This policy is for school places from September 2009
1 Pupils who are in the care of the local authority.
2 Pupils who have a statement of special educational needs that names the school.
3 Primary pupils who have a brother or sister at the school when the pupil begins, where the parent requested a place at the admission zone school for their older sibling but the LA were not able to offer a place to the older sibling at that school. (This applies to parents of primary aged children who, in the main round of admissions in respect of the older sibling, put the admission zone school as a 1st preference on the form provided by the LA and returned it on time)
4 Pupils who live within the school admission zone and who give this school as a preference and the application was received on time.
5 Pupils who have a brother or sister at the school when they will start school. Please see the primary and secondary booklet or our admissions website www.stockton.gov.uk/schooladmissions for the definition of sibling.
6 Pupils who have social or medical reasons for going to the school, which would, if the child did not go, cause him or her to be seriously disadvantaged or put their personal welfare at risk. For each case we will need proof from an independent person such as a medical specialist who has been involved with the child over a period of time, a social worker, an educational social worker or another professional. We will not offer places within this category, based on a child's ability or intelligence.
7 Pupils who live closest to the particular school measured in a straight line ("as the crow flies). This will be measured electronically from a centre point of the school to a centre point of the home.
If there are more preferences from pupils living in the admission zone than there are places available, we will give priority according to the following conditions. This will give priority to pupils applying under condition five with sisters and brothers at the school, with social or medical reasons, and then distance. |
