FAGLEY PRIMARY SCHOOL AND CHILDREN CENTRE

ADMISSIONS POLICY
WITH ME IN MIND
because I matter now and in the future
The number of new children we can accept each year is 30, if there are more applicants
than places available, the Governors, who are the admissions authority for the school,
will operate the following over subscription policy.
The admission of pupils with a Education Health Care Plan for special educational needs
is dealt with by completely separate procedure. Such children will be admitted to Fagley
Primary School if this school is named on the EHCP. This is a statutory entitlement
under S.324 of the Education Act 1996.
If the number of applicants received exceed the number of places available, the
following criteria will be used to determine the children who can be admitted:
In order of priority:
a) Looked after children or children who were previously Looked After but ceased to
be so because they were adopted or became subject to residence or special
guardianship order.
b) Children of staff who have been employed at the school for two or more years at
the time of application, or are recruited to fill a vacant post for which there is a
demonstrable skill shortage.
c) A brother or sister who will be attending the school on the expected date of
admission (brother or sister includes step brother / sister / adopted children /
foster sibling living at the same address).
d) Other children

Tie Breaker: In the event of there being more applicants than places available in any of
the above criteria, the distance from school as measured by the Local Authority
electronic mapping system will be used as tie breaker one.
Tie breaker two: where the offer of a place to applicants measuring identical distances
would lead to oversubscription, the decision on who will be allocated the place(s) will be
made by random selection.
Waiting Lists
Where an applicant is refused a place, the parent may request that the applicant be held
on a waiting list for the remainder of the school year for which application was made.
The allocation of places, if vacancies arise, will be in line with the above order of priority
and not on the basis of how long the application has been registered.
For application to Reception Year,
Parents may request:
Taking up the place on a part time basis
Deferring taking up the place
Until the beginning of the term following the childs fifth birthday or the beginning of
the summer term, whichever comes first. Parents may not defer a place beyond the
beginning of the summer term.
THE ADMISSIONS PROCESS:
Parents wishing to apply for a Reception place at Fagley Primary School:
1. Must complete the COMMON APPLICATION FORM, which is available either
from the Local Authority or from school.
This should then be returned directly to the Local Authority by the National
closing date for Primary school places which will be 15 th January 2016.
Online applications can also be made by logging onto www.bradford.gov.uk and
selecting Online School Admissions.
2. The letter offering your child a Primary School place will e sent out from the
Local Authority on behalf of the Governors on the National Primary School offer
day which will be 16th April 2016.

In-year applications:
In year applications will be co-ordinated by Bradford Local Authority on Governors
behalf.
APPEALS:
Parent(s) who wish to appeal against the Governors decision not to offer a place to their
child, may do so by writing to the Local Authority Education Appeals Committee within
20 days from the date of notification that their application was unsuccessful.
The Appeals Committee will consider the appeal and notify parents their decision within
5 school days of the hearing.

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