Burnley Road Academy Admission Information

Consultation

We would like to inform you that Burnley Road Admissions Arrangements are under consultation for children who will be admitted to the school in the academic year ​2024/2025 and thereafter. This process must happen every seven years. Any comments are to be submitted to the school no later than January 2024 either by email to: admin@burnleyroad.calderdale.sch.uk or by post to the headteacher: Mrs. C. Cope, Burnley Road Academy, Burnley Road, Mytholmroyd, Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire, HX7 5DE.

 

BURNLEY ROAD ACADEMY

Admissions Policy 2024/2025

This document sets out the admission arrangements for Burnley Road Academy and complies with Annex B of the Funding Agreement which is an agreement between the Academy and the Secretary of State. Any changes to the arrangements set out in the Funding Agreement must be approved in advance by the Secretary of State.

The Academy will comply with all relevant provisions of the statutory codes of practice (the School Admissions Code of Practice and the School Admission Appeals Code of Practice) as they apply at any given time.

The Governing Body of the Academy is the Admissions Authority and therefore any reference in the codes to admission authorities shall be read as the academy’s governing body. In particular, the Academy will take part in the Co-ordinated Admissions Scheme run by Calderdale Local Authority (please see the current year flow charts in appendix 1 and 2).

1          Application for Places

Parents are asked to apply for a place at the Academy by applying direct to the local authority online.

2          Allocation of Places

There are 30 reception places available each year and allocation of places is made using the following criteria:

2.1       Where 30 or fewer applications are received, the Academy will offer a place to all those who have applied.

2.2       Where the number of applications for admissions exceeds 30, applications will be considered against the criteria set out below and in the priority order stated:

Over-subscription Criteria

Places will be allocated in community and voluntary controlled primary schools in the following order of priority:

1. Pupils who are in public care (‘Looked After’ children) or pupils who were previously looked after but ceased to be so because they became adopted or became subject to a residence or special guardianship order.
2. Children who appear (to the admission authority of the school) to have been in state care outside of England and ceased to be in state care as a result of being adopted.
3. Children with special educational needs who have an Education health care plan (EHCP) which names the Academy will be allocated a place. This is a statutory entitlement under the S.324 of the Education Act 1996.
4. Pupils who have a brother or sister (including step/half brothers and sisters) permanently resident in the same household and currently attending the school or its associated junior school (excluding pupils in their final year). Parents/guardians should be aware that a sibling link cannot be claimed where a sibling in receipt of a Statement of Special Educational Needs is attending a resourced unit within a mainstream primary school.
5. Other children.

Notes

(i)         If there is over-subscription within any category, then pupils will be admitted in the order of proximity of the pupil’s permanent home to school.

Distance will be calculated using a straight line measurement from the pupil’s permanent home to the nearest designated school gate.

Distances will be calculated using the Local Authority’s GIS system (Geographical Information System).  To ensure consistency applies, all measurements will be carried out by the Local Authority’s GIS system and no other method of measuring distance will be considered.

Each property has a co-ordinate taken from Ordnance Survey ADDRESS-POINT data.  This is the point which distance measurements will be taken from.

3          Notification of Places

In accordance with the Co-ordinated Admissions Scheme run by Calderdale MBC, the local authority will make the formal offer of a place to parents or guardians on behalf of the Governing Body of the Academy.

4          Fair Access Protocol

As part of the Co-ordinated Admissions arrangements with the local authority the Academy may accept hard-to-place pupils onto the school role from time to time in accordance with the Local Authority In-Year Fair Access agreement. These are special cases arranged outside the boundaries of this admissions policy.

5          Appeals Procedure

Parents who want to appeal against the decision not to offer their child a place at the Academy must appeal directly to the Academy.  Appeals should be addressed to the Admissions Officer at the Academy within 20 days of receiving the decision letter from the local authority.

The appeals will be heard by an independent appeals panel set up by the Academy to hear the case for the appellant.  Parents will receive advanced notification of the date and time of their appeal hearing, to which they can go and make their case (please see the flow chart in appendix 1 which includes a timetable of events). If they wish, parents may be accompanied by an advisor or friend who can be a locally elected politician.

Following the appeal, the Clerk to the independent appeals panel will write to parents with the decision and full reasons for the decision. The decision of the independent appeals panel is binding and final.

6          Re-Allocation (Waiting) list

A reallocation list will be drawn up from unsuccessful applicants, giving priority for places that become vacant, in accordance with section 2. Any places which become available will be filled from the re-allocation list. If a child has been placed on the re-allocation list, parents will be informed and asked to confirm annually that they wish to leave their child’s name on the list, which will be retained until the end of the autumn term.

7          In-Year Applications

The same criteria will apply for in-year applications as outlined in section 2 and the appeals processes outlines in section 5. In year places will become available when the number in each class falls below 30. Parents wanting to apply for a place for their child should apply direct to the Academy.

8          Consultation

The Academy will consult with local groups and schools if changes to these arrangements have been proposed.  They will consult on the full admission arrangements every seven years even if no changes are proposed. Admission information will be made available on the academy’s website.

Last reviewed January 2023.

 

Nursery Admissions Policy

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