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Admissions

 

 

 

Admissions Arrangements for 2022-2023

 

Topcliffe CofE Academy is part of the Elevate Multi Academy Trust.

 

However, our admission arrangements to school are managed by North Yorkshire County Council in line with the School Admissions Code and Fairness Access Protocols.

 

This applies to places when children would normally start school (the Reception Year) and to children who may join the school after this time (for example, as the result of a house move).

 

Please contact admin@topcliffeacademy for more information on admissions.

 

Published Admissions Number

Our PAN (Published Admissions Number) which is the maximum number the Academy may admit to a single year group is:

Published Admission number for 2022/23: 15

Proposed PAN for 2023/24: 15

Admissions arrangements can be found at: https://www.northyorks.gov.uk/info/202223-co-ordinated-admissions-arrangements

 

Applications must be made on the application form which is provided by the Local Authority. Full details can be found by clicking the following link:- https://www.northyorks.gov.uk/filling-common-application-form

 

Admissions Policy: The Academy has adopted the local authority’s policy for admissions and applications. To read the Admissions policy please click on: https://www.northyorks.gov.uk/info/admission-policy-community-and-voluntary-controlled-schools-school-year-202223

 

Any parent wishing to consider Topcliffe CofE Academy for their child may contact the Academy for an appointment to look around.

 

All admissions enquirers need to be processed through admissions at North Yorkshire County Council where you will find the following:

1 . Admission Policies for Community and Voluntary Controlled Primary and Secondary Schools;
2 . Admission Policy for Nursery Schools and schools with nursery or pre-reception classes;
3 . Co-ordinated Admission Arrangements;
4 . In-Year Fair Access Protocol; and
5 . Published Admission Numbers.

 

Admissions Timetable

Admission Appeals Timetable

Currently North Yorkshire County Council are overseeing  Admissions Appeals for Elevate’s Academies.

Please go to: https://www.northyorks.gov.uk/school-admissions-appeals 

 

How we'll deal with in-year applications from 1st November 2022 until 31 August 20223

Applying for an in-year place 

An in-year application can be made at any time of the year. You can only apply up to a term in advance of the date you want the school place. The online form will only allow you to apply for the year group your child should be in according to your child's date of birth. North Yorkshire will start working on applications around six weeks prior to your requested start date and aim to process applications within 20 school days after that.  

However, if you apply very early, this may not apply as we can only start processing applications towards the end of term, as follows: 

Date child will join the school Earliest application should be submitted Applications will be processed from: 

Date child will join the school 

Earliest application should be submitted 

Applications will be processed from: 

January to March 

1 September onwards  1 November onwards 
April to July  1 January onwards  1 March onwards 
September to December  1 June onwards  1 June onwards 

 

 

Oversubscription Criteria

Where possible, we will allocate a place to your child to the school you have listed on your application form. However, if that school is oversubscribed, meaning that there are more applicants than there are places available, the oversubscription criteria will apply. Children in higher numbered priority groups will be offered places ahead of those in lower numbered priority groups. All applications within each priority group will be considered equally (i.e. all applications, regardless of order of preference).

These are the criteria for community and voluntary controlled primary and secondary schools in North Yorkshire.

Order Priority group More details
1

Looked after children and all previously looked after children for whom the school has been expressed as a preference.

Children who appear to the Admissions Authority to have been in state care outside of England and cease to be in state care as a result of being adopted.

This applies to all looked-after children, including those who are in the care of another local authority or being provided with accommodation by a local authority in the exercise of their social services function at the time of making an application.

Previously looked after children are children who were looked after, but ceased to be so because they were adopted or became subject to a child arrangement order or special guardianship order. In the case of previously looked after children, a copy of the relevant documentation will be required in support of the application. This includes children who were adopted under the Adoption Act 1976 and children who were adopted under the Adopted & Children's Act 2002. Child Arrangements Orders replace residence orders and any residence order in force prior to 22 April 2014 is deemed to be a Child Arrangements Order.

A child is regarded as being in state care outside of England if they were accommodated by a public authority, a religious organisation or any another provider of care whose sole purpose is to benefit society.

2 Children the authority considers have special social or medical reasons for admission. We will only consider applications on social or medical grounds if they are supported by a professional recommendation from a doctor, social worker, or other appropriate professional. The supporting evidence should set out the particular social or medical reason(s) why the school in question is the only school and the difficulties that would be caused if the child had to attend another school. Panels of professionally qualified people will consider all applications made under priority group 2. Find more information here.
3 Children living within the normal area of the school.

Find out about catchment areas here.

If a school is oversubscribed, priority will be given to a sibling at that school in the September of the younger sibling's entry, and then to those living nearest the school.

In all cases, "sibling" refers to brother or sister, half-brother or half-sister, step brother or step sister, or the child of a parent / carer's partner, where the child for the school places sought is living at the same family unit and at the same address as the "sibling".

4 Children of staff at the school.       

Priority in this oversubscription criteria is given in either or both of the following circumstances:

a) Where a member of staff has been employed at the school for more than two years at the time when the admission to the school is made,

and/or

b) the member of staff has been recruited to fill a demonstrable skill shortage.

5 Children living outside the normal area of the school.

If a school is oversubscribed, priority will be given to a sibling at that school in the September of the younger sibling's entry, and then to those living nearest the school.

In all cases, "sibling" refers to brother or sister, half-brother or half-sister, step brother or step sister, or the child of a parent / carer's partner, where the child for the school places sought is living at the same family unit and at the same address as the "sibling".

Priority Group1 has been amended to comply with the School Admissions Code 2021 that came into effect from 1 September 2021. The change was to give children who have been in state care outside of England the highest priority, this was originally Priority group 2 and it is now included in priority group 1).