Admissions Policy 2009/2010

Policy & numbers

Pupils will be admitted at age 11 without reference to ability or aptitude.

The number of admissions for the year commencing 1st September 2009 will be 280, which will become the approved admissions number.

Over subscription

All schools must admit any child with a statement of special educational needs that names the school directly. Where applicants for admission exceed the number of places available, the following criteria will be applied, in the order set out below, to decide which children to admit:

1. "Looked after children – children in public care", as required by the Education (Admission of Looked after Children) (England) Regulations 2006.
2. Where a child has a brother/sister, half brother/sister (where the children share one common parent), step brother/step sister or fostered/adopted sibling living at the same home address (i.e., the genuine principal place of residence where they normally and regularly live) and who will be still attending Windsor High School in September 2009. See note a below.
3. Proximity of the child's home to the school, measured in a straight line from the front door of the home (or main entrance to flats) to the main gate of the school, with those living nearest accorded the higher priority. See note b below.

Notes

1. Where parents have a shared responsibility for a child and the child lives with both parents for part of the school week, then the home address will be determined as the address where the child lives for the majority of the school week (i.e. three out of the five days). Parents will be required to provide documentary evidence to support the address they wish to be considered for allocation purposes.
2. In all cases the 'proximity' criterion (#3) is to be used as a tie breaker should the school be oversubscribed with applicants under the criteria with the highest priorities. For example, if the school were to be oversubscribed with siblings only (priority #2), the proximity would dictate who would gain admission.
• Parents or guardians might be asked to submit evidence in support of their application; fraudulent information used at that time can lead to the withdrawal of a place and further children might be affected.
• Special conditions will apply in the event that one child from a set of twins/triplets does not gain admission to the school through the admissions criteria; in this instance the school governors will exceed the admission number for the school concerned to prevent separation of twins/triplets.
• Year 7 admissions for September entry will be administered on behalf of the Governors of Windsor High School and Sixth Form by Dudley LA (Admissions Service) using the criteria outlined above.

Appeals

Appeals regarding admissions will be considered by an Independent Appeals panel.

Late applications

Preferences that are received after the closing date for receipt of applications will only be considered after applications that were received within the deadline have been dealt with.

There will, however, be exceptional circumstances in which a late application will be considered alongside those applications that were made within the deadline. Where exceptional circumstances are such that the parent could not have reasonably submitted the application within the deadline, the applicant will be considered along side all other applicants.

In each circumstance supportive documentary evidence must be provided by the parent/carer at the time of application.

Unsuccessful late applications will be added to the waiting list in accordance with the admissions criteria.

Waiting lists

If the school is oversubscribed and pupils have been refused admission because other pupils have a higher priority for admission under the published admissions criteria, then parents may request to be added to the waiting list.

Children on the waiting list will be ranked in accordance with the schools published admissions criteria and the list will operate from the point of allocation of places until 1st January 2010. After 1st January 2010 the waiting list will no longer be in operation.

Inclusion on the waiting list does not mean that a place will eventually become available.

A child's position on the waiting list is not fixed and is subject to change during the year i.e. they can go up or down the list.

Places that become available below the published admissions number or any number that the school agree that they can admit from March 2009 will be offered to pupils according to their ranking on the list i.e. those ranked highest will be offered first.

Contact Person

For information or details regarding Admissions, contact Mrs Talbot on the main school number (0121 550 1452).