Community and Voluntary controlled primary schools admissions policy 2021

Once children with an EHCP are admitted then the following rules are used:

1. Looked after children and previously looked after children. (see Note1 and Note 2)
2. Children who have exceptional medical or social needs, which can only be met at that school, supported by written evidence from an appropriate professional person. (See Note 3)
3. Children of staff where either the member of staff has been employed at the school for two or more years at the time at which the application for admission to the school is made and/or the member of staff is recruited to fill a vacant post for which there is a demonstrable skill shortage. (See Note 4)
4. Children attending a primary school linked to the school named in the list of ‘linked primary’ schools at the time allocations are made. (See Note 5)
5. Children living within the catchment area of the school. (See Note 6)
6. Siblings of children who are attending the school or a ‘linked primary’ school in Year R – Year 5 at the time allocations are made, and are expected to be on the school roll or linked school roll at the time of the proposed admission.
   Siblings who have already been offered a place to start in the current academic year at the school or a ‘linked primary school’.
   (See Note 7) For immediate in year admission after the normal point of entry: Siblings of children who are in Year R to Year 6 at the time of admission to the school.(See Note 7)
7. Once the above rules have been applied then any further places will be offered in distance order using the distance between the family's Normal Home Address (See Notes 8 and 9) and the school's nearest open entrance gate offering the closest first. We use a straight-line distance. (See Note 10)
8. Where a school can take some, but not all, of the children who qualify under one of these rules, we will give priority to children by taking account of the next rule (or rules) in the numbered list to decide who has priority for places.
9. If it still not possible to decide between two applicants who are equidistant then an independently scrutinised random allocation will be made to allocate the final place. (See also Note 11 below regarding twins and multiple births)