of African & Caribbean Churches

Council of Oriental Orthodox ChurchesIchthus Christian FellowshipIndependent Methodist ChurchesJoint Council for Anglo-Caribbean ChurchesLutheran Council of Great BritainMethodist ChurchUnited Reformed ChurchWesleyan Holiness Church

Note 4: Definition of sibling(brothers and sisters)

The governors of each school use the same definition as that used by the local authority (see page 85).

Note 5: Place of residence

The governors of each school use the same definition as that used by the local authority (see page 33).

Note 6 – Parents/carers

The governors of each school use the same definition as used by the local authority, ie a person who has legal responsibility for the care of a child.

GeneralIf you are offered a place for your child at any of these schools, you must notify the local authority of your decision to accept the place within 14 days of receipt of the offer letter. If you do not, this may result in the offer of a place being withdrawn.

Closing date for applications: 15 January 2012.

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The governing body is the admissions authority for this school and all decisions are made by a committee of the governing body. The admissions process is co-ordinated by Nottingham City Council on behalf of the governing body. See ‘Apply for a school place’ on page 31. In addition to Nottingham City Council’s application form, parents and carers applying for a place at this school will also be required to complete a supplementary form as detailed on page 32.

Admission arrangements 2012/13

The school is a Church of England voluntary aided co-educational primary day school. The school has no geographical catchment area, and places are offered up to the overall accommodation number of 210 in total in the main school. Applications for nursery intake and reception should by received by 15 January 2012 and decision letters will be posted on 13 April 2012. Late applications will be considered at the earliest opportunity after this date, upon receipt.

Oversubscription criteria

The following criteria will be used, in that order, to determine preferences in the event of oversubscription to any year group:

a) Relevant looked after children. Priority being given to a child who can demonstrate a regular/strong worshipping commitment to a Church of England Church (see notes 1 & 2 on page 96).

b) Children whose families can demonstrate a regular/

strong worshipping commitment to a Church of England Church. Priority being given to a child who still has a sibling on roll at the school at the time of admission (see notes 2 & 3 on page 96).

c) Children whose families can demonstrate a regular/strong worshipping commitment to a Christian Church, which is affiliated to ‘Churches Together in England’, priority being given to a child who has a sibling on roll at the school at the time of admission (see notes 2 & 3 on page 96).

d) Children who have a sibling on roll at the school at the time of admission (see note 3 on page 96).

e) Children with special needs, educational, social or medical, which can best be met at this school (see note 4 on page 96).

f) Children whose parents or carers are seeking a Christian environment for their child’s education.

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In the event of oversubscription within any of the criteria listed on page 95, preference will be given to applicants who live closest to the school, as measured in a straight line (by a computerised geographical information system) from a point on the school site to a point at the pupil’s home, i.e. as the crow flies, both identified by the Local Land and Property Gazetteer.

How to appeal if you do not obtain a place

An appeal application should be made to the clerk to the governors, c/o the school, preferably within 15 school days of the date of your refusal letter. Appeals for ‘on-time’ applications (i.e. those received by the closing date of 15 January 2012) into reception year are likely to be heard during June 2012 and, in any event, no later than 20 July 2012. Appeals for late applications for reception year and for applications into other year groups will be heard within 30 school days of being lodged.

Note 1

A relevant looked after child is one who is looked after by a local authority in accordance with Section 22 of the Children’s Act 1989(b)

and who (a) is looked after at the time an application for his/her admission to a school is made and (b) in relation to whom the local authority has confirmed that the child will still be looked after at the time when he/she is admitted to school.

Note 2

A regular/strong worshipping commitment is defined as attendance at a Church of England or Christian church on average, at least monthly. The appropriate priest or minister must confirm this by reference.

Note 3

Siblings (brothers or sisters) are defined as:

• abrotherorsisterwhoshare the same parent;

• ahalfbrotherorsister,where two children share one common parent;

• astepbrotherorstepsister, where two children are related by a parent’s marriage; or

• adoptedorfosteredchildren living in the same household under the terms of a residence order

Note 4

Applications in this category must be supported with written supporting evidence

from an appropriate outside agency i.e. doctor, social worker or other relevant professional. The governing body will consider each case on its merits.

Procedure for processing applications

a) A governors’ admission group shall meet termly, or as required, to consider recent applications and existing waiting lists.

b) The admission group may recommend to the governing body that it:- offers a child a place

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- requests additional information;

c) A record of the meetings will be presented at subsequent governors’ meetings to approve any recommendations.

d) Parents/carers shall be informed of any decisions made regarding the admission of pupils as soon as possible after approval.

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e) Parents/carers who are denied a place at the school have the right to appeal against the decision of the governing body and their appeal will be processed through the Diocesan Registrar (see ‘how to appeal’ on page 96).

f) Results of these appeals will be reported to subsequent governors’ meetings.

The governing body has agreed that

1. The standard admission number for each intake year is 30.

2. Infant classes of 5, 6 and 7 year olds may not contain more than 30 pupils with a single qualified teacher.

3. If a parent/carer is offered and accepts a place but asks to defer their child’s entry to the school until he/she is of compulsory school age, the request is met subject to the place being taken up within the academic year. The place will be held and not offered to another child.

4. Admissions to the nursery shall be following the child’s third birthday, as places become available.

5. A roll of 26 children per session in the nursery is preferred.

6. Admission to the school shall usually be in the September following the child’s 4th birthday.

7. Six weeks will normally lapse between a request for transfer of schools that is not arising from a change of address, and enrolment, to enable all relevant matters to be considered.

8. When there is oversubscription to the school, a waiting list will be kept with children being ranked according to the published oversubscription criteria. This list will be reviewed annually in consultation with parents/carers. For the intake year (reception), the waiting list will be administered in accordance with Nottingham City Council’s primary co-ordinated admissions scheme.

9. If the school is named in a statement of Special Educational Needs, the child will be admitted to the school. This will reduce the number of places available to other pupils.

10. There are separate admission arrangements for the nursery and the main school. Attendance at the nursery does not guarantee admission to the school for primary education.

11. Placing a child’s name on the waiting list will not affect the parent’s/carer’s right of appeal against an unsuccessful application.

General

If you are offered a place for your child at this school, you must notify the local authority of your decision to accept the place within 14 days of receipt of the offer letter. If you do not, this may result in the offer of the place being withdrawn.

Closing date for applications: 15 January 2012.

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The governing body is the admissions authority for this school and all decisions are made by a Committee of the governing body. The admissions process is co-ordinated by Nottingham City Council on behalf of the governing body. See ‘Apply for a school place’ on page 31. In addition to Nottingham City Council’s application form, parents and carers applying for a place at this school will also be required to complete a supplementary form as detailed on page 32.

Admission arrangements 2012/13

The governors invite applications for admission of children who will be entering school for the first time during the school year in which they reach the age of five. Parents/carers should make formal application between 26 November 2011 and 15 January 2012, regardless of when their child is due to actually join the school during this year. Letters will be posted to parents/carers on 13 April 2012 notifying them of the result of their application. The children will be admitted in September 2012.


The number of places available for first admission is 45. If more children wish to come than there are places available, then the governors will allocate places according to the following scheme:

A place will be offered first to applicants in the following categories:

• Pupilslookedafterbythe Local Authority (Children in Public Care), and who (a) are looked after at the time of an application for admission to a school is made and (b) in relation to whom the local authority has confirmed that the child will still be looked after at the time when the child will be admitted to the school.

• Pupilswithastatementof Special Educational Needs that names the school must be offered a place.

The other criteria listed below contain a points weighting. Places will be allocated to children with the most points, which are cumulative if several criteria are satisfied. Words and phrases in bold are defined on pages 101 and 102.

1 The child’s place of residence is within the Ancient Parish of Wilford. (A map of this area is available for viewing in the school office). 9 Points

2. Whether the child will have a sibling in the school at the time of entering the school. 5 Points

3. Whether the family attends a Church of England or another Christian Church; as these are allocated in order applicants will be required to state on a supplementary form whether as worshippers they are:

(a) at the heart of, 4 Points

(b) attached to, or 3 Points

(c) is known to, a Church of England or another Christian Church. 2 Points

The Governing Body will seek written confirmation of that statement from the family’s religious leader.

4. Any other pupils. 1 Point

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Where applicants have the same cumulative number of points from the above categories over subscribed places preference will be given to applicants who live closest to the school, as measured in a straight line (by computerised geographical information system) from the point of the school campus to the point at the child’s place of residence both identified by the Local Land and Property Gazetteer (i.e. as the crow flies).

Where two or more pupils are equal in all respects, and it is therefore not possible to differentiate between them, a method of random allocation by drawing lots will be used to allocate places.

Special Considerations

Special consideration may be given to children with special educational needs or pupils with exceptional medical, mobility, or social grounds that can only be met at South Wilford Endowed VA C of E Primary School. Applications in these categories must be supported by a statement in writing from a doctor, social worker or other

relevant professional. This is necessary because you will be asking the Admitting Authority to assess your child as having a stronger case than other children. Each case will be considered on its merits by The Governing Body; who may consult with the Local Authority and Diocese of Southwell and Nottingham as appropriate.


If you wish to exercise your right of appeal against a decision in accordance with the Education Act, 1980, you should write, within 17 days of the date of your decision notification letter, to the clerk to the appeals committee, c/o the school office.

Appeals for ‘on-time’ applications (i.e. those received by the closing date of 15 January 2012) into reception year are likely to be heard during June 2012 and, in any event, no later than 20 July 2012. Appeals for late applications for reception year and for applications into other year groups will be heard within 30 school days of being lodged.

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Late applications will be considered only after the on-time applications have been considered and places offered, if and when there are vacancies, with priority given in accordance with the admissions criteria stated on page 98. Nottingham City Council and the Governing Body may be willing to accept applications which are received late but before the date set by the Local Authority (4.50pm on 27 February 2012) for good reason for example:

• Afamilyreturningfromabroad

• Aloneparentwhohasbeen ill for some time

• AfamilymovingintoNottingham from another area

• Otherexceptionalcircumstances

Each case will be treated on its merits.

Any preferences received by Nottingham City Council up to the date set by the Local Authority, with good reason for being late, and where appropriate, with the agreement of the Governing Body will be included in the first cycle of allocations and will be notified on the local offer day.

All other late applications places received by Nottingham City Council after the specified date will be dealt with after the offer day. Other local authorities might have different policies when dealing with late applications. We would advise you contact your home local authority to find out what their policies are.

In Year Admissions and Waiting list

Should there be more children wanting to join the school than the number of places available, a waiting list will be drawn up and places offered if and when vacancies occur, with priority given in accordance with the admissions criteria listed on page 98. For the intake year, this waiting list will operate in line with the local authority co-ordinated scheme. The Governing Body will also hold a waiting list for all other year groups where there are more applications than places available. These waiting lists will remain open until the end of the summer term and will be ranked in accordance with the published admission criteria.

From the start of the second Reception term and in all higher classes, any vacancies are filled as In-Year admissions.

Applications for in-year admissions are made in the same way as those made during the normal admissions round. If a place is available and there is no waiting list then the Local Authority will communicate the Governing Body’s offer of a place to the family. If more applications are received than there are places available then applications will be ranked by the Governing Body in accordance with the oversubscription criteria. If a place cannot be offered at this time then you may ask us for the reasons and you will be informed of your right of appeal.

Appeals

If you wish to exercise your right of appeal against a decision in accordance with the School Standards and Framework Act, 1998, you should write, within 17 days of the date of your decision notification letter, to the Clerk to the Independent Appeals Committee, c/o the school office.

Fraudulent information

The Governing Body may withdraw the offer or allocation of a place, if it has been obtained as a result of fraudulent or misleading information which has denied a place to a child

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with a stronger claim to the place at the school.

Deferred entry

The Governing Body will allow parents of children who are offered a place at the school before they are of compulsory school age to defer their child’s entry until later in the school year. Where entry is deferred the place for that child will be held and not offered to another child. Parents are, however, not able to defer entry beyond the beginning of the term after the child’s fifth birthday, nor beyond the academic year for which the original application was accepted.

Multiple births

Where applications are received in respect of twins, triplets or children of other multiple births, the Governing Body will endeavour to offer places in the same school, admitting above the planned admission number where necessary. If this is not possible, the parent/carer will be asked which child(ren) should take up the place(s). The parent/carer will still have a right of appeal against a refusal of a place.

Definitions

Children in Public Care: The Governing Body will work to the statutory definition of “relevant looked after child”, meaning a child who is looked after by a local authority in accordance with section 22 of the Children Act 1989(b) and who (a) is looked after at the time of the application for admission to the School and (b) in relation to whom the local authority has confirmed that the child will still be looked after at the time of admission to the School.

Place of Residence: ‘Place of residence’ is defined as the parental home, other than in the case of Looked After children, where either the parental address or the foster parental address may be used. Where a child spends part of the week in different homes, their place of residence will be taken to be their parent’s or parents’ address. If a child’s parents live at separate addresses, whichever of the two addresses where the child permanently spends at least 3 ‘school nights’ [i.e. Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday] will be taken as the place of residence. Addresses of other relatives or friends will not be considered as the place of residence, even

when the child stays there all or part of the week.

The Governing Body or the LA may seek proof of residence and may require evidence from the courts regarding parental responsibilities in these matters. Where a child is resident at two addresses for an equal amount of time, the child’s permanent place of residence will be taken as the address shown on the child benefit letter.

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Another Christian Church: A Church that is a member of Churches Together in Britain and Ireland or the Evangelical Alliance – more information can be found at their respective websites:

www.ctbi.org.uk/

www.eauk.org/

Local Land and Property Gazetteer:An address database maintained by local authorities in the United Kingdom. For more details see www.nlpg.org.uk/

Family commitment to the life and worship of the Church: Applicants citing Christian faith are asked to identify themselves as being at the heart of the church: attached to the church; or known to the church. The period in question should be the two years prior to the date of application. Applicants who are new to the area should provide evidence from a previous church. The worshipper could be the child for whom the application is made or one or both parents.

• Anapplicantorchild‘at the heart of the church’ (a) would be a regular worshipper. This means one who worships usually at least twice a month. To accommodate difficult patterns of work and family relationships, account will be taken of week-day worship.

• Anapplicant‘attached to the church’ (b) would be a regular but not frequent worshipper, by which is meant (for example) one who usually attends a monthly family or church parade service or is regularly involved in a weekday church activity including an element of worship.

• Anapplicant‘known to the church’ (c) would not be a frequent but an occasional worshipper, or someone who is known through a family connection, or one or more of whose family is involved in some church activity, such as a uniformed or other church organisation.

Sibling: A brother or sister who share the same parents; a half brother or sister, where two children share a common parent; a step brother or sister, where two children are related by a parent’s marriage; adopted or fostered children living in the same household under terms of a residence order.

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These arrangements apply to the following schools:

• BigWoodSchool

• EllisGuilfordSchoolandSports College

• FarnboroughSchoolTechnology College (see also page 105 for the admissions criteria for specialist places)

• TopValleySchoolandEngineering College

There are details of these schools on pages 70 to 73 of this booklet.

See page 85 for information about what happens where two children meet the same criterion equally in all respects, and for a definition of sibling connection.

1 Under the Education (Admissions of Looked after Children) (England) Regulations 2006 and in line with section 22 of the Children Act 1989, we will offer places to children who are looked after by the local authority first. These children must be looked after at the time of the application for a school place and must still be looked after at the time when the child will start at the school.

2 We will offer places to pupils who, at the closing date for applications, live within the catchment area, whose parents have asked for a place at the school and who, at the time they start at the school, will have a brother or sister who goes to the school or individual needs centre.

3 We will then offer places to other pupils who, at the closing date for applications, live within the catchment area, and whose parents have asked for a place at the school.

4 We will then offer places to pupils who live outside the catchment area, whose parents have asked for a place at the school and who, at the time they start at the school, will have a brother or sister who goes to the school or individual needs centre.

5 We will then offer places to other pupils who live outside the catchment area, whose parents have asked for a place at the school.

We may decide to override numbers 2 to 5 of the above criteria and give priority to a child who:

• hasspecialeducationalneeds that can only be met at a specific school (for example, where the school has specialist provision); or

• hasmedical,mobilityorsocial needs that can only be met at a specific school (for example, because their family are travellers).

Applications in the two categories above must be supported by a written statement from a doctor, social worker or other relevant professional. This is necessary because you will be asking us to assess your child as having a stronger case than other children. The Corporate Director of Children and Families (or his nominated representative) will look at each case individually with the school concerned.

We do not have a ‘feeder’ arrangement (where children from certain primary schools are given priority for a place at the local secondary school). We do not consider which primary or junior school your child goes to when deciding whether to offer them a place at a particular community secondary school.

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Farnborough School Technology College – specialist (technology) places

This is the admission criteria for specialist places only. The admission criteria for the non-specialist places is listed on page 104 (‘Admission criteria for community secondary schools in Nottingham city’.)

Up to 21 places (10%) will be allocated to pupils who, at the closing date for applications, can show an aptitude for technology, whose parents have requested a place at the school. Places will be

allocated on the results of a test to assess a pupil’s technological aptitude. Priority will be given to pupils who have the highest test scores. Parents will have the right to request a copy of their child’s test results.

Where an applicant is unsuccessful in gaining one of the 21 specialist places, the application will automatically be considered under the criteria listed on page 104 (‘Admission criteria for community secondary schools in Nottingham city’)

Where there are fewer applicants than specialist places, remaining places will be allocated according to the criteria listed on page 104.

Pupils applying for specialist places will be invited by the local authority to attend the school on the morning of Saturday, 3 December 2011 for approximately 1 hour, to undertake a test to determine their technological aptitude. Parents should contact the school directly if their child is not able to attend on this date, or if they would like advice on the aptitude test.

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Admission criteria for 2012/13:

The school was built and is financially supported by the Church and those contributing financially to their parishes to provide education for children of practising Catholic families.

Admissions to the school are the responsibility of the Governors and in allocating the places available, consideration is given to those who complete and return by the closing date of 31 October 2011, the common application form and the Trinity School supplementary form.

The common application form should be returned to the home local authority and the supplementary form should be returned directly to the school. If the Trinity School supplementary form is not completed and returned by the closing date, applicants will automatically be placed in category E of the oversubscription criteria (see details of category E on page 107). If there are more applications than places, the Governing Body will use the following oversubscription

criteria to allocate places in that order:

Pupils with statements of special needs whose statement names the school will be admitted. This will reduce the number of places available.

Category A – Catholic pupils in the care of a local authority (Looked after Children) (see definitions 3 & 4 on pages 109 and 110)

Category B – Baptised Catholic Pupils (see definition 3 on page 109):

1. pupils who attend one of the linked primary schools (see definition 1 on page 109);

2. pupils with brothers or sisters at the school who will be in years 7-11 at the time of admission (see definition 2 on page 109);

3. other Catholic pupils.

Category C – Pupils in the care of a local authority who are not Catholic (Looked After Children) (see definition 4 on page 110).

Category D – Pupils belonging to other Christian churches which belong to Churches Together in England, including Eastern Orthodox Churches (see definition 5 on page 110):


2. pupils with brothers or sisters at the school who will be in years 7-11 at the time of admission (see definition 2 on page 109);

3. other Christian pupils.

Parents/carers of Catholic children should also supply one of the following documents with the Supplementary Form:

•Acopyofthechild’sbaptism certificate OR

•Ifthechildhasbeenreceived into the Catholic Church, written verification, signed by a Catholic priest and stamped with the parish stamp.

Applicants whose children are members of other Christian denominations should supply a baptism certificate or certificate of

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dedication. If evidence of baptism or dedication is not supplied, applicants will automatically be placed in category E of the oversubscription criteria (see below).

For applications in categories A and B, where children have been baptised in another denomination but received into the Catholic Church, a written statement or certificate from a Catholic priest must be supplied in addition to the Baptism Certificate. The document must verify that the child has been received into the Catholic Church. It must be signed by the priest and stamped with the parish stamp.

Category E – Other pupils:


2. pupils with brothers and sisters at the school who will be in years 7-11 at the time of admission (see definition 2 on page 109);

3. other pupils.

If a tie breaker is needed in any of the above categories, allocation of places will be decided on a distance basis. This means that places will be allocated first to children whose home address is nearest to the school using the same method of measurement as used locally by the local authority (see page 85).

Distance measurements will be supplied by the local authority.

There are always far more applicants than places available in these categories. No guarantee of admission can be given whether or not pupils are already attending a Catholic primary school.

If your application is refused you may write to the clerk the governors to explain why you feel your application has not been dealt with properly (see ‘how to appeal’ section on page 108). If the allocation of a place has been made on the basis of fraudulent or intentionally misleading information, the governors reserve the right to withdraw the place.

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The governing body will make arrangements to consider applications outside the normal round for children of families moving into the area or those wishing to transfer their child from another school. Applications must be made on the form provided by the local authority. The local authority will communicate the decision to the applicant on behalf of the governing body. Places will only be allocated if there is room in the relevant year group.

If the year group is full, places will only be allocated in exceptional circumstances. If places are not allocated, parents/carers have the right to appeal (see below). Parents/carers will be advised of any waiting list arrangements.

How to appeal if you do not obtain a place:

If you feel that there are exceptional reasons why your application should be granted, you may, if you wish, write to the clerk to the governors setting out your reasons. However, there is a formal appeals procedure which will involve an independent appeal panel. Any such appeal should be made in writing to the clerk to the governors

no later than 15 working days (i.e. 3 weeks) after the refusal of a place.

The Catholic Schools Appeals Service arranges all appeals on behalf of the Governing Body of the school. Appeals will be heard by an independent panel and the final decision of the panel is binding on all parties.

Appeals for ‘on-time’ applications (i.e. those received by the closing date of 31 October 2011) into year 7 are likely to be heard during May 2012 and, in any event, no later than 6 July 2012. Appeals for late applications for year 7 and for applications into other year groups will be heard within 30 school days of being lodged.

Other considerations

Late applications: The local authority and the governing body may be willing to accept applications which are received late (i.e. after the closing date of 31 October 2011) but before 4.50pm on 12 January 2012 for good reason, for example:

• afamilyreturningfromabroad;

• aloneparentwhohasbeen ill for some time;

• afamilymovingintoNottingham from

another area; or

• otherexceptionalcircumstances.

Each case will be considered on its merits.

Any preferences received by the local authority up to 4.50pm on 12 January 2012 with good reason for being late and, where appropriate, with the agreement of the governing body will be included in the first cycle of allocations and will be notified on the national offer day of 1 March 2012.

Waiting List:

Where the school receives more applications for places than are available, a waiting list will be maintained by the local authority from the national offer day of 1 March 2012 in accordance with the secondary co-ordinated admissions scheme. The waiting list will close on 31 August 2012. After this date the school will make its own arrangements for waiting lists in all year groups.

Parents and carers must make a request for their child’s name to be entered on the waiting list. Parents and carers will be contacted annually and asked if they wish to keep their child’s name on the list. The waiting list is ranked in accordance with the oversubscription criteria on pages 106 and 107.

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Admissions into the sixth form:

The principles outlining the nature of the school set out on page 106 apply for admissions to the sixth form. Requests for admission will be considered according to the following order of priorities:

Oversubscription criteria for admission to the sixth form:

a) Catholic pupils in the care of a local authority (Looked after Children), with priority being given to students currently on roll at Trinity School;

b) Young people who are baptised Catholics, currently students at Trinity School;

c) Pupils in the care of a local authority who are not Catholic (Looked after Children);

d) Other young people who are currently students at Trinity School;

e) Baptised Catholic young people resident in the Diocese;

f) Young people from other Christian traditions who are seeking a spiritual dimension for their education, subject in each case to the governors being satisfied as to the reason

for requesting a Catholic education;

g) Other young Christian people;

h) Other young people.

The overall capacity for the sixth form will be 140 places, with an admission number for external pupils of 40. All enquiries should be addressed to Mr J Dexter, Head of Sixth Form at the school. A separate Sixth Form prospectus is available.

Entry requirements for the sixth form:

Entry to courses at each level will normally be dependent upon applicants having gained or demonstrated the ability to gain qualifications at previous levels.

Course Levels Typical Course Requirements

Level 3 Level 2 achievement equivalent to at least 5 GCSEs at A* - C with B grade minimum in subjects studied at Level 3. Course levels are determined by the government’s Qualifications and Curriculum Authority. In the event of a tie in any of the oversubscription criteria set out in a) to h) above applicants will be ranked according to their average points score at GCSE, the highest being preferred.

Please contact the school for details of how to apply for admissions into the sixth form.

Definitions

1. Linked primary schools:

St Teresa’s Primary School

Our Lady of Perpetual Succour Primary School

St Augustine’s Primary School

St Mary’s Primary School

2. Definition of a brother or sister (sometimes referred to as siblings):

Brothers or sisters (siblings) are considered to be those children who live at the same address and either:

a) have one or both natural parents in common; or

b) are related by a parent’s marriage; or

c) are adopted or fostered.

3. Definition of a Catholic:

1. A child baptised in the Catholic Church (Roman rite or Eastern rites) whose members are in full communion with the Bishop of Rome (Pope Benedict XVI) (e.g. The Greek Catholic Church). Advice available from Diocesan Education Service (see page 156 for contact details).

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2. A child baptised in another Christian denomination who has been received into full communion with the Catholic church.

4. Definition of a Looked After Child:

A child who is looked after by a local authority in accordance with section 22 of the Children’s Act 1989(b) at the time of application for his/her admission is made and who the local authority can confirm will still be looked after at the time when he/she is admitted to school.

5. Definition of other Christians:

A person who attends one of the specified churches in the ‘Churches Together in England and Wales’ list.

‘Churches Together in England and Wales’ is the officially recognised body co-ordinating the life of its Member Churches and bodies in England. They are:

Baptist Union

British Antiochian Orthodox Church

Cherubim & Seraphim Council of Churches

Church of England

Church of God Prophecy

Church of Scotland (in England)

Congregational Federation

Coptic Orthodox

Council of African & Caribbean Churches

Council of Oriental Orthodox Churches

Ichthus Christian Fellowship

Independent Methodist Churches

Joint Council for Anglo-Caribbean Churches

Lutheran Council of Great Britain

Methodist Church

United Reformed Church

Wesleyan Holiness Church

(See www.churches-together.org.uk for further details on membership)

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The Diocese of Southwell and Nottingham supports The Nottingham Bluecoat School and Technology College.

The school is both distinctively Christian and inclusive. It is clear about its Christian ethos whilst welcoming children of other faiths or no faith. The school has DfE designated Technology College status and primarily serves families who wish their children to receive secondary schooling within a Christian framework in which religious education, acts of worship and the spiritual life of the school is in accordance with the principles and practice of the Church of England. Families are advised that children are expected to participate in daily acts of worship and to receive a full religious education.

Consideration of applications:

The school will consider all applications for places.

Where fewer than 300 applications are received, the school will offer places to all those who have applied. Pupils who have a statement of special educational need, where The Bluecoat School and Technology College is named in the statement, will be admitted.

This will reduce the number of places available for other pupils on a pro rata basis.

Admission criteria 2012/13:

(see notes on page 115 for definitions):

After the admission of pupils with statements of special educational need where the school is named on the statement, the criteria will be applied in the order in which they are set out below.

Where the number of places identified in any criterion are not filled that number of places will be added to the number of places available

under criterion e). If a pupil is not offered a place in the criteria of their choice they will be considered again under criterion e).

a) Children in public care;

b) Up to 140 places will be offered to applicants who are involved in the work and worship of a Church of England Parish or another Christian Church that is a member of Churches Together in England. In the event of oversubscription within this category, the following criteria will apply:

• whether the child or the child’s immediate family is at the heart of a Church of England parish or another Christian Church that is a member of Churches Together in England;

• whether the child or the child’s immediate family is attached to

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The Nottingham Bluecoat admission criteria were amended on 9 September 2011 following a referral to the Office of the Schools Adjudicator.

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a Church of England parish or another Christian Church that is a member of Churches Together in England;

c) Up to 25 places will be offered to applicants who are involved in, and committed to, the work and worship of one of the other world faiths other than Christianity, such as Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism, Shintoism or Sikhism. In the event of oversubscription within this category, the following criteria will apply:

• whether the child or the child’s immediate family is at the heart of the Faith Community;

• whether the child or the child’s immediate family is attached to the Faith Community;

d) Up to 30 places will be offered to applicants on the basis of their aptitude in technology subjects as assessed through a written test. The highest scoring 30 applicants will be offered a place. Confirmation of the test date will be sent to applicants by 31 October 2011.

e) Remaining places will then be allocated to other pupils who live the shortest distance from their home to the main entrance of Beechdale Library at the closing date for applications. Distance will be measured in a straight line from the main entrance door to the child’s home to the main entrance door to Beechdale Library.

In the event of oversubscription within any criterion the following criteria will apply in this order:

• whether the child has a sibling who will be attending the school at the time of the applicant’s admission;

• the nearness of the child’s home to the main entrance to Beechdale Library.

In the event that such a measure is identical to the nearest metre for two or more children and there are insufficient places available for both or all of them, the remaining place/s will be awarded by random allocation using lots drawn by a person independent of the school.

The term sibling includes a child living in the same household under the care

of the same parent(s) or guardian(s) and children not normally resident in the same household but sharing a genetic or adoptive parent.

Beechdale Library is located close to the junction of Beechdale Road and Western Boulevard. It is used as the measurement point as it is approximately half way between the Aspley Lane and Wollaton Park sites which both admit year 7 pupils and is a well known community landmark.

Arrangements for admission to post 16 provision

There will be 500 places available for the total post 16 provision for students satisfying the minimum entrance requirements. The school will publish specific criteria in relation to minimum entrance requirements for the range of courses available based upon GCSE grades or other measures of prior attainment for all students wishing to study courses in Years 12 and 13.

There will be a total of 300 places available for year 12 applicants, with an admission number for external pupils of 100. In the event of over-subscription, the following criteria, which are listed in order of priority,

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will be used to allocate places:

(a) children in public care;

(b) young people who are involved and committed to the work and worship of a Church of England Parish. All applications will require a supporting reference from the family’s religious leader;

(c) young people who are involved and committed to the work and worship of one of the other world faiths other than Christianity, such as Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism, Shintoism or Sikhism. All applications will require a supporting reference from the family’s religious leader;

(d) young people with a sibling who will be attending the school on the date of admission;

(e) other young people.

In the event of over-subscription preference will be given to children who live nearest to the school using straight line measurement from the main external entrance door of the Aspley Lane campus. In the event that such a measure is identical to the nearest metre for two or more children and there are insufficient places available for both or all of them, the remaining place/s will be

by random allocation using lots drawn by a person independent of the school.

There will be a right of appeal to an independent appeals panel for unsuccessful applicants.

Waiting list:

In accordance with the Secondary Co-ordinated Admissions Scheme Nottingham City Council will maintain a waiting list for all City secondary schools where the number of applications received during the normal admissions round for those schools has exceeded the number of places available in year 7. This waiting list will operate on the offer day and will be maintained up to the last day of August 2012 after which it will cease to operate, thereafter the waiting list will be maintained by the school until the end of the autumn term.

Names of children will automatically be placed on the waiting list for a secondary school place where they have been refused a place and where it is ranked above that secondary school at which a place has been offered. Children’s position on the waiting list will be determined solely in accordance with the

oversubscription criteria set out in paragraphs (a) – (f) above.

Where places become vacant they will be allocated to children on the waiting list in accordance with the oversubscription criteria. Where in any year other than the intake year, the school receives more applications than there are places available, the school will maintain a waiting list until the end of the autumn term. It will be open to any parent to ask for his or her child’s name to be placed on the waiting list, following an unsuccessful application. Children’s position on the waiting list will be determined solely in accordance with the oversubscription criteria set out in paragraphs a) – f) above. Where places become vacant they will be allocated to children on the waiting list in accordance with the oversubscription criteria.

Arrangements for appeals panels:

Where a parent/carer has been refused a place for their child at the school, they will have the right of appeal to an appeal panel. The appeal panel will be independent of the school. The arrangements for appeals are in line with the

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School Admission Appeals Code published by the Department for Education. The determination of the appeal panel will be made in accordance with the School Admission Appeals Code and is binding on all parties.Appeals should be made to the Clerk to the Governing Body, The Bluecoat School and Technology College, Aspley Lane, Nottingham NG8 5GY within 14 days of the refusal.

Notwithstanding these arrangements, the Secretary of State may direct the school to admit a named pupil to the School on application from any Local Authority. Before doing so the Secretary of State will consult the school.

General: The Nottingham Bluecoat School operates on two campuses. Year 7 students will be offered places at Aspley Lane and Wollaton Park Campus. We are delighted that our ‘Building Schools for the Future’ plans will provide us with state of the art education facilities at the Wollaton Park Campus to complement our new facilities at Aspley Lane.

When the allocation of places has been made, parents and carers who have been offered a place will have the opportunity to discuss their preferred

campus with senior staff. However, allocation of a place at either campus does not form part of the admission arrangements and there is no right of appeal against allocation at either campus.

Late applications

The Local Authority and the Governing Body may be willing to accept applications which are received late but before 4.50pm on 12 January 2012 for good reason, for example:

• a family returning from abroad;

• a lone parent/carer who has been ill for some time;

• a family moving into Nottingham City from another area; or

• other exceptional circumstances.

Each case will be treated on its merits. All other late applications for secondary school places and any mentioned above that are received by 12 January 2012 but not considered to be exceptional reasons will be dealt with after the national offer day.

Arrangements for admitting pupils to other year groups, including to replace any pupils who

have left the school:

Subject to any provisions in the Local Authority’s co-ordinated admission arrangements relating to applications submitted for years other than the normal year of entry, the school must consider all such applications and if the year group applied for has a place available, admit the child. If more applications are received that there are places available, the oversubscription criteria in a) – f) on pages 111 and 112 will apply. Parents and carers whose application is turned down are entitled to appeal to an independent appeal panel.

The 2009 School Admissions Code required all local authorities to establish in-year fair access protocols to ensure that access to education is secured quickly for children who have no school place, and to ensure that all schools in an area admit their fair share of vulnerable and challenging children and young people.

The Code requires that all educational settings and academies must participate in their local authority’s protocol in order to ensure that unplaced children are offered a place at a suitable educational setting as quickly as possible. This

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includes admitting children above the published admission number to schools that are already full.

The Nottingham Bluecoat Church of England (VA) School and Technology College will participate fully in the Nottingham City Council’s fair access protocol.

Notes:

1. Children in Public Care - A child looked after by a local authority (Children in Public Care).

The Governors will work to the statutory definition of “relevant looked after child” meaning a child who is looked after by a local authority in accordance with section 22 of the Children Act 1989(b) and who (a) is looked after at the time of the application for admission to the School and (b) in relation to whom the local authority has confirmed that the child will still be looked after at the time of admission to the School.

2. All applicants seeking places under criteria b) and c) should give the name and address of your parish priest, minister or equivalent religious leader who will be contacted to confirm

the level of your child’s/your commitment to your church or religious group. The reference will need the signature of two officers/leaders of the Church/Religious Group.

i. An applicant ‘at the heart of the church’ would be a frequent worshipper. This might mean one who worships twice a month. To accommodate difficult patterns of work and family relationships account should be taken of week-day worship. The worshipper could be the child for whom application is made or one or both parents. This pattern of frequent worship may be typical of a member of the Church of England or another Christian Church that is a member of Churches Together in England; however it may differ for members of other faiths where the Religious Leader would provide the guidance relevant to their faith.

ii. An applicant ‘attached to the church’ would be a regular but not frequent worshipper, by which is meant (for example) one who usually attends a monthly family or church parade service or is

regularly involved in a weekday church activity including an element of worship. This pattern of regular worship may be typical of a member of the Church of England or another Christian Church that is a member of Churches Together in England; however it may differ for members of other faiths where the Religious Leader would provide the guidance relevant to their faith.

3. All applicants seeking places under criteria d) will be required to take a test to assess their aptitude for technology. Places will be offered to the highest scoring 30 applicants. Confirmation of the test date will be sent to applicants by 7th November 2011. If you have not received notification of the test date by 7th November 2011 you should telephone the school to seek advice.

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The Governing Body of The Nottingham Emmanuel School is an Admission Authority in its own right. The school primarily serves families who wish their children to receive secondary schooling within a Christian framework in which Religious Education, Acts of Worship and the spiritual life of the school is in accordance with the principles and practices of the Church of England. The School’s overall catchment area is established as a 10-mile radius from St Mary’s Church, High Pavement, Nottingham.

The School is both distinctively Christian and inclusive as borne out in practice through its Christian ethos, values and mission. Our admissions policy encourages applications from members of the Church of England (or another Church that is a member of Churches Together in England or of the Evangelical Alliance), members of Other Major World Faiths and those of no faith.

The school has a published admission number of 180 students. All applicants will

be allocated a place unless the School receives more applications than there are places available.

All children with a Statement of Special Educational Needs that names the School will be admitted. This will reduce the number of places available within the published admission number. In the event of oversubscription for places, the Governing Body’s Admissions Committee will apply the oversubscription criteria described below to allocate places. Children in care will be given first priority.

Admission criteria for 2012/13 (Please see definitions on pages 121 to 122):

CATEGORY1:FOUNDATION PLACES

After allocating places to Church of England children in care:

(a) Up to 75 places will be offered to children who attend, or whose parent(s) attend a Church of England or another Christian Church. As these will

be allocated in order, applicants will be required to state on a supplementary form whether, as worshippers, they are:

i. ‘at the heart of the church’

ii. ‘attached to the church’; or

iii. ‘known to the church’.

Governors will seek written confirmation of that statement from the family’s religious leader.

If these places are oversubscribed within the above categories, places will be allocated using the following tie-breakers which are listed in order of priority:

• childrenwithasiblingatthe school at the date of admission;

• childrenwhosehomeaddress is closest to the school;

• childrendrawnbyrandom allocation.

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After allocating places to other children in care:

(b) Up to 30 places will be offered to children attending CHURCH OFENGLANDPRIMARY SCHOOLS. If these places are oversubscribed the Governors will use the following criteria to allocate places, which are listed in order of priority:

i. children attending either South Wilford Endowed C of E Primary School or Sneinton C of E Primary School;

ii. children attending any other Voluntary Aided Church of England primary school;

iii. children attending any Voluntary Controlled Church of England primary school.





(c) Up to 15 places will be offered to children of the CHRISTIAN FAITH who live within the catchment area of, and attend, one of the three Meadows primary schools: Greenfields, Riverside and Welbeck. As these will be allocated in order, applicants will be required to state on a supplementary form whether, as worshippers, they are:

i. ‘at the heart of the church’;

ii. ‘attached to the church’; or

iii. ‘known to the church’.






CATEGORY2:OTHERMAJOR WORLD FAITH PLACES

Up to 15 places will be offered to children from OTHER MAJOR WORLD FAITHS such as Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism, Shintoism or Sikhism. As these will be allocated in order, applicants will be required to state on a supplementary form whether they and/or the child are:

i. ‘at the heart of their place of worship’;

ii. ‘attached to their place of worship’; or

iii. ‘known to their place of worship’.






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CATEGORY3:LOCALPLACES (without faith)

Up to 45 places will be offered to children who live within the catchment area of, and attend, one of the three Meadows primary schools, Greenfields, Riverside and Welbeck. The number of places for each school will be distributed proportionately according to the number of children in year 6 in September 2011. If these places are oversubscribed, places will be allocated using the following tie-breakers which are listed in order of priority:




CATEGORY4:BALANCEOF PLACES

(a) In the first instance, any remaining places will be offered to children remaining under Category 1(a) (set out on page 117).

(b) Any further remaining places will be offered to other children living within the overall catchment area of the school (i.e. within a 10-mile radius from St Mary’s Church, High Pavement, Nottingham). If these places are oversubscribed, places will be allocated using the following tie-breakers which are listed in order of priority:




(c) Any further remaining places will be offered to other children living outside the overall catchment area of the school. If these places are oversubscribed, places will be allocated using the following tie-breakers which are listed in order of priority:




Special Considerations:

Special consideration may be given to children with medical, special educational need or social grounds, with supporting written evidence from a doctor, social worker or other relevant professional. Each case will be determined according to the merits of the case by the Governors, who may agree to accord a higher priority to an individual child.

How to appeal if you do not get a place

If the Governors refuse an application for a place at the school, the applicant has a right of appeal, within 21 days from the date of refusal, and should write to the Clerk to the Independent Appeals Committee, c/o the school. Appeals for ‘on-time’ applications (i.e. those received by the closing date of 31 October 2011) into year 7 are likely to be heard during June 2012 and, in any event, no later than 6 July 2012. Appeals for late applications for year 7 and for applications into other year groups will be heard within 30 school days of being lodged.

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Waiting List

If all places are filled for any year group, the Governors also operate a waiting list. If parents wish their child to be placed on a waiting list, they should notify the school in writing. The child’s name will remain on the waiting list until the end of the academic year, or until the parents request the school to remove the child’s name from the list.

When places become available mid year they are allocated from the waiting list according to the oversubscription criteria. If late applications have a higher priority under the oversubscription criteria, they will be ranked higher than those who may have been on the list for some time.

Additional information

In accordance with the Secondary Co-ordinated Admissions scheme, Nottingham City Council will maintain a waiting list for all City secondary schools where the number of applications received during the normal admissions round for those schools has exceeded the number of available places in year 7. This waiting list will operate on the offer day and will be maintained by the Local Authority

up to 31 August 2012 after which the relevant admission authorities will operate their own waiting list in accordance with their own arrangements and the co-ordinated in-year admissions scheme.

Late Applications

The Governors will accept applications which are received late, but before 4.50 pm on 12 January 2012, for exceptional circumstances, alongside applications received by the closing date of 31 October 2011. However, late applications with no exceptional circumstances, or those received after 4.50pm on 12 January 2012, will be considered after 1 March 2012.

Fraudulent Information

If the offer or allocation of a place is made on the basis of fraudulent or intentionally misleading information, the Governors reserve the right to withdraw the place at any time.

Applications into other year groups

The Governing Body will make arrangements to consider applications outside the normal round for children of families moving into the area or those wishing to transfer their child from another school. Applications must be made on the School Common Application form provided by the local authority and parents should also complete the supplementary form available from the school.

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The local authority will communicate the decision to the applicant on behalf of the Governing Body. Places will only be allocated if there is room in the relevant year group. If the year group is full, places will only be allocated in exceptional circumstances. If places are not allocated, parents/carers have the right to appeal. Parents/carers will be advised of any waiting list arrangements.

Definitions

Christian Faith

Church of England or another Christian Church that is a member of Churches Together in England or of the Evangelical Alliance - more information on which can be found at their respective websites at: www.churches-together.org.uk or www.eauk.org

Children in Care

A child looked after by a Local Authority (Children in Public Care). The Governors will work to the statutory definition of “relevant looked after child” meaning a child who is looked after by a local authority in accordance with section 22 of the Children Act 1989(b) and who (a) is looked after at the time of the application for admission to the School

and (b) in relation to whom the local authority has confirmed that the child will still be looked after at the time of admission to the School.

Christian Faith and *Other Major World Faiths

Applicants for a faith priority place are asked to identify themselves as being at the heart of the church: attached to the church; or known to the church. The period in question should be the past two years. Applicants new to the area should provide evidence from a previous church or other place of worship. The worshipper could be the child for whom application is made or one or both parents.

• Anapplicantorchild‘at the heart of the church’ would be a regular worshipper. This means one who worships usually at least twice a month. To accommodate difficult patterns of work and family relationships, account will be taken of week-day worship.

• Anapplicantorchild‘attached to the church’ may be a regular, but not frequent worshipper, for example one who usually attends a monthly family or church parade service or

is regularly involved in a weekday church activity including an element of worship.

• Anapplicantorchild‘known to the church’ may not be a frequent, but probably an occasional worshipper, someone who is known through a family connection, or one or more of whose family is involved in some church activity, such as a uniformed or other church organisation.

*In relation to other Major World Faiths, for ‘church’ in the above definitions read ‘place of worship’

Sibling tie-breaker

• Abrotherorsisterwhoshare the same parent:

• Ahalfbrotherorhalfsister, where two children share one common parent;

• Astepbrotherorstep sister, where two children are related by a parent’s marriage;

• Adoptedorfosteredchildren living in the same household under the terms of a residence order.

Where applications are received in respect of twins, triplets or children of other multiple births, the Governors will endeavour

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to offer places, admitting above the planned admission number where necessary. If this is not possible, the parent/carer will be asked which child(ren) should take up the place(s). In these circumstances, the parent/carer will still have a right of appeal against a refusal of a place.

Distance tie-breaker

The Governors measure the distance ‘as the crow flies’ from the main gate of the school to the applicant’s home address.

Random allocation tie-breaker

Where two or more pupils are equal in all respects and it is therefore not possible to differentiate between them, a method of random allocation by drawing lots will be used to allocate places (supervised by someone independent of the School).

Admissions into post-16 education

(a) The Nottingham Emmanuel School operates a post-16 provision for students aged 16-19 and adults as part of general community education programmes in association with

other further education providers. Entry to post-16 courses may be on a full or part time basis. Up to two hundred and fifty (250) 16-19 students may be admitted into the post-16 provision from the school plus up to a further one hundred (100) places allocated to students from other schools and centres. All must satisfy the minimum entrance requirements for the respective course(s).

(b) If the one hundred (100) places for other schools and centres are oversubscribed, places will be offered to students of the Christian Faith or Other Major World Faiths using the faith oversubscription criteria in categories 1(a) and 2 set out on pages 117 and 118. If these places are oversubscribed, places will be allocated using the following tie-breakers which are listed in order of priority:

•childrenincare;

•childrenwithasiblingat the school at the date of admission;

•childrenwhosehomeaddress is closest to the school.

• Childrendrawnbyrandom allocation.

Please contact the school for details of how to apply for post-16 education.

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Admission criteria for 2012/13

To be considered, applications must be made online or on the local authority’s common application form, and returned to the Admissions and Exclusion Team, see page 31, to arrive no later than 31 October 2011.

APPLICATIONS MUST NOT BE SENT DIRECTLY TO THE BULWELL ACADEMY

The Bulwell Academy will consider all applications for places. Where fewer than 210 applications are received, The Bulwell Academy will offer places to all those who have applied. Pupils with statements of Special Educational Needs where The Bulwell Academy is named in the statement will be admitted. In this event, the number of places that are available for allocation will be reduced. Where the number of applications for admission is greater than the published admissions number, applicants will be admitted in the following order:

1. children in public care (Looked After) (see note a. on page 124);

2. children with exceptional medical, mobility or social grounds which can only be met at the Academy. Applications must be supported by a statement in writing from a doctor, social worker or other relevant professional and each case will be considered by the Academy on its merits;

3. children who live within the catchment area whose parents have requested a place at the Academy and who, at the time of admission, will have a brother or sister on roll at the Academy;

4. children who live within the catchment area whose parents have requested a place at the Academy;

5. children who live outside the catchment area whose parents have requested a place at the Academy and who, at the time of admission, will have a brother or

sister attending the Academy;

6. children who live outside the catchment area whose parents have requested a place at the Academy.

In the event of oversubscription within any of the criteria listed above, preference will be given to applicants who live closest to the Academy, as measured in a straight line (by a computerised geographical information system) from home to the main entrance of the school (i.e. as the crow flies).


Parents/carers will have the right of appeal to an independent appeal panel if they are dissatisfied with an admission decision of The Bulwell Academy. The appeal panel will be independent of the Academy. If you wish to appeal, telephone the Academy for an appeal form and then send the completed appeal form to the clerk to the appeal panel, at the address given

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on the appeal form within 14 days after receiving your refusal letter. Other documents may be submitted in support of an appeal and should be lodged with the clerk to the appeal panel not less than 7 days before the appeal hearing.

Appeals for ‘on-time’ applications (i.e. those received by the closing date of 31 October 2011) into year 7 are likely to be heard during May 2011 and, in any event, no later than 6 July 2012.

Appeals for late applications for year 7 and for applications into other year groups will be heard within 30 school days of being lodged.

Notesa. Children in Public Care – a child looked after by a local authority in accordance with section 22 of the Children Act 1989(b) and who (a) is looked after at the time of the application for admission to the school(s) is made and (b) in relation to whom the local authority has confirmed that the child will still be looked after at the time of admission to the school in question.

b. Siblings - for admission purposes The Bulwell Academy considers a sibling connection to relate to any

of the following:

• abrotherorsisterwhoshare the same parents;

• ahalfbrotherorhalfsister, where two children share one common parent;

• astepbrotherorstepsister, where two children are related by a parent’s marriage;

• adoptedorfosteredchildren living in the same household under the terms of a Residence Order.

Waiting lists

Subject to any provisions regarding waiting lists in Nottingham City Council’s co-ordinated admission scheme, the Academy will operate a waiting list.

Where in any year The Bulwell Academy receives more applications for places than there are places available, a waiting list will operate until a month after the refusal date.

This will be maintained by The Bulwell Academy and it will be open to any parent/carer to ask for his or her child’s name to be placed on the waiting list, following an unsuccessful application. Children’s position on the waiting list will be determined solely in accordance with the

oversubscription criteria set out in paragraphs 1 to 6 on page 123. Where places become vacant they will be allocated to children on the waiting list in accordance with the oversubscription criteria.

Late applications

Late applications will be administered in accordance with Nottingham City Council’s secondary co-ordinated scheme. Late applications will be considered only after all on-time applications have been considered and places offered.

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Arrangements for admitting pupils to other year groups, including replacing any pupils who have left The Bulwell Academy

Subject to any provisions in the local authority’s co-ordinated admission arrangements relating to applications submitted for years other than the normal year of entry, the Academy must consider all such applications and, if the year group applied for has a place available, admit the child. If more applications are received than there are places available, the oversubscription criteria will apply. Parents/carers whose application is turned down are entitled to appeal, as detailed on page 123.

Arrangements for admission of pupils as The Bulwell Academy builds to its full capacity

The Bulwell Academy opened on 1 September 2009 with a Published Admission Number relating solely to pupils in year 7 and, where relevant, year 12. There will not be a Published Admission Number against which to consider applications for admission to all other

year groups. In September 2011 there will be two such year groups (i.e. years 10 and11) reducing by one year group in each subsequent academic year. Admission to year groups without a Published Admission Number (i.e. years 10 and11) will be based upon the size of teaching groups already existing in The Bulwell Academy and the efficient use of resources.

There will be a right of appeal to the Independent Appeal Panel for unsuccessful applicants as detailed on page 123.

Arrangements for admission to post-16 provision

The Academy expects that its post sixteen students will comprise students transferring from year 11. The Bulwell Academy will publish specific criteria in relation to minimum entrance requirements for the range of courses available based upon GCSE grades or other measures of prior attainment. Where there are more applicants for post-16 places than the post-16 admissions number, then places will be prioritised based on the distance from home to the Academy site.

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Admission criteria for 2012/13

The City Academy has an agreed admission number of 270 pupils. The City Academy will accordingly admit at least 270 pupils in the relevant age group each year if sufficient applications are received.

Where the number of applications for admission is greater than the published admission number, applications will be considered against the criteria set out below in that order:

1. Pupils with statements of Special Educational Needs, where The City Academy is named on the statement, will be admitted regardless of whether the school is full or not. In this event, the number of places that remain available for allocation will be reduced.

2. Children in public care (those looked after by the local authority in accordance with Section 22 of the Children Act 1989) and who (a) are looked after at the time of an application for admission to a school is made and (b) in relation

to whom the local authority has confirmed that the child will still be looked after at the time when the child will be admitted to the school.

3. Applicants who can establish other special educational need/social need provisions on the ground that their needs can best be met at the Academy (backed up by professional evidence on why the Academy can best meet their needs). Each case will be considered on its merits by the Governing Body or other designated sub-group of the Governing Body.

4. Up to 10% [27] of pupils, without a sibling at the Academy (as described on page 127) or not attending one of the nine schools listed in criteria 5 and 6 below, will be admitted on the basis of aptitude in information Communication Technology (ICT). Priority will be given to those applicants with the greatest aptitude/potential for ICT.

5. Priority will next be given to pupils attending Bentinck Primary, Berridge

Junior, Carrington Primary, Claremont Primary, Forest Fields Primary, Haydn Primary, Northgate Primary, Scotholme Primary and Seely Junior Schools. If there are fewer applications from parents of children attending these schools (if space remains once children falling within categories 1 to 4 above are admitted) all such applicants will be offered a place.

6. In the event of oversubscription in any of the above criteria places will be allocated on the basis of the following criteria which will be applied in the order set out below:

i. Siblings* of students currently attending the Academy (this does not include siblings currently in their final year at the Academy, i.e. year 13 or 14 unless it is known that the sibling in year 13 will definitely carry on to complete their studies in year 14 at the Academy);

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ii. Distance, from home to the main entrance of The Academy, Sherwood Rise site (i.e. as the crow flies). This criterion will also be applied to any remaining applicants if the Academy is not filled by children falling within criteria 1. to 6.(i)

* For admission purposes, the Academy considers a sibling connection to relate to any of the following:

• a brother or sister who share the same parents

• a half-brother or sister, where two children share one common parent

• a step-brother or sister, where two children are related by a parent’s marriage

• adopted or fostered children living in the same household under the terms of a Residence Order

• where applications are received in respect of twins, triplets or children of other multiple births, which would ordinarily split siblings because of the application of oversubscription criteria, the Academy will offer places to all of them, admitting above the planned admission number where necessary.


Telephone the Academy for an appeal form and then send the completed form to the appeal panel at the address given on the form within 14 days after receiving your refusal letter. Other documents may be submitted in support of an appeal and should be lodged with the appeal panel not less than 7 days before the appeal hearing.

Waiting lists

Where in any year Djanogly City Academy Nottingham receives more applications for places than there are places available, a waiting list will operate. This will be administered by the local authority up to 31 August 2012 in accordance with the secondary co-ordinated admission scheme.

After this date it will be maintained by the Academy and it will be open to any parent or carer to ask for his or her child’s name to be placed on the waiting list, following an unsuccessful application and appeal for the school. A child’s position on the waiting list will be determined solely in accordance with the oversubscription criteria set out in points 1 to 6 on page 126. Where places

become vacant they will be allocated to children on the waiting list in accordance with the oversubscription criteria. At the end of the academic year, those on the waiting list will be contacted to determine if they wish to reapply for the following academic year and if applicable, the child will be put on the waiting list for that admission year.

Late applications

Djanogly City Academy Nottingham will take part in Nottingham City Council’s co-ordinated admissions scheme, including the administration of late applications (see page 34 for details of how the local authority deals with late applications).

Arrangements for admitting pupils to other year groups, including replacing any pupils who have left the Academy

Pupils will be admitted if suitable places are available when applications are received and considered by the Academy.

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Academy to admit a named pupil to the Academy on application from a local authority. The Secretary of State shall in such circumstances consult the Academy before making such a direction and have regard to its comments.

Where a year group in the Academy is at the level of the published admission number applicable to that age group the Academy will operate a waiting list which will be open to any parent or carer to ask for his or her child’s name to be placed on the waiting list either initially or following an unsuccessful application and appeal for the school. See ‘Waiting lists’ on page 127 for how a child’s position on the waiting list will be determined. There will be a right of appeal to the Appeals Panel for unsuccessful applicants, see page 127 for details of how to appeal.


It is the intention of Djanogly City Academy Nottingham that all Academy students who wish to continue their education post-16 should be able to do so, and it is expected that existing Academy students will fill the majority of the available

post-16 places. The post-16 admission number, which will determine the number of places available for students from other schools, is 50. The Academy may well be in a position to offer more than 50 places to students from other schools should, as in previous years, the number of students transferring from Year 11 to Year 12 from within the academy be less than 220.

Where there are more applicants for post-16 places than the post-16 admission number, then places will be prioritised based on criteria 1, 2, 3 & 6 set out on page 126, i.e. pupils with statements of special educational needs, children in care, children

with other SEN/social needs and children with siblings and those living closest to the Academy’s Sherwood Rise site. The Academy may refuse admissions to post-16 education where a student’s previous record indicates that he/she is unlikely to be successful in completing a course of post-16 study, on the basis of performance at age 16. The Academy will, however, endeavour, within its finite resources, to provide appropriate level courses for all who wish to stay on. There will be a right of appeal to the appeals panel for unsuccessful applicants.

Please contact Djanogly City Academy Nottingham for details of how to apply for post-16 provision or visit www.djanogly.notts.sch.uk.

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Nottingham Academy

Nottingham Academy has a single admission policy for the primary and secondary phase.

Admission number(s)

The Academy Trust has the following agreed admission numbers for the Academy for the year 2012/2013 and, subject to any changes approved or required by the Secretary of State, for subsequent years:

a) 90 full-time equivalent places for pupils in the nursery.

b) 90 for pupils in Year R (Reception)

c) 390 for pupils in Year 7

d) 20 for pupils in Year 12.

Admission number for primary provision (age 5)

The Nottingham Academy has an agreed admission number of 90 places in Year R (the Reception year). The Nottingham Academy will normally admit pupils to primary education at a single point at the beginning of the school year in which they attain the age of 5. Accordingly, the Academy

will admit a maximum of 90 children each year in the relevant age group if sufficient applications are received.

Parents have the right to defer admission until the term in which their children become 5 years of age.

Admission number for secondary provision (age 11)

The Nottingham Academy has an agreed admission number of 390 pupils in Year 7. The Nottingham Academy will accordingly admit a maximum of 390 pupils in the relevant age group each year if sufficient applications are received. The admission number applies only to those being admitted from outside of the Academy.

If fewer than 90 pupils intend to transfer from Year 6, the Academy will admit more pupils than the admission number up to the overall size (480) of the Year 7 group.

The admission number for secondary places includes students at both of the two sites on which secondary education is provided by the Nottingham Academy. Placement on a particular Academy secondary site is

an internal decision of the Academy and is therefore not subject to appeal, although the Academy will consider individual circumstances. Placement will usually be by proximity to a particular site, pupils being given a place on the site closest to their home. However, each site has a maximum number it can take in any one year group and, if one site becomes full, all further placements for that year group will be to the other site, up to the point the overall admission number is reached.

Admission number for sixth form provision (age 16)

The Nottingham Academy has an agreed admission number of 20 eligible students in addition to those eligible students already in the Academy wishing to stay on in the sixth form. The Nottingham Academy has capacity for 450 pupils in the sixth form. Of these places, 20 will be offered to external applicants to Year 12 (the ‘admission number’).

Process of Application

Arrangements for applications for places at the Nottingham Academy

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will be made in accordance with Nottingham City Council’s co-ordinated admission arrangements and will be made online or on the Common Application Form provided and administered by the relevant local authority.

The Academy Trust will use Nottingham City Council’s timetable for applications to the Nottingham Academy each year (exact dates within the months may vary from year to year). This will fit in with the timetable for the co-ordination of admission arrangements within Nottingham City as agreed by the City Admission Forum, Nottingham City Council, local schools and Academies.

Consideration of applications

The Academy Trust will consider all applications for places at the Nottingham Academy. Where fewer than the published admission number(s) for the relevant year groups are received, the Academy Trust will offer places at the Nottingham Academy to all those who have applied.

Any applications received after the closing date will be accepted but considered only after those received by the closing date.

Procedures where the Nottingham Academy is oversubscribed

Where the number of applications for admission is greater than the published admission number in any age group, applications will be considered against the criteria set out below.

Admission to Reception (statutory age 5) – oversubscription criteria

The Academy Trust will first accept all pupils with a statutory right to a place at the Academy through a statement of special educational needs naming the Nottingham Academy. After the admission of pupils with statements of special educational needs, criteria will be applied for the remaining places in the order in which they are set out below.

For this age group, after the admission of children with statements of special education needs which name the Academy on the statement, the criteria are, in order:

a) children in public care.

b) a child who lives within the catchment area of the former Jesse Boot Primary and Nursery

School as defined by the LA on 1 September 2008. In the event of oversubscription using this criterion, priority will be given to those living nearest to the Academy, as defined in paragraph d) below.

c) A child with a sibling currently attending the Academy and who will continue to do so after the date of admission. In the event of oversubscription using this criterion, priority will be given to those living nearest to the Academy, as defined in paragraph d) below.

d) A child who lives nearest to the Academy as the crow flies (the straight-line distance from the Academy’s school office on the new Greenwood Road site of the Academy to the front door of the child’s home).

e) Once the above criteria a) to d) have been applied to other applicants and offers have been made subsequent to the offer date for primary admissions, the Academy may offer places to the children of newly appointed teachers where there is

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a demonstrable skills shortage for the vacant post in question.

This is in accordance with paragraph 2.18 of the School Admissions Code. The Academy is able to exceed its admission number in offering such places. However, before offering such places the Academy will ensure that it is able to meet the requirement that each infant class will have no more than 30 pupils to each teacher.

Admission to Year 7

Note: students already on the roll of the Nottingham Academy do not need to apply for admission to Year 7, as they will automatically transfer from Year 6.

The Academy Trust will first accept all pupils with a statutory right to a place at the Academy through a statement of special educational needs naming the Nottingham Academy. After the admission of pupils with statements of special educational needs, criteria will be applied for the remaining places in the order in which they are set out below.

For this age group after the admission of children with statements of special education need which

name the Academy on the statement the criteria are, in order:


b) a child attending one of the following primary schools, without taking the school’s order in the following alphabetical list into account:• BluebellHillPrimary

and Nursery School• EdaleRisePrimary

and Nursery School• HogarthPrimaryand

Nursery School• HuntingdonPrimary

and Nursery School• SneintonStStephen’s

CE Primary School• StAnn’sWellPrimary

School• SycamorePrimary

School• WalterHallsPrimary

and Nursery School• WilliamBoothPrimary

and Nursery School• WindmillPrimaryand

Nursery School

In the event of oversubscription using this criterion, priority will be given to those living nearest to the Academy, as defined in paragraph d) below.

c) A child with a sibling currently attending the Academy and who will

continue to do so after the date of admission. In the event of oversubscription using this criterion, priority will be given to those living nearest to the Academy, as defined in paragraph d) below.

d) Where there are more applications than places after application of criterion b) or c), distance from school to home will be taken into account. Preference will be given to students who live closer to one of the Academy’s secondary sites as the crow flies, using the shorter of the following two distances:• thestraightline

distance from the Academy’s school office on the new Greenwood Road site to the front door of the child’s home.

• thestraight-linedistance from the Academy’s school office on the Ransom Road site to the front door of the child’s home.

e) Once the above criteria a) to d) have been applied to other applicants and offers have been made subsequent to the offer date for secondary

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admissions, the Academy may offer places to the children of newly appointed teachers where there is a demonstrable skills shortage for the vacant post in question.

This is in accordance with paragraph 2.18 of the School Admissions Code. The Academy is able to exceed its admission number in offering such places.

Admission to Year 12 (Sixth form) – oversubscription criteria

The Academy Trust will first accept all pupils with a statutory right to a place at the Academy through a statement of special educational needs naming the Nottingham Academy. To be eligible to enter the sixth form both internal and external applicants will be expected to meet minimum academic entry criteria for the sixth form as a whole. When the sixth form is undersubscribed all applicants meeting the minimum academic entry requirements will be admitted. They will also be expected to have met the published academic standard for their chosen subjects to be permitted to follow their preferred

courses. If not suitably qualified for their preferred courses pupils will be offered alternatives (if available). The Nottingham Academy will publish specific criteria in relation to minimum entrance requirements for the sixth form and for the range of courses available based upon GCSE grades or other measures of prior attainment. These criteria are the same for internal and external transfers and will be subject to consultation with those in paragraph 14 of the academy’s full admission policy available from the Academy. They will be published in the Academy’s prospectus and website.

In the event of oversubscription for the 20 sixth form places available in addition to those allocated to existing students, and after the admission of children with statements of special education need which name the Academy on the statement the following criteria will be used, in order:

a) children in public care

b) the distance from home to the Academy as defined in paragraph d) on page 131.

c) once the above criteria have been applied to other applicants and

offers have been made, the Academy may offer places to the children of newly appointed teachers where there is a demonstrable skills shortage for the vacant post in question.


There will be a right of appeal to an independent appeals panel for internal pupils refused transfer and external applicants refused admission.

Operation of waiting lists

Subject to any provisions regarding waiting lists in Nottingham City Council’s co-ordinated admission scheme, the Nottingham Academy will operate a waiting list. Where in any year the Academy receives more applications for places than there are places available, a waiting list will operate for unsuccessful applicants to the Nursery, reception year, year 7 and year 12. Waiting lists will also be maintained for other year groups (except year 13) when these year groups are full. Waiting lists

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will be maintained by the Nottingham Academy and it will be open to any parent to ask for his or her child’s name to be placed on a waiting list for the relevant year group following an unsuccessful application.

Children’s position on the waiting list will be determined solely in accordance with the criteria for admission set out on pages 130 to 132 for the relevant age group. Where places become vacant they will be allocated to children on the waiting list in accordance with the oversubscription criteria. These lists will operate until the end of the school year but parents will be asked to confirm if they wish their child’s name to remain on the list after 1 October each year.

Arrangements for admitting pupils to other year groups, including to replace any pupils who have left the Nottingham Academy

From 2011-12 local authorities will co-ordinate admissions for in-year applications and for applications for year groups other than the normal point(s) of entry. This will not

affect Academies’ right to determine which applicants have priority for admission.

Subject to any provisions in the Local Authority’s co-ordinated admission arrangements relating to applications submitted for years other than the normal year of entry, the Academy Trust will consider all such applications and if the year group applied for has a place available, admit the child unless one of the permitted reliefs apply.

If more applications are received than there are places available, the oversubscription criteria on pages 130 to 132 for the relevant age group shall apply. Parents whose application is turned down shall be entitled to appeal.

Arrangements for admission of pupils as the Nottingham Academy builds to its full capacity

The Nottingham Academy opened on 1 September 2009 with published admission numbers relating solely to pupils in the Nursery, year R (Reception), year 7 and year 12. Pupils in years 1–6, 8–11 and 13 will have been transferred automatically from the predecessor schools, Jesse Boot Primary and Nursery

School, Greenwood Dale School and Elliott Durham School, all of which closed on 31 August 2009. Pupils enrolled in the nursery of Jesse Boot Primary and Nursery School who had not transferred to full-time primary education in the Academy or elsewhere at age 5 will have been transferred automatically to the nursery part of the Academy.

During the period from 1 September 2009 to 1 September 2015 there will not be a published admission number against which to consider applications for admission to all year groups. Initially in September 2009 there were six such year groups reducing by one in each subsequent academic year in the primary part of the Academy, and four such year groups reducing by one in each subsequent academic year in the secondary part of the Academy.

Admission to a year group without a published admission number will be based upon the size of teaching groups already existing in that year in the Nottingham Academy and the efficient use of resources.

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Right of appeal

There will be a right of appeal to an Independent Appeals Panel for unsuccessful applicants relating to admissions at age 5 (statutory school age) or above.

There is no statutory right of appeal against a decision not to offer a child a place in the Nursery (age 3+) at the Nottingham Academy. However, the appeals committee of the Academy’s governing body will consider any written representation in the event of a place not being offered, should parents wish to draw the committee’s attention to any additional information.

Definitions

1. Definition of siblings and the position of twins

A sibling is defined as:

• abrotherorsisterwho share one or both parents, whether or not resident in the same household;

• ahalfbrotherorhalfsister who share one common parent

• astepbrotherorstepsister where two children are related by a parent’s marriage

• anadoptedorfosteredchild living in the same household under the terms of a residence order

• anotherchildnormallyin residence for the majority of term time in the household for whom the adult in the household has parental responsibility and also has parental responsibility for the child currently attending the Academy.

In the case of twins or other children from multiple births (or two or more siblings in one year group) and where there is only one place available, the application will be considered together as one application.)

2. Definition of ‘looked after children’

In accordance with the Education (Admissions of Looked After Children) (England) Regulations 2006 and in accordance with Section 22 of the Children Act 1989, a ‘looked after child’ is defined as:

• achildwhois‘lookedafter at the time of an application for admission to a school is made’; and

• achild‘inrelationto whom the Local Authority has confirmed will still be looked after

at the time when the child will be admitted to the school’.

3. Definition of the distance as the crow flies to an intending pupil’s home

Distance as the crow flies will be determined using an appropriate software package using direct (straight line) measurement.

Where two dwellings with the same front entrance are located on different floors of the same building, a lower floor will be regarded as being closer to the Academy than any above it.

Where two or more dwellings with the same front entrance are located on the same floor of the same building, the closest dwelling to the front door, counting clockwise, will be regarded as being closer to the Academy than any subsequent dwelling counted clockwise.

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Procedure for admitting pupils to the Academy

Admission number(s)

1. The Academy Trust has the following agreed admission numbers for the Academy for the year 2011/2012 and, subject to any changes approved or required by the Secretary of State, for subsequent years:

a) 150 for pupils in Year 7

b) 150 for pupils in Year 12, including eligible students already on roll in the Academy

Admission number for secondary provision (age 11)

2. The Academy has an agreed admission number of 150 pupils in Year 7. The Academy will accordingly admit a maximum of 150 pupils in the relevant age group each year if sufficient applications are received.

Admission number for sixth form provision (age 16)

3. The Nottingham Girls’ Academy has an agreed admission number of 20 eligible students in addition to those eligible students already in the Academy wishing to stay on in the sixth form.

4. The Nottingham Girls’ Academy has capacity for 150 pupils in the sixth form. Of these places, 20 will be offered to external applicants to Year 12 (the ‘admission number’).

Process of Application

5. Arrangements for applications for places at the Academy will be made in accordance with the Local Authority’s co-ordinated admission arrangements and will be made on the Common Application Form provided and administered by the relevant Local Authority.

6. The Academy Trust will use the Local Authority’s timetable for applications to the Academy each year (exact dates within

the months may vary from year to year). This will fit in with the timetable for the co-ordination of admission arrangements within the Local Authority as agreed by the Admissions Forum, Local Authority, local schools and Academies.

a) By 3 September – the Academy will publish in its prospectus information about the arrangements for admission, including oversubscription criteria, for the following September (eg in September 2011 for admission in September 2012). This will include details of open evenings and other opportunities for prospective pupils and their parents to visit the school. The Academy will also provide information to the Local Authority for inclusion in the composite prospectus, as required.

b) September/October the Academy will provide opportunities for parents to visit the Academy.

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c) By 31 October – Parents complete their application and submit it to the Local Authority to administer.

7. From 2011-12 there will be a national closing date for applications as follows:

31 October for secondary applications;

The Academy will ensure its application processes enable parents to apply before these deadlines.

Consideration of applications

8. The Academy Trust will consider all applications for places at the Academy. Where fewer than the published admission number(s) for the relevant year groups are received, the Academy Trust will offer places at the Academy to all those who have applied.

Procedures where the Academy is oversubscribed

9. Where the number of applications for admission is greater than the published admission number in any

age group, applications will be considered against the criteria set out below.

Admission to Year 7

10. The Academy Trust will first accept all pupils with a statutory right to a place at the Academy through a statement of special educational needs naming the Academy. After the admission of pupils with statements of special educational needs, criteria will be applied for the remaining places in the order in which they are set out below.

11. For this age group after the admission of children with statements of special education need which name the Academy on the statement, the criteria are, in order:

a) Children in public care.

In the event of oversubscription using this criterion, priority will be given to those living nearest to the Academy, as defined in paragraph 11f below.

b) A child living within the City boundary of Nottingham with a sibling currently

attending the Academy, who will continue to do so after the date of admission and whose parents have requested a place at the Academy. In the event of oversubscription using this criterion, priority will be given to those living nearest to the Academy, as defined in paragraph 11f below.

c) A child living within the City boundary of Nottingham whose parents have requested a place at the Academy.

d) A child living outside the City boundary of Nottingham with a sibling currently attending the Academy, who will continue to do so after the date of admission, and whose parents have requested a place at the Academy.

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f) Where there are more applications than places after application of criterion b, c, d or e, distance from the Academy to home will be taken into account. Preference will be given to pupils who live closer to the Academy as defined by the straight line distance from the Academy.

g) Once the above criteria a) to e) have been applied to other applicants and offers have been made subsequent to the offer date for secondary admissions, the Academy may offer places to the children of newly appointed teachers where there is a demonstrable skills shortage for the vacant post in question.


Admission to Year 12 (Sixth form) – oversubscription criteria

12. The Academy Trust will first accept all pupils with a statutory right to a place at the Academy through a statement of special educational needs naming the Academy.

13. To be eligible to enter the sixth form both internal and external applicants will be expected to meet minimum academic entry criteria for the sixth form as a whole. When the sixth form is undersubscribed all applicants meeting the minimum academic entry requirements will be admitted. They will also be expected to have met the published academic standard for their chosen subjects to be permitted to follow their preferred courses. If not suitably qualified for their preferred courses pupils will be offered alternatives (if available).

14. The Academy will publish specific criteria in relation to minimum entrance requirements for the sixth form and for the range of courses

available based upon GCSE grades or other measures of prior attainment. These criteria are the same for internal and external transfers and will be subject to consultation with those in paragraph 14 of the full admissions policy available from the Academy. They will be published in the Academy’s prospectus and website.

15. In the event of oversubscription for the sixth form places available in addition to those allocated to existing students, and after the admission of children with statements of special education need which name the Academy on the statement the following criteria will be used, in order:


b) the distance from home to the Academy as defined in paragraph 11f above.

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is a demonstrable skills shortage for the vacant post in question. This is in accordance with paragraph 2.14 of the School Admissions Code. The Academy is able to exceed its admission number in offering such places.

16. There will be a right of appeal to an independent appeals panel for internal pupils refused transfer and external applicants refused admission.

Late Applications 17. Nottingham City Council

and the Trust Board may be willing to accept applications which are received late but before the date set by the Local Authority (4.50pm on 12 January 2012) for good reason, for example:

• afamilyreturningfrom

abroad;

• aloneparentwhohasbeen ill for some time;

• afamilymovingintoNottingham from another area; and

• otherexceptionalcircumstances.

18. Each case will be treated on its merits.

19. Any preferences received by Nottingham City Council up to the date set by the Local Authority, with good reason for being late and where appropriate, with the agreement of the Trust Board, will be included in the first cycle of allocations and will be notified on the national offer day.

20. All other late applications for secondary school places received by Nottingham City Council after the specified date will be dealt with after the offer day.

21. Other Local Authorities may have different policies when dealing with late applications. We would advise that you contact your home Local Authority to find out what their policies are.

Operation of waiting lists

22. Subject to any provisions regarding waiting lists in the Local Authority’s co-ordinated admission scheme, the Academy will operate a waiting list. Where in any year the

Academy receives more applications for places than there are places available, a waiting list will operate for unsuccessful applicants to Year 7 and Year 12. Waiting lists will also be maintained for other year groups (except Year 13) when these year groups are full. Waiting lists will be maintained by the Academy and it will be open to any parent to ask for his or her child’s name to be placed on a waiting list for the relevant year group following an unsuccessful application.

23. Children’s position on the waiting list will be determined solely in accordance with the criteria for admission set out in paragraphs 9, 10, 11 and 15 above for the relevant age group. Where places become vacant they will be allocated to children on the waiting list in accordance with the oversubscription criteria. These lists will operate until the end of the school year but parents will be asked to confirm if they wish their child’s name to remain on the list after 1 October each year.


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Arrangements for admitting pupils to other year groups, including to replace any pupils who have left the Academy

24. From 2011-12 local authorities will co-ordinate admissions for in-year applications and for applications for year groups other than the normal point(s) of entry. This will not affect Academies’ right to determine which applicants have priority for admission.

25. Subject to any Local Authority provisions in the co-ordinated admission arrangements relating to applications submitted for years other than the normal year of entry, the Academy Trust will consider all such applications and if the year group applied for has a place available, admit the child unless one of the permitted reliefs apply.

26. If more applications are received than there are places available, the oversubscription criteria in paragraphs 9, 10, 11 and 15 for the relevant age group shall apply. Parents whose application is turned

down shall be entitled to appeal.

Arrangements for admission of pupils as the Academy builds to its full capacity

27. The Academy will open on 1 September 2011 and published admission numbers relate solely to pupils in Year 7 and Year 12. Pupils in Years 8–11 will have been transferred automatically from the predecessor school which will close on 31 August 2011.

28. During the period from 1 September 2011 to 1 September 2015 there will not be a published admission number against which to consider applications for admission to all year groups. Initially in September 2011 there will be four such year groups reducing by one in each subsequent academic year.

29. Admission to a year group without a published admission number will be based upon the size of teaching groups already existing in that year in the Academy and the efficient use of resources.

Right of appeal

30. There will be a right of appeal to an Independent Appeals Panel for unsuccessful applicants relating to admissions at age 11 or above.

31. Appeals should be made to:

The Clerk to the Trust The Greenwood

Academies Trust Nottingham Academy

Site Greenwood Road Nottingham NG3 7EB

32. Appeals should be made within fourteen (14) days of the date of refusal.

Definitions

1. Definition of siblings and the position of twins

A sibling is defined as:

• asisterwhosharesoneor both parents, whether or not resident in the same household;

• ahalfsisterwhosharesone common parent;

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child living in the same household under the terms of a residence order; or

• anotherchildnormallyin residence for the majority of term time in the household for whom the adult in the household has parental responsibility and also has parental responsibility for the child currently attending the Academy.

In the case of twins or other children from multiple births (or two or more siblings in one year group) and where there is only one place available, the application will be considered together as one application).

2. Definition of the distance as the crow flies to an intending pupil’s home

Distance as the crow flies will be determined using an appropriate software package using direct (straight line) measurement. Where two dwellings with the same front entrance are located on different floors of the same building, a lower floor will be regarded as being

closer to the Academy than any above it. Where two or more dwellings with the same front entrance are located on the same floor of the same building, the closest dwelling to the front door, counting clockwise, will be regarded as being closer to the Academy than any subsequent dwelling counted clockwise.

3. Definition of Looked After Pupils

(Children in Public Care) as required by the Education (Admission of Looked After Children) (England) Regulations 2006 and in accordance with section 22 of the Children’s Act 1989 and who (a) are looked after at the time an application for admission to a school is made and (b) in relation to whom the Local Authority has confirmed that the child will still be looked after at the time when the child will be admitted to the school.


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Admission criteria for 2012/13:

To be considered, applications must be made to the Local Authority, as detailed on page 31 and to arrive no later than 31 October 2011.

APPLICATIONS MUST NOT BE SENT DIRECTLY TONOTTINGHAMUNIVERSITY SAMWORTH ACADEMY

Nottingham University Samworth Academy will consider all applications for places. Where fewer than 150 applications are received, the Academy will offer places to all those who have applied. Where the number of applications for admission is greater than the published admission number, applications will be considered against the criteria set out below. After the admission of pupils with Statements of Special Educational Need, where Nottingham University Samworth Academy is named on the statement, the criteria will be applied in the order in which they are set out on below:

1. pupils in public care (Looked After) (see note a below);

2. pupils whose siblings currently attend the school and who will

continue to do so on the date of admission (see note b opposite). Should the academy receive more applications in this criteria than places available, the use of random lot allocation and/or distance measurements may be used as an appropriate tie-breaker;

3. pupils residing in the school’s agreed catchment area and, where there are more applicants than places available, places will be allocated by random allocation/independent electronic ballot;

4. pupils living outside the catchment area on the basis of proximity to the school using straight line measurement from the main entrance of the Academy to the main entrance to the child’s home and in the event of a tie-breaker under this criterion places will be decided by drawing lots.

Notes

a. Children in Public Care – a child looked after by a local authority in accordance with section 22 of the Children Act 1989(b) and who (a) is looked after at the time of the application for admission to the

school(s) is made and (b) in relation to whom the local authority has confirmed that the child will still be looked after at the time of admission to the school in question.

b. For admission purposes Nottingham University Samworth Academy considers a sibling connection to include children living in the same household under the care of the same parent(s) or guardian(s) and children not normally resident in the same household but sharing a genetic parent.


Parents/carers will have the right of appeal to an independent appeal panel if they are dissatisfied with an admission decision of Nottingham University Samworth Academy. The Appeal Panel will be independent of the Academy.

If you wish to appeal, telephone the Academy for an appeal form and then send the completed form to the Clerk to the Appeal Panel, at the address given on the appeal form within 14 days after receiving your refusal letter. Other

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Panel, at the address given on the appeal form within 14 days after receiving your refusal letter. Other documents may be submitted in support of an appeal and should be lodged with the clerk to the appeal panel not less than 7 days before the appeal hearings.

Appeals for ‘on-time’ applications (i.e. those received by the closing date of 31 October 2011) into year 7 are likely to be heard during May 2012 and, in any event, no later than 6 July 2012.

Appeals for late applications for year 7 and for applications into other year groups will be heard within 30 school days of being lodged.

Waiting lists

Subject to any provisions regarding waiting lists in Nottingham City Council’s co-ordinated admission scheme, the Academy will operate a waiting list. Where in any year the Academy receives more applications for places than there are places available, a waiting list will operate until a month after the September admission date. This will be maintained by the Academy and it will be open to any parent/carer to ask for his or her child’s name to be

placed on the waiting list, following an unsuccessful application.

Children’s position on the waiting list will be determined solely in accordance with the oversubscription criteria set out in paragraphs 1 to 4 above. Where places become vacant they will be allocated to children on the waiting list in accordance with the oversubscription criteria.

Late applications

Late applications (i.e. those received after the closing date of 31 October 2011) will be administered in accordance with Nottingham City Council’s secondary co-ordinated admissions scheme. Late applications will be considered only after all on-time applications have been considered and places offered.

Arrangements for admitting pupils to other year groups, including replacing any pupils who have left Nottingham University Samworth Academy:

Subject to any provisions in the local authority’s co-ordinated admission arrangements relating to applications submitted for

years other than the normal year of entry, the Academy must consider all such applications and, if the year group applied for has a place available, admit the child. If more applications are received than there are places available, the oversubscription criteria shall apply. Parents/carers whose application is turned down are entitled to appeal, as detailed above.

Arrangements for admission of pupils as Nottingham University Samworth Academy builds to its full capacity

The Academy opened on 1 September 2009 with a Published Admission Number relating solely to pupils in year 7. Pupils in subsequent years transferred automatically from the predecessor school, William Sharp, which closed on 31 August 2009. During the period from 1 September 2009 to the admission of year 7 in September 2013 to Nottingham University Samworth Academy, there will not be a Published Admission Number against which to consider applications for admission to all other year groups. In September 2011 there will be two such year groups

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(i.e. years 10 and 11) reducing to one (year 11) in September 2012. Admission to year groups without a Published Admission Number (i.e. years 10 and 11) will be based upon the size of teaching groups already existing in the Academy and the efficient use of resources. There will be a right of appeal to the independent appeal panel for unsuccessful applicants as detailed above.


Nottingham University Samworth Academy will publish specific criteria in relation to minimum entrance requirements for the range of courses available based upon GCSE grades or other measures of prior attainment for all students wishing to study courses in years 12 and 13.

The Academy has capacity for 100 pupils in each year 12 and 13. External admissions are initially limited to a maximum of 20 per year, but if the number of pupils transferring from year 11 to year 12 from within the academy is less than our overall capacity we may be in a position to admit more than 20 external candidates up to our overall capacity per year group.

If places for year 12 are oversubscribed, applications will be evaluated using the methods outlined on page 146 in paragraphs 1 to 4, and a waiting list will operate as referred to above. There will be a right of appeal to an independent appeals panel for unsuccessful applicants.

Please contact the Academy for details of how to apply for post-16 provision.

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The published admission number for year 7 in September 2012 is 200.

All applications for places are made to the applicant’s home local authority as set out on page 31. Although the School will decide admissions, under law the local authority co-ordinate all admissions in its area and will communicate all admission decisions to parents.

Ordinary applications for year 7 in 2012

For entrance to the school in September 2012 the closing date of the coordinated admission scheme is 31 October 2011, preceding admission to secondary school. Offers of places will be made on 1 March 2012.

Late applications for the normal year of Entry

Late applications are those submitted after the closing date for the Nottingham City co-ordinated admissions scheme and will be dealt in accordance with that scheme.

Applications outside the normal year of entry

In the event of a place being available in the appropriate year group for a mid year application an offer of a place at the school will be made. If no places are available the child’s name will be placed on the school’s waiting list (see further details below).

Time limits for acceptance of an offer of a place

When the school is informed by the local authority that a place has been offered, it will write to the parent(s) seeking written confirmation that they will take up the place. If this confirmation is not received within 14 days, the school will notify the local authority that the offer of a place should be withdrawn and offered to the child ranked highest on the waiting list.


As required by law children with a statement of special education needs that names The Fernwood School will be admitted. If the School is oversubscribed (i.e. where the number of applications for admission exceeds the

number of places available) the following criteria will be applied in the order set out below, to decide which applicant to admit:

1. As required by law, preference in the first instance is given to Children in public care who are ‘looked after’ at the time an application for admission is made and who the local authority can confirm will still be looked after at the time of admission to the school.

2. Places will then be allocated to other pupils who, at the closing date for applications, live within the catchment area and have a sibling already attending the school whom is expected still to be on roll on the proposed date of admission of the applicant pupil.

3. Places will then be allocated to other pupils who, at the closing date for applications, live within the catchment area.

4. Places will then be allocated to other pupils who live outside the catchment area who, at the closing date for applications, attend one of the designated feeder schools, and

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have a sibling already attending the school (i.e. The Fernwood School) and whom is expected still to be on roll on the proposed date of admission of the applicant pupil.

5. Places will then be allocated to other pupils who live outside the catchment area who, at the closing date for applications attend one of the designated feeder schools (see page 148).

6. Places will then be allocated to other pupils who live outside the catchment area, who, at the closing date for applications, have a sibling already attending the school whom is expected still to be on roll on the proposed date of admission of the applicant pupil.

7. Places will then be allocated to other pupils who live outside the catchment area.

Exceptional circumstances

The above criteria (2-7) may be overridden and priority given to an applicant for whom it can be demonstrated that they have a specific medical or social need that makes it

essential that they attend The Fernwood School rather than any other school.

Each case will be considered on its merits by the Governors who will determine whether the evidence provided is sufficiently compelling to meet the requirements for this criterion. The evidence must relate specifically to The Fernwood School and must clearly demonstrate why Fernwood is the only school that can meet the child’s needs. It should include:

• Specificprofessionalevidence from a registered health professional such as a doctor that justifies why only The Fernwood School can meet the child’s individual medical needs, and/or

• Specificprofessionalevidence from a local authority social worker that outlines exceptional family circumstances that justifies why only The Fernwood School can meet the child’s individual social needs; and

• IfTheFernwoodSchoolis not the nearest school to the child’s home address clear reasons why the nearest school is not appropriate

Tie breaker: proximity to school

In the event of there being more applicants meeting any of the above criteria than remaining places available, proximity to the school will be used as a tie breaker, with those living nearest being given priority. Distance will be measured ‘as the crow flies’ from the applicant’s residence to the main school gate on Goodwood Road.

Withdrawing an offer of a place

Any offers of a place found to be made on the basis of inaccurate information can be withdrawn. Such examples would include fraudulent or intentionally misleading applications (e.g. a false claim to residence in the catchment area). As stated above the failure of a parent to respond to an offer of a place within 14 days will also lead to the withdrawal of that offer.

Waiting list

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local authority for the duration of the co-ordinated admissions scheme. Once the co-ordinated scheme is closed, the waiting list will remain open but will be administered by the governors of the school.

Where the number of students in a particular year group falls below 200 students, the person whose name appears first on the year group waiting list will be offered a place. A child’s position on this waiting list will be determined by the application of the school’s published oversubscription criteria.

Parents of children who are on the waiting list will be contacted at the start of each half term to establish if they wish to remain on the waiting list.

Parents are welcome to ask what position they currently hold on the list. However, because the School constantly receives applications for admission throughout the year, the waiting list is continually being re-ordered. Parents need to be aware that their position on the list may rise and fall over time and therefore a higher position on the list is not necessarily a good indicator of the likelihood of a place being offered. Length of time on the waiting list will not be a factor in offering a place.

Children who are the subject of a direction by a Local Authority to admit or who are allocated to the School in accordance with the In-Year Fair Access Protocols, will take precedence over those children on a waiting list.

Independent appeals

Parents have the right to an independent appeals panel in the event that their child is declined admission to the school. Repeat applications in the same academic year will not be considered unless there is a significant and material change in circumstances. Parents wishing to appeal should contact the school to request an appeals form within 14 days of notification that child has not been given a place.

Definitions of terms used in these arrangements:

Residence

This is defined as the child’s permanent place of residence which is deemed to be the residential property at which the child normally and habitually resides with the person or persons having parental responsibility for the child at the time of completion of the application form. If a child’s

parents live at separate addresses, which ever of the two addresses the child permanently spends at least 3 school nights i.e. Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday will be taken as the place of residence. Addresses of other relatives or friends will not be considered as the place of residence even when the child stays there for all or part of the week. Proof of permanent residence (minimum 12 months tenancy agreement from the date of application in the case of rented accommodation) and other evidence from the court regarding parental responsibilities in these matters may be required.

Measuring distance ‘as the crow flies’

For applications in the normal year of entry which are managed under the co-ordinated admissions arrangements, those outside of the normal year of entry or those applications held on the waiting list, distance is independently measured and the school governors use this information to rank order applications.

Where two or more pupils are equal in all respects and it is therefore not possible to differentiate between them, a method of random allocation by drawing lots

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Feeder schools

The feeder schools for The Fernwood School are Fernwood Junior, Middleton Primary and Southwold Primary schools.

Sibling

The governors define siblings as being those brothers and sisters who share the same biological parents. This includes half-brother, half-sister or legally adopted child living at the same residence as the applicant child.

Twins or multiple births

In the event of one sibling being allocated a place at the school because they have a Statement of Special Educational Needs which names the school, or they have been offered a place under criteria 2, 4 or 6, all other multiple birth siblings will then also be offered a place.

Parent

Section 576 of the Education Act 1996 defines ‘parent’ to include; all natural parents, whether they are married or not; and any person who, although

not a natural parent, has parental responsibility for a child or young person; and any person who, although not a natural parent, has care of a child or a young person. Having parental responsibility means assuming all the rights, duties, powers, responsibilities and authority that a parent of a child has by law. People other than a child’s natural parent can acquire parental responsibility.

Catchment area

A map of the school’s defined catchment area can be found on the school’s website or obtained from the School Office.

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The Hadden Park High SchoolHadden Park is a Charitable Trust.

The school partners are New College Nottingham and the Co-operative College.

As a trust partner New College Nottingham guarantees a post-16 place for all of our students.

The published admission number is 180 pupils.

All applications for places are made to the applicant’s home local authority. In the majority of cases, this will be the Nottingham City (the local authority), see page 31 on how to apply for a school place. Although the Governing Body has responsibility for deciding on admissions, under law the local authority will co-ordinate all admissions in its area and will communicate all admission decisions to parents.

Applications for year 7 in 2012

For entrance to the school in September 2012 the closing date of the coordinated admission scheme is

31 October 2011, preceding admission to secondary school. Offers of places will be made on the national offer date of 1 March 2012.

Late applications for the normal Year of Entry

Nottingham City Council and the Governing Body may be willing to accept applications which are received late but before the date set by the Local Authority (4.50 pm on 12 January 2012) for good reason for example:

• afamilyreturningfromabroad

• aloneparentwhohasbeen ill for some time

• afamilymovingintoNottingham from another area

• otherexceptionalcircumstances

Each case will be treated on its merits.

Any preferences received by Nottingham City Council up to the date set by the Local Authority, with good reason for being late, and where appropriate, with the agreement of the Governing

Body will be included in the first cycle of allocations and will be notified on the national offer day.

All other late applications for Hadden Park received by Nottingham City Council after the specified date will be dealt with after the offer day.

Other local authorities might have different policies when dealing with late applications. We would advise that you contact your home local authority to find out what their policies are.

Applications outside the normal year of entry

Applications for places in any year group, made during the school year, must be made to the applicant’s home Local Authority using the home local authority application form. Once an application has been made, details will be passed to the school for consideration. If the respective year group total is below the published admission number for that year group, the child will be offered a place unless paragraph 3.30 of the School Admissions Code is

applicable. If the respective year group total is full, the child will be only offered a place if there are very exceptional circumstances and if the Committee decides that the education of pupils in that year group will not be detrimentally affected by the admission of an extra pupil. Parents will have 14 days to accept the offer of a school place.

If there is oversubscription within any year group the school will maintain a waiting list. Details will be provided on request. Inclusion in a school’s waiting list does not mean that a place will eventually become available.

If a child is not allocated a place, parents have a statutory right to appeal (see ‘Appeals’ below). Appeals should be lodged within three weeks (15 working days) after the date of your decision letter

Local Authorities are required to have Fair Access Protocols in order to make sure that unplaced children who live in the home local authority, especially the most vulnerable, are offered a place at a suitable school as quickly as possible. This includes admitting children above the published admissions number to schools that are already full.

Oversubscription Criteria

In the event of oversubscription within any of the criteria listed below, preference will be given to applicants who live closest to the school, as measured in a straight line (by a computerised geographical information system) from a point on the school site to a point at the pupil’s home, i.e. as the crow flies, both identified by the Local Land and Property Gazetteer. Where two or more pupils are equal in all respects and it is therefore not possible to differentiate between them, a method of random allocation by drawing lots will be used to allocate places (supervised by someone independent of The Hadden Park High School).

Pupils who have a Statement of Special Educational Need, where that school is named in the child’s statement will be admitted. This will reduce the number of places available for other pupils.

1. Places will first be allocated to pupils looked after by the Local Authority (Children in Public Care) as required by the Education (Admission of Looked After Children) (England) Regulations 2006 and in

accordance with section 22 of the Children Act 1989 and who (a) are looked after at the time an application for admission to a school is made and (b) in relation to whom the local authority has confirmed that the child will still be looked after at the time when the child will be admitted to the school.

2. Places will first be allocated to pupils who, at the closing date for applications, live within the catchment area, whose parents have requested a place at the school and who, at the time of admission, will have a brother or sister attending the school or Individual Needs Centre.

3. Places will then be allocated to other pupils who, at the closing date for applications, live within the catchment area and whose parents have requested a place at the school.

4. Places will then be allocated to pupils who live outside the catchment area, whose parents have requested a place at the school and who at the time of admission, will have a brother or sister attending the school or Individual Needs Centre.

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5. Places will then be allocated to other pupils who live outside the catchment area whose parents have requested a place at the school.

The above criteria (2-5) may be overridden and priority given to an applicant who can establish any of the following:

• PupilswithSpecialEducational Needs that can only be met at a specific school such as where the school has specialist provision;*

• Childrenoftravellers,pupils with exceptional medical, mobility, or social grounds that can only be met at a specific school.*

*Applications in these categories must be supported by a statement in writing from a doctor, social worker or other relevant professional. This is necessary because you will be asking the authority to assess your child as having a stronger case than other children. Each case will be considered on its merits by the Governing Body.

Please note that The Hadden Park Co-operative Learning Trust does not operate a ‘feeder’ arrangement. Attendance at a particular primary or junior school is not taken into account when places at secondary schools are allocated.

Withdrawing an offer of a place

Any offers of a place found to be made on the basis of inaccurate information can be withdrawn. Such examples would include fraudulent or intentionally misleading applications (e.g. a false claim to residence in the catchment area). Failure to accept a place offered at the school within the 14 days previously specified will also lead to the withdrawal of that offer.

Waiting list

If, after the offer of available places has been made, the school is oversubscribed, all unsuccessful applications will be placed on the waiting list which will be administered by the governors of the school in partnership with the local authority for the duration of the co-ordinated admissions scheme. Once the co-ordinated scheme is closed, the waiting list will remain open but will be administered by the governors of the school. A waiting list will also be in operation for any other years where the school receives more applications than places available. The waiting list will remain open whilst the number of places in the year group is full, or until the end of the academic year.

Where the number of students in a particular year group falls below 180 students, the person whose name appears first on the year group waiting list will be offered a place. A child’s position on this waiting list will be determined by the application of the school’s published oversubscription criteria.

Parents of children who are on the waiting list will be contacted at the start of each half term to establish if they wish to remain on the waiting list.

Parents are welcome to ask what position they currently hold on the list. However, because the school constantly receives applications for admission throughout the year, the waiting list is continually being re-ordered. Parents need to be aware that their position on the list may rise and fall over time and therefore a higher position on the list is not necessarily a good indicator of the likelihood of a place being offered. Length of time on the waiting list will not be a factor in offering a place.

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those children on a waiting list.

Independent Appeals

Parents have the right to an independent appeals panel in the event that their child is declined admission to the school. Repeat applications in the same academic year will not be considered unless there is a significant and material change in circumstances. Parents wishing to appeal should write to the Clerk to Governors, c/o The Hadden Park High School, Harvey Road, Bilborough, Nottingham NG8 3GP within 14 days of notification that child has not been given a place.

Definitions of terms used in these arrangements:

Residence

This is defined as the child’s permanent place of residence which is deemed to be the residential property at which the child normally and habitually resides with the person or persons having parental responsibility for the child at the time of completion of the application form. If a child’s parents live at separate addresses, which ever of the two addresses the child permanently spends

at least 3 school nights i.e. Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday will be taken as the place of residence. Addresses of other relatives or friends will not be considered as the place of residence even when the child stays there for all or part of the week. Proof of permanent residence (minimum 12 months tenancy agreement from the date of application in the case of rented accommodation) and other evidence from the court regarding parental responsibilities in these matters may be required. Where a child is resident at two addresses for an equal amount of time, the child’s permanent place of residence will be taken as the address shown on the child benefit letter.

Brothers or sisters – sibling connection

1. For admission purposes Hadden Park Co-operative Learning Trust considers the following as siblings:

• Abrotherorsisterwho share the same parents;

• Ahalfbrotherorhalfsister, where two children share one common parent;

• Astepbrotherorstep sister, where two

children are related by a parent’s marriage;

• Adoptedorfosteredchildren living in the same household under the terms of a Residence Order.

2. Hadden Park Co-operative Learning Trust does not consider these as siblings:

• Cousinsorotherfamily relationships not included in 1 above;

• Siblingswhoat1September 2012 will not be registered pupils at the preferred school.

Where applications are received in respect of twins, triplets or children of other multiple births, Hadden Park Co-operative Learning Trust will endeavour to offer places in the same school, admitting above the planned admission number where necessary. If this is not possible, the parent/carer will be asked which child(ren) should take up the place(s). The parent/ carer will still have a right of appeal against a refusal of a place.

Parent

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natural parents, whether they are married or not; and any person who, although not a natural parent, has parental responsibility for a child or young person; and any person who, although not a natural parent, has care of a child or a young person. Having parental responsibility means assuming all the rights, duties, powers, responsibilities and authority that a parent of a child has by law. People other than a child’s natural parent can acquire parental responsibility.

Catchment area

Details of the school’s defined catchment area can be found on the school’s web site, obtained from the School Office or by contacting the Admissions and Exclusion Team at Nottingham City Council.

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Post-16 education and trainingAll of the city’s secondary schools and academies make sure that their pupils are well prepared for the learning programmes after the age of 16. There are many excellent education and training opportunities for pupils over 16 within the city, including school sixth forms, the further education colleges, the sixth form college and many private training providers.

Nottingham schools offer young people a great route into the best education and training that is available in the city for people over 16. By sending your child to a Nottingham school you can be sure that your child will get the best from the full range of excellent opportunities available.

To look at the full range of courses available you can go to www.passportfolio.com. This website provides an online guide to all the courses, training and learning opportunities in Nottingham and Nottinghamshire. Young people and parents can use a range of simple searches to find out who offers which courses in their area. It contains courses from Foundation level up to Level 3.

Another option available to young people after leaving school at 16 is to take part in an apprenticeship programme with a local employer. For more information on apprenticeships and to search for apprenticeships in your area, you can go to the national apprenticeships website (www.apprenticeships.org.uk).

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The services listed above are available Monday to Friday, 8.30am - 4.50pm:For more information visit: www.mynottingham.gov.uk

To apply online and get general information about the school admissions application process visit www.mynottingham.gov.uk/schooladmissions

For information about the Government’s Building Schools for the Future programme and how this affects city schools/ academies visit: www.nottinghambsf.co.uk

Choice AdvisorsIn2007theGovernmentaskedlocalauthorities to set up independent Choice Advice Services in their area.

Choice Advice is about helping and supporting parents, carers and children to make the best and most realistic preference of secondary school. The Choice Advice Service offers impartial, independent advice about secondary schools and help to fill in the admissions application. Although Choice Advisors can give advice, they cannot decide for parents and they cannot guarantee a place at any school. Choice Advisors in Nottingham are part of the Families Information Service.

The service works across the city offering information, advice and help to parents and carers about a wide range of family support issues. The Families Information Service is run by Nottingham City Council. For more information or to contact your Choice Advisor, please phone 0800 458 4114.

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AppealsIf you have been refused a place for your child at a city community or voluntary controlled school and would like to appeal, contact the Admissions and Exclusion Team on 0115 841 5568.

To check that your appeal form has been received and when the appeal will be held, contact:

Education Appeals Team Democratic Services LH Box 28 Loxley House Station Street Nottingham NG2 3NG Tel: 0115 876 4302 Email: [email protected]

If you have been refused a place for your child at a non-community city school and would like to appeal, please see page 41 for who to contact to check that your appeal form has been received and when the appeal hearing will be held.

Pupil Benefits Information about meals, clothing or footwear:

The Contact CentreAngel RowNottinghamNG1 6HPTel: 0115 915 4084Email: [email protected] counter service is available Monday to Friday, 8.45am – 4.00pm. Staff will be pleased to help you.

Parent Partnership Service Information about education for children with special needs and disabilities Suite 5Clarendon Chambers32 Clarendon StreetNottingham NG1 5LNTel: 0115 948 2888Email: [email protected]: www.ppsnotts.org.uk

Diocesan Education Service Information about admission to Catholic schoolsThe Diocesan CentreMornington CrescentMackworthDerbyDE22 4BDTel: 01332 293833Website: www.nottingham-diocesan-centre.org.uk

Southwell & Nottingham Diocesan Information about admission to Church of England schoolsBoard of EducationDunham House8 WestgateSouthwellNottinghamshireNG25 0JLTel: 01636 814331Website: www.southwell.anglican.org

Information on membership of Churches Together in EnglandWebsite: www.churches-together.org.uk

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Information about schools in Nottinghamshire County (outside the city boundary)Applications for admission to these schools are considered by Nottinghamshire County Council.

Nottinghamshire County Council Admissions GroupChildren and Young People’s ServicesSchool Admissions TeamMeadow HouseLittleworthMansfieldNottinghamshireNG18 2TATel: 01623 433 433Website: www.nottinghamshire.gov.uk

Department for Education FREE information on school performance in city schools.PO Box 5050Sherwood ParkAnnesleyNottinghamNG15 ODJFreephone: 0845 602 2260Email: [email protected]: www.dfe.gov.uk/performancetables

View the latest Ofsted report for schools Website: www.ofsted.gov.uk

Search for schools/academies and their DfE number:Website: www.edubase.gov.uk

Advisory Centre for Education (ACE) Independent registered charity which offers FREE confidential information and advice on state education, including advice on appeals against decisions about applications for school places. Tel: freephone 0808 800 5793Website: www.ace-ed.org.ukText ‘ADMISSIONS’ to 68808. To ask ACE a specific question, text ‘ADMASK’ followed by your question (no more than 160 characters)

Connexions For advice and guidance on education, training, careers, jobs and personal issues affecting 13 to 19 year olds. 24/32 Carlton StreetHockleyNottinghamNG1 1NNTel: 0115 912 6611Websites: www.cnxnotts.co.uk www.sortitonline.comParents Website: www.theparentpoint.com

Nottingham & Nottinghamshire Refugee ForumTel: 0115 941 5599Email: [email protected]: www.nottsrefugeeforum.org.uk

Please see the schools’ pages in this booklet for individual school’s websites.

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When can my child start school?

Answer: In Nottingham city, children start infant and primary school the September following their fourth birthday. The law says all children must start school at the beginning of the term following their fifth birthday.

If a child attends an infant school, they will transfer to a junior/primary school in the September following their 7th birthday.

The first year of school is called Reception Year. You will need to apply for your child’s school place between November and January prior to the September your child starts school. The online application process starts from 25 November 2011 for children born between 01/09/07 and 31/08/08 who are starting school in September 2012. All applications must be made by 15 January 2012.

When you apply online you will get an email back telling you we have received your application. If you apply using a paper application form this application will be acknowledged within 10 days. It is your responsibility to contact us if you do not receive an acknowledgement.

What if I feel that my child is not ready to start school in September 2012?

Answer: In some cases you may be able to delay your child’s entry to school or your child may be able to attend part-time until they reach compulsory school age. You should discuss this with the head teacher of your preferred school before submitting your application.

Children must, by law, start school full time by the beginning of the term after their fifth birthday.

How do I apply?

Answer: The quickest and easiest way to apply for a school place is to do it online. An online application form is available by clicking the following link: www.mynottingham.gov.uk/e-admissions

Supplementary forms for Church of England and Catholic Schools can also be downloaded from www.mynottingham.gov.uk/schooladmissions or collected from the schools. These must be returned direct to the school you are applying for. If you would like help or advice about

applying for a school place please call us on 0115 841 5568.

What can I do if I don’t get the places I want?

Answer:

Your decision letter will explain the reasons why it was not possible to offer you a place at your preferred school and the process for appealing against this decision. Your child’s name may also be included on a waiting list, which means that we will consider your child for any places that become available after the initial allocation made on the publicised offer days of 1 March 2012 for secondary places and 13 April 2012 for infant, junior and primary places. There is no guarantee however, that a place will become available or that you will get one if it does.

Being on a waiting list for one school does not prevent you from visiting others. We would strongly recommend you visit any preferred school. You can decide to accept our offer of a place at one school and still go on a waiting list for another.

For all schools in Nottingham city, places that become available after the offer day allocations will be offered by applying

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the admissions criteria to everyone on the waiting list and considering late applications received.

You can appeal against all decisions about school admissions. This means that you have a chance to put your case to an independent appeal panel made up of people who have had no connection at all with the original decision.

We went through the admissions process three years ago with our elder child. Has anything changed?

Answer: Yes. There have been major changes to the admissions criteria for most schools in dealing with admissions and appeals.

Please check the information in the “Going to School in Nottingham” booklet to see how the process will work in 2012/13. If you don’t understand the process, you can also discuss it with the Choice Adviser on 0800 458 4114 who will take you through it step-by-step.

Can I apply for a place at a school in another Local Authority area?

Answer: Yes. If you are a Nottingham city resident you can apply for a school place in another authority by completing Nottingham city’s online application form. You do not need to complete an application for that authority as well.

What if I do not live in Nottingham city but want my child to go to a Nottingham city school?

Answer: You can apply for a place in a Nottingham city school even if you live outside the city. We consider all applications regardless of where you live. However, you must complete an application to the Local Authority you pay your council tax to. Your Local Authority will then contact us and we will inform them if we are able to meet your request.

Your Local Authority will then inform you on the publicised offer day of the outcome of your application.

However, if you do not qualify for a Nottingham city school, your Local Authority

will be responsible for making sure your child has a school place.

If my child currently attends a nursery class in one of my preferred schools, will they be guaranteed a place in the reception class?

Answer: No, the nursery your child attends does not affect the application you make for reception class. The law does not allow for this as some parents/carers decide not to send their children to nursery, but are entitled to the same chance of sending them to a primary school that they want.

Also the City Council’s policy is for nursery classes to service a wider area than a single school’s catchment area. This means that the number of places in the nursery class is often greater than the number of places in the reception class in the same school.

Your application will be considered in the same way as those for children who do not attend the nursery, and it is vital that you make a new application to apply for a reception place either online or by completing a paper application form.

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How can I find out more about a particular school?

Answer: You will find some basic information in the “Going to School in Nottingham” booklet.

Contact the school you are interested in to get a copy of their prospectus, which will give you more details about the school. We strongly recommend attending the open evenings or asking to visit the school and talk to the head teacher. If you have access to a computer linked to the internet, all schools have their own website and details of Ofsted inspections can be found at www.ofsted.gov.uk/.

The Choice Adviser can also give/explain this information to you.

What happens if I move after the deadline for receiving applications?

Answer: If you move before the closing date, then your preferences will be looked at using this new address.

You may also wish to change your preferences to take into account your new address.

If you move after the deadline date it will not be possible to use your new address for the school offered on either 1 March 2012 for secondary places or 13 April 2012 for infant, junior or primary places. We will only be able to use your new address for allocating a place after the closing date.

What happens if I miss the deadline?

Answer: We will deal with applications for school places based on whether we receive them on time or late. However, if your application is late it will not be dealt with until after 1 March 2012 for secondary applications or 13 April 2012 for infant, junior or primary applications

You will not receive a letter regarding the outcome of your application until May/June 2012. You will be very unlikely to get a place in any of the popular, oversubscribed schools.

All applications which we receive by 31 October 2011 for secondary schools and 15 January 2012 for infant, junior and primary schools will be on time.

How do I get onto the waiting list for a school?

Answer: If you are not offered a place at a community or voluntary controlled school you placed as a higher preference to one you have been allocated, then you will automatically be placed on a waiting list for that school/those schools. You can also write to us and ask to go on the waiting list for a lower preference community or voluntary controlled school.

This will continue until a place can be offered to you, or until the end of the summer half term 2013 when the waiting list is closed. After this date, you will need to reapply for a place at your preferred school/s for September 2013.

For Voluntary Aided, Academy or Trust schools you will need to contact the individual schools concerned for details of their own arrangements.

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If places become available and there are more children on the waiting list than places, how are the available places allocated?

Answer: If there are more children on the list than there are places available, we will allocate the places in line with our admission criteria.

We will use the same criteria that is used when processing the on time applications.

Can I find out where I am on the waiting list for a particular school?

Answer: Yes, by contacting the Admissions and Exclusion Team who will be able to inform you of the position you hold on the list.

It is important to remember that you can move up or down this list depending on whether other children come onto or go off the list. You can come off or go on the list at any stage in the process.

For this reason we can only guarantee the position of your child on the list on the date of communication.

How does the government’s policy on infant class sizes affect my child’s admission to school?

Answer: By law, no child at Key Stage l (Reception, Year 1 or Year 2) should be taught in classes of over 30 pupils. This may affect you. If there are more than 30 children wanting to go into a class, we will use the admission criteria) to decide who gets a place.

If you do not get a place in any of your preferred schools, you can appeal against our decision to an Independent Appeals Panel. However your appeal will not normally be successful if it were to lead to a class of over 30 children. If your child is not offered a place at a voluntary aided school or academy, please contact the head teacher for details of their appeals procedure.

How do I find out how far away I live from my preferred school and which is my catchment area school?

Answer: You can find out details of your catchment area school (which is not always your nearest school) using the interactive map on

our website and inputting your postcode and house number.

We strongly recommend that you consider including your catchment school as one of your preferences, as you will achieve the highest priority ranking in the admissions criteria at your catchment school (except for junior schools, where the highest priority ranking is for pupils who attend the linked infant school). You can find out the distance from your home address to your nearest school by contacting the Admissions and Exclusions Team on 0115 841 5568. You will need to give your postcode and house number.

If I live in the catchment area for the school, I’m guaranteed a place.

Answer: No there are no guarantees when allocating places at a school. To be offered a school place at ANY school, you MUST complete an application. In the vast majority of cases, parents who want their catchment area school will be eligible for a place, as long as they include it as one of their preferences in their application and they have applied by the closing date for applications. However

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in certain areas of the city, there may be more children living in the catchment area for a school than there are places. Therefore, it is always worth putting the maximum number of schools down in your preferences.

If I put my catchment area school down as my 3rd preference, that’s what I’ll get

Answer: This is not necessarily true. If there are more applications received than places at a particular school, places are allocated for each school based on the admissions criteria. Here’s an example of how it could work;

You’ve selected School A, School B and School C (your catchment area school) on your application. School A is oversubscribed (more applications than places). The admissions authority can only offer places to those in the catchment area of the school - therefore, as you are not in the catchment area, they cannot offer you a place.

School B is also oversubscribed, and can offer places down to the distance criteria. The furthest distance they offer

a place to is 1.8 miles, but you live 2.3 miles away - therefore they cannot offer you a place.

School C (your catchment area school) is also oversubscribed, but they can also offer places down to the distance criteria. Therefore, as you are in the catchment area, you will be offered a place there.

So, yes you’ve been offered a place at your catchment area school, but it is not simply because you put it as one of your preferences. If you had lived 1.7 miles from School B, you would have been offered a place there.

All preferences are looked at equally.

If I only put down one preference, am I more likely to get it?

Answer: No. All places are allocated depending on how you meet the criteria for that school. Listing one school will not increase your chances of getting a place there - if you can’t be offered a place there, you won’t be considered for any other schools and your chances of getting a place at other preferred schools through a late application will be limited. The same can also be said if you include

a school more than once on your form - it will not increase your chances of getting a place as it only counts as one preference.

How can I stop my child going to a ‘bad’ school?

Answer: Each school has pupils who achieve to very high standards academically. However, a good or a poor reputation can often be gained by schools based on evidence/memories from many years ago. Things can change in schools very quickly, so a school that you went to 20 years ago may be very different to the school as it is today! Also, many people look at league tables to see how well a school is performing - however, this is only an indicator of a school’s performance and does not give the complete picture.

We strongly recommend you go and visit the schools; you may be surprised at what you find!

Why do some schools not accept applications from certain areas of the city?

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or outside of Nottingham city. Schools cannot refuse to offer a place to someone because of where they live. Your application can only be refused if the school is oversubscribed and more people meet the admissions criteria better than you.

Catholic schools are only for Catholic children

Answer: This is not true. Baptised Catholic children do get priority for places in Catholic schools, but if there are places still available then non-baptised children can be offered a place.

I made an application on time and now they’re saying it was late - what can I do?

Answer: An application is considered on time if it is received by the closing date, either online or by the Admissions and Exclusion Team at Loxley House.

You will get an email sent to your chosen email address almost immediately if you apply online or a written receipt to confirm its arrival if you apply using the paper form - if you do not receive one within 10 days, then contact the Admissions and Exclusion Team on 0115 841 5568.

People lie on their application to get a place

Answer: The process tries to be as fair as possible to all parents. We carefully monitor all application forms to look out for false information, including investigating false addresses.

If someone is found to have provided false information to gain entry to a specific school, then that offer of a place may be withdrawn and given to somebody else.

I don’t have to fill in an application as she’s going to independent school

Answer: Even if you intend to send your son/daughter to a private school, it is still recommended you complete an application for a Local Authority / Academy / Church / Trust school. If in the end you decide not to send them to the private school, you will have a better chance of getting the school you want by applying before the deadline date.

If you remain intent on going to the private school, you can simply decline any place you are then offered by the Local Authority.

What address should I use on my application?

Answer: You should use your current permanent address (where you are living at the time you complete your application). Please make sure that the address and postcode you give us is correct, because we may use the information to see whether you qualify under a particular admissions criterion.

We regularly check addresses, including arranging visits from the Education Welfare Service, and if details are not correct we will withdraw the offer of a school place. For example, it is not acceptable to use the address of a childminder, grandparent or any other relation.

If there are reasons why your child is not living at your address (for example, if you and the other parent or carer do not live together) you must declare this in a letter and attach it to the application form.

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If I register my child at a school, does this guarantee them a place there?

Answer: No. You will only be considered for a place at a Nottingham city school if you complete a Common Application Form, either online or paper.

I know which school I want my child to go to. Why should I request other schools?

Answer: If you only request one school you cannot be certain that your child will be offered a place there. If you are unsuccessful, you will then not be considered for any other school. If other local schools have more applicants than they have places, they will be full at the offer day. Therefore you run the risk of either being allocated a school some distance away or no place at all and having to make further late preferences.

You are strongly recommended therefore to use all your preferences. Doing so does not reduce your chance of getting your first preference school.

If you intend to apply for an independent school, it is

also recommended that you apply for one or more of the schools listed in the Going to School in Nottingham booklet

Can I write to support my application?

Answer: Yes. You have the legal right to explain your reasons for wanting a particular school, including philosophical or religious reasons. However, these reasons will only be taken into account if they are directly linked to the admissions criteria for the schools you have listed on your application.

I need a school with before and after school care. How do I know which schools provide this?

Answer: To find out whether schools provide breakfast clubs, after school clubs or other services contact the schools directly. You can find contact details in the “Going to School in Nottingham” booklet.

What if there are changes to the information I have submitted on my application?

Answer: All changes should be declared to the Admissions and Exclusion Team (0115 841 5568) whether they happen before the allocation date or after.

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This checklist sets out all the steps you need to take for your child to be offered a school place, whether they are starting secondary school for the first time or changing from one secondary school to another.Priority for places in Nottingham city community schools is given to applicants who live in the school’s catchment area (see the admissions criteria on pages 84-87 and pages 104-105.

Our website provides full information on everything you need to know about applying for a school place. An interactive map shows the catchment school for your address along with other schools.

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➜ Check which is the catchment school for your home address either online at www.mynottingham.gov.uk/schooladmissions or by telephone.

➜ Find out about your catchment school and visit the school.

➜ Request details of other schools and arrange a visit.

➜ Read the admissions criteria which begins on page 84. This will help you decide whether your application will receive a high priority.

➜ Check which schools were oversubscribed in 2009/2010 and 2010/2011 on pages 20 to 28.

➜ Think about how your child will get to and from school.

➜ Find out if you can get help with travel costs, see pages 17 to 19.

➜ Apply online at www.mynottingham.gov.uk/e-admissions and remember to include details of any older brothers or sisters already at secondary school and the school(s) they attend.

➜ Attach proof of address if required, see page 33 to 34.

➜ Submit your online application or send your completed form by the closing date.

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Please use this page to write any notes you may need

Admissions and Exclusion TeamPupil and School ServicesChildren and FamiliesLH Box 14Loxley HouseStation StreetNottinghamNG2 3NG

Tel: 0115 841 5568Fax: 0115 876 3231Email: [email protected]

We value your comments as they help us improve our service. The Going to School in Nottingham 2012/13 questionnaire is on our website www.mynottingham.gov.uk/schooladmissions

The information contained is correct at the time of publication. Please do not assume that there will be no change to the information given for the 2012/13 school year or subsequent years.

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