Admissions Arrangements
 If the number of places in a particular year group is not sufficient to meet the requests of all parents, then the following criteria will be applied (in the rank order shown) to determine how places will be allocated
- To children “looked after” in the care of Bedfordshire County Council or resident within the catchment area.
- To pupils living in the catchment area (including children living in the former Catchment area who at the time of admission will have a sibling at the school.
- To other children “looked after”
- On “very exceptional” medical grounds.
- To siblings of pupils currently attending the school.
- To children attending Peter Pan Nursery School
- To children who have attended the Peter Pan Neighbourhood Nursery.
Notes:
- In any situation where the application of the above criteria results in a situation where there are more children with an equal right to admission to the school than the number of available places, the tie break will be the distance from the school, measured in a straight line, using a computerized mapping system. The distance will be measured from the address point of the pupils home to a central point on the school site determined by the governing body of the school. Priority is not given within each criterion to children who meet other criteria.
Overriding priority will be given by the LEA to the admission of pupils who have a Statement Of Special Educational Needs which names the school.
- Priority may also be given to the admission of “hard to place” eg. Excluded pupils, normally in accordance with any protocols which have been agreed with groups of schools.
- Parents applying for a place at the catchment area school during the normal admissions round will be offered a place. However, if a pupil moves into the catchment area outside the normal admissions round (or after the allocation process has been completed) there will be no guarantee of a place at the catchment school for the pupil will be the nearest LEA maintained school to the pupil’s home address which caters for pupils of the same age.
 Admission Number
The Bedfordshire Admissions Forum has agreed the following exceptions which may result in the admission number for a school being exceeded:
- The admission of catchment area pupils, where the parent has expressed a preference for the catchment school as part of the normal admissions round and in accordance with published admissions arrangements.
- The admission of pupils who have a Statement of Special Educational Needs which names the school.
- The admission of “hard to place” pupils e.g. excluded pupils
- The admission of pupils who have moved into the area, where there is no other suitable school within a reasonable travelling distance, or where the admission of an additional catchment area child would not prejudice the provision of efficient use of resources.
Enrolling your child
We encourage all our future parents to visit the school and to see at first hand what we have to offer. The head teacher is always happy to discuss any aspect of the school with parents. If you wish to register your child with the school please contact our school office for an application pack. |
