Grasmere Primary
School
Admissions and
Appeals Policy
September 2014
Grasmere Primary School Admissions and Appeals Policy
Applications for school places in year groups other than at Reception Class
entry will be treated as midterm admissions.
Parents who have moved into the area and have children who are of school
age, you should contact the schools directly to complete a mid-term
application form (PA1). The Headteacher will be able to offer a place
immediately if the school has a vacancy in your child’s year group. Parents
can also move your child from one school to another. Parents should talk to
their child’s current Headteacher about why you are moving schools.
If the School cannot offer a place immediately the child’s name will be placed
on the application list, until there are places available. Places will be offered
using the criteria below in priority order:
1 Children looked after by a local authority
2 Children whose acute medical or social need justify the allocation of a place
at a particular school*
3 Children whose parents can take up or keep a teaching post in one of
Hackney’s schools**
4 Children with brothers and sisters*** at the school at the time of the
proposed admission
5 Children living nearest to the main entrance of the school as measured in a
straight line on a map or using a GIS computerised mapping system
Distance as measured in 5 above will be used in any tie-breaker decisions for
priority 1, 3 and 4.
*The Head of Admissions will make decisions on such cases and will seek, if
necessary, advice from the Health Service. These cases will always require
supporting professional evidence, which has to demonstrate why the parent
should be given a place at a particular school, and it is the responsibility of the
parent to produce the evidence.
**If you are a teacher applying for a school place only one child will be
admitted to each class. Primary school teachers must apply to the school
where they teach or to a school within one mile of their place of work.
Secondary school teachers must apply to a school within one mile of their
place of work.
*** Brothers and sisters must live at the same address at the child for whom
the application is being made. This includes half brothers and sisters, step
brothers and sisters and foster brother and sisters who live at the same
address.
Parents who have been refused a place at a community school the application
list is held and maintained by the school. No consideration is given to the
length of time the pupil has been on
Applications for school places in year groups other than at Reception Class
entry will be treated as midterm admissions.
Appeals
The School Standards and Framework Act 1998 gives paernts the right to
appeal to an independent appeal panel against:
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any decision made by or on behalf of the Trust on the school your
child can go to
any decision made by the Trust, or by or on behalf of the governors of
a voluntary aided school, which refuses your child admission to the
school
Parents should appeal within 21 days of the admissions decision. You can get
all the information you need about appeals either from Headteachers or from
our Admissions team. The decision of the appeal panel is final and binding on
both parties.
If parents are unable to find a school place you should contact the Admissions
Team on 020 8820 7397/7398 for further assistance.
From September 1st 2010 all admissions for school places will be dealt
centrally by the Pupil Admissions Department at the Learning Trust.
Policy agreed March 2013
Renewal date March 2016
Signed: ________________________________ Headteacher
Signed: ________________________________ Chair of Governors