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- 06th February 2012
Admissions Arrangements 2012
Lambeth Academy is an inclusive school and welcomes children from the local community. The Governors are also committed to ensuring that the admissions to the Academy reflect the full range of ability.
Lambeth Academy admits up to 180 students to Year 7 each September. The admission arrangements described in this document will apply to admissions in September 2012 and subsequent years.
In order to ensure that the intake to the Academy represents the full range of ability, the Academy will use student banding as part of its admissions arrangements if it is oversubscribed. Other than to determine the ability band into which a student will be placed, the assessment of a student’s ability plays no other part in the admission arrangements for Lambeth Academy.
Admissions to Lambeth Academy will be coordinated through the Pan London Coordinated Admissions Scheme and its timetable. Applications should be submitted on the Common Application Form to the local authority responsible for the parental address. Families should also complete a Supplementary Information Form to be returned directly to the Academy.
The admission of students with a Statement of Special Educational Needs is conducted through a separate process. Parents of these students should contact their home Local Authority’s SEN department.
The Academy believes that strong parental or guardian involvement is essential for the success of every student and all parents, guardians and students will be invited to meet with staff at the school soon after a place is offered.
There are no faith criteria as part of the admissions policy. Children from families of all faiths, or none, are very welcome.
Over-subscription criteria
If there are more applicants than the number of places available the following over-subscription criteria will be applied. All applicants will be asked to take a cognitive ability test and, based on their test score, will be placed in one of five equal ability bands, with the same number of applicants in each band. After places have been allocated to children with a Statement of Special Educational Need that names Lambeth Academy, places within each band will be allocated in the following order of priority:
Lambeth Academy admits up to 180 students to Year 7 each September. The admission arrangements described in this document will apply to admissions in September 2012 and subsequent years.
In order to ensure that the intake to the Academy represents the full range of ability, the Academy will use student banding as part of its admissions arrangements if it is oversubscribed. Other than to determine the ability band into which a student will be placed, the assessment of a student’s ability plays no other part in the admission arrangements for Lambeth Academy.
Admissions to Lambeth Academy will be coordinated through the Pan London Coordinated Admissions Scheme and its timetable. Applications should be submitted on the Common Application Form to the local authority responsible for the parental address. Families should also complete a Supplementary Information Form to be returned directly to the Academy.
The admission of students with a Statement of Special Educational Needs is conducted through a separate process. Parents of these students should contact their home Local Authority’s SEN department.
The Academy believes that strong parental or guardian involvement is essential for the success of every student and all parents, guardians and students will be invited to meet with staff at the school soon after a place is offered.
There are no faith criteria as part of the admissions policy. Children from families of all faiths, or none, are very welcome.
Over-subscription criteria
If there are more applicants than the number of places available the following over-subscription criteria will be applied. All applicants will be asked to take a cognitive ability test and, based on their test score, will be placed in one of five equal ability bands, with the same number of applicants in each band. After places have been allocated to children with a Statement of Special Educational Need that names Lambeth Academy, places within each band will be allocated in the following order of priority:
- Children in Public Care (Looked After Children)
- Siblings of students currently attending
the Academy and who will continue to do so on the date of admissions.
The term “sibling” means a full, step, half, adopted or fostered brother
or sister, but not cousins. The Academy reserves the right to ask for
proof of relationship.
- Special medical needs, social needs and special needs (where the application is supported by written specific professional advice, e.g. from a doctor or specialist, not a primary school alone, as to why admission to the Academy is necessary.) The decision as to whether the Academy is uniquely placed to meet the stated need of the applicant will be determined by a panel appointed by the Local Governing Body. The panel will give special consideration to children with a visual impairment.
- Nearest straight-line distance to the Academy. The distance which determines how close the student lives to the Academy is the shortest straight-line distance between the door to the student’s permanent address and the designated entrance to the Academy main building.
A child’s permanent address is the place of normal residence during term time. Where parental responsibility is shared, the address of the parent/guardian who receives the Child Benefit Allowance for the child will be taken as the permanent address.
If places become vacant in a band, for example, because parents accept offers of places at other schools, and no applicants in those bands remain without a place, they will be evenly filled by children falling into the next nearest bands (i.e. the bands on either side, or below or above). If the first child is elected by proximity from the band above, the next will be selected by proximity from the band below.
Late applications will not be considered until after National Offer Day. Applicants will then be placed on the waiting list in a position determined by the application of our over-subscription criteria.
The Academy will provide reasonable opportunities for children to take the cognitive ability test that is used to determine the ability band for each child, but with the exception of children with a Statement of Special Educational Needs that names Lambeth Academy, children who have sat the Academy’s NFER test will be given priority over those who have not.
If, for any reason, an applicant has not sat the cognitive ability test, then they will be given a zero score and placed in the lowest band.
Operation of waiting lists
Subject to any provisions regarding waiting lists in the local authorities’ co-ordinated admission scheme, the Academy will operate a waiting list for each band in each year group admitted on or after September 2012. This will be maintained by the Academy and it will be open to any parent to ask for his or her child’s name to be placed on the waiting list, following an unsuccessful application.
Children’s position on the banded waiting lists will be determined solely in accordance with the oversubscription criteria set out above. Where places become vacant they will be allocated to children on the waiting list in accordance with the oversubscription criteria.
In-year admissions will be managed by the local authority in line with the Admissions Code.
Other points to note:
Twins and same-year siblings. Where applications are received from twins, triplets or same-year siblings the following procedure will be followed. If one child is selected for a place within their band the twin/triplet/same year sibling will be ranked in their own band immediately below Looked After children.
Confirmation of Address. Proof of residence can be requested at any time throughout the admissions process. If false or misleading information is used to gain entry to the Academy, the offer of a place will be withdrawn and an appeal offered.
How to apply
Applications must be made using the Common Application Form from your home local authority by Monday 31st October 2011. A Supplementary Information Form must also be completed and returned directly to Lambeth Academy by Friday 21st October 2011.
