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Windsor Road
Caister-on-sea
Great Yarmouth
Norfolk
NR30 5LS
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| NOR May 2024 | |
|---|---|
| Yr 7 | 152 |
| Yr 8 | 136 |
| Yr 9 | 123 |
| Yr 10 | 120 |
| Yr 11 | 138 |
| Total | 669 |
School admission policy : 2024/25 (Agreed)
THIS SCHOOL WAS NOT OVER-SUBSCRIBED FOR SEPTEMBER 2023
In the event of over-subscription, where there are more applications than there are places available, the following priorities will be used, in order, to allocate places:
1. Looked after children, or a child who was previously looked after but immediately after being looked after became subject to an adoption order, residence, or special guardianship order. .
2 A fair banding system will be adopted for the remaining places. Each applicant will be required to take an online non-verbal reasoning test which would place them in a rank order. The applicants will then be placed in one of 5 ability bands based on their performance in the test. As far as are possible, each band will contain the same number of applicants so that each represents 20% of the applicants. The remaining places will be allocated so that an equivalent number of applicants are admitted from each band. Applicants will then be admitted according to the criteria listed below.
3 Siblings of pupils in attendance at the Academy in Year 7 to Year 11. These include brothers and sisters, half brothers and sisters and step brothers and sisters who share the same home. These also include adopted and foster brothers and sisters who share the same home.
4 Children for whom Caister Academy is the only school that is appropriate for the child to attend because of the child’s medical needs, or because of a serious and ongoing medical condition of one or both of their parents which would prevent the parents being able to make arrangements to take their child to and from any other school, will be allocated places under this priority.
A decision on whether to admit a child under this priority will be made by the Admissions Panel of Caister Academy, who will take care to apply a consistent approach to all such applications received. .
5 Pupils in the transfer age group at Caister Junior, North Denes, Great Yarmouth, Filby, Ormesby Junior, Hemsby, Winterton, St Nicholas Priory CE VA, St Georges, and Edward Worlledge Primary Schools.
6 Pupils living within the catchment area of Caister upon Sea, Filby, Ormesby, Winterton, Hemsby, Fleggburgh, Great Yarmouth and Southtown.
7 Pupils living outside of the catchment area.
If priorities have to be decided within any of these categories, children will be placed in order of priority using distance from their home to the main entrance of the academy as measured by straight line. .
School admission policy : 2025/26 (Agreed)
In the event of over-subscription, where there are more applications than there are places available, the following priorities will be used, in order, to allocate places:
1. Looked after children, or a child who was previously looked after but immediately after being looked after became subject to an adoption order, residence, or special guardianship order.
2 A fair banding system will be adopted for the remaining places. Each applicant will be required to take an online non-verbal reasoning test which would place them in a rank order. The applicants will then be placed in one of 5 ability bands based on their performance in the test. As far as are possible, each band will contain the same number of applicants so that each represents 20% of the applicants. The remaining places will be allocated so that an equivalent number of applicants are admitted from each band. Applicants will then be admitted according to the criteria listed below.
3 Siblings of pupils in attendance at the Academy in Year 7 to Year 11. These include brothers and sisters, half brothers and sisters and step brothers and sisters who share the same home. These also include adopted and foster brothers and sisters who share the same home.
4 Children for whom Caister Academy is the only school that is appropriate for the child to attend because of the child’s medical needs, or because of a serious and ongoing medical condition of one or both of their parents which would prevent the parents being able to make arrangements to take their child to and from any other school, will be allocated places under this priority. A decision on whether to admit a child under this priority will be made by the Admissions Panel of Caister Academy, who will take care to apply a consistent approach to all such applications received.
5 Pupils in the transfer age group at Caister Junior, North Denes, Great Yarmouth, Filby, Ormesby Junior, Hemsby, Winterton, St Nicholas Priory CE VA, St Georges, and Edward Worlledge Primary Schools.
6 Pupils living within the catchment area of Caister upon Sea, Filby, Ormesby, Winterton, Hemsby, Fleggburgh, Great Yarmouth and Southtown.
7 Pupils living outside of the catchment area.
If priorities have to be decided within any of these categories, children will be placed in order of priority using distance from their home to the main entrance of the academy as measured by straight line.
School admission policy : 2026/27 (Proposed)
In the event of over-subscription, where there are more
applications than there are places available, the following priorities will be
used, in order, to allocate places:
1 Looked after children, or a child who was previously
looked after but immediately after being looked after became subject to an
adoption order, residence, or special guardianship order. A looked after child
is a child who is (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.
2 Up to twelve children who successfully pass the performing
arts aptitude test, six of which will be students that qualify for pupil
premium if they reach the minimum score required.
3 A fair banding system will be adopted for the remaining
places. Each applicant will be required to take an online non-verbal reasoning
test which would place them in a rank order. The applicants will then be placed
in one of 5 ability bands based on their performance in the test. As far as are
possible, each band will contain the same number of applicants so that each
represents 20% of the applicants. The remaining places will be allocated so
that an equivalent number of applicants are admitted from each band. Applicants
will then be admitted according to the criteria listed below.
4 Siblings of pupils in attendance at the Academy in Year 7
to Year 11. These include brothers and sisters, half brothers and sisters and
step-brothers and sisters who share the same home. These also include adopted
and foster brothers and sisters who share the same home.
5 Pupils in the transfer age group at Caister Junior,
Martham, Filby, Ormesby Junior, Hemsby, Winterton, North Denes, Great Yarmouth,
St Nicholas Priory CE VA, St Georges, Aldermann Swindell and Edward Worlledge
Primary Schools.
6 Pupils living within the catchment area of Caister upon
Sea, Martham, Filby, Ormesby, Winterton, Hemsby, Fleggburgh, Great Yarmouth and
Southtown.
7 Pupils living outside of the catchment area.
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.