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Admissions

Admission Arrangements

Admissions procedures for Rothwell Schools are run by the local authority. To apply for a place parents must submit an application via School Admissions | North Northamptonshire Council

Juniors

The school has an agreed Published Admission Number (PAN) of 90 for entry in Year 3.

Oversubscription Criteria Places will be allocated to pupils who have a statement of SEN or an EHC Plan that names the school as the appropriate provision.

When there are more applications for places than there are places available, priority will be given in the following order:

  1. Looked After Children and all previously Looked After Children (see paragraph 6.1 for definition of ‘Looked After Children’).
  2.  Children of staff at the school, in either or both of the following circumstances: a. Where the member of staff has been employed at the school for two or more years at the time which the application for admission to the school is made, and/or b. the member of staff is recruited to fill a vacant post for which there is a demonstrable skills shortage.
  3. Children with a sibling link (see paragraph 6.3 for definition of ‘sibling’) continuing at the school at the time of the admission of the younger child
  4. Children who have attended Rothwell Victoria Infant School.
  5. Children who live closer to the preferred school than any other school
  6. Other children

Tiebreaker

If the admission number is exceeded within criterion 4, priority will be given to those who live furthest from the nearest alternative school the school. If the admission number is exceeded within any other criterion, priority will be given to those who live closest to the school. Measurements are carried out in a straight line basis from the child’s home address to the address point of the school using NNC’s GIS System. In the case where multiple applications for the same shared dwelling occurs (e.g. Flats), a randomiser (will be used to decide the priority in which the pupils within the shared dwelling are selected in the event of a tie or where two distances are equal. The random allocation process will be subject to independent verification.

Infants

The school has an agreed Published Admission Number (PAN) for reception is 90.

Oversubscription Criteria Places will be allocated to pupils who have a statement of SEN or an EHC Plan that names the school as the appropriate provision. When there are more applications for places than there are places available, priority will be given in the following order:

  1. Looked After Children and all previously Looked After Children (see paragraph 6.1 for definition of ‘Looked After Children’).
  2. Children of staff at the school, in either or both of the following circumstances: a. Where the member of staff has been employed at the school for two or more years at the time which the application for admission to the school is made, and/or b. the member of staff is recruited to fill a vacant post for which there is a demonstrable skills shortage.
  3. Children with a sibling link (see paragraph 6.3 for definition of ‘sibling’) continuing at the school or the linked Junior School at the time of the admission of the younger child.
  4. Children who live closer to the preferred school than any other school
  5. Other children. Allocation to PAN If the admission number is exceeded within any criterion, priority will be given to those who live closest to the school.

Tiebreaker

If the admission number is exceeded within criterion 3, priority will be given to those who live furthest from the nearest alternative school the school. If the admission number is exceeded within any other criterion, priority will be given to those who live closest to the school. Measurements are carried out in a straight line basis from the child’s home address to the address point of the school using NNC’s GIS System. In the case where multiple applications for the same shared dwelling occurs (eg. Flats), a randomiser will be used to decide the priority in which the pupils within the shared dwelling are selected in the event of a tie or where two distances are equal. The random allocation process will be subject to independent verification.

Policies can be found in Statutory Trust Polies and School Policies and Documents