The Academy will admit children with an Education Health and Care Plan which names Cravenwood Primary Academy. We will then allocate the remaining places in accordance with this policy.
Where more applications are received than there are places available, applications will be considered in accordance with the Academy's published oversubscription criteria following the order stated below:
Oversubscription Criteria
Where the number of applications for the Academy received during the normal admissions round exceeds the admission number of the school, then admission will be determined in accordance with the following priority of admission criteria:
1. Looked after children (as defined by section 22 of the Children Act 1989), previously looked after children and internationally adopted previously looked after children. This includes children who have ceased to be looked after because they were adopted or became subject to a child arrangements' order or special guardianship order.
2. Children in Need - as defined by the Children Act (1989) i.e. those who are unlikely to achieve or maintain or have the opportunity of achieving or maintaining a reasonable standard of health or development or a child/children whose health or development would be further impaired without the provision of services of the Local Authority. Applications under this criterion would need to be supported by an appropriate professional stating that attendance at Cravenwood Primary Academy is essential.
3. Medical reasons. If claiming medical reasons, primary guardians must provide evidence from the doctor that the child has a medical condition which means that admission to Cravenwood Primary Academy is essential.
4. Older brother or sister in attendance at Cravenwood Primary Academy at the date when the pupil is to be admitted. This includes step-children and foster children living with the same family at the same address. Other children may be considered under the sibling criterion provided proof is available to demonstrate that the children are permenantly resident at the same address as part of the same family unit. United Learning accepts that in some family units children may not be natural siblings.
5. Distance from the Academy. This will be measured in a straight line (as the crow flies) in miles from the child's permanent home address to the front entrance of the Academy.
The child's ordinary place of residence will be deemed to be a residential property at which the person or persons with parental responsibility for the child resides at the closing date for receiving applications for admission to the Academy.
Where parental responsibility is held by more than one person and those persons reside in separate properties, the child's ordinary place of residence will be deemed to be that property at which the child resides for the greater part of the week including weekends.
If the Academy cannot differentiate between the applications within criteria 2-5, a random allocation tie-breaker will be applied. This may be required for example, where applicants reside in the same block of flats or are children of a multiple birth living at the same address.