Appendix 1 (Updated 2008)
Education Learning & Leisure
PLACING REQUEST – SECONDARY
Please ensure that all fields are completed fully, if any fields are left empty the form will be returned to you for completion which may delay your application.
Full Name of Child: Date of Birth:
School you wish your Child to Attend:
Requested Date of Admission: School Year (as of August) ie P1 / S1 etc :
School your Child Currently Attends:
School which serves your Area:
Name of Parent / Carer:
Address:
Home Phone: Mobile Phone: Work Phone :
You MUST include in the box below any relevant information in support of your placing request. Aberdeenshire Council’s criteria for allocating places are set out on the reverse of this application form. You may add an accompanying letter should you wish to provide further information.
Transport
“Parents / Carers should be aware that the Authority’s general policy is not to provide transport for pupils who attend schools other than the school designated to serve their home area. However, if parents wish the Authority to consider providing transport for such pupils, they should make such a request to the Education Office for the area at the same time as their application for an out of zone place for the child. In reaching its decision following upon such a request the Authority is entitled to refuse to place the child in the requested school if to provide the transport requested would give rise to significant expenditure in extending the transport facilities provided in connection with the school”.
1)Approximate Distance From Your Home to the School :
2)How will Your Child Travel to School if Aberdeenshire Council does not provide transport?
3)Why you consider that transport should be provided:
The Children (Scotland) Act requires parents to consult their children on major decisions which affect them so you will need to discuss this placing request with your child before returning it.
Signature: Parent/Guardian Date:
Where a school’s capacity is likely to be exceeded, the following list of priorities will be applied in granting applications to fill the number of available places.
Residence
Residents within Aberdeenshire will take priority over those living outwith the Council area. The vast majority of out of-zone applicants
are, of course, residents of Aberdeenshire and therefore qualification under this category ultimately has no effect on the final decision.
Children in Need
The Authority would give priority to children who, in terms of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995 would be considered to be “Children in
Need” and where there are reasons why the child’s needs can be better met in the school requested than in the school which serves the area in which the child lives. Children in Need is a broad concept and includes needs which arise from medical, psychological and social reasons but are not limited to these categories. Children may be considered to be in need as a result of the disability of another member of their household. Where Aberdeenshire Council is asked to give priority to a child on this basis, it will seek the advice of an Educational Psychologist, Medical Practitioner, Social Worker or other agency according to the nature of the need. The Council will treat all such cases on their individual merits.
Educational
Where the appropriate school does not offer the subjects which the pupil wishes to study.
Local Conditions
Where road conditions, weather conditions or other local conditions constitute a severe hazard to the child.
SiblingAttendingSchool
Where another member of the family is already in attendance at the specified school.
Social
Where both parents are working and transport the child outwith the zone in which they are resident in order that that child be cared for by a responsible adult outwith school hours.
Other Reasons
Such other reasons as my be appropriate in the judgement of the relevant Quality Improvement Officer.
Return this form to the Head Teacher of the School you wish your child to attend