Secondary Admission Arrangements
Secondary Admissions Year 7 2006/2007
This section deals with the arrangements for transferring pupils to maintained
secondary schools in Middlesbrough in September, 2006. The children are those
born on or between 1 September, 1994 and 31 August, 1995.
In addition to this website, each secondary school produces a prospectus, and
parents will be sent a copy of the prospectus about the secondary school in
whose admission zone they reside. If they live in the area served by the Acklam
Base, a copy of the prospectus for both Hall Garth and Kings Manor will be
provided. Copies of other prospectuses may be obtained on request from the
schools concerned and copies of all secondary school prospectuses will be
available in local public libraries and at the Children, Families and Learning
Department, Middlesbrough Council, PO Box 69, Vancouver House, Gurney
Street, Middlesbrough, TS1 1EL.
Parents will be invited to make three preferences for schools for their children.
Each preference will carry the same weighting and parents will be offered their
highest preference school to where a place can be offered.
Note 1
Closing date for applications is 24th October 2006.
Note 2
Where no application form is submitted the child will, on 1 March 2006, be offered a place at the nearest appropriate school with a vacancy.
Timetable of co-ordinated scheme
9 September: Information packs and preference forms sent out.
24 October: Common Application forms, together with any supplementary forms (as required) to be returned to the LEA in the pre-paid envelope provided or
via primary schools.
14 November: Details of applications to be sent to City Academies and VA
schools, and other LEAs.
10 January 2006: City Academy and VA schools provide the LEA with ranked
lists of applicants.
By 17 February: The LEA will match the ranked lists of all the schools and
allocate places in accordance with para 14 of Schedule 1.
20 February: By this date the LEA will notify schools which parents have been offered places at their schools, and other LEAs will be notified of places in Middlesbrough schools that will be offered to their residents.
1 March: Notifications sent to parents.
22 March: Date by which parents may confirm whether they
have rejected offers.
Late Applications
The closing date for applications in the normal admissions round is
24 October. Applications received after this date will only be considered
after those which were recieved on time.
For late applications received between 1 March date and End of
Summer Term the following dates will apply;
• for applications received by 30 April, offer/refusal letters will be sent out on 28 May;
• for applications received by 31 May, offer/refusal letters will be sent out on 30 June;
• for applications received by 30 June, offer/refusal letters will be sent out on 22 July;
• for applications received by 22 July, offer/refusal letters will be sent out on 30 July.
Applications received during the summer holiday period will be dealt as soon as
possible.
N.B. It is essential that all parents return a preference form for their
preferred school. A place cannot be guaranteed at any school even if the preferred school is the admission zone school. A number of people
within the admission zone for The King’s Academy were unsuccessful in obtaining a place for 2005/06.
Admission Zones
(a) Secondary Schools Served By Their Own Admission Zone
Most secondary schools including Kings Academy and Unity City Academy have their own admission zone, and parents of children living in the admission zone for one of these schools, will receive a letter and a copy of the school prospectus on 9 September, 2005. The letter will invite parents to indicate that they wish to
express a preference for up to three secondary schools including the admission
zone school. A form to submit preferences will be enclosed with the letter.
Copies can be obtained from the child’s present primary school or from the
Children, Families and Learning Department. The form should be completed
and returned to the Corporate Director Children, Families and Learning not
later than 24 October, 2005.
(b) Secondary Schools Served By A Shared Admission Zone
Parents of children who live in the admission zone for Acklam Base (i.e. Hall
Garth and Kings Manor Schools) will receive a letter naming the base and
not a particular school as the admission zone school. Parents of children
attending a catholic primary school and living in Middlesbrough will be offered a
place at either of the catholic secondary schools in Middlesbrough. Parents will
be given a form on which to express a preference for up to three schools, not
necessarily on the base or in a Catholic secondary school. The form should be
completed and returned to the Corporate Director Children, Families and Learning not later than 24 October, 2005.
Macmillian Academy has an admission zone which overlaps a number of other
schools admission zones, Macmillian prospectuses are available from the
Academy on 01642 800800.
Arrangements For Considering Parental Preference
Preferences will be considered and it is intended that parents will be sent an
answer on the 1st March 2006. When a community school is over-subscribed,
priority will be given to:
(i) admission of pupils with statements of Special Educational Needs
where a specific school is named in the Statement
(ii) children looked after for whom the school has been expressed as a preference;
(iii) pupils permanently resident in the admission zone who express a preference for that school (proof of address may be required)
(iv) pupils who will have a brother and/or sister or step brother and/or sister resident at the same address attending the school in the following September;
(v) pupils with social and/or medical reasons for attending the school, which in the latter circumstances are substantiated by the Authority’s Medical Advisers;
(vi) pupils who reside closest to the particular school, “as the crow flies”.
Where it is not possible for the Authority to comply with parental preferences, an
appeal to an Independent Appeal Committee is available. Parents can only appeal once for any given school in any academic year, unless there has been a change of circumstances relevant to the application.
All preferences for Community schools are considered equally.
Late preferences (i.e. those received after 24 October 2005) will only be
considered after preferences received by the due date.
If it is not possible to meet any of your preferences, a place will be offered at the
nearest appropriate school.
Arrangements for considering Parental Preference - Other Schools
Below are the oversubscription criteria for other schools in Middlesbrough:
St. David’s RC Technology College Admission Policy 2006-2007
St David’s Roman Catholic Technology College was founded by the Catholic
Church to provide education for children of catholic families. The College is
conducted by it’s Governing Body as part of the Catholic Church in accordance
with its trust deed and instrument of government, and seeks at all times to be a
witness to Jesus Christ.
Whenever there are more applications than places available, priority will always
be given to Catholic applicants in accordance with the over subscription criteria
listed below. It is desirable that applicants declare their positive support for the
aims and ethos of the college.
The Governing Body has responsibility for admissions to the College and intends
to admit 201 pupils to the first year of the College year, which begins in
September 2006.
Over subscription criteria
Where there are more applications than the number of places available, places
will be offered according to the following criteria in priority order:
1. ‘Looked after children’ from catholic families and other looked after
children.
2. Students with statements of SEN where St. David’s RC Technology College
have consented to be the named school on the statement.
3. Catholic children with brothers or sisters at the college in the year of
entrance.
4. Catholic children resident in Middlesbrough.
5. Other Catholic children
6. Christians of other denominations and children of other faiths whose
parents are in sympathy with the aims and ethos of the college and whose
application is supported by a minister of religion.
7. Any other applicants.
Catechumens, children whose parents are catechumens, those who are
candidates for reception into the church and members of an Eastern Christian
Church are to be given priority next after baptised Catholics in each of the
above categories.
Where the offer of places to all the applicants in any of the categories listed
above would lead to over subscription the following provisions will be applied.
The governing body may increase the priority of an application within a category
where evidence is provided at the time of application of an exceptional social,
medical or pastoral need of the child, which can be most appropriately met at
this school.
Tie Break
Where the offer of places to all the applications in any of the sub-categories
listed above would still lead to over subscription, the places up to the admission
number will be offered to those living nearest to the school.
Admissions to The Newlands Catholic School FCJ
The schools admission number is 148, which means that we are obliged to take
148 pupils into the seventh year if applications are forthcoming.
The Governors accept applications from baptised Catholics living in
Middlesbrough and the surrounding area. We also accept applications from
Christian non-Catholics whose parents support the ethos and mission of the
school, and where there are sufficient places, from those of other Faiths whose
parents support the mission and ethos of the school.
Parents of non-Catholic pupils should write to the Chair of Governors at the
school as well as expressing their preference for the school on the form
provided by the Local Education Authority (LEA).
In the event of oversubscription, the Governors will follow, in the order given,
the guidelines below in admitting pupils to the school. The Governors may
delegate this responsibility to their Chair and the Headteacher. Please note that if
the school is oversubscribed in any criterion then 1st preferences will be given
priority over 2nd or 3rd preferences.
Oversubscription Criteria: Pupils will be admitted in the following order:
1. Catholic pupils with brothers or sisters at the school
2. Catholic pupils where there is a compassionate reason for admission,
whose parents express a preference for the school.
3. Catholic pupils resident in Middlesbrough and the surrounding area.
4. Pupils with medical reasons for attending the school, which can
be substantiated by the LEA’s Medical Officer.
5. Christian non-Catholics whose parents express a preference for the
school.
6. Pupils of other Faiths whose parents express a preference for the school.
Pupils will be admitted only if the number in the relevant year group does not
exceed the physical capacity. If the number of pupils in any criterion exceeds the
physical capacity, then distance from the school as measured by the LEA will be
used as a deciding factor.
If your child has not been allocated a place at Newlands and you would like to be
considered, please telephone for an appointment (Tel 825311). The Headteacher
will be pleased to talk to you.
If parents are refused admission to the school of their choice, they have a right of appeal to an independent Appeals Committee and should contact the LEA for
details.
The King’s Academy over subscribed criteria
1. Where the number of applications is greater than the published admissions
number, applications will be considered against the criteria set out below.
The criteria will be applied in the order in which they are set out below:
a) Admission of students with statements of Special Educational Needs where The King’s Academy has consented to be named on the
statement;
b) Children Looked After, who are living within the Academy Admission Zone;
c) Those students whose brother(s) and/or sister(s) will already be on The Academy Roll in the September of their proposed entry;
d) Those students permanently resident in The Academy Admission
Zone who express a preference;
e) Those students with social and/or medical reasons for attending The Academy which, in the latter circumstances, are substained by the Middlesbrough Authority’s medical advisers and accepted by the
Academy;
f) Those students whose front door is closer to the Academy than
their admission zone school as the crow flies.
g) Those students whose front door is closer to The Academy as
the crow flies.
2. The Secretary of State may direct The King’s Academy to admit a named
student on application from the LEA. The Secretary of State shall in such
circumstances consult The King’s Academy before making such a direction
and have regard to its comments.
Operation of Waiting Lists
3. Where in any year The King’s Academy receives more applications for
places than there are places available a waiting list will operate. This will be
maintained by The Academy and it will be open to any parent to ask for his
or her child’s name to be placed on the waiting list, following an
unsuccessful application and the failure of any appeal.
4. Children’s position on the waiting list will be determined solely in
accordance with the oversubscription criteria set out in Paragraph 1.
Where places become vacant they will be allocated to children on the
waiting list in accordance with the oversubscription criteria.
5. Children applying to go into other year groups will be admitted if there are
places available.
Arrangements for the Admissions Appeal Panel
6. The independent Admissions Appeal Panel, set up by the Board of
Directors in accordance with the relevant Code of Practice for such
appeals, will hear all cases submitted in writing by parents to The
Academy.
Any such appeal will be processed in accordance with the requirements of
the same Code of Practice.
Unity City Academy Over Subscription Criteria
1. When the City Academy is oversubscribed, priority for admissions will be
given to those children who meet the criteria set out below, (in priority
order):
a) Admission of students with statements of Special Educational Needs
where the City Academy is named on the statement;
b) Children looked after, living in the Academy admission zone, shall be
guaranteed a place.
c) Students permanently resident within the City Academy admission
zone who express a preference for the school.
d) Students who will have a sibling attending the school in the following
September.
e) Students with social and/or medical reasons for attending the
Academy, which in the latter circumstances, are substantiated by
medical advice.
f) Students who reside closest to the Academy as the crow flies.
Where it is not possible for the City Academy to comply with parental
preferences, an appeal to an independent Appeal Committee is available.
2. Notwithstanding the provisions of clauses 1a - 1f the Secretary of State
may direct the City Academy to admit a named pupil to the City Academy
on application from an LEA. The Secretary of State shall in such
circumstances consult the City Academy before making such a direction
and have regard to its comments.
Operation of Waiting Lists
3. Where in any year the City Academy receives more applications for places
than there are places available, a waiting list will operate, This will be maintained by the City Academy and it will be open to any parent to ask for his or her child's name to be placed on the waiting list, following an unsuccessful application and appeal for the school.
4. Children’s position on the waiting list will be determined solely in accordance with the over-subscription criteria. Where places become vacant they will be allocated to children on the waiting list in accordance with the over -subscription criteria.
Arrangements for appeals panels
An appeals panel will be set up by the Governors of Unity City Academy in
accordance with the agreed codes of practice.
Arrangements for admitting pupils to other year groups, including
to replace any pupils who have left the City Academy.
Students will be granted admission to all years at the City Academy provided
there is space in any particular year. Where the City Academy has already
admitted to its admissions limit an appeal to an independent appeals panel is
available.
Macmillan Academy over subscription criteria.
Students applying will be assessed using a non verbal reasoning test and will be
placed into equal ability bands and in direct proportion to the range of applicants.
Where the number of applications for admission is greater than the published
admission number, applications will be considered against the criteria set out
below. After the admission of students with Statements of Special Educational
Needs where the Macmillan Academy is named on the statement, the criteria
will be applied in the order in which they are set out below.
a) Children in public care.
b) The Macmillan Academy will admit up to (10% of 220) students by reference to aptitude in Sport. Arrangements for selecting those students will be fair and transparent building upon exertise gained in applying such tests in other establishments with specialisms. It will be on the basis of aptitude and not ability.
c) Those applicants who on the date of admission will have a sibling (i.e. a natural brother or sister, or a half brother or sister, or a legally adopted half brother or sister who will be living with the at the same address at the date of their entry to the Academy), on the roll of the Academy.
d) Admission of applicants for whom it is essential to be admitted to a specific school because of special circumstances to do with significant medical or social need substantiated on medical advice and acceptable to the Academy.
e) Of the remaining places: 51% will be offered to students living within the inner catchment area, on the basis of proximity; i.e. students who live the nearest radial distance to the Academy on the close of the admission application date. (The radial distance is measured as a direct line from the Academy’s main building
entrance. Home to Academy distance will be measured as the direct line distance between the egress onto the public highway of the student’s home to the Academy’s main building entrance. Where a student lives for a part of each week at different addresses, the “home” address shall be that given on the application from as the address of the parent to which all communications from the Academy are to be sent). The remaining 49% will be offered to students living within the outer catchment area on the basis of an independently operated random allocation.
f) For children living outside the catchment area an allocation based on distance from the Academy, as the crow flies from home address to the Academy’s main entrance.
