Canon Johnson C. Of E. Primary School
Arrangements For Admissions 2010/11

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The number of places available in the Reception Year will be a maximum of 30.
In Nursery there are a maximum of 26 places – 13 in the morning and 13 in the afternoon.

This arrangement follows consultation between the Governing Body, the LA, the Manchester Diocesan Board of Education and other admissions authorities in the area.

The governors will not place restrictions on admissions to Reception Year unless they are advised that applications have exceeded the published admissions number.

Governors have a duty to admit children for whom a statement of Special Educational Needs has been issued, which names the school.

In the event of over-subscription the governors will allocate places using the following criteria, which are listed in priority order. Please read these criteria in conjunction with the additional notes.

Where over-subscription occurs in applying the criterion 1-6, priority will be given to those pupils living nearest the school (see additional notes on how the distance is calculated).

1. Children in public care.
2. Church Foundation Places: Places are given to children of parents who worship regularly at Christ Church, Ashton. This means active membership (at least once a month, for 12 months prior to this application). This must be verified by a signed letter from the vicar.
3. Other Anglican Church Places: Children whose parents regularly attend (at least once a month, for 12 months prior to this application) another Anglican Church. This must be verified by a signed letter from the vicar.
4. Regular attendance at any other church belonging to Churches Together in Britain and Ireland: Children whose parents regularly attend (at least once a month, for 12 months prior to this application) another Christian Church, which is a member of Churches Together in Britain and Ireland. This must be verified by a signed letter from the vicar or minister.
5. Special Social, Exceptional Medical Reasons or Medical Need: All reasons should be stated on the Application Form for consideration by the Admissions Panel and must be received on time. (see section 2 notes 1&2)
6. Sibling Connection: Children with a brother or sister living at the same address and attending this school at the time of admission. This does not include Year 6 children who are leaving. (See section 2 Note 3).
7. Distance from school. Other children, giving priority to those living closest to the school. (See section 2 Note 4).

Section 2 (Notes)

1. Special Social or Medical Need: If there are any exceptional social needs or special family reasons it is expected that a professional (e.g. health visitor, social worker) will have worked with the family and written evidence from external agencies should be submitted at the time of application. This will be treated with the strictest confidence.

Where admission to our school is essential for the well being of the family, written evidence must be provided from a doctor or other agency that he/she has exceptional needs which means that admission to a particular school is essential. Reference will normally be made to the Community Health Physician, Social Services or the Educational Psychologist, as appropriate. The governors on the Admissions Committee will make a decision as whether to admit a child under this criterion using the evidence provided. All information provided will be treated in the strictest confidence.
Many families have complex, childcare arrangements. Factors such as
these are not considered exceptional.

2. Exceptional medical reasons: If a medical reason is claimed, evidence from the child’s own doctor that the child has an ongoing medical condition which means admission to our school is essential must be provided at the same time as the admission form. This will be treated in the strictest confidence.

3. Sibling: The sibling criterion includes: natural sisters/brothers; half sisters/brothers; step sisters/brothers; sisters/brothers of fostered children, and in each case living at the same address. This allows for the admittance of children whose siblings will still be attending the preferred school.
Where twins, triplets or other multiple birth siblings would be split when allocations take place, and there are too few places available at the school to accommodate them all, the governors will consult with the Local Authority and the parent to consider whether all the siblings can be offered a place at the same alternative school (which may not be a preference school named on the CAF) or whether the parents can be offered places at two or more schools with a view to the parent deciding which child will take up which offered place.

4. Distance
Distance will be measured as a straight line from the child’s home address, using the address point assigned by the National Land and Property Gazetteer, to the main gate to the school property. Measurements will be made using the LA’s school admissions data mapping software, which employs a Geographical Information System based on Ordnance Survey. The address from which distances are measured will be the permanent residential address, at the time of application, of the parent with whom the child lives. Where a child lives with parents with shared responsibility, each for part of a week, the home address is the address from which the child travels to school for the majority of school days per week. If the number of days is exactly equal to the home address will be that of the parent who receives the Child Benefit.

Tie Breaker
In the event of distances being the same for 2 or more applications where this distance would be the last place/s to be allocated, a random lottery will be implemented between the applications where the distance is the same. The random lottery will be carried out in a public place, and supervised by a person independent of the school. All the names will be entered into a hat and the required number of names will be drawn out.

Late Applications for Admission
The closing date for applications in the normal admissions round is (to be determined).
Applications, which are received after this date will be considered after all applications received on time, have been processed.

Change of Preference
Admissions authorities will not allow preferences, ranking order or pupil details, to be changed after the closing date of (to be determined) except in exceptional circumstances e.g. if the family has recently moved address. Evidence must be provided to support the request. No changes can be considered after (to be determined), when the allocation process has started.

The length of time your child’s name has been on our waiting list at school is not considered when places are allocated.

If the school is oversubscribed the governors will maintain a waiting list. The waiting list will operate until the end of the autumn term 2010 for those parents who have submitted an appeal or who have opted to go on the list. All pupils on the waiting list will be ranked according to the oversubscription criteria. Places will be offered, should any become available, to the highest ranked application received by the date the place becomes available. If new or late applications have a higher priority under the oversubscription criteria, they will be ranked higher than those who have been on the list for some time. A significant change of circumstances, such as a change of address, will be taken into account: evidence must be provided. Children who have been referred under the local authority’s Fair Access protocol or who are the subject of a direction by the local authority to admit must be given precedence over any other children on the waiting list.

A place in Nursery does not guarantee a place in Reception.
Parents of existing Nursery children at Canon Johnson C of E Primary School need to make a separate application for a place in the school.