2013-14 Admission arrangements and policies

The admission arrangements for all schools including Admission Numbers, over-subscription criteria and co-ordinated admission schemes for the 2013-14 school year have been determined and are as follows:

Appendix 0 - Summary of School Admission Arrangements for 2013-14 (pdf, April 2012, 38KB)
Appendix 1 - New Intake School Admission Arrangements and Over-subscription Criteria for North Somerset Community and Voluntary Controlled Schools (not including Sixth Forms) 2013-14 School Year (pdf, April 2012, 56KB)
Appendix 2 - Primary Coordinated Admission Scheme for new intake admissions 2013-14 School Year (pdf, April 2012, 72KB)
Appendix 3 - Secondary Coordinated Admission Scheme for new intake admissions (not including Sixth Form) 2013-14 School Year (pdf, April 2012, 74KB)
Appendix 4 - In-Year School Admission Arrangements and Over-subscription Criteria for North Somerset Community and Voluntary Controlled Schools 2013-14 School Year (pdf, April 2012, 80KB)
Appendix 5 - Admission Numbers for Community and Voluntary Controlled Schools 2013-14 (pdf, April 2012, 65KB)
Appendix 6 - Year 12 new intake policy for Clevedon, Nailsea and St Katherine’s schools 2013-14 (pdf, April 2012, 4MB)
Appendix 7 - First Geographical Areas (FGA) for New Intake and In-Year Admissions for 2013-14 for the following secondary schools (pdf, April 2012, 4MB)

Voluntary Aided Schools

Burrington C of E Primary Admissions Policy 2013-14 (pdf, April 2012, 33KB)
Christ Church C Of E Primary Admissions Policy 2013-14 (pdf, April 2012, 32KB)
Corpus Christi Catholic School Admissions Policy 2013-14 (pdf, April 2012, 67KB)
St. Francis' Catholic Primary Admissions Policy 2013-14 (pdf, April 2012, 47KB)
St. Georges V.A. Church Primary Admission Policy 2013-14 (pdf, April 2012, 79KB)
St. John the Evangelist Church of England Primary Admissions Policy 2013-14 (pdf, April 2012, 36KB)
St. Joseph's Catholic Primary Admissions Policy 2013-14 (pdf, April 2012, 51KB)
St. Mark's Church of England/Methodist Ecumenical VA Primary Admissions Policy 2013-14 (pdf, April 2012, 52KB)
St. Mary's Church of England V.A. Primary Admissions Policy 2013-14 (pdf, April 2012, 36KB)
Tickenham Church of England Primary Admissions Arrangements 2013-14 (pdf, April 2012, 42KB)
- Supplementary Information form (SIF) (pdf, April 2012, 33KB)
Trinity Anglican Methodist Primary Admissions Policy 2013-14 (pdf, April, 59KB)
Worlebury St. Paul's Church of England V.A. Primary Admissions Policy 2013-14 (pdf, April 2012, 40KB)
Wraxall Church of England V.A. Primary School Oversubscription Policy 2013-14 (pdf, April 2012, 33KB)

Academies

Backwell School Year 7 Admissions Policy 2013-14 (pdf, April 2012, 18KB)
Backwell School Year 12 Admissions Policy 2013-14 (pdf, April 2012, 586KB)
Churchill Community Foundation School and Sixth Form - Year 7 Admissions Policy 2013-14 (pdf, April 2012, 469KB)
Churchill Community Foundation School and Sixth Form - Year 12 Admissions Policy 2013-14 (pdf, April 2012, 274KB)
Gordano School Year 7 Admissions Policy 2013-14 (pdf, April 2012, 632KB)
Gordano Sixth Year 12 Admissions Policy 2013-14 (pdf, April 2012, 2.5MB)
Hans Price Academy Admissions Policy 2013-14 (pdf, April 2012, 74KB)
Priory Community School Admissions Policy 2013-14 (pdf, April 2012, 667KB)

Foundation (including Trust) Schools

Worle Community School Admissions Policy 2013-14 (pdf, April 2012, 649KB)

The determined arrangements for all schools and academies are available for download on this page. They can also be accessed from the school's own website. They may also be seen at the schools and at the North Somerset Council office in Castlewood, Tickenham Road, Clevedon, BS21 6FW (6AB for 'Sat Nav')

Under School Standards and Framework Act 1998(a) and section 29(5) of the Education Act 1996(b) any one or body has the right to object to any of the arrangements on condition that the person or body making the objection provides their name and address to the adjudicator. The adjudicator is only required to determine an objection to objections received by 30 June 2012.

Objections should be made to:

The Secretary
Office of the Schools Adjudicator
Mowden Hall
Staindrop Road
Darlington DL3 9BG
Telephone: 01325 735 303
email: osa.team@osa.gsi.gov.uk,
Website: Office of the Schools Adjudicator

These are relevant extracts from The School Admissions (Admission Arrangements and Co-ordination of Admission Arrangements) (England) Regulations 2012 :

Objections that may not be referred to the adjudicator

21.—(1) For the purposes of section 88H(2)(b) the description of objections that may not be referred under section 88H(2)(b) is—

(a) an objection which in substance seeks an alteration to admission arrangements for a grammar school, which by virtue of section 104(4) may only be made in accordance with sections 105(c) to 109(d) (altering the school’s admission arrangements so that it no longer has selective admission arrangements);

(b) an objection which in substance seeks an alteration to admission arrangements for a selective Academy so as to remove selection, which by virtue of its Academy arrangements may only be made in accordance with those Academy arrangements;

(i) any school whose admission authority are not the local authority; or

(ii) an Academy;

(d) an objection in respect of an increase or no change to the admission number for a community or voluntary controlled school other than an objection by the governing body of that school;

(e) an objection to an agreement that the admission arrangements for an Academy may vary from the School Admissions Code.

(2) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (e), an agreement is that made between the proprietor of an Academy and the Secretary of State and set out in the Academy arrangements.

Restriction on referring objections following a decision by the adjudicator

22. For the purposes of section 88H(5)(d)(a), where the adjudicator has determined an objection to the admission arrangements of a school or Academy, no objection may be referred to the adjudicator raising the same or substantially the same issues in relation to those admission arrangements within 2 years of the decision by the adjudicator.