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Diocese of Norwich St Benet's Multi Academy Trust (Academy Trust)
Deopham Road
Morley St Botolph
Wymondham
Norfolk
NR18 9TS
| NOR January 2025 | |
|---|---|
| Yr R | 17 |
| Yr 1 | 22 |
| Yr 2 | 15 |
| Yr 3 | 16 |
| Yr 4 | 14 |
| Yr 5 | 27 |
| Yr 6 | 17 |
| Total | 128 |
School admission policy : 2024/25 (Agreed)
If there are more applications for places than there are places available, we will give preference to children living nearest to the school, according to the following rules in this order of priority:
1. A child who has an Education Health and Care Plan naming the school or academy is required to be admitted.
2. Looked after children (children in care), previously looked after children (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, immediately following having been looked after) and children adopted from abroad
3. Children who are due to start school, living in the area served by the school who have a brother or sister attending the school at the time of their admission
4. Children who are due to start school, living in the area served by the school with no brother or sister at that school
5. Children who are due to start school, living outside the area served by the school who have a brother or sister attending the school at the time of their admission
6. 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 [for explanation of committed Church member refer to item 3 in clarifications section of Appendix 1]. They should support this application by completing the Supplementary Information Form (SIF) in Appendix 2. Within this criterion the following hierarchy will be applied: I. Anglican II. Other Christian denomination III. Other organised religions
7 . Resident out of the catchment area of the school
In the event of the having to use a tie-breaker 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 [
School admission policy : 2025/26 (Proposed)
If there are more applications for places than there are places available, we will give preference to children living nearest to the school, according to the following rules in this order of priority:
1. A child who has an Education Health and Care Plan naming the school or academy is required to be admitted.
2. Looked after children (children in care), previously looked after children (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, immediately following having been looked after) and children adopted from abroad
3. Children who are due to start school, living in the area served by the school who have a brother or sister attending the school at the time of their admission
4. Children who are due to start school, living in the area served by the school with no brother or sister at that school
5. Children who are due to start school, living outside the area served by the school who have a brother or sister attending the school at the time of their admission
6. 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 [for explanation of committed Church member refer to item 3 in clarifications section of Appendix 1]. They should support this application by completing the Supplementary Information Form (SIF) in Appendix 2. Within this criterion the following hierarchy will be applied: I. Anglican II. Other Christian denomination III. Other organised religions
7 . Resident out of the catchment area of the school
In the event of the having to use a tie-breaker 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 [
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.