Norfolk Schoolfinder

A child with an Education Health and Care Plan (EHCP) or Statement of Special Educational Needs which names the school shall be admitted.

1.    Looked after children and previously looked after children.

2.    A child with exceptional medical or social grounds.

3.    Children attending St Mary's C of E Junior School with a sibling already attending the linked junior school at the time of admission.  Children are siblings if they are full, half, step or adoptive brother or sister and live in the same family unit and household.

4.    Other children attending St Mary's C of E Junior School

5.    Children with a sibling already attending St Mary's C of E Junior School Academy at the time of admission. Children are siblings if they are full, half, step or adoptive brother or sister and live in the same family unit and household.

6.    Children whose parent or carer is a member of staff employed by the school for over two years at the time the application for admission was made or where the member of staff was recruited to fill a vacant post for which there is a demonstrable skill shortage evidenced by completion of the Norfolk Supplementary Information form.

7.    Other children measured by a straight line

Where the Academy is oversubscribed (there are more applicants than places available) places will be allocated in accordance with the following criteria and in the following order of priority.

1. Looked after children (children in care) 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. Previously looked after children are children who were looked after but ceased to be so because they were adopted (or became subject to a child arrangements order or special guardianship order

2. Siblings of children already at the school living in the catchment area

3. Residence within the catchment area of the school [

4. Siblings of children already at the school living out of catchment

5. Children living out of the catchment area who have a faith and / or whose parents are committed Church members and wish them to receive an education in a school with a Church of England foundation They should support this application by completing the Supplementary Information Form (SIF).

6. Children of staff where:

7. Children who are due to transfer and live outside the area served by the school who attend a school within St Benet’s MAT at the opening date of the transfer round.

8. Resident out of the catchment area of the school

In the event of the having to use a tie-break to distinguish between two or more applications of equal strength, the child living the shortest distance from home to school in a straight line as the crow flies route should have priority