The Samworth Church Academy will consider all applications for places. Where fewer than 180 applications are received, The Samworth Church Academy will offer places to all those who have applied.
Where the number of applications for admission is greater than the published admission number, applications will be considered against criteria.
After the admission of pupils with statements of Special Educational Needs where The Samworth Church Academy is named on the statement, the criteria will be applied in the order in which they are set out below:
- children in public care;
- children with a sibling who currently attends the school and who will continue to do so on the date of admission; the term sibling includes a child living in the same household under the care of the same parent(s) or guardian(s) and children not normally resident in the same household but sharing a genetic or adoptive parent;
- children who are normally resident within the area designated by The Samworth Church Academy as its catchment area;
- other children.
In the event of over-subscription within any of the criteria, preference will be given to children who live nearest to the school using straight line measurement from the main external entrance door of the Academy to the main external entrance door to the child’s home.
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