Christ Church London School

Admissions Criteria

Christ Church Primary School, Hampstead - for September 2012 admissions

The Governors welcome visits from parents or their representatives before expressing apreference for the school. If they would like to visit they should make an appointment to meet the Head teacher who shows parents around the school each week in the Autumn term.

The Governing Body intends to admit 27 children to the Reception class in 2012.

 

Oversubscription criteria

If there are more applicants than places, priority is given under the

school's admissions criteria as follows:

 

1.       ‘Looked after children’.⁽¹⁾

 

2.       Children who have a sibling⁽²⁾ in the school at the time of entry and whose parent or parents⁽³⁾ worship⁽⁴⁾ at Christ Church Parish Church_.

 

3.       Children who have a sibling⁽²⁾ in the school at the time of entry.

 

4.       Children whose parent or parents⁽³⁾ worship⁽⁴⁾ at Christ Church Parish Church_.

 

5.       Children who live within walking distance of the school (1 mile).⁽⁵⁾

 

6.       Children whose parent or parents⁽³⁾ worship⁽⁴⁾ at other Anglican churches in the North Camden deanery without church schools.

 

7.       Children whose parent or parents⁽³⁾ worship ⁽⁴⁾ at other recognised Christian churches⁽⁶⁾.

 

8.       Distance from the school.⁽⁵⁾

 

NOTES:

 

⁽¹⁾ Governors will ask for written evidence from the responsible agencies.

 

  

⁽²⁾ Sibling refers to brother or sister, half brother or sister, adopted brother or sister, step brother or sister, or the child of the parent/carer’s partner where the child for whom the school place is sought is living in the same family unit at the same address as that sibling.

 

  

⁽³⁾ A parent is any person who has parental responsibility for or is the legal guardian of the child. It is sufficient for one parent to attend church.

 

  

⁽⁴⁾ ‘worship’ means attendance of parent twice a month on average for at least two years at church (as of closing date for applications, as verified by attendance register). (If you regularly attend church and have just moved into the area, we will request a letter of reference from your former parish priest.)

 

  

⁽⁵⁾Distance will be measured in a straight line from the front door of the child’s home address (including flats) to the main entrance of the school, using the Local Authority’s computerised measuring system, with those living closer to the school receiving higher priority.

 

 

⁽⁶⁾By ‘recognised Christian churches’ we mean those that belong to or are members of Churches Together in Britain and Ireland or the Evangelical Alliance

 

  

Tie-break

In the event of oversubscription in any of the above criteria, priority will be given to those living nearest to the school measured in a straight line from the front door of the child’s home address (including flats) to the main entrance of the school, using the Local Authority’s computerised measuring system. If the distance measurements for two applicants are exactly the same, random allocation will be used.

 

 

Waiting list

Unsuccessful applicants will be offered the opportunity to be placed on a waiting list. This waiting list will be maintained in order of the criteria set out above and not in the order that applications are received or added to the list. If a place becomes available the criteria above are reapplied to all those on the waiting list and a subsequent reordering of the waiting list may take place.

 

  

In-year admissions and admissions for year groups other than Reception

Applications for in-year admissions or admissions for other year groups are made in the same way as those made during the normal September Reception admissions round. Applications should be made to the applicant’s home Local Authority on their Common Application Form. In addition the Christ Church School supplementary information form should be completed and returned to the school.

If a place is available and there is no waiting list the Local Authority will communicate the Governors’ offer of a place to the family.

If more applications are received than there are places available then applications will be ranked in accordance with the relevant oversubscription criteria for that cohort. (Please ensure you ask the school for details of the relevant oversubscription criteria.) If a place cannot be offered at this time then the family will be informed by the Local Authority. The family may ask for the reasons and will be informed of their right to appeal. The family will be offered the opportunity to be placed on a waiting list. This waiting list will be maintained by the Governing Body in the order of the relevant oversubscription criteria and not in the order in which applications are received. The school will contact those families on the waiting list annually to ask if they wish to remain on the list; if no reply is received at this time names will be removed from the list.

When a place becomes available the Governing Body will inform the Local Authority who is at the top of the waiting list and the Local Authority will inform the family that the school is making an offer.

 

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