Admission Criteria
Flintshire 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 these admission arrangements on behalf of Flintshire County Council.
The Pupil Admission Number (PAN) for Ysgol Glan Aber is 20.
1. 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 the Children’s Services Department confirming the child’s status must be provided.)
2. 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.)
3. 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 Ysgol Glan Aber, and who will still be on roll at the time of the sibling’s admission.
4. Children living within the catchment area of the school who live closest to the school, based on a straight line measurement from the school to the entrance of the property.
5. 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 Ysgol Glan Aber, and who will still be on roll at the time of the sibling’s admission.
6. Children living outside the catchment area of the school who live closest to the school, based on the measurement of a straight line from school to the entrance of the property.
Distance measurement
If the school is oversubscribed from within any of the above categories, the distance criterion (see 4 and 6 above) will be used to prioritise applications.
The measurements will be taken from the front door of the school. Distances to multiple dwellings will give priority to the ground floor over the first floor and so on. On individual floors, distances will be measured to the stairs leading to the communal entrance.
Multiple births
If the last pupil to be offered a place within the school’s published admission number (PAN) is a multiple birth or same cohort sibling, any further sibling will be admitted, if the parents/guardian so wish, even though this may raise the intake number above the school’s PAN. The PAN will remain unchanged so that no other pupil will be admitted until a place becomes available within the PAN.
Pupils with statements of special educational needs
The governors will admit any pupil whose final statement of special educational needs names the school.
Placements by the local authority
The Local Authority must ensure that all pupils are placed in schools as quickly as possible. It may therefore sometimes be necessary for a pupil to be placed by the local authority, or a local placement panel acting on behalf of the authority, in a particular school even if there is a waiting list for admission. Such placements will be made in accordance with the provisions of any protocol approved by the Admission Forum, based on government guidance. If an admission raises the number on roll above the PAN, no further pupil will be admitted from the waiting list until a place becomes available within the PAN.
Children moving to the school’s catchment area within the academic year.
Our school is at the heart of our community and will endeavour to serve the families of Bagillt. If pupils move into the school’s catchment area within the academic year, the school will make every effort to accommodate them even if they raise the class size to over 30 and/or surpass that Year Group’s PAN. The school will review the distribution of support staff if this is the case in order to support the additional pupil(s). However, if we feel that any further admissions will have a detrimental effect on the whole class, we will refuse admission. Parents/guardians have the right to appeal this decision through the Governing Body and the LEA.
Pupils who are refused admission in this way will be placed onto the top of the waiting list.
Waiting list
When all available places have been allocated, the school will operate a waiting list. Parents/guardians 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 admission policy with no account being taken of the length of time on the waiting list or any priority order expressed as part of the main admission round.
The waiting list will be reviewed and revised –
• each time a child is added to, or removed from, the waiting list;
• when a child’s changed circumstances will affect their priority;
• at the end of each school year, when parents/guardians 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/guardians may keep their child’s name on the waiting list of as many schools as they wish and for as long as they wish.
Flintshire 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 these admission arrangements on behalf of Flintshire County Council.
The Pupil Admission Number (PAN) for Ysgol Glan Aber is 20.
1. 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 the Children’s Services Department confirming the child’s status must be provided.)
2. 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.)
3. 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 Ysgol Glan Aber, and who will still be on roll at the time of the sibling’s admission.
4. Children living within the catchment area of the school who live closest to the school, based on a straight line measurement from the school to the entrance of the property.
5. 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 Ysgol Glan Aber, and who will still be on roll at the time of the sibling’s admission.
6. Children living outside the catchment area of the school who live closest to the school, based on the measurement of a straight line from school to the entrance of the property.
Distance measurement
If the school is oversubscribed from within any of the above categories, the distance criterion (see 4 and 6 above) will be used to prioritise applications.
The measurements will be taken from the front door of the school. Distances to multiple dwellings will give priority to the ground floor over the first floor and so on. On individual floors, distances will be measured to the stairs leading to the communal entrance.
Multiple births
If the last pupil to be offered a place within the school’s published admission number (PAN) is a multiple birth or same cohort sibling, any further sibling will be admitted, if the parents/guardian so wish, even though this may raise the intake number above the school’s PAN. The PAN will remain unchanged so that no other pupil will be admitted until a place becomes available within the PAN.
Pupils with statements of special educational needs
The governors will admit any pupil whose final statement of special educational needs names the school.
Placements by the local authority
The Local Authority must ensure that all pupils are placed in schools as quickly as possible. It may therefore sometimes be necessary for a pupil to be placed by the local authority, or a local placement panel acting on behalf of the authority, in a particular school even if there is a waiting list for admission. Such placements will be made in accordance with the provisions of any protocol approved by the Admission Forum, based on government guidance. If an admission raises the number on roll above the PAN, no further pupil will be admitted from the waiting list until a place becomes available within the PAN.
Children moving to the school’s catchment area within the academic year.
Our school is at the heart of our community and will endeavour to serve the families of Bagillt. If pupils move into the school’s catchment area within the academic year, the school will make every effort to accommodate them even if they raise the class size to over 30 and/or surpass that Year Group’s PAN. The school will review the distribution of support staff if this is the case in order to support the additional pupil(s). However, if we feel that any further admissions will have a detrimental effect on the whole class, we will refuse admission. Parents/guardians have the right to appeal this decision through the Governing Body and the LEA.
Pupils who are refused admission in this way will be placed onto the top of the waiting list.
Waiting list
When all available places have been allocated, the school will operate a waiting list. Parents/guardians 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 admission policy with no account being taken of the length of time on the waiting list or any priority order expressed as part of the main admission round.
The waiting list will be reviewed and revised –
• each time a child is added to, or removed from, the waiting list;
• when a child’s changed circumstances will affect their priority;
• at the end of each school year, when parents/guardians 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/guardians may keep their child’s name on the waiting list of as many schools as they wish and for as long as they wish.