ST.RAPHAEL’S CATHOLICPRIMARY SCHOOL

ADMISSIONS POLICY FOR NURSERY2018

ADMISSION TO NURSERY

Admission to Nursery at St. Raphael’s Catholic Primary will be on a part time basis(morning only) and made by the Governing Body in accordance with the parental applications subject to the following set of ADMISSIONS CRITERIA forming a priority order where there are more applications for admission than the Nursery has places available. For the school year commencing September 2018the Governing Body has set its admissions number at 26.Admissions will take place in September and January.

  1. Baptised Catholic Looked After Children and previously Looked After Children
  1. Baptised Catholic children who have a sibling in the school at the time of admission
  1. Baptised Catholic children resident in that part of the parish of Ss Peter & Raphael formerly known as St. Raphael’s, Stalybridge
  1. Other baptised Catholic children resident in the parish of Ss Peter & Raphael
  1. Baptised Catholic children from other parishes
  1. Non Catholic Looked After Children and previously Looked After Children
  1. Non Catholic children who have a sibling in the school at the time of admission
  1. Non Catholics who are a child of an existing member of staff who has been employed at the school for two or more years at the time at which the application for admission is made.
  1. Other children.

For categories 1-5, a valid certificate of Catholic baptism is required to establish faith of child. We also require proof of address to confirm residency of parish. This proof must be supplied to school before the Governors’ meeting to allocate places. Priority cannot be given to children without this supplementary information.

Notes

a)A Looked After Child is a child who is (a) in the care of a Local Authority, or (b) being provided with accommodation by a Local Authority in the exercise of their Social Services functions (under section 22(1) of the Children Act 1989). A previously Looked After Child is one who immediately moved on from that status after becoming subject to an adoption, residence or special guardianship order.

b)For a child to be considered as a Catholic evidence of a Catholic Baptism will be required. Baptismal certificates must be forwarded to the school by 31st January 2018

c)The Headteacher will maintain a list of pupils whose parents have requested a place in Nursery.

d)If in any category there are more applications than places available, priority will be given on the basis of distance from home to school. Distance will be measured as a straight line from the child’s home address, using the address point assigned by the National Land and Property Gazetteer, to the main gate to the school property. Measurements will be made using the local authority’s school admissions data mapping software, which uses a Geographical Information System based on Ordnance Survey.

Parents are asked to provide TWO documents from the list below as proof of address:

  • Mortgage statement*
  • Tenancy Agreement or letter from landlord*
  • Council Tax statement*
  • Council Tax Benefit statement*
  • TV licence*
  • Home contents’ insurance certificate*
  • Buildings’ insurance certificate*
  • Recent utility bill (gas, electricity, water, land-line phone bill but not a mobile phone bill)**
  • Letter from a solicitor confirming exchange of contracts on a residence**

(* issued within last 12 months ** issued within last 3 months)

e)Where a child lives with parents with shared responsibility, each for part of a week, the home address is the address from which the child travels to school for the majority of school days per week. If the number of days is exactly equal the home address will be that of the parent who receives the Child Benefit

f)Children entering the Nursery will not automatically be offered a place in the Reception Class. The admissions criteria for admission to school will still apply.

g)Sibling is defined as a 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.

h)The Governing Body reserves the right to withdraw the offer of a nursery place where false evidence is received in relation to baptism, sibling connections or place of residence.

Offer letters for admission Sep 18: End of March 2018

Offer letters for admission Jan 19: End of Sep 2018