Knightlow C of E Primary School will each year accept up to their standard number or, if higher, the agreed admission number. (Currently set at 30 by the Governing Body).

If the school is oversubscribed in a particular year, the following criteria will be used to select the pupils to admit in the September of each year. Pupils who are unsuccessful can, if their parents wish, be placed on a waiting list. Each time a vacancy occurs the same criteria will apply to pupils on the waiting list.

The Governors, in accepting pupils from within or outside the priority area of the school (Bourton, Draycote, Frankton, Marton, Princethorpe and Stretton on Dunsmore), as prescribed by the Local Education Authority in consultation with the Governors, assume that parents accept the aims and the Christian basis for the ethos of the school as stated in the prospectus.

ADMISSION CRITERIA

If the school is oversubscribed in a particular year, the following criteria will be used to select the pupils to admit.

Looked after children in the care of the LEA within the Diocese of Coventry.

From inside the priority area

1. Children with a brother or sister in the school at the time of the new pupil entering the school.

2. Children of parents who desire a Christian education and can demonstrate to the Governors an active and sustained involvement of themselves and their children in the life of the Christian church, as confirmed in writing by their minister.

3. Children from inside the priority area closest to school measured by the shortest, safest walking route.

From outside the priority area

4. Children with a brother or sister (sibling) in the school at the time of the new pupil entering the school.

5. Children of parents who desire a Christian education and can demonstrate to the Governors an active and sustained involvement of themselves and their children in the life of the Christian church, as confirmed in writing by their minister.

6. Pupils from outside the priority area closest to school measured by the shortest, safest walking route.

Application against criteria 2 or 5 will require parents to complete a form and have it signed by a minister of their church.

Definitions:

• Sibling – any child living in the family home as a permanent member of that family. (NB: the sibling connection will not be accepted if the original place was obtained by fraudulent or false information).

• Home Address – where the child normally sleeps/resides when s/he attends school. Addresses involved in childminding arrangements (professional or with relatives) are excluded.

Within each category, priority will be based on the shortest distance between home and school.

• A map showing the location and the boundaries of the Priority Area is available from the school office.

• This distance will be measured from the front door of the child’s home to the front door of Knightlow C of E Primary School.

Local schools were consulted for their response at the time of re-drafting. The Governors of Knightlow C of E Primary School received no objections.