Admission Policy and Numbers

Pupils will be admitted at age 11 without reference to ability. The Published Admissions Number is 210.

Over-subscription

Where applications for admission exceed the number of places available, the following criteria will be applied, in the order set out below, to decide which children to admit. Only the information relevant on the Application Form by the closing date will apply. Any subsequent changes of status will not be admissible until after the initial allocation of places.

Admission Criteria to be used in the event of Over-Subscription (In Priority Order)

a. Children who are in the care of the local authority or provided with accommodation by that authority in accordance with Section 22 of the Children Act 1989. (A letter from Social Services confirming the child’s status must be provided.)

b. Children, or parents, who have a serious medical, physical or psychological condition which makes it essential that the child attend Cams Hill School rather than any other. (Appropriate medical or psychological evidence must be provided in support)

c. Siblings of children who are attending the School and will continue to do so at the time of the child’s admission (including siblings living in the same family unit).

d. Children on the Roll of Curriculum Linked Schools, viz, Harrison County Primary School, Uplands County Primary School and Wicor County Primary School and who live within the catchment areas of Harrison County Primary or Uplands County Primary (as designated in September 1998) or within that part of the Wicor County Primary catchment area historically designated to Cams Hill School by the Hampshire LA and marked on the map which is held at the School and can be viewed by any interested party on request.

e. Children on the Roll of Curriculum Linked Schools, viz, Harrison County Primary School, Uplands County Primary School and Wicor County Primary School but who do not live within the catchment areas of Harrison County Primary or Uplands County Primary or within that part of the Wicor County Primary catchment area historically designated to Cams Hill School by the Hampshire LA and marked on the map which is held at the School and can be viewed by any interested party on request.

f. Children living at addresses historically designated by the Hampshire LA to Cams Hill School but not covered by any of the above criteria.

g. Proximity of the child’s home to the School with those nearest being accorded the highest priority. Measurement will be by ruler on a map, from the centre of the School to the exact location of the family home, confirmed by a site visit where necessary.

Notes:

1. All information and criteria appertaining at the closing date of application will apply for the initial allocation of places. Any changes of status, address or other circumstances will then be taken into account for all subsequent processes, including Appeals.

2. Under Criterion b., supporting evidence from a doctor or appropriate professional should show specifically and conclusively why a child should attend this School rather than any other.

3. When, within any one criterion, all other determining factors are equal, the child or children living nearest to the School will then be accorded priority.

4. The School reserves the right to determine that the address of residence given for any child applying to the School is, in fact, the usual domicile of that child and his/her parent(s) or guardian(s). If any application giving an address that on investigation is found to be that of any other person, whether a close relative or not, then that application shall be disqualified.

5. Distances are measured on a map using a straight line radius from the centre of the school buildings to the centre of the pupil’s house. Distances to multiple dwellings are given priority to the ground floor over the first floor and so on.

6. If the last pupil to be offered a place with the school’s published admission number (PAN) is a multiple birth or same cohort sibling, any further sibling will be admitted, if the parents so wish, even though this may raise the intake number above the school’s PAN. The PAN will remain unchanged so that no other pupil will be admitted until a place becomes available with the PAN.

7. Where a child lives with parents with shared responsibility, each for part of a week, the home address which applied at the primary school will continue to be applied to the application for a place at Cams Hill School.

WAITING LIST

When all available places have been allocated the School will operate a Waiting List to be established on 15 March 2010. Parents who wish their child to be included on the Waiting List must inform the School in writing after their initial application has been refused. Any places that become available will be allocated according to the Criteria of the Admission Policy with no account being taken of the length of time on the Waiting List. Late applicants (applications received after the closing date of 23 October 2009) will be considered after the initial allocation of places.

The Waiting List will be reviewed and revised:

• each time a child is added to, or removed from the Waiting List
• at the end of each school year, when parents with a child on the Waiting List will be contacted and asked if they wish to remain on the list for the following school year.

Parents may keep their child’s name on the waiting list of as many schools as they wish and for as long as they wish.

SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL NEEDS

The Governors will admit any pupil whose final Statement of Special Educational Needs names this school.

WITHDRAWING OFFERS OF PLACES

Places that have been offered will only be withdrawn in the following circumstances:

• The place was offered on the basis of a fraudulent or intentionally misleading application
• The place was offered by the Local Authority in error
• A parent has not responded to the offer of a place despite reminders

ALLOCATION OF PLACES FOR ENTRY, SEPTEMBER 2009

Government regulations require that we give you as much information as possible about the likelihood of success of an application. In September 2009, the Governors admitted 210 pupils. Using the criteria:

2 pupil was admitted who was in care,
1 pupil was admitted on medical grounds,
13 pupils were admitted because they have or had brothers/sisters at the school but did not attend a curriculum linked school,
169 pupils were admitted because they attended Harrison, Uplands or Wicor Primary Schools,
7 pupils were admitted who lived at a historically designated address,
17 pupils were admitted because of the proximity of the home to the school

September 2010: We cannot predict applications but it might be helpful to know that:

1. 130 pupils are on the rolls of Harrison and Uplands Schools and normally between 98% (127) and 100% wish to come to Cams Hill.

2. 64 pupils are on the roll of Wicor School and normally some 80% (51) wish to come to Cams Hill.

3. We do not know how many siblings may seek entry but these are the figures for the last 5 years:

• 2005 – 20
• 2006 – 21
• 2007 – 17
• 2008 – 19
• 2009 – 13

Based on estimates only, it is likely that, having deducted pupils from 1, 2 and 3 above, we will have in the region of 16+ spare places.