Directory of Schools in Suffolk

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1 xxxxx Directory of Schools in Suffolk Secondary (including Upper and High) Schools for the 2016/2017 school year Application closing dates for the normal year of entry: Saturday 31 October 2015 for secondary (including upper and high) schools Friday 15 January 2016 for primary (including infant, junior and middle) schools Apply online at

2 Contents 03 Introduction 04 Important dates normal year of entry Suffolk s co-ordinated admissions schemes Admissions oversubscription criteria for community and voluntary controlled schools School details Secondary (including upper and high) schools in Suffolk Sixth Form colleges Special schools Pupil Referral Units (PRU s) Apply online for a place in the normal year of entry from 11 September 2015 Application forms CAF1 CAF2 ADM1 Comments, compliments and complaints Data protection 2 Apply online at

3 Introduction This directory provides information about secondary (including upper and high) schools in Suffolk in the 2016/2017 school year. It does not cover independent schools. It explains how places are offered when a school gets too many applications. There is a separate directory which provides information for primary (including infant, junior and middle) schools. If you are applying for a place in the normal year of entry for a school please read the Admissions to Schools in Suffolk 2016/2017 guide for information on how and when to apply for a school place. You may need to complete and submit a Supplementary Information Form (SIF) at the same time as making your application (see page 18 in the 'Admissions to Schools in Suffolk 2016/2017' guide for more details). If you are applying for an in-year school place please read the In-Year Admissions to Schools in Suffolk 2016/2017 guide for information on how and where to apply for a school place. An in-year application is made when a parent or carer applies for their child to go to a new school during the school year, or at the start of the school year but in a different age group from the school s normal year of entry. You may need to complete and submit a Supplementary Information Form (SIF) at the same time as making your application (see page 11 in the 'In-Year Admissions to Schools in Suffolk 2016/2017' guide for more details). Copies of these guides are available from: The Admissions Team, Endeavour House, 8 Russell Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP1 2BX Phone: Website: (local rate) admissions@suffolk.gov.uk Town/village Town/village with one or more upper or high schools Apply online at 3

4 Important dates normal year of entry These dates only apply to applications for the normal year of entry. Please read the Admissions to Schools in Suffolk 2016/2017 guide for more information. These dates do not apply for in-year applications. If you are making an in-year application please read the In-Year Admissions to Schools in Suffolk 2016/2017 guide for more information. Both guides are available at You can ask for a paper copy by contacting us on (local rate). Secondary (including upper and high) schools Primary (including infant, junior and middle) schools You can apply online at or fill in a CAF1 paper application form. National closing date for applications (online or paper). If you were unable to apply by the closing date, and we agree that there are very exceptional reasons for an application being late, we will consider it as on time if it is received by this date and evidence is provided with your application. If you are moving house this is the latest date for you to provide written evidence to the Admissions Team that you are legally committed to your move so that your new address can be considered in the on time allocation process. National Offer Day If you applied online we will send you an to let you know which school has been offered. For all on time applications, a letter will be posted to you with the offer of a school place. We will consider all late applications (see the 'Late applications' section in the Admissions to Schools in Suffolk 2016/2017 guide). We will assume that you have accepted the place offered unless you let us know in writing by this date. This does not affect your right to appeal for any of the schools where you have been refused a place. Date by which you should register an appeal if you applied on time. Appeals for on time applications to be heard by this date. Waiting lists close. Friday 11 September 2015 Saturday 31 October 2015 Tuesday 5 January 2016 Tuesday 1 March 2016 Tuesday 1 March 2016 onwards Monday 14 March 2016 Wednesday 13 April 2016 Thursday 16 June 2016 Friday 13 January 2017 Friday 11 September 2015 Friday 15 January 2016 Friday 12 February 2016 Monday 18 April 2016 Monday 18 April 2016 onwards Tuesday 3 May 2016 Tuesday 17 May 2016 Tuesday 19 July 2016 Friday 13 January Apply online at

5 Suffolk s co-ordinated admissions schemes There are different types of schools in Suffolk and we (Suffolk County Council) co-ordinate admissions to the normal year of entry for them all. The normal years of entry for schools are shown below: School phase Normal year of entry Primary Reception Infant Reception Junior Year 3 Middle Year 5 High Year 7 Upper Year 9 However, for in-year applications, you need to apply to some schools directly. In these cases the school s governing body or academy trust will process your application. For all other schools, in-year applications will be processed by Suffolk County Council. Suffolk s co-ordinated admissions schemes are set out in full on our website at You can also request a paper copy by contacting us on (local rate). The different types of schools in Suffolk and information about where to send your application are shown below: School type Where to send your application Normal year of entry In-year Maintained schools A maintained school is a state school funded by central government through the local authority and does not charge fees. These include community, voluntary controlled, voluntary aided and foundation schools. Community and voluntary controlled schools We are the admissions authority for these schools and we are responsible for setting the admissions arrangements and allocating places in accordance with the published oversubscription criteria. Voluntary aided and foundation schools These schools are run by the school governors so the school s governing body is the admissions authority. They are responsible for setting the admissions arrangements and allocating places in accordance with the published oversubscription criteria. Academies and free schools Academies and free schools receive their funding direct from central government and are outside Suffolk County Council s control. These schools are run by the school governors or academy trust and they are the admissions authority responsible for setting the admissions arrangements and allocating places in accordance with the published oversubscription criteria. Some schools will become academies during the school year. Suffolk County Council Suffolk County Council Suffolk County Council Suffolk County Council School School Apply online at 5

6 Admissions oversubscription criteria for community and voluntary controlled schools Some foundation, voluntary aided, free schools and academies also use the county council s admissions oversubscription criteria. These are identified in this directory. For applications to the normal year of entry at a school, these criteria will be applied according to the circumstances existing on or before the closing date. For applications for an in-year place at a school, these criteria will be applied according to the circumstances existing at the time of application. If there are more applications than places available we will rank your application using the following oversubscription criteria: Children who have a statement of Special Educational Needs or an Education, Health and Care plan which names the school must by law be offered a place at that school Looked after children (children in care) and previously looked after children (children who were looked after, but ceased to be so because they were adopted or became a subject to a child arrangements order or special guardianship order, immediately following having been looked after). Siblings (children who are brothers and sisters of, or who live as a family at the same address) of pupils who are already at the school or who have already been offered a place, and who will still be there at the time of admission. Priority will be given, where necessary, to applications where there is the smallest age gap. If you have more than one child at the school, please name the youngest one. Children who are ordinarily resident in the catchment area. Places will be allocated in the following priority order: a) If the school is voluntary controlled, children whose parents/carers are applying on the grounds that the child and/or the family are practising members of the Church of England. You must complete a Suffolk County Council Supplementary Information Form (SIF). This SIF must specifically state that you and/or your child are a practising member of the Church of England and that you and/or your child go to church regularly, that is to say at least once a month. b) Children who live nearest to the school. We will measure the distance by a straight line ( as the crow flies ). All straight line distances are calculated electronically by Suffolk County Council using data provided jointly by the Post Office and Ordnance Survey. The data plots the co-ordinates of each property and provides the address-point between which the straight line distance is measured and reported to three decimal places. Where there is more than one home within a single building (for example apartments) we will measure to a single point within that building irrespective of where those homes are located. 4 Children who live outside the school s catchment area in the same priority order as set out in a) and b) above. 6 Apply online at

7 Admissions oversubscription criteria for community and voluntary controlled schools Notes Previously looked after children Previously looked after children includes children who were adopted under the Adoption Act 1976 (section 12 adoption orders) and children who were adopted under the Adoption and Childrens Act 2001 (section 46 adoption orders). Child arrangements orders are defined in section 8 of the Children Act 1989, as amended by section 12 of the Children and Families Act Child arrangements orders replace residence orders and any residence order in force prior to 22 April 2014 is deemed to be a child arrangements order. Distance tie-breaker It is possible that the Published Admission Number (PAN) at the school will be reached in any one of the categories set out on page 6. For this reason, all applications will be prioritised according to the rules described. Decisions will be made about the offer of places in accordance with these priorities. If it is necessary to use a tie-breaker to distinguish between two or more applications, a distance criterion will be used. We will give priority to the applicants who live nearest to the school as measured by a straight line. In the unlikely event that two applicants competing for a single place at a school live the same distance from the school, the place will be offered to one applicant on the basis of lots drawn by an officer of Suffolk County Council not involved with admissions. Twins, triplets and other multiple births If the final place available at a school is offered to a twin, triplet or other multiple birth and the remaining sibling(s) would ordinarily be refused, Suffolk County Council will offer places to the remaining sibling(s) at the same school. The law requires that this will apply even in those primary schools where this would mean that more than 30 pupils would be admitted to an infant class. Waiting lists If one or more of your preferences are refused, your child s name will be placed on a waiting list for these schools. Names are placed on the waiting list in the priority order set out in our admissions oversubscription criteria. The order of children does not remain static as circumstances change a child s place on the waiting list can go up or down, for example due to withdrawals or late applications. If your child changes address while they are on a waiting list you must let us know. Please be aware that this may change your child s position on the waiting list, particularly if they move into or out of the school s catchment area. Written evidence of this will be required. Having your child s name on a waiting list will not affect your right to appeal for any of the schools you have been refused a place at. Late applicants will be added to any waiting lists in oversubscription priority order if their parental preferences cannot be met. If a place becomes available, we will offer it to children on the waiting list for that school in priority order. We do not offer places on the basis of the date on which names were placed on the list. The waiting lists will cease to operate at the end of the first full week of the spring term (Friday 13 January 2017). Apply online at 7

8 Admissions oversubscription criteria Notes for community and voluntary controlled schools Suffolk County Council does not hold waiting lists for in-year applicants. Some schools hold waiting lists throughout the year for all year groups. This information is available from the schools directly. Making another application for a place at the same school A parent/carer can apply for a place for their child at any time to any school outside of the normal admissions round. However, if your application for a school place is refused, we will not determine a further application for a place in the same school in the same school year, unless there has been a significant change in the circumstances of the parent/carer, child or school. Such circumstances might be a house move or a place becoming available at the school. If there is no significant change in circumstances, you can make another application for the following school year. However, this will not normally be considered more than one term ahead of the date when you want your child to start at the school. Ordinarily resident By ordinarily resident we mean the place where your child usually lives. We may need proof of this address. We will not treat your child as ordinarily resident if you rent or own a second home in the catchment area or if you use another address to give the impression that your child lives in the catchment area so that you have a higher priority for a place at that school. Where a child lives with separated parents who have shared responsibility, each for part of the week, the address at which the child is ordinarily resident will be considered to be the address that the child lives at for most of the week (excluding weekends and school holidays). Both parents must provide evidence in writing to confirm the child s living arrangements at the time of application. 8 Apply online at

9 School details Suffolk County Council makes decisions for community and voluntary controlled schools. The governing bodies or academy trusts of voluntary aided, foundation, free schools and academies determine the order in which applications should be ranked according to their oversubscription criteria. These are known as own admission authority schools. If you are applying for a place in the normal year of entry for a school please read the Admissions to Schools in Suffolk 2016/2017 guide for information on how and when to apply for a school place. You may need to complete and submit a Supplementary Information Form (SIF) at the same time as making your application (see page 18 in the 'Admissions to Schools in Suffolk 2016/2017' guide for more details). If you are applying for an in-year school place please read the In-Year Admissions to Schools in Suffolk 2016/2017 guide for information on how and where to apply for a school place. An in-year application is made when a parent or carer applies for their child to go to a new school during the school year, or at the start of the school year but in a different age group from the school s normal year of entry. You may need to complete and submit a Supplementary Information Form (SIF) at the same time as making your application (see page 11 in the 'In-Year Admissions to Schools in Suffolk 2016/2017' guide for more details). Both guides are available at You can ask for a paper copy by contacting us on (local rate). The following pages provide alphabetical lists of Suffolk secondary (including upper and high) schools, sixth form colleges, special schools and pupil referral units. We have provided some key information about each school to help you when you are applying for a school place, including the: School s address and phone number. School s website (if they have one). Age range and type of school. Headteacher s name. Published Admission Number (PAN)* for 2016/2017. Where you see an * this indicates that as the PAN for 2016/2017 is lower than the PAN for 2015/2016 you should be aware that places will be more limited and the pattern of admissions may change. The sixth form PAN for 2016/2017. This is the number of students who can be admitted from outside the school to Year 12 (that is to say, not including those students who transfer to Year 11 itself). School s oversubscription criteria, if it is different to Suffolk County Council s oversubscription criteria which is on page 6 of this directory. *A set number of places are offered in any one year. This number is known as the Published Admission Number (PAN), which is based on a national formula for deciding how many children can go to a school, without causing overcrowding. Apply online at 9

10 School details Although the PAN applies to the year of entry, we would normally apply this number across all year groups in the school. However, there may be times for other year groups where this is not possible. If the number of applicants is less that the PAN all applicants will be admitted. If a school receives more applications than it has places available ( oversubscribed ) then the school s published oversubscription criteria are used to decide which applicants will be offered places. The wording in this directory will be a summary of the full admission policy and therefore you must refer to the school s own admissions policy which sets out how places will be prioritised. You can get a copy of the full policy from the school or online at We have also included information relating to the on time applications we received for the normal year of entry to the school in September 2015 (2015/2016 school year). This is to help you judge whether or not your application for a school place might be successful when you are completing your application. It includes the: Published Admission Number (PAN) for 2015/2016. Number of pupils on roll at the school in May Number of applications received by the closing date. This is the number of applications for which no higher preference school was offered. It may include second and third preferences as well as first preferences. The figure is intended to give you an idea of the demand for places at the school. Please note that if you only apply for schools that have previously had more applications than places, there is a possibility that you will not be offered a place at any of them. Number of places that were actually allocated at the school to on time applicants. Number of on time applications that were refused. Criterion under which the last child was admitted to oversubscribed schools. Where schools were not oversubscribed all applicants were admitted. Where schools were oversubscribed, the oversubscriptions criteria was applied and the cut-off point is indicated. Notes: If a website address is not included with a school s information you may be able to access their details at We have not included information on independent schools. The information is correct as of August However, we cannot rule out the need for changes before the start of the 2016/2017 school year. Any changes will be up-dated online at 10 Apply online at

11 Directory of Schools 2016/2017 Secondary (including upper and high) schools in Suffolk 12 Sixth form colleges 33 Special schools 34 Pupil Referral Units (PRU s) 34 Apply online at 11

12 Secondary (including upper and high) schools in Suffolk Alde Valley Academy, Seaward Avenue, Leiston, IP16 4BG academy Principal Miss E Laflin /2017 School Year Sixth Form PAN /2017 School Year PAN /2017 Oversubscription criteria on page /2016 School Year PAN 180 Number on Roll (May 2015) 545 Number of applications received by the closing date 58 Number of places allocated to on time 58 Number of on time applications refused 0 applicants Beccles Free School, Castle Hill, Beccles, NR34 7BQ free school Headteacher Mr N Youngman /2017 School Year PAN /2017 Oversubscription criteria below Transport priority area: transport entitlement will be based on the Sir John Leman High School catchment area. 2015/2016 School Year PAN 120 Number on Roll (May 2015) 290 Number of applications received by the closing date 80 Number of places allocated to on time 80 Number of on time applications refused 0 applicants 2016/2017 Oversubscription criteria: After the admission of students with statements of Special Educational Needs or Education, Health and Care plan (EHC plan) where Beccles Free School is named on the statement, the criteria will be applied in the order in which they are set out below: 1. A looked after child or a child who was previously looked after (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) but immediately after being looked after became subject to an adoption, residence, or special guardianship order. A looked after child is a child who is; a) in the care of a LA, or b) being provided with accommodation by a local authority in the exercise of their social services functions ( looked after children as defined in section 22(1) of the Children Act 1989). 2. Children with a sibling attending Beccles Free School at the time of application. A Sibling is defined in these arrangements as children who live as brother or sister in the same house, including natural brothers or sisters, adopted siblings, stepbrothers or sisters and foster brothers and sisters. 3. Other children by distance from Beccles Free School, with priority for admission given to children who live nearest to the school as the crow flies. Distances are measured between the two full UK postcodes of the student s home and the school postcode using a website that calculates the distance up to three decimal places between the two points. Random allocation will be used as a tie-break in category 3 above to decide who has highest priority for admission if the distance between two children s homes and the school is the same. Should a sibling who is from a multiple birth be offered the last intake place for that year, their siblings will automatically be offered a place too, even if that makes the intake over the Published Admission Number. Bungay High School, Queen s Road, Bungay, NR35 1RW academy Headteacher Mr A Goduti /2017 School Year Sixth Form PAN /2017 School Year PAN /2017 Oversubscription criteria below 2015/2016 School Year PAN 210 Number on Roll (May 2015) 1254 Number of applications received by the closing date 141 Number of places allocated to on time Number of on time applications refused 0 applicants /2017 Oversubscription criteria: 1. If the school is named in a statement of special educational needs, the Governing Body has a duty to admit the child to the school. 2. Looked after children or children in Public Care are given priority in the oversubscription criteria. 3. Children who live in the Bungay High School catchment area, who have a sibling at Bungay High School at the time of admission. Continued on next page 12 Apply online at

13 Secondary (including upper and high) schools in Suffolk 4. Children who live in the Bungay High School catchment area. 5. Children who have a sibling at Bungay High School at the time of admission. 6. Children who attend a primary school within the Bungay High School catchment area (Bramfield CEVC, Bungay, Edgar Sewter, Earsham CEVA, Holton St Peter, Ilketshall St Lawrence, St Edmund s Catholic Primary, Wenhaston). 7. Children who live nearest Bungay High School by the shortest straight line distance by measuring a straight line from the centre point of the home to the main pupil entrance to the school. In cases of equal merit, priority will go to children living nearest the school according to the shortest straight-line distance. The distance, for admissions purposes, is measured using the straight line distance from the centre point of the home address to the main pupil entrance to the school. Castle Manor Academy, Eastern Avenue, Haverhill, CB9 9JE (The Castle Partnership Academy Trust) Principal Ms M Vigar academy Head of School Ms V Whitcombe 2016/2017 School Year Sixth Form PAN /2017 School Year PAN /2017 Oversubscription criteria below 2015/2016 School Year PAN 150 Number on Roll (May 2015) 711 Number of applications received by the closing date 101 Number of places allocated to on time 101 Number of on time applications refused 0 applicants 2016/2017 Oversubscription criteria: If the number of applications for Castle Manor Academy, Place Farm Primary Academy or Burton End Primary Academy is greater than their PAN, we will use our admissions oversubscription criteria to decide who gets a place. The following details show the order of priority for places in the case of oversubscription: 1. Looked after children (children in care) and previously looked after children (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). 2. For Castle Manor Academy only: children from the named local partner feeder primary schools; the Family of Schools, with a brother or sister (sibling) attending Castle Manor Academy at the time of application, with a reasonable expectation they will be attending at the start of the new school year. Attendance at Castle Manor Academy will also include the sixth form. Priority will be given, where necessary, to applications where there is the smallest age gap between siblings. If you have more than one child at the Academy, please name the youngest one. 3. For Castle Manor Academy only: children attending one of the named local partner feeder schools; the Family of Schools, who do not have a brother or sister (sibling) attending Castle Manor Academy. Applications in this category will be ranked using the distance criteria described in the tie-breaker (below). 4. Children of staff employed by the school in the following circumstances: a) Where the member of staff has been employed at the school for two or more years at the time at which application for admission to the school is made, or b) The member of staff is recruited to the school to fill a vacant post for which there is a demonstrable skill shortage. 5. Children who do not attend a named local partner feeder primary school with a brother or sister (sibling) attending one of the schools in the Academy Trust at the time of application, with a reasonable expectation they will be attending at the start of the new school year. Priority will be given, where necessary, to applications where there is the smallest age gap between siblings. If you have more than one child in the Academy Trust, please name the youngest one. 6. Children who do not attend a named local partner feeder primary school who do not have a brother or sister (sibling) attending one of the schools in the Academy Trust. Applications in this category will be ranked using the distance criteria described in the tie-breaker (below). The Tie-Breaker: In the event of oversubscription, having applied the criteria outlined above, priority will be determined by the distance of the child s home from the Academy they have applied to. This will be done by measuring the distance by a straight line ( as the crow flies ). All straight line distances are calculated electronically by Suffolk County Council using data provided jointly by the Post Office and Ordnance Survey. Apply online at 13

14 Secondary (including upper and high) schools in Suffolk Chantry Academy, Mallard Way, Ipswich, IP2 9LR academy Principal Mr C D Cunha /2017 School Year PAN /2017 Oversubscription criteria on page /2016 School Year PAN 180 Number on Roll (May 2015) 656 Number of applications received by the closing date 170 Number of places allocated to on time Number of on time applications refused 0 applicants 170 Claydon High School, Church Lane, Claydon, Ipswich, IP6 0EG community school Headteacher Mrs S Skinner /2017 School Year PAN /2017 Oversubscription criteria on page /2016 School Year PAN 149 Number on Roll (May 2015) 666 Number of applications received by the closing date 171 Number of places allocated to on time 149 Number of on time applications refused 22 applicants Criterion under which last child admitted out catchment distance miles Copleston High School, Copleston Road, Ipswich, IP4 5HD academy Headteacher Mr S Common /2017 School Year Sixth Form PAN /2017 School Year PAN 296* 2016/2017 Oversubscription criteria on page /2016 School Year PAN 296** Number on Roll (May 2015) 1714 ** The school is working to 316 for this year group, this was agreed after the PAN was published Number of applications received by the closing date 387 Number of places allocated to on time 296 Number of on time applications refused 91 applicants Criterion under which last child admitted out catchment distance miles County Upper School, Beetons Way, Bury St Edmunds, IP32 6RF academy Headteacher Mrs V Neale /2017 School Year Sixth Form PAN /2017 School Year PAN /2017 Oversubscription criteria below 2015/2016 School Year PAN 260 Number on Roll (May 2015) 980 Number of applications received by the closing date 253 Number of places allocated to on time Number of on time applications refused 0 applicants /2017 Oversubscription criteria: In the event of the school being oversubscribed, priority will be given in the following order: 1. Looked after children (children in care) and previously looked after children (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). 2. Children with exceptional medical circumstances supported by written medical evidence. Any such applications must be received by the closing date in the co-ordinated scheme (31 October) and will be considered by the Admissions Committee of the school. The extent and circumstances in which medical need would qualify would relate to situations in which e.g. a hospital consultant has stated in writing that attendance at County Upper was an essential in terms of meeting the medical needs of the child. Written supporting evidence must be provided by at least one registered health professional and must set out the particular reasons why placement at County Upper is essential. 3. Applications from children currently attending one of the middle schools operated by the Academy Trust in the following order of priority: a) Children with a brother or sister (sibling) attending a school working within the Academy Trust at the time of application with a reasonable expectation they will be attending at the start of the new school year. Attendance at County Upper will include attendance in the Sixth Form. b) Children who do not have a brother or sister (sibling) attending a school working within the Academy trust. 4. Applications from children of staff employed by the school at the time of the application in either or both of the following circumstances: Continued on next page 14 Apply online at

15 Secondary (including upper and high) schools in Suffolk a) Where the member of staff has been employed at the school for two or more years at the time at which application for admission to County Upper is made, and/or b) The member of staff is recruited to fill a vacant post for which there is a demonstrable skill shortage. 5. Applications from children who do not attend a school operated by the Academy Trust in the following order of priority: a) Children with a brother or sister (sibling) attending a school working within the Academy Trust at the time of application with a reasonable expectation they will be attending at the start of the new school year. Attendance at County Upper will include attendance in the Sixth Form. b) Other children living nearest to the school, ranked by distance from the school according to the proximity criteria described below in Tie-Breaker. Tie-breaker: In the event of oversubscription in any category above, priority will be determined by the proximity of the child s home to County Upper using a straight-line distance. All straight line distances are calculated electronically using data provided jointly by the Post Office and Ordnance Survey. Debenham High School, Gracechurch Street, Debenham, Stowmarket, IP14 6BL Church of England academy Headteacher Miss J Upton /2017 School Year PAN 125* 2016/2017 Oversubscription criteria below 2015/2016 School Year PAN 125** Number on Roll (May 2015) 646 ** The school is working to 140 for this year group, this was agreed after the PAN was published Number of applications received by the closing date 146 Number of places allocated to on time Number of on time applications refused 21 applicants 125 Criterion under which last child admitted Category B3 Those children who attend one of the designated pyramid primary schools but not resident with Debenham s catchment area see 2015/2016 policy 2016/2017 Oversubscription criteria: Governors have a statutory duty to admit applicants with an Education, Health and Care plan (EHC plan), formerly known as a Statement of Special Educational Need where this school is named as being the best able to provide the most appropriate educational provision for the named child. They also have a statutory duty to give the highest priority to children who are looked after children (children in care) and previously looked after children (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). Priority A In Catchment Area Applications Places will be awarded on the basis of the following criteria and priorities; A1. Children of families who are ordinarily resident in the school s catchment area. A2 Those who have a brother or sister at the school who will still be attending the school at the time of admission. This includes half or step-brothers/sisters or other children living in the same household. A3. Those who regularly worship, or whose families (families in this context means one or both parents/ carers/guardians) regularly worship (on average at least once per month) at a Christian church which is a member of Churches Together in Britain and Ireland or of the Evangelical Alliance. In order that the Governors have legitimate information on which to base a decision, applicants are asked to complete a Supplementary Information Form (SIF) if their application refers to this category. These forms are available at the school or from the Local Authority. Completion of a SIF is NOT a valid application in itself the CAF1 or ADM1 for in-year applications must be completed by hand or online to make a valid application for a place. Priority B Out of Catchment Area Applications B1. Those who have a brother or sister at the school who will still be attending the school at the time of admission. B2. Those who regularly worship, or whose families regularly worship at a Christian church which is a member of Churches Together in Britain and Ireland or the Evangelical Alliance. B3. Those children who attend one of the designated Pyramid Primary Schools (Sir Robert Hitcham CEVAP, Debenham; Stonham Aspal CEVAP; Wetheringsett CEVCP; Bedfield CEVCP, Earl Soham CP; Helmingham CP and Creeting St Mary CEVAP) but are not resident within Debenham High School s designated catchment area. Continued on next page Apply online at 15

16 Secondary (including upper and high) schools in Suffolk B4. If the parent or guardian of a child is a member of staff at Debenham High School and the member of staff has either been employed for a minimum of two years or has been recruited to fill a vacant post for which there was a demonstrable skill shortage. B5. All other applicants Definitions If the admissions limit is reached within any of the above criteria (A1. to B5.) priority will be given to the child living nearest to the school. We will measure the distance by a straight line ( as the crow flies ). All straight line distances are calculated electronically by the Local Authority using data provided jointly by the Post Office and Ordnance Survey. East Bergholt High School, Heath Road, East Bergholt, CO7 6RJ academy Headteacher Mr C Turner /2017 School Year PAN 186* 2016/2017 Oversubscription criteria below 2015/2016 School Year PAN 186** Number on Roll (May 2015) 916 ** The school is working to 193 for this year group, this was agreed after the PAN was published Number of applications received by the closing date 248 Number of places allocated to on time 186 Number of on time applications refused 62 applicants Criterion under which last child admitted out catchment distance miles 2016/2017 Oversubscription criteria: Children who have a Statement of Special Educational Needs or Educational Health Care Plan, which names the School, must by law be offered a place. Children will then be offered place at the School in the following order of priority: 1. Looked after children (children in care) and previously looked after children (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). 2. Children who are brothers and sisters of, or who live as a family at the same address as, pupils who are already at the school or who have already been offered a place, and who will still be there at the time of admission. Priority will be given, where necessary, to applications where there is the smallest age gap. If you have more than one child at the School, please name the youngest one. 3. Children who are ordinarily resident in the catchment area. 4. Children who live outside the School s catchment area but attend one of the designated Pyramid Primary Schools: East Bergholt CofE VC Primary School, Capel St Mary CofE VC Primary School, Stratford St Mary Primary School, Bentley CEVC and Copdock Primary Schools, and Brooklands Primary School. 5. All other applicants. It is possible that the PAN of the School will be reached in any one of the categories set out above. For this reason, all applications will be prioritised according to the rules described. Decisions will be made about the offer of places in accordance with those priorities. Distance tie-breaker: If it is necessary to use a tie-breaker to distinguish between two or more applications, a distance criterion will be used. We will give priority to the applicants who live nearest to the School as measured by a straight line ( as the crow flies ). All straight line distances are calculated electronically by Suffolk County Council using data provided jointly by the Post Office and Ordnance Survey. East Point Academy, Kirkley Run, Lowestoft, NR33 0UQ academy Principal Mr K Blakey /2017 School Year PAN /2017 Oversubscription criteria below 2015/2016 School Year PAN 240 Number on Roll (May 2015) 596 Number of applications received by the closing date 54 Number of places allocated to on time Number of on time applications refused 0 applicants /2017 Oversubscription criteria: Where the number of applications for admission is greater than the published admission number [Year 7], applications will be considered against the criteria. After the admission of pupils with statements of Special Continued on next page 16 Apply online at

17 Secondary (including upper and high) schools in Suffolk Educational Needs where East Point 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 [ Looked After Children as defined in Section 22 of the Children Act 1989]. b) Children who are due to transfer and live in the area served by the school. c) Children living in the area served by the Academy who are attending a feeder primary school and are not due to transfer until the following year. d) Children who are due to transfer and live outside the area served by the Academy, who have an older brother or sister attending the Academy at the time of admission. e) Children who are due to transfer and live outside the area served by the Academy and attend a feeder school at the opening date of the Admissions round. i.e. 11th September. f) Children who are due to transfer and live outside the area served by the Academy. g) Children living outside the area served by the Academy who are attending a middle school and are not due to transfer who have an older brother or sister attending the Academy at the time of transfer. h) Children living outside the area served by the Academy who are attending a middle school and are not due to transfer. i) Admission of pupils on the proximity to the Academy using straight line measurement from the main entrance of East Point Academy to the main entrance to the child s home. Farlingaye High School, Ransom Road, Woodbridge, IP12 4JX academy Headteacher Ms S Hargadon /2017 School Year Sixth Form PAN /2017 School Year PAN 290* 2016/2017 Oversubscription criteria below 2015/2016 School Year PAN 290** Number on Roll (May 2015) 1874 ** The school is working to 297 for this year group, this was agreed after the PAN was published Number of applications received by the closing date 350 Number of places allocated to on time 290 Number of on time applications refused 60 applicants Criterion under which last child admitted Children who live nearest to the school, but are not ordinarily resident in the catchment area, who have siblings attending the school See 2015/2016 policy 2016/2017 Oversubscription criteria: Governors have a statutory duty to admit applicants with a Statement of Special Educational Needs/ Education, Health and Care plan where this school is named. 1. Looked After Children (children in care) and Previously Looked After Children (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). 2. Children of staff employed by the school in the following circumstances: a) where the member of staff has been employed for two or more years at the time the application for admission to the school is made or b) where the member of staff is recruited to fill a vacant post for which there is a skill shortage. Staff using this criteria to apply for a school place for their child must complete the appropriate Supplementary Information Form. 3. Children who are ordinarily resident in the catchment area who have siblings attending the school. 4. Children who are ordinarily resident in the catchment area who have no siblings attending the school. 5. Children who live nearest to the school, but are not ordinarily resident in the catchment area, who have siblings attending the school. We will measure the distance by a straight line ( as the crow flies ). All straight line distances are calculated electronically by the Local Authority using data provided jointly by the Post Office and Ordnance Survey. 6. Children who live nearest to the school, but are not ordinarily resident in the catchment area, who do not have siblings attending the school. Distance tie-breaker: It is possible that the PAN will be reached in any of the categories set out above. For this reason, all applications will be prioritised according to the rules described. Decisions will be made about the offer of places in accordance with those priorities. If it is necessary to use a tie-breaker to distinguish between two or more applications, a distance criteria will be used. We will give priority to the applicants who live nearest to the school as measured by a straight line. Apply online at 17

18 Secondary (including upper and high) schools in Suffolk Felixstowe Academy, High Street, Felixstowe, IP11 9QR academy Principal Mr A Williams /2017 School Year Sixth Form PAN /2017 School Year PAN /2017 Oversubscription criteria on page /2016 School Year PAN 320 Number on Roll (May 2015) 1315 Number of applications received by the closing date 242 Number of places allocated to on time 242 Number of on time applications refused 0 applicants Hadleigh High School, Highlands Road, Hadleigh, Ipswich, IP7 5HU academy Headteacher Mrs C Gibson /2017 School Year PAN /2017 Oversubscription criteria below 2015/2016 School Year PAN 168 Number on Roll (May 2015) 750 Number of applications received by the closing date 191 Number of places allocated to on time Number of on time applications refused 22 applicants 169 Criterion under which last child admitted Category 3 Catchment See 2015/2016 policy 2016/2017 Oversubscription criteria: Children who have a Statement of Special Educational Needs which names the school must by law be offered a place at that school. 1. Children in care (Looked After Children) and 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). 2. Children who are brothers and sisters of, or who live as a family at the same address as, pupils who are already at the school or who have already been offered a place, and who will still be there at the time of admission. Priority will be given, where necessary, to applications where there is the smallest age gap. If you have more than one child at the school, please name the youngest one. 3. Children who are ordinarily resident in the catchment area. 4. Places will be allocated in the following priority order: Children who live nearest to the school. We will measure the distance by a straight line ( as the crow flies ). All straight line distances are calculated electronically by the local authority (LA) using data provided jointly by the Post Office and Ordnance Survey. 5. Children who live outside the school s catchment area but attend one of the designated Pyramid Primary Schools (Beaumont Community Primary School - Hadleigh, Bildeston Community Primary School - Bildeston, Hadleigh Community Primary School - Hadleigh, St Mary s Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School - Hadleigh, Elmsett V C Primary - Elmsett, Hintlesham and Chattisham CEVC Primary School - Hintlesham, Kersey CEVC Primary School - Kersey, Whatfield CEVC Primary School - Whatfield) but are not resident within Hadleigh High School s designated catchment area. 6. All other applicants. Distance tie-breaker: It is possible that the PAN of the school will be reached in any one of the categories set out above. For this reason, all applications will be prioritised according to the rules described. Decisions will be made about the offer of places in accordance with those priorities. If it is necessary to use a tiebreaker to distinguish between two or more applications, a distance criterion will be used. We will give priority to the applicants who live nearest to the school as measured by a straight line. Hartismere School, Castleton Way, Eye, IP23 7BL academy Headteacher Mr J McAtear /2017 School Year Sixth Form PAN /2017 School Year PAN /2017 Oversubscription criteria below 2015/2016 School Year PAN 147 Number on Roll (May 2015) 922 Number of applications received by the closing date 169 Number of places allocated to on time Number of on time applications refused 9 applicants 160 Criterion under which last child admitted Children not attending a partner primary school but with a sibling attending Hartismere See 2015/2016 policy Continued on next page 18 Apply online at

19 Secondary (including upper and high) schools in Suffolk 2016/2017 Oversubscription criteria: A. Children in Care will be admitted as the top priority. B. In the event of over subscription, applications from within the priority admission area (from the named partner schools and the children of staff members) will be considered first and determined using the following criteria: 1. Children with a brother or sister (sibling) attending Hartismere at the time of application with a reasonable expectation they will be attending at the start of the new academic year. Attendance at Hartismere will include attendance at the Sixth Form. 2. Children attending one of the named partner schools who do not have a brother or sister (sibling) attending Hartismere C. Applications from children who do not attend a named partner school will be considered if there are still places available and will be determined by the following criteria: 1. Children not attending a partner primary school but with a brother or sister (sibling) attending Hartismere at the time of application with a reasonable expectation they will still be attending at the start of the new academic year. 2. In the case of up to 10% of the published admission number children with an aptitude in Music as assessed by a standardised process. 3. Children not attending a partner primary school and without a brother or sister (sibling) attending Hartismere 4. The proximity criteria as described below. Tie-breaker: In the event of oversubscription, priority will be determined: In Category B above by Random Allocation and in Category C above by the proximity of the child s home to Hartismere School: measuring the distance by a straight line ( as the crow flies ). All straight line distances are calculated electronically with those living nearest to the school being given priority. Apartments in the same block will be treated equally. If after applying the distance tie-breaker there are more applications than places available a further tie-breaker of Random Allocation will be used for the applications from this block. Holbrook Academy, Holbrook, Ipswich, IP9 2QX academy Principal Dr S Letman /2017 School Year PAN /2017 Oversubscription criteria on page /2016 School Year PAN 120 Number on Roll (May 2015) 414 Number of applications received by the closing date 88 Number of places allocated to on time Number of on time applications refused 0 applicants 88 IES Breckland, Crown Street, Brandon, IP27 0NJ free school Principal Mrs A Tilbrook /2017 School Year PAN /2017 Oversubscription criteria below Transport priority area: transport to IES Breckland will be provided to eligible pupils when it is the nearest school to the home address. In addition, families living in the Lakenheath Community Primary School catchment area are also entitled to free home to school transport for this school. 2015/2016 School Year PAN 100 Number on Roll (May 2015) 390 Number of applications received by the closing date 74 Number of places allocated to on time 74 Number of on time applications refused 0 applicants 2016/2017 Oversubscription criteria: 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 IES Breckland is named on the statement, the criteria will be applied in the order in which they are set out below: 1. Looked after children and previously looked after children. 2. Children who have an older sibling attending IES Breckland at the time of transfer. 3. Admission of pupils on the proximity to the School using straight line measurement from the main entrance of IES Breckland to the main entrance to the child s home. 4. Should any category be oversubscribed, then the proximity to the school criteria detailed in 3 will apply. Apply online at 19

20 Secondary (including upper and high) schools in Suffolk Ipswich Academy, 9 Brazier s Wood Road, Ipswich, IP3 0SP academy Executive Principal Mrs P Hutchison /2017 School Year Sixth Form PAN /2017 School Year PAN /2017 Oversubscription criteria below 2015/2016 School Year PAN 210 Number on Roll (May 2015) 810 Number of applications received by the closing date 202 Number of places allocated to on time 202 Number of on time applications refused 0 applicants 2016/2017 Oversubscription criteria: When the Academy is oversubscribed, after the admission of students with Statements of Special Educational Needs where the school is named in the Statement, priority for admission will be given to those children who meet the criteria set out below, in priority order: 1. Looked after children or children who were previously looked after but immediately after being looked after became subject to an adoption, child arrangements, or special guardianship order. A looked after child is a child who is (a) in the care of a local authority, or (b) being provided with accommodation by a local authority in the exercise of their social services functions (see the definition in Section 22(1) of the Children Act 1989). 2. Children who are ordinarily resident in the catchment area (see Suffolk County Council schools booklet for details and explanation). a) Students for whom it is essential to be admitted to the Academy because of special circumstances to do with significant medical or social needs. The Application will need to be supported by a letter from a hospital consultant, social worker or similar professional. The information should demonstrate why the Academy is the only school able to meet the child s specific needs. b) Children who are brothers and sisters of, or who live as a family at the same address as, students who are already at the school (including in the sixth form) and who will still be there at the time of admissions. Priority will be given, where necessary, to applications where there is the smallest age gap. If you have more than one child at the school, please name the youngest one. In the event of a tie break under this criterion, the distance criterion (2c) will be used as a tie break. c) Children who live nearest to the Academy. Suffolk Local Authority will measure the distance by a straight line (as the crow flies). All straight line distances will be calculated electronically by Suffolk Local Authority using data provided jointly by the Post Office and Ordnance Survey. In the event of a tie break under the distance criterion, random allocation will used. 3. Any remaining places will be offered to Children who live outside the Academy s catchment area in the same priority order as set out in 2b) to 2c) above. Ixworth Free School, Walsham Road, Ixworth, Bury St Edmunds, IP31 2HS Principal Dr R Cawley free school Headteacher Miss N King 2016/2017 School Year PAN /2017 Oversubscription criteria below Transport priority area: transport to Ixworth Free School will be provided to eligible pupils when it is the nearest school to the home address. 2015/2016 School Year PAN 120 Number on Roll (May 2015) 140 Number of applications received by the closing date 50 Number of places allocated to on time 50 Number of on time applications refused 0 applicants 2016/2017 Oversubscription criteria: After the admission of students with statements of Special Educational Needs or Education, Health and Care plan (EHC plan) where Ixworth Free School is named on the statement, the criteria will be applied in the order in which they are set out below: 1. A looked after child or a child who was previously looked after (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) but immediately after being looked Continued on next page 20 Apply online at