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Hampshire County Council

Education Policy Review Committee

25 March 2003

Determination of school admission arrangements: 2004/05

Report of the County Education Officer

Item 6

Contact: Alex Munro, Education Officer (Admissions & Special Projects) 01962 846462

1 Summary

1.1. This paper reports on consultations held with governing bodies and neighbouring local education authorities in relation to proposed admission arrangements for community and voluntary controlled schools for 2004/05. Several important changes are proposed to the criteria for admission to these schools. The paper also includes proposals for a scheme for the co-ordination of secondary admission arrangements within Hampshire and with neighbouring LEAs from September 2004.

1.2. The recommendations in this report have been heavily influenced by the requirements of the Education Act 2002, associated regulations and a revised Code of Practice on admissions. Reference to the Code is made throughout this paper.

1.3. The proposals in this report may have additional resource implications, particularly in relation to an enhanced role for the county admissions team who will be required to undertake significant additional work relating to cross-border applications and, from 2005, the requirement for LEAs rather than schools to send "offer" letters to parents. One additional permanent member of staff might be required and some temporary staff to deal with letters to parents but, for 2004, every effort will be made to manage the interim scheme within existing resources.

2 Background

2.1. The County Council is the admission authority for all community and voluntary controlled schools within Hampshire and is therefore responsible for determining the admission arrangements for these schools. Regulations require all admission authorities (i.e. LEAs and the governing bodies of voluntary aided and foundation schools, referred to in this report as "admission authority schools") to have determined their school admission arrangements for 2004/05 by 15 April 2003 and to have notified those consulted within 14 days of this date.

2.2. Consultation papers were sent to all schools in Hampshire and to the nine neighbouring LEAs in October 2002. Once the County Council has determined the admission arrangements for 2004/05, the governors of admission authority schools and neighbouring LEAs have the right to object to any aspect of the arrangements and, if the matter cannot be resolved between admission authorities, the Schools Adjudicator can be called upon to give a ruling.

2.3. The Hampshire Admission Forum considered these issues at meetings in October, January and earlier this month and their recommendations are incorporated within this report. Members will recall that, at the previous meeting of the Education Policy Review Committee, they considered proposals for the reconstitution of the Admission Forum in the light of requirements in the Education Act 2002. The first meeting of the newly constituted Forum took place on 4 March. The County Council now has a statutory duty to "have regard" to the recommendations of the Forum. The Forum includes representatives of the LEA, parent governors, headteachers, the Church of England and Roman Catholic dioceses, the armed forces, special educational needs, ethnic minorities, early years, Social Services and neighbouring LEAs.

2.4. The revised Code of Practice still requires admission authorities to ensure that all admission arrangements are "clear, fair and objective" and "as simple as possible for parents to use". The new Code draws particular attention to pupils with special educational needs and children in public care and this has been reflected in later recommendations.

3 Responses to consultations

Primary Schools

3.1. Nearly 42% of primary schools responded to the consultations. This is significantly higher than in the last two years and indicates that primary schools in particular felt that proposals in the consultations might have a significant effect upon their admissions.

3.2. The following table indicates the breakdown of responses between the different types of primary school:

3.3. Table 1

	Infant responses	Junior responses	4 - 11 responses	Totals	% response
Actual/potential response	70/131	44/117	68/189	182/437	41.6%

Details of responses to individual consultation topics are given in the following sections.

Secondary Schools

3.4. Responses were received from only 13% of secondary schools (9 out of 71). This was perhaps not surprising since the topics for consultation, because of Code requirements, left comparatively little flexibility of response and the key issue of deferring admission to Year R, dealt with later in this paper, was not relevant to them. The only concern expressed by secondary schools was in relation to looked after children (see paragraphs 4.2 - 4.7).

3.5. The responses from all schools were carefully considered by the Admission Forum in coming to their recommendations.

4 Specific recommendations relating to the admission policy for community and voluntary controlled schools

Children with statements of special educational need

4.1. 93% of responses on this topic from primary schools supported the inclusion of statemented children as first priority. The Admission Forum recommended that the legal requirement on governing bodies to admit any child whose statement names their school should be consolidated as criterion 1 in the revised LEA policy. (The proposed revised policies for primary and secondary community and voluntary controlled schools are given as Appendices 1 and 2.)

Children in public care ("Looked After Children" (LAC))

4.2. The Admission Forum has spent a great deal of time considering how best to implement Code advice in relation to the priority which should be given to children in public care. The Forum considered this issue at its July 2002 meeting and at that time concluded that the then existing criterion 1 was adequate to cater for LAC for whom it was "essential" that they attend a particular school.

4.3. There are currently 933 children in the care of Hampshire County Council. The majority will move schools along with their peers at the usual transfer stages but some will require school places at other times as they move between carers. The recommendation in paragraph 4.7 will ensure that the County Council is better able to care for these children.

4.4. The first version of the revised Code of Practice recommended that such children should be given "top priority (...) .after children with statements of special educational needs". It was on the basis of this recommendation, therefore, that schools were consulted. 86% of primary schools responding to this aspect of the consultation supported the inclusion of LAC in the LEA policy but only 49% of primary and three out of eight secondary schools supported the proposal that LAC living outside a school's catchment area should be given priority over catchment area children .

4.5. However, the final version of the Code, published in January 2003, simply states that LAC should be given top priority without making any comparison with statemented children. This amendment was considered by the Admission Forum at its meeting in January 2003 and, after much debate, it was finally decided to recommend that LAC should be accorded a separate category, immediately after the new category 1 referring to statemented children, thus giving them priority, as implied by the Code, over all children not entitled to an automatic place at a school by dint of their statement. .

4.6. The County Action Planning for Looked After Children Group (CAPLAC) was also consulted on this issue. This is a strategic group with representatives from both the Education and Social Services departments. The group supported the priority given to LAC but expressed a concern that, if LAC were to be prioritised on a catchment basis, this might prevent pupils in residential children's homes being dispersed amongst several schools as is often the practice at present. This is done to keep certain children apart and to ensure that potentially demanding children are fairly distributed amongst schools.

4.7. It is recommended, therefore, that LAC should be given priority immediately after children whose statement names a particular school. This amendment has been incorporated in the draft policies for 2004/5.

Deferred entry to Year R

4.8. The revised Code contains an even stronger expectation than in the previous version that LEAs will offer parents the option of deferring their child's entry to Year R until later in the school year. The current Hampshire policy provides for the youngest children in the cohort (birthdays between 1^st April and 31^st August) to be in full time attendance by the start of the spring term, two terms before they reach statutory school age. They will have started part-time attendance during the previous term.

4.9. The new Code says that, if a deferred entry scheme is implemented, "the effect is that the place is held for that child and is not available to be offered to another child. The parent would not, however, be able to defer entry beyond the beginning of the term after the child's fifth birthday nor beyond the academic year for which admission is sought. This should be made clear in the admission arrangements for the school." (3.19)

4.10. Only 44% of schools responding to consultations supported the proposal to defer admission to Year R. If junior schools are excluded, the support drops to 37%.

4.11. The major concern, expressed by 74 primary schools, was that, if pupils were not on roll by January, they would not be taken into account for budget purposes until the following year. Some schools who in principle supported deferred entry nevertheless indicated that this was conditional upon there being no financial penalty.

4.12. Another theme of responses was that children would be potentially disadvantaged if they started school later in the year, particularly those born towards the end of the summer.

4.13. The strengthened Code guidance on this issue would make it very difficult for any admission authority not now to implement a scheme for deferred entry. The Forum recommended, therefore, that a Hampshire deferred scheme should be implemented but that places should only be reserved until the beginning of the spring term. This would mean that all children would be counted on the January enumeration day. It would also serve to re-emphasise Hampshire's strongly held view that there are positive advantages for the vast majority of children in being able to start Year R as early in the school year as possible.

4.14. The current LEA procedures allow for discretion to be used by headteachers in exceptional circumstances and this would continue. No formal records are kept of the number of pupils whose parents seek deferred entry but it is comparatively rare. Indeed, more requests are received by schools from parents asking for their child to be admitted earlier rather than later.

4.15. The new policy, if approved, will be closely monitored and reviewed by the Admission Forum. However, because of the long lead-in time required for admissions planning, the outcome of any review would only be known in time for any changes to be made in time for admissions in September 2006.

Multiple births

4.16. The Code of Practice expects admission authorities to determine whether they will make any special arrangements for twins and other multiple birth children when considering admissions to schools which are oversubscribed.

4.17. The Hampshire practice hitherto has been to admit both twins, even if this has meant going above the published admission number. Government grant has been available to fund additional staffing when numbers in an infant class have unavoidably gone above 30 because of the admission of twins as numbers 30 and 31. These funds are no longer available so any funding needed would have to come from the school's own delegated budget.

4.18. It is recommended that current practice outlined in paragraph 4.17 above be formally agreed as policy.

4.19. It is also recommended that, solely in the exceptional circumstance where more than 30 children have to be admitted to an infant class as the direct result of the admission of twins or other multiple birth siblings, the LEA should fund any additional staffing required to comply with class size regulations.

5 Boarding education

5.1. There is boarding house accommodation attached to two Winchester schools - Sarum House at Kings' School (30 boys) and Rotherley House at The Westgate School (45 girls). This provision was originally set up to cater mainly for the children of service families at a time when the armed forces were larger and assistance with boarding education was more generous.

5.2. In recent years, the boarding houses have attracted pupils from further afield but only pupils whose immigration status entitles them to free education in this country are admitted. Such pupils will come predominantly from the European Community and others who hold full British Citizen passports. The Code of Practice states that "such children will be permitted to enter this country irrespective of their purpose in doing so and are entitled to apply for a place at a maintained school". They do not have to be accompanied by their parents.

5.3. There are currently 32 boarders at Westgate - six from Hampshire, seven from surrounding areas, 12 MoD, seven from the Far East with UK passports. At Kings', there are also 32 boarders - 14 from Hampshire, eight from other parts of the UK, 13 from MoD families, seven from Hong Kong (UK passports), three from Macau (Portuguese, therefore EU passports). (NB the Kings' figures include some double-counting for pupils who fit into more than one category.)

5.4. The Education Act 2002 now makes it possible to publish a separate PAN for boarding pupils. The governors of both schools have asked the LEA to publish a separate PAN from 2004 so that the status of boarding pupils is set out more clearly in relation to non-boarding pupils. The Admission Forum has considered this matter in some detail and recommends that the LEA publish a separate PAN for both schools. It is recommended that six places at each school be reserved for boarding pupils each year. Both schools can admit all catchment area children without difficulty so that reserving this number of places will not affect catchment area admissions.

5.5. Boarding provision in maintained schools is supported by STABIS (State Boarding Information Service). The current information booklet issued by STABIS contains a foreword by the Minister for School Standards. Both Kings' and Westgate are listed in this publication.

5.6. The governing body is responsible for the management of each boarding house, including all staffing and running costs. Boarding provision is regularly inspected by the Social Services Inspectorate.

5.7. The County Council is responsible for the external maintenance of both buildings. The following table shows costs borne by the County Council since 2000/01.

5.8. Table 2


	2000/1	2001/2	2002/3 to date
Rotherley	32,411*	6,158	6,336
Sarum House	12,448	6,271	2,239
Total costs both schools	44,859	12,429	8,575
* Rotherley costs include £25,999 for re-roofing in 2000/01

6 Published admission numbers (PANs)

6.1. Every year, the LEA must publish in the composite prospectus the number of pupils who will be admitted to each school. This is known as the published admission number (PAN). Governing bodies are consulted annually on the proposed PAN for their school. Admission authority schools are responsible for setting their own PAN, after consultations.

6.2. The PANs for 2004 admissions must be based on the new national framework for assessing capacity in schools and have therefore required a more detailed consultation process than usual. There are still a few schools where discussions continue with governors about the proposed PAN, sometimes linked to planned building projects. The Education Act 2002 gives the governors of community and voluntary controlled schools the power to object to the Adjudicator if they feel that the PAN proposed by the LEA is not appropriate for their school. It is important, therefore, that every effort be made to ensure that agreement is reached.

6.3. It is also possible for schools to seek a PAN lower than that indicated by the capacity for the school. For example, an infant school will wish to reduce an indicated PAN of 31 to 30 to comply with class size legislation. Similarly, a secondary school might wish to reduce the indicated PAN to coincide with a consistent pattern of organisation in a year group. For example, the indicated PAN might be 226 but a school may wish to reduce to 224 in order to establish eight groups of 28 pupils each. To date, nine secondary schools have requested a lower PAN, including four admission authority schools where governors are responsible for publishing notices. Four primary schools where notices may be necessary have been identified thus far; the final number is unlikely to rise into double figures.

6.4. The Admission Forum considered proposed PANs at its meeting on 4 March. Appendices 3 and 4 show the PANs already agreed with schools. In Appendix 3 (primary) no entry is shown where discussions continue with governing bodies about the most appropriate PAN. In appendix 4 (secondary), schools where there are ongoing discussions with governors are indicated by a figure in italics in the third column.

6.5. Despite the revised procedures, no problems are envisaged with setting 2004 PANs. Every effort is being made in both primary and secondary schools to agree a PAN which reflects not only the accommodation available but also an efficient way of organising the class structure. At the time of writing, four secondary PANs remain to be settled and, because of a later consultation timetable, 33 (7.5%) in the primary sector.

6.6. It is recommended that the County Education Officer, on behalf of the County Council, and having regard to any advice from the Admission Forum, be empowered:

· to approve PANs where decisions remain outstanding after the Executive Member decision day (27 March)

· to lodge an objection to the Adjudicator to any PAN set by an admission authority school which is felt to be inappropriate

taking into account factors at the school, the possible effect on admissions to other schools and the results of consultations. This suggested procedure mirrors procedures already agreed in relation to the approval of school specific criteria in admission policies.

6.7. It is also recommended that the County Education Officer be empowered on behalf of the County Council to authorise the publication of local notices, as required by legislation, in those instances where there is agreement with governors of community and voluntary controlled schools that a lower PAN should be published. It is expected that any adjustments would be slight and only approved with the aim of ensuring the most appropriate class organisation.

7 Co-ordinated admission arrangements for secondary schools for September 2004 admissions

7.1. The Education Act 2002, associated regulations and the Code of Practice set out the government's timetable for the implementation of co-ordinated admission arrangements both within LEAs and with neighbouring LEAs. The original proposals were heavily criticised by LEAs throughout the country and significant changes were made to the initially proposed timescale.

7.2. LEAs must implement a scheme for co-ordinated admission arrangements for all secondary schools in their own area for September 2005 admissions. For 2006, ministers intend to require LEAs to have in place a system for co-ordinating all cross-border applications with neighbouring LEAs. The co-ordination of primary admission arrangements is required from September 2005.

7.3. For 2004 admissions, the Secretary of State writes that "where LEAs have the capacity and have agreements from local schools, we would encourage (co-ordinated admissions) to be introduced from 2004". Careful analysis by the Admission Forum and LEA officers of the likely requirements for 2006 have demonstrated that, if major steps are not taken towards co-ordination in 2004, the 2006 scheme will be untested since it must be formulated well in advance of any experience that will be gained through the management of admissions in 2005.

7.4. The statutory requirements of a secondary scheme for co-ordination are set out in the attached extract (Appendix 5) from the Code of Practice. The essential features are:

· A common application form (CAF) to be used by all schools

· Parents to be given a minimum of three preferences

· Common timescales and a single offer date (1 March)

· Only one school place to be offered per pupil (The DfES acknowledges that, until 2006, it might still be possible for some parents to be offered places by more than one LEA)

· Clear procedures for late applications and other applications received out of the main admission round.

7.5. The major change, compared to current admission arrangements in Hampshire, will be that parents will not be able to submit applications to a number of different Hampshire admission authorities. When cross-border coordination is fulyl in place, it will not be possible to receive offers from schools in different LEAs.

7.6. Parents will be invited to express at least three preferences in priority order, which may include a mixture of community, voluntary controlled, voluntary aided and foundation schools both in Hampshire and in other LEAs. When a full cross-border scheme is in operation, it will not be possible for parents to hold several offers. Planning will therefore be easier and there will be less pressure on waiting lists.

7.7. From 2005, no offers of a secondary place can be made before 1 March in the school year preceding admission. This will be a further major change for Hampshire in that, under current arrangements, all parents receive before Christmas a letter from schools indicating whether their first preference application has been successful. Approximately 94% of parents are allocated a place for their child in their preferred Hampshire secondary school.

7.8. A particularly worrying aspect of the new regulations is the expectation that LEAs will send out all "offer" letters to parents. Currently, this is handled by individual schools in the belief that parents prefer a more personal service and to avoid the need to have a large central county admissions team. The county team is currently not staffed to deal with approximately 14,500 secondary letters, all to be sent on 1 March. (Approximately 22,000 letters would be needed for Year R and Year 3 admissions, to be sent during the same period.) Officers continue to seek ways in which this unnecessary and costly requirement might be avoided.

7.9. Officers have worked closely with the Admission Forum in formulating a scheme for secondary co-ordination from September 2004. The scheme was sent to all schools in January with responses requested by the beginning of March. An updated proposed scheme is attached as Appendix 6.

7.10. Consultations on the proposed scheme were carried out in January-March. Particular care was taken to ensure that responses were received from the 15 admission authority secondary schools (13 foundation, 2 RC voluntary aided) since they will be the schools most affected. Responses have been received from all 15 schools - only three are unwilling to take part in the 2004 scheme, with one school currently undecided. This is very encouraging. Discussions will continue with those schools who have thus far declined to be part of the scheme.

7.11. Because a number of schools have expressed their concern at the number of statutory consultations that have taken place on admissions issues since the start of the school year, the lengthy documents setting out the provisions of the draft scheme were accompanied by a letter to governors saying that there would be a further chance to comment later in the year and that a response at this stage was not necessarily expected. This invitation not to respond seems to have been accepted more enthusiastically than originally envisaged with the result that, apart from the 15 secondary schools already mentioned, responses have only been received from one primary and four other secondary schools, all in favour of the proposed scheme.

7.12. As far as the proposed scheme is concerned, the following general conclusions can be drawn from the responses received:

· The general format of the proposed scheme was approved

· There was no demand for parents to be offered more than the minimum three preferences

· There was approval for a "first preference first" scheme for secondary schools for 2004 admissions

· There was general agreement to the timescales proposed.

· Concerns were expressed about the time needed to pass applications between admission authorities more formally than in the past and potential problems if applications were mislaid

· Continuing concerns about the 1 March "offer" date.

7.13. The latest draft of the proposed co-ordinated scheme for September 2004 gives an outline of the procedures to be followed to ensure a co-ordinated scheme in accordance with statutory requirements. It is based on requirements in the Education Act 2002 and the Code of Practice and, because of close liaison and consultation with neighbouring LEAs, is very similar in content to others' schemes. This is not surprising given the level of prescription and the need for LEAs to operate a common timetable if cross-border coordination is to work effectively. Further discussions with schools during April and May may nevertheless reveal the need to make minor adjustments of detail even though the broad principles and framework will remain unchanged.

7.14. Particular attention is drawn to the brief introduction (principles and scope of the scheme) and the general advice in part three of the scheme. Much of this advice is based on recommendations in the Code and mirrors existing practice in relation to community and voluntary schools.

7.15. The committee is invited to recommend the following timescale for approval of the scheme to the Executive Member for Education :

· 25 March - consideration by the Policy Review Committee

· 27 March - admission arrangements for community and voluntary controlled schools for 2004 determined by the Executive Member for Education.

· 3 April - further consideration of the coordinated scheme by the Admission Forum

· 15 April - All PANs to be agreed with schools

· April - May - further discussions with schools, including dialogue with any governing bodies of admission authority secondary schools reluctant to take part in a coordination scheme for 2004

· 18^th June - final consideration by Admission Forum, in the light of any further observations from schools

· Approval of final scheme by County Education Officer, in consultation with the Executive Member for Education.

· Publication of scheme summary in LEA admission brochure for 2004 admissions

7.16. The Code states that "all admission authorities to whom the scheme is intended to apply should agree it, but there may be different arrangements within the common scheme for particular schools which have exceptional circumstances that apply only to them". If any schools wish to be considered as having exceptional circumstances, these will be considered by the Admission Forum in June. Parents will be informed of any exceptional circumstances and of any school not taking part in the 2004 scheme.

7.17. For 2004 admissions, there is no requirement for the scheme to be sent to the Secretary of State but this becomes a duty from 2005. If the LEA cannot reach agreement with other admission authorities for 2005 admissions, the Secretary of State may impose a scheme.

8 Recommendations

8.1. That the Executive Member for Education be advised that the Education Policy Review Committee supports the following recommendations relating to admission arrangements for 2004 admissions:

8.1.1. That the revised admissions policies for community and voluntary controlled schools set out in appendices 1 and 2 be adopted by the County Council.

8.1.2. That a separate published admission number for boarding pupils be published on behalf of The Kings' and The Westgate Schools for 2004 admissions.

8.1.3. That the County Education Officer, on behalf of the County Council, and having regard to any advice from the Admission Forum, be empowered:

· to approve PANs by 15 April where decisions remain outstanding after the Executive Member decisions day (27 March)

· to lodge an objection to the Adjudicator to any PAN set by an admission authority school which is felt to be inappropriate,

taking into account factors at the school, the possible effect on admissions to other schools and the results of consultations.

8.1.4. That the County Education Officer, be empowered on behalf of the County Council, to authorise the publication of local notices, as required by legislation, in those instances where there is agreement with governors of community and voluntary controlled schools that a lower PAN should be published.

8.1.5. That the scheme for the coordination of admission to secondary schools in September 2004 be approved for further consultation with schools and neighbouring LEAs and that, after consultation with the Executive Member for Education, the County Education Officer be empowered to approve the final scheme after final consideration by the Admission Forum on 18 June 2003.

Section D - Local Government Act 1972 - Background Documents

The following documents disclose facts or matters on which this report, or an important part of it, is based and has been relied upon to a material extent in the preparation of this report.

NB The list excludes:

1 Published works

2 Documents which disclose exempt or confidential information as defined the Act.

The new Code of Practice on admissions can be obtained from:

www.dfes.gov.uk/sacode

A copy has also been placed in the Members' Room.

Hampshire County Council's Admission Policy for Community and Voluntary Controlled Primary, Infant and Junior Schools 2004-2005

The guiding principles of the school admission policy are, first, to enable as many children as possible to attend their parents' preferred school; second, to enable each school to serve its local community; third, to assist parents in planning their children's education; fourth, to ensure that all children are allocated a school place. Therefore, the aims of the admission criteria are -

· to be easy for parents and schools to understand and operate;

· to enable siblings, as far as possible, to attend the same school (or infant and junior schools on the same site);

· to enable children, as far as possible, to attend their local school and thereby minimise long or difficult journeys to school;

· to promote high educational standards through curricular and pastoral continuity between schools serving the same catchment areas.

· to promote school involvement with the local community;

Admission Criteria

Hampshire County Council is the admission authority for all community and voluntary controlled primary and secondary schools. The admission arrangements are determined by the County Council, after statutory consultations. Governing bodies are responsible for implementing the admission arrangements on behalf of the County Council.

The published admission number (PAN) for (school name) for 2004-2005 is (insert PAN agreed with LEA).

The governors will consider first all those applications received by the published deadline of midday on Friday 16 January 2004. On-time second preference applications will only be considered after all on-time first preferences have been considered by the governing body. Late applications (i.e. those submitted after 16 January 2004) will be considered at the latest after all on-time first and second preference applications have been fully processed.

If the school is oversubscribed, places will be offered in the following priority order, with first preference applications submitted by the published deadline taking initial priority. Second preferences and late applications will be allocated in the same order.

1. Children whose final statement of special educational needs names the school.

2. Children who are in the care of a 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.)

3. Children who have a serious medical, physical or psychological condition which makes it essential that they attend the preferred school rather than any other. (Appropriate medical or psychological evidence must be provided in support.)

4. Children living within the catchment area of the school who at the time of application have a brother or sister (including children living as siblings in the same family unit) on the roll of the preferred school or its linked infant or junior school on the same site (insert school name if applicable) and who will still be on roll at the time of the sibling's admission.

4A. (This criterion is used in C of E controlled schools only.) Children living within the catchment area of the school whose parents are active members of the Church of England and who request admission on denominational grounds - certified by an appropriate church authority.

5. Children living within the catchment area of the school who live closest to the school, based on either:

_ the shortest walking route from home to the school using public roads and footpaths or

_ measured as a straight line from home to the school.

(Governors will specify in the published school admission policy which method of measurement will be used and the point on the school site from which distances will be measured.)

6. Children living outside the catchment area of the school who, at the time of application, have a brother or sister (including children living as siblings in the same family unit) on the roll of the preferred school or its linked infant or junior school on the same site (insert school name if applicable) and who will still be on roll at the time of the sibling's admission.

6A. (This criterion is used in C of E controlled schools only.) Children living outside the catchment area of the school whose parents are active members of the Church of England and who request admission on denominational grounds - certified by an appropriate church authority.

7. Children living outside the catchment area of the school who live closest to the school, based on either:

_ the shortest walking route from home to the school using public roads and footpaths or

_ measured as a straight line from home to the school.

(Governors will specify in the published school admission policy which method of measurement will be used and the point on the school site from which distances will be measured.)

If the school is oversubscribed from within any of the above categories, the distance criterion (see 5 and 7 above) will be used to prioritise applications. This method of prioritising admissions will also apply to any `school specific' criterion unless otherwise stated in the school brochure.

Waiting list

When all available places have been allocated, schools will operate a waiting list. 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 16 January 2004) will usually only be added to the waiting list after first and second preference offers have been made.

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.

Deferred entry to Year R

Places for pupils whose parents wish to defer entry to Year R may be held open for the autumn term only. Pupils will normally start school at the beginning of the following spring term.

School specific criteria

Governing bodies may apply to the County Education Officer to include in their school policy a criterion which they regard as essential if children are to be treated fairly in relation to clearly defined specific local conditions. The application will cover both the substance of the criterion and its position in the order of priorities. In the event of such applications, the County Education Officer will consult the Admissions Forum before approving or not approving the application. Any criterion agreed under this category must be published in both the LEA and school prospectus under the heading School Specific Criterion and its position within the admission priorities clearly stated both for children living within and outside the catchment area.

Legislation

This policy takes account of all relevant legislation including the Education Act 2002, the School Standards and Framework Act 1998, legislation on sex discrimination, race relations, disability (particularly the new Code of Practice for schools) and relevant regulations, in particular the education (Co-ordination of Admissions Arrangements) (Secondary Schools) (England) Regulations 2002.

This policy has been considered by the Admission Forum, the Education Policy Review Committee, and was approved by the Executive Member on 27 March 2003 in accordance with the above legislative requirements.

(Note: If the last pupil to be offered a place within the school's PAN is a twin or other multiple birth sibling, the sibling(s) will be admitted, if the parents so wish, even though this will raise the intake number above the school's PAN.)

Hampshire County Council's Admission Policy for Community and Voluntary Controlled Secondary Schools 2004-2005

· to be easy for parents and schools to understand and operate;

· to enable siblings, as far as possible, to attend the same school;

· to enable children, as far as possible, to attend their local school and thereby minimise long or difficult journeys to school;

· to promote high educational standards through curricular and pastoral continuity between schools serving the same catchment areas.

· to promote school involvement with the local community;

Admission Criteria

The published admission number (PAN) for (school name) for 2004-2005 is (insert PAN agreed with the LEA).

The governors will consider first all those applications received by the published deadline of midday on Tuesday 4 November 2003. On-time second and third preference applications will be considered in priority order only after all on-time first preferences have been considered by the governing body. Late applications (i.e. those submitted after midday on 4 November) will be considered at the latest alongside third preference applications.

If the school is oversubscribed, places will be offered in the following priority order, with first preference applications submitted by the published deadline taking initial priority. Second and third preferences and late applications will be allocated in the same order.

1. Children whose final statement of special educational needs names the school.

4. Children living within the catchment area of the school who at the time of application have a brother or sister (including children living as siblings in the same family unit) on the roll of the preferred school and who will still be on roll at the time of the sibling's admission.

5. Children living within the catchment area of the school who live closest to the school, based on either:

_ the shortest walking route from home to the school using public roads and footpaths or

_ measured as a straight line from home to the school.

(Governors will specify in the published school admission policy which method of measurement will be used and the point on the school site from which distances will be measured.)

6. Children living outside the catchment area of the school who at the time of application have a brother or sister (including children living as siblings in the same family unit) on the roll of the preferred school and who will still be on roll at the time of the sibling's admission.

7. Children living outside the catchment area of the school who, at the time of application, attend a linked primary school: (to be completed by school). (Linked schools are defined as sharing at least part of their catchment areas and are listed in the LEA brochure under the entry for the secondary school.)

8. Children living outside the catchment area of the school who live closest to the school, based on either:

_ the shortest walking route from home to the school using public roads and footpaths, or

_ measured as a straight line from home to the school.

(Governors will specify in the published school admission policy which method of measurement will be used and the point on the school site from which distances will be measured.)

If the school is oversubscribed from within any of the above categories, the distance criterion (see 5 and 8 above) will be used to prioritise applications. This method of prioritising admissions will also apply to any `school specific' criterion unless otherwise stated in the school brochure.

Waiting list

When all available places have been allocated, schools will operate a waiting list. 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 4 November 2003) will be considered at the latest alongside third preference applications.

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.

School specific criteria

Special educational needs

Places may be reserved within the published admission number for children with a statement of special educational needs before the official closing date for applications, where part four of the statement names that school.

Boarding

The boarding houses at Kings' School and The Westgate School are allocated 6 places each year within a separate PAN.

Legislation

This policy has been considered by the Admission Forum and the Education Policy Review Committee, and was approved by the Executive Member on 27 March 2003 in accordance with the above legislative requirements.

(Note: If the last pupil to be offered a place within the school's PAN is a twin or other multiple birth sibling, the sibling(s) will be admitted, if the parents so wish, even though this may raise the intake number above the school's PAN.)

Primary summary of new net capacities

DfES no.	School name	SOP planning area	Sept 2003 PAN	New Capacity Amended/ updated Sept/Oct 2002	New Admission Number Amended/ updated Sept/Oct 2002	2004 PAN agreed with school

	Basingstoke and Deane

	*Basingstoke Town Area*

2355	BEECH DOWN PRIMARY SCHOOL	1	46	322	46	Closing
2321	CASTLE HILL INFANTSCHOOL	1	60	180	60	60
2272	CASTLE HILL JUNIOR SCHOOL	1	68	240	60	60
2344	CHALK RIDGE PRIMARY SCHOOL	1	54	378	54	60
2780	CHINEHAM PARK PRIMARY SCHOOL	1	30	180	25	25
2041	CLIDDESDEN PRIMARY SCHOOL	1	15	95	13	15
2727	FAIRFIELDS PRIMARY SCHOOL	1	60	420	60	60
2749	FOUR LANES COMMUNITY JUNIOR SCHOOL	1	90	360	90	90
2392	FOUR LANES INFANT SCHOOL	1	90	270	90	90
2011	GREAT BINFIELDS PRIMARY SCHOOL		30	210	30	30
2470	HATCH WARREN INFANT SCHOOL	1	90	270	90	90
2761	HATCH WARREN JUNIOR SCHOOL	1	90	360	90	90
2316	KEMPSHOTT INFANT SCHOOL	1	90	270	90	90
2286	KEMPSHOTT JUNIOR SCHOOL	1	102	360	90	90
2725	KING'S FURLONG INFANT SCHOOL AND NURSERY	1	70	210	70	70
2726	KINGS FURLONG JUNIOR SCHOOL	1	70	240	60	60
2341	MANOR FIELD INFANT SCHOOL	1	60	180	60	60
2285	MANOR FIELD JUNIOR SCHOOL	1	60	240	60	60
2298	MARNEL COMMUNITY INFANT SCHOOL	1	70	210	70	70
2287	MARNEL JUNIOR SCHOOL	1	68	240	60	60
2271	MERTON INFANT SCHOOL	1	60	180	60	60
2268	MERTON JUNIOR SCHOOL	1	60	240	60	60
2148	NORTH WALTHAM PRIMARY SCHOOL	1	20	140	20	20
3120	OAKLEY C of E JUNIOR SCHOOL	1	75	270	67
2328	OAKLEY INFANT SCHOOL	1	78	234	78	78
	OAKRIDGE INFANT SCHOOL	1	60	180	60	60
2227	OAKRIDGE JUNIOR SCHOOL	1	60	240	60	60
2319	OLD BASING INFANT SCHOOL	1	90	270	90	90
2731	PARK VIEW INFANT SCHOOL	1	90	270	90	90
2732	PARK VIEW JUNIOR SCHOOL	1	82	300	75
2320	RUCSTALL PRIMARY SCHOOL	1	38	258	36	38
3144	SHERBORNE ST JOHN C OF E PRIMARY SCHOOL	1	15	105	15	15
2228	SOUTH VIEW INFANT SCHOOL	1	67	216	72	72
2013	SOUTH VIEW JUNIOR SCHOOL	1	62	248	62	62
3414	ST ANNE'S CATHOLIC PRIMARY SCHOOL	1	34	238	34	34
3415	ST BEDE'S CATHOLIC PRIMARY SCHOOL	1	34	241	34	34
3661	ST JOHN'S C OF E AIDED PRIMARY SCHOOL	1	45	300	42	45
3665	ST MARK'S C OF E PRIMARY SCHOOL	1	60	420	60	60
3305	ST MARY'S C OF E AIDED JUNIOR SCHOOL	1	90	360	90	90
2223	WINKLEBURY INFANT SCHOOL	1	60	180	60	60
2008	WINKLEBURY JUNIOR SCHOOL	1	68	240	60	60
2733	WORTING INFANT SCHOOL	1	70	180	60	60
2734	WORTING JUNIOR SCHOOL	1	60	210	52

	*Tadley Area*

2315	BISHOPSWOOD INFANT SCHOOL	2	60	180	60	60
2283	BISHOPSWOOD JUNIOR SCHOOL	2	60	240	60	60
3022	BRAMLEY C of E PRIMARY SCHOOL	2	60	420	60	60
2189	BURNHAM COPSE INFANT SCHOOL	2	78	191	63
2188	BURNHAM COPSE JUNIOR SCHOOL	2	82	240	60	60
3389	SILCHESTER C of E PRIMARY SCHOOL	2	30	210	30	30
2190	TADLEY COMMUNITY PRIMARY SCHOOL	2	60	420	60	60
5201	THE PRIORY PRIMARY SCHOOL	2	24	168	24	24

	*Kingsclere/Burghclere Area*

2119	ASHFORD HILL PRIMARY SCHOOL	3	20	140	20	20
2026	BURGHCLERE PRIMARY SCHOOL	3	17	119	17	17
3050	ECCHINSWELL AND SYDMONTON C E PRIMARY SCHOOL	3	25	150	21
3088	KINGSCLERE C of E PRIMARY SCHOOL	3	46	270	38	38
3325	ST MARTIN'S EAST WOODHAY C of E (AIDES) PRIMARY SCHOOL	3	12	105	15	15
3177	ST THOMAS' C of E INFANT SCHOOL	3	49	147	49	50
2384	WOOLTON HILL JUNIOR SCHOOL	3	43	172	43	43

	*Whitchurch Area*

3009	BARTON STACEY C of E PRIMARY SCHOOL	4	17	119	17	17
3357	LONGPARISH Cof E PRIMARY SCHOOL	4	12	83	11	15
3119	OVERTON C of E PRIMARY SCHOOL	4	45	315	45	45
2180	ST MARY BOURNE PRIMARY SCHOOL	4	20	140	20	20
3170	WHITCHURCH C of E PRIMARY SCHOOL	4	50	350	50	50

	East Hampshire

	*Bordon/Liss/Liphook Area*

2022	BORDON INFANT SCHOOL	5	100	270	90	90
2021	BORDON JUNIOR SCHOOL	5	85	340	85	85
3067	GRAYSHOTT C of E PRIMARY SCHOOL	5	30	210	30	30
2086	GREATHAM PRIMARY SCHOOL	5	30	210	30	30
3183	LIPHOOK C of E JUNIOR SCHOOL	5	80	360	90	93
2342	LIPHOOK INFANT SCHOOL	5	93	240	80	80
2291	LISS INFANT SCHOOL	5	60	180	60	60
2127	LISS JUNIOR SCHOOL	5	70	261	65	65
3310	ST MATTHEW'S Cof E (AIDED) PRIMARY SCHOOL	5	30	210	30	30
3215	THE HOLME Cof E PRIMARY SCHOOL	5	38	240	34	34
2204	WEYFORD INFANT SCHOOL	5	90	270	90	90
2288	WEYFORD JUNIOR SCHOOL	5	102	360	90	90
2753	WOODLEA PRIMARY SCHOOL	5	30	210	30	30

	*Alton Area*

2000	ALTON INFANT SCHOOL	6	60	180	60	60
3344	ANDREWS' ENDOWED C of E PRIMARY SCHOOL	6	30	168	24
2001	ANSTEY JUNIOR SCHOOL	6	60	240	60	60
3023	BENTLEY C of E PRIMARY SCHOOL	6	30	210	30	30
3012	BINSTED C of E PRIMARY SCHOOL	6	12	84	12	12
3029	CHAWTON C of E PRIMARY SCHOOL	6	16	109	15	15
3101	MEDSTEAD C of E PRIMARY SCHOOL	6	20	157	22	22
3196	ROWLEDGE C of E PRIMARY SCHOOL	6	30	210	30	30
3001	SAINT LAWRENCE C of E PRIMARY SCHOOL	6	26	169	24	26
3660	SELBORNE C of E PRIMARY SCHOOL	6	10	70	10	10
3308	ST MARY'S BENTWORTH C of E PRIMARY SCHOOL	6	15	105	15	15
2300	THE BUTTS PRIMARY SCHOOL	6	34	238	34	34
2243	WOOTEY INFANT SCHOOL	6	60	180	60	60
2317	WOOTEY JUNIOR SCHOOL	6	72	240	60

	*Petersfield Area*

2027	BURITON PRIMARY SCHOOL	7	12	84	12	15
3046	EAST MEON C of E PRIMARY SCHOOL	7	11	77	11
3062	FROXFIELD Cof E INFANT SCHOOL	7	15	40	13	15
2170	HERNE JUNIOR SCHOOL	7	120	480	120	120
2125	LANGRISH PRIMARY SCHOOL	7	30	210	30	30
2162	PETERSFIELD INFANT SCHOOL	7	120	360	120	120
2181	SHEET PRIMARY SCHOOL	7	16	112	16	16
3150	STEEP C of E PRIMARY SCHOOL	7	14	85	12
3168	WEST MEON C of E PRIMARY SCHOOL	7	10	70	10	10

	*Horndean/Clanfield Area*

3027	CATHERINGTON C of E INFANT SCHOOL	8	30	88	29	30
2040	CLANFIELD JUNIOR SCHOOL	8	120	417	104	120
3081	HORNDEAN C of E JUNIOR SCHOOL	8	128	480	120	128
2239	HORNDEAN INFANT SCHOOL	8	90	270	90	90
2214	PADNELL INFANT SCHOOL	8	90	291	97	90
2213	PADNELL JUNIOR SCHOOL	8	105	389	97
2357	PETERSGATE INFANT SCHOOL	8	80	206	68	75
3136	ROWLANDS CASTLE ST JOHNS C of E PRIMARY SCHOOL	21	30	210	30	30

	Eastleigh

	*Hamble Area*

3020	BURSLEDON C of E INFANT SCHOOL	9	90	269	89	90
2304	BURSLEDON JUNIOR SCHOOL	9	90	360	90	90
2091	HAMBLE PRIMARY SCHOOL	9	40	280	40	40
2373	NETLEY ABBEY INFANT SCHOOL	9	90	269	89	90
2348	NETLEY ABBEY JUNIOR SCHOOL	9	90	360	90	90

	*Hedge End/West End Area*

2752	BERRYWOOD PRIMARY SCHOOL	10	90	630	90	90
3014	BOTLEY C of E PRIMARY SCHOOL	10	45	300	42	45
2047	CURDRIDGE PRIMARY SCHOOL	10	17	119	17	17
2115	FREEGROUNDS INFANT SCHOOL	10	90	270	90	90
2267	FREEGROUNDS JUNIOR SCHOOL	10	90	359	89	90
2347	KINGS COPSE PRIMARY SCHOOL	10	38	266	38	38
3184	SAINT JAMES' C of E PRIMARY SCHOOL	10	60	420	60	60
2224	SHAMBLEHURST PRIMARY SCHOOL	10	66	462	66

	*Fair Oak Area*

3040	DURLEY C of E PRIMARY SCHOOL	11	16	112	16	16
2071	FAIR OAK INFANT SCHOOL	11	120	360	120	120
2263	FAIR OAK JUNIOR SCHOOL	11	150	598	149	150
2018	STOKE PARK INFANT SCHOOL	11	90	269	89	90
2030	STOKE PARK JUNIOR SCHOOL	11	96	360	90	96
3395	UPHAM C of E (AIDED) PRIMARY SCHOOL	11	14	89	12

	*Chandlers Ford Area*

2033	CHANDLER'S FORD INFANT SCHOOL	12	60	180	60	60
2061	CRESCENT PRIMARY SCHOOL	12	60	420	60	60
2217	FRYERN INFANT SCHOOL	12	60	180	60	60
2056	FRYERN JUNIOR SCHOOL	12	60	240	60	60
2237	HILTINGBURY INFANT SCHOOL	12	90	267	89	90
2274	HILTINGBURY JUNIOR SCHOOL	12	96	360	90	99
2009	KNIGHTWOOD PRIMARY SCHOOL	12	45	292	41	60
2034	MERDON JUNIOR SCHOOL	12	96	360	90
3118	OTTERBOURNE C of E PRIMARY SCHOOL	12	34	242	34	34
2322	SCANTABOUT PRIMARY SCHOOL	12	30	210	30	30
3663	ST FRANCIS C of E PRIMARY SCHOOL	12	60	420	60	60
3419	ST SWITHUN WELLS CATHOLIC PRIMARY SCHOOL	12	34	238	34	34

	*Eastleigh Area*

2062	CHERBOURG PRIMARY SCHOOL	13	54	378	54	54
2763	NIGHTINGALE PRIMARY SCHOOL	13	50	330	47	50
2387	NORWOOD PRIMARY SCHOOL	13	50	350	50	50
2063	SHAKESPEARE INFANT SCHOOL	13	90	270	90	90
2377	SHAKESPEARE JUNIOR SCHOOL	13	112	448	112	112

	Fareham

	*Fareham Central/East Area*

2395	CASTLE PRIMARY SCHOOL	14	60	420	60	60
2216	CROFTON ANNE DALE INFANT SCHOOL	14	90	270	90	90
2049	CROFTON ANNE DALE JUNIOR SCHOOL	14	102	358	89	96
2276	CROFTON HAMMOND INFANT SCHOOL	14	60	180	60	60
2345	CROFTON HAMMOND JUNIOR SCHOOL	14	62	266	66
2252	HARRISON PRIMARY SCHOOL	14	84	552	78	84
2309	NORTHERN INFANT SCHOOL	14	60	180	60	60
2161	NORTHERN JUNIOR COMMUNITY SCHOOL	14	60	240	60	60
2306	RANVILLES INFANT SCHOOL	14	60	180	60	60
2289	RANVILLES JUNIOR SCHOOL	14	75	300	75	75
2388	RED BARN COMMUNITY PRIMARY SCHOOL	14	30	208	29	30
2074	REDLANDS PRIMARY SCHOOL	14	45	315	45	45
3404	ST JUDE'S CATHOLIC PRIMARY SCHOOL	14	45	315	45	45
2069	UPLANDS PRIMARY SCHOOL	14	40	297	42	40
2076	WALLISDEAN INFANT SCHOOL	14	60	180	60	60
2067	WALLISDEAN JUNIOR SCHOOL	14	60	240	60	60
2168	WICOR PRIMARY SCHOOL	14	60	419	59	60

	*Fareham West/North/Whiteley Area*

3079	HOOK-WITH-WARSASH C of E PRIMARY SCHOOL	15	60	420	60	60
2249	LOCKS HEATH INFANT SCHOOL	15	120	360	120	120
2128	LOCKS HEATH JUNIOR SCHOOL	15	120	480	120	128
3216	OAK MEADOW C of E PRIMARY SCHOOL	15	60	420	60	60
2717	ORCHARD LEA INFANT SCHOOL	15	90	270	90	90
2718	ORCHARD LEA JUNIOR SCHOOL	15	95	360	90	90
2313	PARK GATE PRIMARY SCHOOL	15	60	420	60	60
3142	SARISBURY C of E JUNIOR SCHOOL	15	90	360	90	90
2282	SARISBURY INFANT SCHOOL	15	90	270	90	90
3662	ST ANTHONY'S CATHOLIC PRIMARY SCHOOL	15	30	210	30	30
3095	ST JOHN THE BAPTIST C of E PRIMARY SCHOOL	15	60	420	60	60
2193	TITCHFIELD PRIMARY SCHOOL	15	30	200	28	30
2778	WHITELEY PRIMARY SCHOOL	15	90	630	90	90

	Gosport

3600	ALVERSTOKE C of E (AIDED) JUNIOR SCHOOL	16	68	240	60	60
2618	ALVERSTOKE COMMUNITY INFANT SCHOOL	16	60	180	60	60
2776	BEDENHAM PRIMARY SCHOOL	16	45	315	45	45
2627	BROCKHURST INFANT SCHOOL	16	90	270	90	90
2602	BROCKHURST JUNIOR SCHOOL	16	66	264	66	66
2607	ELSON INFANT SCHOOL	16	90	270	90	90
2606	ELSON JUNIOR SCHOOL	16	102	360	90	90
2625	GOMER INFANT SCHOOL	16	60	180	60	60
2631	GOMER JUNIOR SCHOOL	16	60	240	60	60
2620	GRANGE INFANT SCHOOL	16	90	270	90	90
2619	GRANGE JUNIOR SCHOOL	16	90	360	90	90
2612	HASELWORTH PRIMARY SCHOOL	16	30	210	30	30
2777	HOLBROOK PRIMARY SCHOOL	16	45	315	45	45
2630	LEE-ON-THE-SOLENT INFANT SCHOOL	16	90	235	78	90
2610	LEE-ON-THE-SOLENT JUNIOR SCHOOL	16	90	360	90	90
3191	LEESLAND C of E INFANT SCHOOL	16	90	270	90	90
3190	LEESLAND C of E JUNIOR SCHOOL	16	96	360	90	90
3192	NEWTOWN C of E PRIMARY SCHOOL	16	60	420	60	60
2622	PEEL COMMON INFANT SCHOOL AND NURSERY UNIT	16	60	180	60	60
2624	PEEL COMMON JUNIOR SCHOOL	16	60	240	60	60
2617	ROWNER INFANT SCHOOL	16	60	180	60	60
2616	ROWNER JUNIOR SCHOOL	16	68	240	60	64
2623	SISKIN INFANT AND NURSERY SCHOOL	16	60	270	90	90
2621	SISKIN JUNIOR SCHOOL	16	60	240	60	60
3602	ST JOHN'S GOSPORT C of E (AIDED) PRIMARY SCHOOL	16	70	446	63	60
3650	ST MARY'S CATHOLIC PRIMARY SCHOOL	16	40	270	38
2613	WOODCOT PRIMARY SCHOOL	16	50	350	50	50

	Hart

	*Fleet/Crookham Area*
			89
3330	ALL SAINTS C of E (AIDED) JUNIOR SCHOOL	17	88	344	86	90
2229	CHURCH CROOKHAM JUNIOR SCHOOL	17	88	352	88	88
2046	CRONDALL PRIMARY SCHOOL	17	30	210	30	30
3666	CROOKHAM C of E AIDED INFANT SCHOOL	17	20	180	60	60
3321	DOGMERSFIELD C of PRIMARY SCHOOL	17	15	140	20	20
2015	ELVETHAM HEATH PRIMARY SCHOOL		15	New school		60
2270	FLEET INFANT SCHOOL	17	90	270	90	90
2269	HEATHERSIDE INFANT SCHOOL	17	100	300	100	100
2278	HEATHERSIDE JUNIOR SCHOOL	17	96	382	95	96
2324	TAVISTOCK INFANT SCHOOL	17	64	192	64	64
2290	TWESELDOWN INFANT SCHOOL	17	70	174	58
2339	VELMEAD JUNIOR SCHOOL	17	90	360	90	90

	*Yateley/Frogmore Area*

3326	CHARLES KINGSLEY'S C of E PRIMARY SCHOOL	18	25	189	27
2238	FROGMORE INFANT SCHOOL	18	90	180	60	60
2279	FROGMORE JUNIOR SCHOOL	18	90	284	71
2169	NEWLANDS PRIMARY SCHOOL	18	42	249	35
2346	POTLEY HILL PRIMARY SCHOOL	18	45	315	45	45
5212	ST PETER'S C of E JUNIOR SCHOOL	18	89	300	75
2257	WESTFIELDS INFANT SCHOOL	18	90	270	90	90
2242	WESTFIELDS JUNIOR SCHOOL	18	120	483	120	120
2331	YATELEY INFANT SCHOOL	18	60	180	60	60

	*Hook/Odiham Area*

2155	BURYFIELDS INFANT SCHOOL	19	75	225	75	75
2376	GREENFIELDS JUNIOR SCHOOL	19	60	240	60	60
2723	HOOK INFANT SCHOOL	19	90	270	90	90
2325	HOOK JUNIOR SCHOOL	19	90	420	105
3096	LONG SUTTON C of E PRIMARY SCHOOL	19	17	91	13	17
2383	MAYHILL JUNIOR SCHOOL	19	60	240	60	60
2094	OAKWOOD INFANT SCHOOL	19	60	180	60	60
3213	WHITEWATER C of E PRIMARY SCHOOL	19	20	133	19	20

	Havant

	*Waterlooville/Cowplain area*

2054	DENMEAD INFANT SCHOOL	20	90	270	90	90
2323	DENMEAD JUNIOR SCHOOL	20	90	360	90	90
2092	HAMBLEDON INFANT SCHOOL	20	30	87	29	30
2215	HART PLAIN INFANT SCHOOL	20	90	270	90	90
2740	HART PLAIN JUNIOR SCHOOL	20	90	360	90	90
2361	HULBERT JUNIOR SCHOOL	20	90	330	82	90
2275	MEADOWLANDS INFANT SCHOOL	20	60	180	60	60
2741	MEADOWLANDS JUNIOR SCHOOL	20	75	240	60	60
2774	MORELANDS PRIMARY SCHOOL	20	45	287	41	45
2167	PURBROOK INFANT SCHOOL	20	90	270	90	90
2297	PURBROOK JUNIOR SCHOOL	20	90	360	90	90
2750	QUEENS INCLOSURE PRIMARY SCHOOL	20	60	420	60	60
5209	ST PETERS CATHOLIC PRIMARY SCHOOL WATERLOOVILLE	20	60	420	60	60
3407	ST THOMAS MORE'S CATHOLIC PRIMARY SCHOOL	20	40	270	38	40
2169	STAKES HILL INFANT SCHOOL	20	90	270	90	90
2775	WAITE END PRIMARY SCHOOL	20	30	210	30	30

	*Havant/Hayling Island*

2097	BARNCROFT INFANT SCHOOL	21	90	270	90	90
2096	BARNCROFT JUNIOR SCHOOL	21	90	360	90	90
2396	BIDBURY INFANT SCHOOL	21	60	180	60	60
2336	BIDBURY JUNIOR SCHOOL	21	60	240	60	60
2116	BOSMERE JUNIOR SCHOOL	21	90	360	90	90
2767	EMSWORTH PRIMARY SCHOOL	21	45	315	45	45
2095	FAIRFIELD INFANT SCHOOL	21	90	256	85	90
2099	FRONT LAWN INFANT SCHOOL	21	60	180	60	60
5200	FRONT LAWN JUNIOR SCHOOL	21	60	240	60	60
2246	MENGHAM INFANT SCHOOL	21	60	180	60	60
2335	MENGHAM JUNIOR SCHOOL	21	60	240	60	60
5210	MILL RYTHE INFANT SCHOOL	21	90	257	85	90
2106	MILL RYTHE JUNIOR SCHOOL	21	90	337	84	90
2101	RIDERS INFANT SCHOOL	21	60	189	63
2100	RIDERS JUNIOR SCHOOL	21	60	240	60	60
2020	SHARPS COPSE PRIMARY SCHOOL		45	315	45	45
3346	ST ALBAN'S C of E (AIDED) PRIMARY SCHOOL	21	30	210	30	30
3052	ST JAMES C of E PRIMARY SCHOOL	21	34	238	34	34
2104	TROSNANT INFANT SCHOOL	21	60	180	60	60
2103	TROSNANT JUNIOR SCHOOL	21	60	240	60	60
2254	WARREN PARK PRIMARY SCHOOL	21	60	408	58	60

	New Forest

	*Ringwood/Fordingbridge Area*

3017	BRANSGORE C of E PRIMARY SCHOOL	22	45	300	42	45
3018	BREAMORE C of E PRIMARY SCHOOL	22	20	140	20	20
2028	BURLEY PRIMARY SCHOOL	22	15	105	15	15
2372	FORDINGBRIDGE INFANT SCHOOL	22	60	179	59	60
2367	FORDINGBRIDGE JUNIOR SCHOOL	22	64	238	59	64
2090	HALE PRIMARY SCHOOL	22	10	70	10	10
3083	HYDE C of E PRIMARY SCHOOL	22	10	70	10	10
2310	POULNER INFANT SCHOOL	22	70	210	70	70
2266	POULNER JUNIOR SCHOOL	22	85	340	85	85
3132	RINGWOOD C of E INFANT SCHOOL	22	90	270	90	90
2175	RINGWOOD JUNIOR SCHOOL	22	90	360	90	90
2183	SOPLEY PRIMARY SCHOOL	22	12	84	12	12
3426	WESTERN DOWNLAND C of E (AIDED) PRIMARY SCHOOL	22	27	189	27	27

	*Lymington/New Milton Area*

2005	ASHLEY INFANT SCHOOL	23	90	270	90	90
5208	ASHLEY JUNIOR SCHOOL	23	90	354	88	90
2014	BEAULIEU VILLAGE PRIMARY SCHOOL	23	15	105	15	15
3019	BROCKENHURST C of E PRIMARY SCHOOL	23	30	210	30	30
5206	HORDLE C of E PRIMARY SCHOOL	23	45	315	45	45
3358	LYMINGTON C of E INFANT SCHOOL	23	75	225	75	75
2332	LYMINGTON JUNIOR SCHOOL	23	68	300	75	75
3365	MILFORD-ON-SEA C of E PRIMARY SCHOOL	23	45	315	45	45
2137	NEW MILTON INFANT SCHOOL	23	120	360	120	120
2140	NEW MILTON JUNIOR SCHOOL	23	120	480	120	120
3409	OUR LADY & ST JOSEPH CATHOLIC PRIMARY SCHOOL	23	15	105	15	15
3124	PENNINGTON C of E JUNIOR SCHOOL	23	52	208	52	52
2241	PENNINGTON INFANT SCHOOL	23	60	177	59	60
3146	SOUTH BADDESLEY C of E PRIMARY SCHOOL	23	10	96	13	13
3149	ST LUKE'S C of E PRIMARY SCHOOL	23	30	204	29	30
2111	TIPTOE PRIMARY SCHOOL	23	17	119	17	17
3311	WILLIAM GILPIN C of E PRIMARY SCHOOL	23	15	105	15	15

	*Totton Area*

5202	ABBOTSWOOD JUNIOR SCHOOL	24	180	707	176	180
3197	BARTLEY C of E JUNIOR SCHOOL	24	90	353	88	90
2330	CALMORE INFANT SCHOOL	24	90	270	90	90
5203	CALMORE JUNIOR SCHOOL	24	90	360	90	90
3032	COPYTHORNE Cof E INFANT SCHOOL	24	30	89	29	30
2196	ELING INFANT SCHOOL	24	40	90	30	30
2299	FOXHILLS INFANT SCHOOL	24	90	263	87	90
2197	FOXHILLS JUNIOR SCHOOL	24	125	500	125	125
2739	HAZEL WOOD INFANT SCHOOL	24	80	240	80	80
2194	LYDLYNCH INFANT SCHOOL	24	90	249	83
3110	NETLEY MARSH Cof E INFANT SCHOOL	24	30	87	29	30
2256	OAKFIELD PRIMARY SCHOOL	24	30	209	29	30
3360	ST MICHAEL AND ALL ANGELS C of E INFANT SCHOOL	24	30	90	30	30

	*Dibden/South Waterside Area*

2078	BLACKFIELD INFANT SCHOOL	25	90	270	90	90
5205	BLACKFIELD JUNIOR SCHOOL	25	120	480	120	120
2077	FAWLEY INFANT SCHOOL	25	30	90	30	30
2307	HOLBURY INFANT SCHOOL	25	60	180	60	60
2247	HOLBURY JUNIOR SCHOOL	25	100	360	90	90
2113	HYTHE PRIMARY SCHOOL	25	45	315	45	45
2089	LANGDOWN INFANT SCHOOL	25	50	120	40	40
2114	LANGDOWN JUNIOR SCHOOL	25	60	150	37	40
2359	MANOR INFANT SCHOOL	25	40	90	30	30
3100	MARCHWOOD C E INFANT SCHOOL	25	90	267	89	89
2378	MARCHWOOD JUNIOR SCHOOL	25	90	360	90	90
2230	ORCHARD INFANT SCHOOL	25	90	270	90	90
2248	ORCHARD JUNIOR SCHOOL	25	102	390	97	102
2057	WILDGROUND INFANT SCHOOL	25	60	180	60	60
2055	WILDGROUND JUNIOR SCHOOL	25	90	240	60	60

	Rushmoor

	*Aldershot Area*

2532	BEAUMONT JUNIOR SCHOOL	26	68	210	52
2729	BELLE VUE INFANT SCHOOL	26	90	270	90	90
2516	MARLBOROUGH INFANT SCHOOL	26	45	169	42	42
2730	NEWPORT JUNIOR SCHOOL	26	105	273	68
2728	PARK PRIMARY SCHOOL	26	42	294	42	42
5204	ST JOSEPH'S CATHOLIC PRIMARY SCHOOL	26	62	462	66
3185	ST MICHAEL'S C of INFANT SCHOOL	26	90	270	90	90
3186	ST MICHAEL'S C of E JUNIOR SCHOOL	26	102	360	90	96
2526	TALAVERA INFANT SCHOOL	26	90	270	90	90
2523	TALAVERA JUNIOR SCHOOL	26	94 (40Y4)	360	74/31
2508	WEST END INFANT SCHOOL	26	60	180	60	60

	*Farnborough/Cove Area*

2016	CHERRYWOOD COMMUNITY PRIMARY SCHOOL		60	420	60	60
2511	COVE INFANT SCHOOL	27	60	180	60	60
2510	COVE JUNIOR SCHOOL	27	76	290	72	74
2522	FARNBOROUGH GRANGE NURSERY/INFANT SCHOOL & EYC	27	60	180	60	60
2735	FERNHILL PRIMARY SCHOOL	27	35	238	34	35
2521	GRANGE COMMUNITY JUNIOR SCHOOL	27	60	240	60	60
2533	GUILLEMONT JUNIOR SCHOOL	27	90	360	90	90
2105	HAWLEY PRIMARY SCHOOL		45	315	45	45
2524	MANOR INFANT SCHOOL	27	90	270	90	90
2520	MANOR JUNIOR SCHOOL	27	93	360	90	93
2519	NORTH FARNBOROUGH INFANT SCHOOL	27	60	180	60	60
2530	PARSONAGE FARM NURSERY AND INFANT SCHOOL	27	57	171	57	57
2534	PINEWOOD INFANT SCHOOL	27	60	180	60	60
2517	SOUTH FARNBOROUGH INFANT SCHOOL	27	78	243	81	78
2531	SOUTH FARNBOROUGH JUNIOR SCHOOL	27	64	240	60	60
2742	SOUTHWOOD INFANT SCHOOL	27	60	240	60	60
3553	ST BERNADETTE CATHOLIC PRIMARY SCHOOL	27	45	306	43	45
3501	ST MARK'S C of E (AIDED) PRIMARY SCHOOL	27	15	105	15	15
3551	ST PATRICK'S CATHOLIC PRIMARY SCHOOL	27	33	210	30	30
3500	ST PETER'S C of E (AIDED) JUNIOR SCHOOL	27	68	272	68	68
2512	TOWER HILL COMMUNITY SCHOOL	27	55	343	49	45

	Test Valley

	*Andover Area*

3000	ABBOTT'S ANN C of E PRIMARY SCHOOL	28	13	83	11
3300	AMPORT C of E PRIMARY SCHOOL	28	12	84	12	12
3004	ANDOVER C of E PRIMARY SCHOOL	28	30	210	30	30
2226	ANTON INFANT SCHOOL	28	60	180	60	60
2004	ANTON JUNIOR SCHOOL	28	60	243	60	60
2354	BALKSBURY INFANT SCHOOL	28	90	213	71
2002	BALKSBURY JUNIOR SCHOOL	28	90	269	67
3396	CLATFORD C of E PRIMARY SCHOOL	28	25	189	27	29
2085	GRATELEY PRIMARY SCHOOL	28	15	105	15	15
3341	HATHERDEN C of E PRIMARY SCHOOL	28	17	119	17	17
3082	HURSTBOURNE TARRANT C of E PRIMARY SCHOOL	28	14	105	15	15
3401	KIMPTON THRUXTON AND FYFIELD C of E PRIMARY SCHOOL	28	25	175	25	25
2301	KNIGHTS ENHAM INFANT SCHOOL	28	60	176	58	60
2284	KNIGHTS ENHAM JUNIOR SCHOOL	28	60	240	60	60
2007	PORTWAY INFANT SCHOOL	28	90	270	90	90
2003	PORTWAY JUNIOR SCHOOL	28	93	360	90	90
2318	ROMAN WAY PRIMARY SCHOOL	28	30	210	30	30
2259	SHEPHERDS SPRING INFANT SCHOOL	28	60	180	60	60
2258	SHEPHERDS SPRING JUNIOR SCHOOL	28	60	240	60	60
2182	SHIPTON BELLINGER PRIMARY SCHOOL	28	28	196	28	28
3390	SMANNELL AND ENHAM C of E PRIMARY SCHOOL	28	14	105	15	15
3418	ST JOHN THE BAPTIST CATHOLIC PRIMARY SCHOOL	28	30	210	30	30
3301	ST PETER'S C of E PRIMARY SCHOOL	28	17	119	17	17
3163	VERNHAM DEAN GILLUM'S Cof E PRIMARY SCHOOL	28	15	105	15	15
2220	VIGO INFANT SCHOOL	28	90	270	90	90
2219	VIGO JUNIOR SCHOOL	28	90	358	89	90

	*Romsey/Stockbridge Area*

3003	AMPFIELD PRIMARY SCHOOL	29	12	84	12	12
2006	AWBRIDGE PRIMARY SCHOOL	29	23	161	23	23
2023	BRAISHFIELD PRIMARY SCHOOL	29	14	98	14	14
2025	BROUGHTON PRIMARY SCHOOL	29	12	84	12	12
2329	CUPERNHAM INFANT SCHOOL	29	90	270	90	90
2176	CUPERNHAM JUNIOR SCHOOL	29	90	327	81	81
2312	HALTERWORTH COMMUNITY PRIMARY SCHOOL	29	60	413	59	60
3089	KING'S SOMBORNE C of E PRIMARY SCHOOL	29	18	126	18	18
3356	LOCKERLEY C of E ENDOWED PRIMARY SCHOOL	29	11	77	11	11
2036	NORTH BADDESLEY INFANT SCHOOL	29	70	180	60	60
2265	NORTH BADDESLEY JUNIOR SCHOOL	29	60	243	60	60
3112	NURSLING C of E PRIMARY SCHOOL	29	30	206	29	30
3382	ROMSEY ABBEY C of E PRIMARY SCHOOL	29	30	210	30	30
2173	ROMSEY INFANT SCHOOL	29	60	180	60	60
2174	ROMSEY JUNIOR SCHOOL	29	62	248	62	62
3137	ROWNHAMS ST JOHN'S C of E PRIMARY SCHOOL	29	40	283	40	40
2186	STOCKBRIDGE PRIMARY SCHOOL	29	18	126	18	18
2200	WALLOP PRIMARY SCHOOL	29	30	210	30	30
2202	WELLOW SCHOOL	29	38	240	34	30
3169	WEST TYTHERLEY C of E PRIMARY SCHOOL	29	10	70	10	10
2203	WHERWELL PRIMARY SCHOOL	29	18	126	18	18

	Winchester

	*Winchester Area*

3172	ALL SAINTS C of E PRIMARY SCHOOL	30	20	140	20	20
2382	COLDEN COMMON PRIMARY SCHOOL	30	38	262	37	40
3318	COMPTON ALL SAINTS C of E PRIMARY SCHOOL	30	17	115	16
2736	HARESTOCK PRIMARY SCHOOL	30	40	284	40	40
2117	ITCHEN ABBAS PRIMARY SCHOOL	30	13	83	11
3345	JOHN KEBLE C of E PRIMARY SCHOOL	30	15	105	15	15
2120	KINGS WORTHY PRIMARY SCHOOL	30	50	327	46	50
2017	MICHELDEVER CHURCH OF ENGLAND PRIMARY SCHOOL	30	12	102	14
2326	OLIVER'S BATTERY PRIMARY SCHOOL	30	37	262	37
2157	OWSLEBURY PRIMARY SCHOOL	30	10	70	10	10
2314	SOUTH WONSTON PRIMARY SCHOOL	30	60	415	59	60
3147	SPARSHOLT C of E PRIMARY SCHOOL	30	15	105	15	15
3181	ST BEDE C of E PRIMARY SCHOOL	30	45	315	45	45
3399	ST FAITH'S C of E PRIMARY SCHOOL	30	18	108	15	18
3417	ST PETER'S CATHOLIC PRIMARY SCHOOL	30	45	309	44	45
2206	STANMORE PRIMARY SCHOOL	30	53	378	54	54
3156	TWYFORD ST MARY C of E PRIMARY SCHOOL	30	19	133	19
2737	WEEKE PRIMARY SCHOOL	30	40	280	40	40
3176	WESTERN C of E PRIMARY SCHOOL	30	56	420	60	60
2211	WINNALL PRIMARY SCHOOL	30	30	243	34

	*Alresford Area*

2035	CHERITON PRIMARY SCHOOL	31	15	105	15	15
3061	FOUR MARKS C of E PRIMARY SCHOOL	31	42	297	42	42
3126	PRESTON CANDOVER C of E PRIMARY SCHOOL	31	20	140	20	20
3138	ROPLEY C of E PRIMARY SCHOOL	31	25	175	25	25
2255	SUN HILL INFANT SCHOOL	31	60	180	60	60
2146	SUN HILL JUNIOR SCHOOL	31	66	264	66	66

	*Bishops Waltham Area*

2019	BISHOPS WALTHAM INFANT SCHOOL	32	80	240	80	80
2053	DROXFORD JUNIOR SCHOOL	32	35	140	35	35
3102	MEONSTOKE C of E SCHOOL	32	25	86	21	25
2147	NEWTOWN SOBERTON INFANT SCHOOL	32	20	67	22	22
2273	RIDGEMEDE JUNIOR SCHOOL	32	80	300	75
3143	ST JOHN THE BAPTIST C of E ) PRIMARY SCHOOL	32	45	305	43	45
3392	SWANMORE C of E PRIMARY SCHOOL	32	54	378	54	54
3171	WICKHAM C of E PRIMARY SCHOOL	32	34	238	34	34

DfES	School name	DfES	DfES	Sept
		Revised	Revised	2004
		Capacity	Admission	PAN
	*Basingstoke Town area*
4604	BISHOP CHALLONER RC SECONDARY	620	124	124
4182	BRIGHTON HILL COMMUNITY SCHOOL	1189	237	255
4164	CRANBOURNE SCHOOL	1300	260	260
4187	FORT HILL COMMUNITY SCHOOL	714	142	142
4002	COSTELLO TECHNOLOGY COLLEGE	1120	224	224
4169	JOHN HUNT OF EVEREST COMMUNITY SCHOOL	760	152	152
4156	RICHARD ALDWORTH COMMUNITY SCHOOL	1062	212	212
4180	THE VYNE COMMUNITY SCHOOL	750	150	150
	*Tadley area*
4144	THE HURST COMMUNITY SCHOOL	1075	215	215
	*Kingsclere/Whitchurch area*
5410	TESTBOURNE COMMUNITY SCHOOL	689	137	140
4162	THE CLERE SCHOOL	740	148	148
	*Alton/Petersfield area*
4100	AMERY HILL SCHOOL	864	172	200
5407	BOHUNT SCHOOL	1250	250	250
4000	EGGAR'S SCHOOL	685	137	160
4139	MILL CHASE COMMUNITY SCHOOL	1050	210	210
5418	THE PETERSFIELD SCHOOL	1259	251	251
	*Horndean/Clanfield area*
4173	HORNDEAN COMMUNITY SCHOOL	1752	323	319
	*Southern Parishes area*
4119	HAMBLE SCHOOL	1050	210	210
4161	THE WYVERN COMMUNITY SCHOOL	1352	270	260
4127	WILDERN SCHOOL	1575	315	360
	*Chandlers Ford area*
4113	THE TOYNBEE SCHOOL	1020	204	220
4175	THORNDEN SCHOOL	1260	252	270
	*Eastleigh area*
4152	ALDERMAN QUILLEY SCHOOL	710	142	140
4191	CRESTWOOD COMMUNITY SCHOOL	603	120	140
	*Fareham central/east area*
5416	CAMS SCHOOL	1044	208	210
5405	CROFTON SCHOOL	1058	211	208
4308	NEVILLE LOVETT COMMUNITY SCHOOL AND CEC	985	197	197
4133	PORTCHESTER COMMUNITY SCHOOL	847	169	168
	*Fareham west/north area*
4136	BROOKFIELD COMMUNITY SCHOOL	1658	331	351
4307	HENRY CORT COMMUNITY SCHOOL	1200	240	240
	*Gosport*
5408	BAY HOUSE SCHOOL	1823	314	350
4314	BRIDGEMARY COMMUNITY SCHOOL	1348	269	270
4315	BRUNE PARK COMMUNITY SCHOOL	1641	328	350
	*Hart area*
4171	CALTHORPE PARK SCHOOL	1005	201	210
4117	COURT MOOR SCHOOL	1100	220	220
4183	FROGMORE COMMUNITY COLLEGE	815	143	143
4511	ROBERT MAY'S	1200	240	240
4166	YATELEY SCHOOL	1471	244	252
	*Waterlooville/Cowplain area*
4110	COWPLAIN COMMUNITY SCHOOL	1134	226	216
5411	OAKLANDS R C COMPREHENSIVE SCHOOL	1296	226	224
5414	PURBROOK PARK SCHOOL	820	164	168
4159	THE CROOKHORN COMMUNITY SCHOOL	945	189	189
	*Havant/Hayling area*
4316	PARK COMMUNITY SCHOOL	900	180	180
4317	STAUNTON PARK COMMUNITY SCHOOL	900	180	180
4147	THE HAYLING SCHOOL	750	150	150
4318	WARBLINGTON SCHOOL	1000	200	200
	*Forest area*
4129	PRIESTLANDS SCHOOL	1120	224	250
5403	RINGWOOD SCHOOL	1368	224	224
5402	THE ARNEWOOD SCHOOL	1450	247	247
5401	THE BURGATE SCHOOL AND SIXTH FORM CENTRE	906	145	145
	*Totton/Waterside area*
5412	APPLEMORE COLLEGE	865	155	162
5400	HARDLEY SCHOOL AND SIXTH FORM	1057	195	195
4168	HOUNSDOWN SCHOOL	1170	234	234
4128	NOADSWOOD SCHOOL	1047	209	225
5406	TESTWOOD SCHOOL	1309	261	240
	*Aldershot/Farnborough*
4203	COVE SCHOOL	1083	216	216
4204	FERNHILL SCHOOL	828	165	168
4207	OAK FARM COMMUNITY SCHOOL	774	154	154
4312	THE CONNAUGHT SCHOOL	1050	210	210
4206	THE WAVELL SCHOOL	846	169	170
	*Andover Area*
4163	HARROW WAY COMMUNITY SCHOOL	892	178	180
4001	JOHN HANSON COMMUNITY SCHOOL	980	196	196
4184	WINTON SCHOOL	1034	206	206
	*Romsey/Stockbridge area*
4153	TEST VALLEY SCHOOL	700	140	156
4015	THE MOUNTBATTEN SCHOOL	1423	284	284
4143	THE ROMSEY SCHOOL	1095	219	220
	*Winchester/Alresford area*
4174	HENRY BEAUFORT SCHOOL	1100	220	220
4310	KINGS' SCHOOL	1521	304	330
4130	PERINS COMMUNITY SCHOOL	883	176	176
4012	THE WESTGATE SCHOOL	1050	210	210

	*Bishops Waltham area*
4149	SWANMORE SECONDARY SCHOOL	1350	270	270

Co-ordinated scheme for admissions to secondary schools in September 2004

1 Principles and scope of the scheme

1.1 The scheme has been drawn up to fulfil the requirements set out in chapter 2 of the revised Code of Practice on admissions (Department for Education and Skills 2003), in particular:

· School admission arrangements should work for the benefit of all parents and children in an area. The arrangements should be as simple as possible for parents to use, and help them to take the best decisions about the preferred school for their children (2.2).

In drawing up admission arrangements, admission authorities should aim to ensure that:

· The arrangements enable parents' preferences for the schools of their choice to be met to the maximum extent possible;

· Admission criteria are clear, fair and objective, for the benefit of all children, including those with special educational needs, disabilities or in public care (2.3)

· (..............)

1.2 The scheme aims to ensure that parents will be treated fairly and consistently regardless of the status or location of the school for which they make an application.

1.3 The Hampshire scheme takes into account all relevant legislation including the School Standards and Framework Act 1998, the Education Act 2002, legislation on sex discrimination, race relations, disability (particularly the new Code of Practice for schools), and relevant regulations, in particular the Education (Co-ordination of Admission Arrangements) (Secondary Schools) (England) Regulations 2002.

1.4 The scheme will apply to the 56 community and voluntary controlled schools for which the LEA is the admissions authority and those admission authority secondary schools who have agreed to take part in the 2004 scheme.

1.5 The Hampshire scheme is a "first preference first" scheme which aims to allocate a place at parents' highest preference school with a place available, either within or outside Hampshire.

2 The co-ordinated scheme for secondary admissions September 2004

(NB - the aim is to set out principles rather than detail. Details of the linked administrative procedures will be made available to schools as at present via the manual of guidance and phase- related booklets.)

Terminology

LEA - local education authority

Home LEA - the LEA in which the child lives

Maintaining LEA - the LEA responsible for the preferred school(s)

Admissions team - refers to the Hampshire county admissions team unless specifically stated otherwise

Common application form (CAF) - the application form issued by the home LEA to be used by the residents of that LEA when applying for a school place

Hampshire parent - a parent living in Hampshire (but whose child[ren] may not necessarily attend a Hampshire maintained school)

2.1 Information for parents

The Code sets out clearly the information which should be made available to parents before they decide on their preferences (4.14 - 4.18). The Education (School Information) (England) (No.2) Regulations 2002 set out these requirements in detail in Schedules 2 and 3 (attached at Annex A).

Sufficient copies of the LEA "composite prospectus", including common application forms, will be sent to all Hampshire primary schools so that they are available for Hampshire parents "no later than six weeks before the date up to which parents may express a preference for a school in respect of the admission school year" (Regulation 7(2)). Copies will also be sent to all Hampshire secondary schools and neighbouring LEAs.

Hampshire parents with children attending schools in other LEAs will be sent the LEA brochure and application form direct by the Hampshire admissions team. Information about Y5 out-county pupils will be exchanged between LEAs during the summer term preceding the application year.

Parents of children attending Hampshire schools but living in other LEAs will receive information, including a CAF, direct from their home LEA. They will also receive a copy of the Hampshire brochure supplied by the LEA via their child's primary school.

Parents of Hampshire children attending independent schools may obtain forms from the county admissions team.

2.2 Common application form

All Hampshire parents will be required to complete a CAF, giving three preferences, regardless of the status or LEA of the schools for which they wish to apply. Every effort will be made to ensure that the CAF will, as far as possible, be equally applicable to the admission policies of admission authority schools in order to avoid parents having to complete two forms. The two aided RC secondary schools will use a complementary form (obtainable from, and returnable to, the school) to assess religious commitment.

The CAF will constitute the sole method for Hampshire residents to apply for a place in a Hampshire or other LEA secondary school, except for admission to those secondary not taking part in the 2004 scheme.

(NB - any Hampshire secondary admission authority not taking part in the scheme in 2004 will be listed on the CAF and in the LEA brochure. They will be responsible for managing their own admission arrangements.)

2.3 Applications by Hampshire residents for schools within Hampshire

Applications must be made on the CAF and returned to the child's current Hampshire primary school by midday on Tuesday 4 November.

Hampshire parents whose child attends a maintained school in another LEA or an independent school will send the application form direct to the county admissions team, as indicated on the CAF, to arrive by the published Hampshire deadline.

Primary schools will send application forms to first preference Hampshire secondary schools to arrive no later than Monday, 10 November.

2.4 Applications by Hampshire residents for schools outside Hampshire

Applications must be made on the Hampshire CAF. Completed forms should be sent to the child's current Hampshire primary school who will send the forms to the county admissions team to arrive no later than 10 November.

Hampshire parents whose child currently attends a maintained school in another LEA or an independent school will send the application form direct to the admissions team.

All applications will be recorded by the admissions team and then sent to the maintaining LEA of the first preference school on 14 November 2003 in accordance with Code guidance.

2.5 Applications from non-Hampshire residents for Hampshire schools

These will be submitted on the home LEA's CAF. Use of the Hampshire form is not permitted. Parents will send their application form direct to their home LEA who, in turn, will pass relevant information to the Hampshire admissions team on 14 November. The application will be recorded by the admissions team and the form sent to the first preference Hampshire school to arrive no later than 21 November. (Applications to non-scheme schools will be made direct to the school.)

2.6 "First preference first"

Hampshire's scheme aims to offer a place in the parents' first preference school. If a school is over-subscribed by first preferences, the admission criteria will be strictly applied.

As soon as all applications have been received after 21 November, including those from outside Hampshire, governors will consider their first preference applications and will inform the LEA of those pupils who can be admitted. For 2004, offer and rejection letters will be sent direct to all parents, including those living outside Hampshire, by the first preference Hampshire school on 12 December.

Hampshire parents who have applied to an out-county school as their first preference may have to wait beyond 12 December before receiving a response.

2.7 Rejected first preference applications/second preferences

If both the first and second preferences are for Hampshire secondary schools, the first preference school will send the application direct to the second preference school. Decisions on second preferences can only be taken once the LEA has confirmed that all expected second preference applications from other LEAs have been received. Decision letters will be sent to parents on 1 March 2004.

If a non-Hampshire school is named as the second preference, the first preference school will send the form to the county admissions team by the due date as soon as it is known that a place is not available. The county admissions team will record these applications before sending them to the appropriate maintaining LEA.

2.8 Third preferences

These will be dealt with in the same way as first and second preferences, in accordance with the published timescale and admissions criteria. Decision letters will be sent to parents on 1 March 2004.

2.9 Late Applications

Late applications received after the 4 November deadline will normally be considered alongside third preferences unless exceptional circumstances merit earlier consideration.

2.10 Informing non-Hampshire parents of the outcome of their application

For 2004 admissions only, the Hampshire school will write direct on

12 December 2003 to parents living in other LEAs to inform them of the outcome of their application, with a copy sent to the Hampshire admissions team for information and onward transmission to the maintaining LEA.

2.11 Appeals

Responsibility for the management of appeals remains unchanged. Parents may appeal for any school where their application has been unsuccessful. As far as appeals for Hampshire community and voluntary controlled schools are concerned, priority will be given to setting up appeals for those schools where there are a significant number of unsuccessful first preference applications.

2.12 Applications for admission to the 6^th Form

Pupils will be admitted to 6th forms in accordance with each school's published criteria. Parents have the right of appeal if admission is refused.

3 Out of Round Admissions

3.1 Parents may apply for a school place at any time. Outside the main admission round, applications for a Hampshire secondary school must be made on the out-of-round application form obtainable from the LEA or individual Hampshire schools. Application should be made direct to the preferred school(s) and a written response will be sent within five school days.

3.2 Applications by Hampshire parents for places in other LEAs will be made direct to those LEAs and dealt with in accordance with their policy on casual admissions.

3.3 If a place is available, the pupil will be admitted to the school as quickly as possible.

3.4 If the application is rejected, the letter from the governing body must explain clearly why the place is not available and include details of the appeal procedure.

4 General information affecting all admissions

(This section contains specific information and advice to be followed by all schools in the interests of fairness and transparency.)

4.1 Waiting Lists

All schools in Hampshire will maintain up to date waiting lists. Parents will be informed that the appeal process is entirely separate from the management of the waiting lists. The fact that parents may wish to appeal will have no effect on their child's position on the waiting list.

Parents who wish their child to be included on the waiting list must inform the school in writing. Any places that become available will be allocated according to the criteria of the admissions policy with no account being taken of the length of time on the waiting list.

During the main admission round, late applications will be added to the waiting list after all first and second preferences applications have been dealt with, unless exceptional circumstances apply.

4.2 Timescales for offers

As far as the main admission round is concerned, timescales are clearly set out and places are offered well before the place will be taken up.

In all other cases, places can be offered up to four weeks in advance (six weeks at the end of the summer term). Parents should be told that, if the pupil has not taken up the place within this timescale, it may be withdrawn and offered to the next pupil on the waiting list.

4.3 Offering places in accordance with the published timescale

Under no circumstances must any governing body, headteacher or anyone else associated with the school or LEA offer a place, or give any indication that a place might be available, before the official `offer' date.

4.4 Families living some distance from the school

If a place is available, this must be offered to the child at the top of the waiting list in accordance with the published criteria, even if this child lives some distance from the school. It cannot be a condition of offering a place that a family moves into the catchment area or nearer the school provided they can assure the school that the child will arrive on time and attend regularly. Each case must be treated on its merits. If schools are doubtful whether parents will be able to ensure a child's punctuality and regular attendance, this must be discussed directly with them.

4.5 Appeals

The revised Code of Practice on appeals (4.7) states that all appeals should be made within 30 school days of an appeal being lodged or, during the main admission round, the specified closing date for receipt of notice of appeal from parents.

Admission authorities are already required to submit to the DfES details of all appeals heard. So that the LEA can gain a proper overview of all appeals in Hampshire, the governors of admission authority schools are asked to copy to the LEA their DfES return each year.

4.6 Pupils with challenging behaviour

The Code (7.5) states:

It is normally unacceptable for a school to refuse to admit a child on the basis of their behaviour elsewhere (but see paragraph below for the limited exceptions tot his rule . It is also unacceptable for a school to refuse to admit a child thought to be potentially disruptive, or who has exhibited challenging behaviour, on the grounds that that child ought first to be assessed for special educational needs. .The law disapplies the normal principle that parents' preferences should be complied with only in the "twice excluded" situation ... If a pupil, once admitted, is found to be seriously and persistently disruptive, then the school may consider disciplinary action, including temporary and, ultimately, permanent exclusion procedures.

Hampshire schools will be expected to follow this guidance.

(The Code suggests that popular schools should be prepared to admit some difficult pupils above the admission number during the year. The Admission Forum will consider this issue in late summer/early autumn, as required by the Code.)

4.7 Pupils with special educational needs but without statements

The Code states (7.19) that "children with special educational needs but without statements must be treated as fairly as other applicants. Admission authorities may not refuse to admit a pupil because they consider themselves unable to cater for his or her special educational needs".

All Hampshire schools will be expected to follow this guidance.

4.8 Pupils with statements of special educational needs

The Code states (7.20) that "children with statements of special educational needs that name a school in the statement are required to be admitted to the school that is named. The governing body (even where it is the admission authority) does not have the right to refuse admission....

All Hampshire schools will be expected to follow this guidance.

4.9 Pupils with disabilities

The Code (7.21) states that "children with disabilities must be treated no less favourably than other applicants for admissions. Schools are under a duty to make reasonable adjustments to ensure that pupils with disabilities are not placed at a substantial disadvantage, although this does not apply to the provision of auxiliary aids and services or to physical adaptations to buildings." The DDA Code of Practice for schools recently sent to schools deals with this issue in greater detail.

All Hampshire schools will be expected to follow this guidance.

4.10 Admission outside the normal age group

The Code makes it clear (7.25) that in certain circumstances, children may move ahead of their year group or work with a younger group. All admission authorities are expected to make decisions on the basis of the circumstances of each case. Parents refused an application for a place outside the normal age group have a statutory right of appeal.

4.11 Home-school agreements

Admission may not be conditional on parents signing a home-school agreement. (3.33)

4.12 Fraud in applications

Admission authorities reserve the right to withdraw a place if it can be shown that it was obtained fraudulently. (7.26 - 7.27)

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Co-ordinated scheme for admissions to secondary schools in September 2004