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The Nicholas Hamond Academy
Context
Principal
Mr Mark Woodhouse
Multi-school
Cluster
Age range
11-18
Status
Academy Sponsor Led
Type
Secondary
DfE Number
4000
Contact details
Address
The Nicholas Hamond Academy
Brandon Road
Swaffham
Norfolk
PE37 7DZ
Telephone
01760-721480
Map
Areas
School & Community Zone
LA Area
West & Breckland
Diocese
Not Applicable
Councillor division
Swaffham
District
Breckland
Councillor
William Nunn (Conservative)
Ofsted
Ofsted outcome
Last inspection
02/12/2021
Pupil numbers
Number on Roll (May 2024)
680
Planned admission numbers (2024/25)
190
Planned admission numbers (2025/26)
168
Proposed Admission numbers (2026/27)
168
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Number on Roll (NOR) detail
NOR May 2024
Yr 7132
Yr 8166
Yr 9127
Yr 10114
Yr 11141
Total680
Admissions policy

School admission policy : 2024/25 (Agreed)

THIS SCHOOL WAS NOT OVER-SUBSCRIBED FOR SEPTEMBER 2023

If there are more applications for places than there are places available, we will give preference to  children according to the following rules in this order of priority:

1   Looked after children and all previously looked after children i.e. Looked After Children -children who are (a) in the care of a local authority, or (b) being provided with accommodation by a local authority in the exercise of their social services functions in accordance with section 22 of the Children Act 1989, at the time an application for a school is made;     Previously Looked After Children -children who were previously looked after, but ceased to be so because they were adopted (under the Adoption Act 1976 or Adoption and Childrens Act 2002), or became subject to a child arrangements order or special guardianship order immediately following after being looked after.

2    Siblings of current pupils which, for the purposes of this policy, are defined as children living permanently at the same address as a child attending the academy and either have one or both parents in common; are related by a parent’s marriage; are adopted or fostered by a common parent or are related children who live at the same address whose parents are partners. This definition relates to the time of their admission (including children in the sixth form)

3   Children of permanent staff of the Academy Transformation Trust Academy who have been employed at the Academy where the application for admission is made for 2 years or more at the time of application OR when a member of staff is recruited to fill a vacant post for which there is a demonstrable skill shortage at the same academy.

4      Other children by distance from the academy, with priority for admission given to children who live nearest to the academy as measured using Ordnance Survey data to plot an address employing the measuring system used by the local authority in which the academy is situated. Distances are measured ‘as the crow flies’ (i.e. a straight-line distance) from the child’s property address point to the academy’s property address point on the site where the child will predominantly be based.




Show School admission policy : 2025/26 (Agreed)

Show School admission policy : 2026/27 (Proposed)

School admission policy : 2025/26 (Agreed)

If there are more applications for places than there are places available, we will give preference to  children according to the following rules in this order of priority:

1   Looked after children and all previously looked after children i.e. Looked After Children -children who are (a) in the care of a local authority, or (b) being provided with accommodation by a local authority in the exercise of their social services functions in accordance with section 22 of the Children Act 1989, at the time an application for a school is made;     Previously Looked After Children -children who were previously looked after, but ceased to be so because they were adopted (under the Adoption Act 1976 or Adoption and Childrens Act 2002), or became subject to a child arrangements order or special guardianship order immediately following after being looked after.

2    Siblings of current pupils which, for the purposes of this policy, are defined as children living permanently at the same address as a child attending the academy and either have one or both parents in common; are related by a parent’s marriage; are adopted or fostered by a common parent or are related children who live at the same address whose parents are partners. This definition relates to the time of their admission (including children in the sixth form)

3   Children of permanent staff of the Academy Transformation Trust Academy who have been employed at the Academy where the application for admission is made for 2 years or more at the time of application OR when a member of staff is recruited to fill a vacant post for which there is a demonstrable skill shortage at the same academy.

4      Other children by distance from the academy, with priority for admission given to children who live nearest to the academy as measured using Ordnance Survey data to plot an address employing the measuring system used by the local authority in which the academy is situated. Distances are measured ‘as the crow flies’ (i.e. a straight-line distance) from the child’s property address point to the academy’s property address point on the site where the child will predominantly be based.



Show School admission policy : 2024/25 (Agreed)

Show School admission policy : 2026/27 (Proposed)

School admission policy : 2026/27 (Proposed)

If there are more applications for places than there are places available, we will give preference to children according to the following criteria, in this order of priority:

 i.             Looked after children and all previously looked after children, including those children who appear (to the admission authority) to have been in state care outside of England and ceased to be in state care as a result of being adopted.

ii.            Children whose siblings live at the same address, currently attend the academy and who will still be attending the academy at the point of admission. For the purposes of this policy a sibling is classed as children living permanently at the same address as a child already attending the academy and either have one or both parents in common, are related by a parent’s marriage or civil relationship, are adopted or fostered by a common parent, or are related to children who live at the same address whose parents live as partners.

iii.           Children of permanent teaching and support staff of an ATT academy who have been employed at the academy for 2 years or more at the time of application, or a member of staff who is recruited to fill a vacant post for which there is a demonstrable skill shortage at the same academy.

iv.           Other children by distance from the academy, with priority for admission given to children who live nearest to the academy (as measured by a straight-line distance) from the child’s property address point to the academy’s property address point.

If you would like to comment on the above proposed admissions policy please email admissions@norfolk.gov.uk, letting us know which school's policy you want to comment on, and any comments on it that you would like to share with us.

Show School admission policy : 2025/26 (Agreed)

Show School admission policy : 2024/25 (Agreed)