Admissions to Year 7 in Sept 2010:
There will be 180 places in Year 7 in September 2010. The Academy will consider all applications for places. If fewer than 180 applications are received, the Academy will offer places to all who have applied. Where the number of applications for admission is greater than 180, applications will be considered against the criteria set out below.
After the admission of pupils with statements of Special Educational Needs where the Bradford Academy is named on the statement, the following criteria will be applied in the order in which they are set out below:
- Children in Public Care.
- Pupils with special medical or social reasons for going to the Academy, if the Governors agree. These cases will have an independent professional recommendation and will be dealt with on a case-by-case basis.
- Applicants who have an older brother or sister who attend the Academy, in Years 8-11, in September 2010. (The terms ‘brothers’ and ‘sisters’ refer to children who live with the same family at the same address, including foster children and stepbrothers and sisters.)
- The Faith proportion: Up to 35% of the remaining places will be allocated to pupils who
are:
- Children of the Christian faith (15% of the remaining places)
- Currently attending a Church of England Primary School that is either Voluntary Aided or Voluntary Controlled schools (10% of the remaining places)
- Children of other faiths (10% of the remaining places)
In categories 4.1 and 4.3, applicants will need a written reference from a religious leader, to show that the child’s family attends a place of worship on average twice a month. In exceptional circumstances, Governors may judge that a place be offered on these grounds.
In the case of over subscription in either criteria 4a b or c, priority will be given by the following; the distance between the home and the school, measured by a straight line, from the main entrance of the Academy, as defined by the Governing Body.
- Children of the Christian faith (15% of the remaining places)
- The Feeder School Proportion: The remaining places; divided equally between the following two groups; will be allocated to children, who attend the named feeder primary schools:
- Bowling Park / Usher Street Primary Schools; Knowleswood Primary School; Lower Fields Primary School; Newhall Park Primary School
- St John’s CE Primary School; St Matthew’s CE Primary School; St Stephen’s CE Primary School
In the case of over subscription in either criteria 5.1 or 5.2, priority will be given by the following; the distance between the home and the school, measured by a straight line, from the main entrance of the Academy, as defined by the Governing Body
- Bowling Park / Usher Street Primary Schools; Knowleswood Primary School; Lower Fields Primary School; Newhall Park Primary School
- The Community Proportion:
In the case of oversubscription in criteria 6, priority will be given by the following; the distance between the home and school measured by a straight line from the main entrance of the Academy, as defined by the Governing Body
(Note: the Academy’s Priority Admission Area is no longer used as a criterion for admission)
- Waiting Lists:
The Academy will operate a waiting list if necessary. Parents and carers can ask for a child’s name to be placed on the list which will be open for one term after the notification of places to parents or until the outcomes of appeals are notified to parents, whichever is the sooner. As places become available, they will be allocated in the same way as the initial process.
