Admissions Policy

 

Policy and Numbers

This policy applies to all year groups, 7 to 11.  The planned admission number for Year 7 commencing 1st September 2010 will be 137 which is the same as other year groups.    Places will be allocated by the Admissions Committee, applying the criteria below, once applications have been received via the Local Authority (LA) 

 

Over-subscription

Where applications for admission exceed the number of places available, the following criteria will be applied, in the order set below, to decide which children to admit: -

 

• where the child is looked after

 

• where the child lives within the civil parishes of Great Cheverell, Little Cheverell, Chirton, Coulston, Easterton, Erlestoke, Marden, Market Lavington,  Marston, Patney, Tilshead, Urchfont, Wedhampton, West Lavington, Worton or the hamlet of Conock.

 

• where the child has a sibling who will be on the roll of Lavington School at the time of admission.  Sibling refers to a brother or sister, half brother or sister, adopted brother or sister, step brother or sister, or the child of the parent/carer’s partner where the child for whom the school place is sought is living in the same family unit at the same address as that sibling.

 

• where the child lives in a rural parish beyond the parishes mentioned in (ii) above - rural parish being defined as a place which has a parish council but no town council.

 

• where the child lives in the towns of Devizes, Melksham, Trowbridge, Warminster, Westbury, Calne, Chippenham, Amesbury, or Pewsey or Salisbury, all of which have their own secondary schools.

 

• other children not covered above

 

General

In the event that the school has met its admissions number within any of the above categories then priority for the final place will be given to the pupil whose permanent address is nearest to Lavington School, measured by a straight line from the child’s home to the southern end of the school drive on an Ordnance Survey map.  If two or more distances are found to be identical, we will cast lots to determine entry.  The school will maintain a waiting list for those unsuccessful at the time of application, if requested by parents.

 

Parents have the right to appeal against any decision to refuse admission.  Details of the procedure are available from the headteacher.

 

Applications for Year 7 in September 2010 must be made via the LA, using their forms available via primary schools.  Parents can identify up to three schools, placing them in priority order.  To be considered by those schools, application forms must arrive at County Hall by noon on 16th October 2009.  Parents will be informed, where their children have a place, by the LA on 1st March 2010.

 

From September 2010 all applications must be made via the LA.  However, application forms will be available both from the LA and the school.

 

Transport for pupils out of our area

The responsibility for getting pupils to and from school lies with the parents, for those who live outside our designated area.  Bus services exist which currently serve most villages and Devizes but the school has no control over the times, cost or availability of seats on these services.