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School admission policy : 2023/24 (Agreed)

THIS SCHOOL WAS OVER-SUBSCRIBED FOR SEPTEMBER 2022

If the academy receives more applications than there are available places then children with the academy named on an education, health care plan (EHC) or equivalent will be automatically admitted to the academy. If there are still places available, priority for admission will be given to those children who meet the oversubscription criteria set out below:

1. A Looked After Child is either a child who is in the care of a local authority, or being provided with accommodation by a local authority in the exercise of their social services functions (definition used is in Section 22(1) of the Children Act 1989); or, those children who appear to have been in state care outside of England and ceased to be in state care as a result of being adopted.

2. Up to 10% of students on the basis of aptitude in Information Technology

3. Siblings of students who will be on roll at the time of the application

4. Children living in the town of Gorleston, the Parish of Bradwell and the catchment area served by Belton Moorlands

5. Children whose parent/carer is a staff member at the academy with 2 or more years’ service or recruited to a vacancy with an identified skills shortage.

6. Children living outside the priority areas listed in rule 4 above

Show School admission policy : 2024/25 (Agreed)

School admission policy : 2024/25 (Agreed)

THIS SCHOOL WAS OVER-SUBSCRIBED FOR SEPTEMBER 2023

If the academy receives more applications than there are available places then children with the academy named on an education, health care plan (EHC) or equivalent will be automatically admitted to the academy.

If there are still places available, priority for admission will be given to those children who meet the oversubscription criteria set out below:

1. Looked after children and those who were previously looked after but immediately after being looked after was adopted or became subject to a child arrangements order or special guardianship order.

2. Up to 10% of students on the basis of aptitude in Information Technology

3. Siblings of students who will be register in years 7 to 11 at the school on the first day of term when the applicant student will be joining the school

4. Children whose parent/carer is a staff member at the academy with 2 or more years’ service at the time at which the application was made or recruited to a vacancy with an identified skills shortage

5. Children living in the town of Gorleston, the Parish of Bradwell and the catchment area served by Belton Moorlands

6. Children living outside the priority areas listed in rule 5 above.

If all children within any of the rules stated cannot be offered a place, the highest priority will be given to children living nearest to the academy within that rule. This is the straight line distance (using the Local Authority system) between the academy main gate and the child’s home address (front door). Where two dwellings with the same front entrance the closest dwelling to the front door (lower floor and counting clockwise) will be regarded as being closer to the academy. In the event that two students live an equal distance from the academy there will be a random ballot supervised by independent person.

Show School admission policy : 2023/24 (Agreed)

Show School admission policy : 2024/25 (Agreed)

Show School admission policy : 2023/24 (Agreed)