Arrangements For Admissions: 2012/2013

Entry at Year 7

Students will be admitted at the age of 11 without reference to ability or aptitude.

• Children in public care will be given top priority in admission criteria, above children who have siblings already in the school and those who reside in the normal area served by the school.

Where application for admission exceeds the number of places available, the criteria used by the Governors in forming their admissions policy are listed as follows in priority order:

• Children who are siblings of students already in the school at the time of application and admission who reside within the normal area served by the school. [For admission purposes, a sibling is a child who lives at the same address and who is the brother/sister, half brother/half sister (children who share a common parent), step brother/step sister, where two children are related by marriage. [This definition also includes adopted or fostered children living at the same address.]
• Children living within John Port School’s normal area and do not reside in the normal area of another school.
• Children living within John Port School’s normal area and reside in the normal area of another school In the event of over-subscription of candidates meeting any of the requirements for entry into year 7 outlined in (3) and (4) above and a tie-breaker being required to reach a decision, the Governors will use the distance by “safe walkable route” from the bungalow in the school grounds to the dwelling house, as determined by postal address. For applications received from children within the normal area served by the school, but after all places have been allocated, the Governors will continue to use the criteria described above, i.e. (2) to (4), including the tie-breakers.
• Children who are siblings of students already in the school at the time of application and admission, but who are not residing within the normal area served by the school.
• All other children not eligible under the above criteria. In the event of over-subscription of candidates meeting the requirements for criteria (5) and (6) for entry into year 7 and a tie-breaker being required in order to reach a decision, the Governors will use the nearest distance by a “safe walkable route” from the bungalow in the school grounds to the dwelling house, as determined by postal address.

N.B.

The published Admission Number will be 348, which takes account of the school’s Net Capacity Assessment, established by Derbyshire County Council.

Please Note:

• The school reserves the right to verify information and, if misrepresentation is confirmed, refuse or cancel the place.
• The Governors will not consider more than one application on behalf of the same child in a single academic year unless the Chair of Governors considers there is a significant change in the particular circumstances of that child.
• A reserve list will be established for September 2012 admissions, based upon the above criteria.
• The normal area is taken to mean the historic catchment area of the school, which includes the parishes of:

and that part of Mickleover to the west of Station Road and north of Etwall Road. The school’s normal area includes the Mickleover Country Park residential development. N.B. Residence in any of the parishes listed does not guarantee admission to the school, because tie-breaking criteria may have to be applied.

Entry at Year 8-11

If places become available in later years because students leave, the same criteria are applied in the same order of priority to those who apply in Year 7; the decision is determined by the child’s situation which prevails at the time the application is made. It is sometimes possible to accommodate a small increase in the total number of students in Years 10 and 11 because of the smaller size of GCSE option groups. In such cases the Admissions Panel will have to consider the size of particular subject groups so may only be able to offer a restricted choice of GCSE courses to those who apply.