Consultation on School Admission Arrangements 2011
School Admission Arrangements – September 2011
The School Admissions Code replaces the requirement on admission authorities to consult annually on their admission arrangements. Admission authorities need only consult every three years, unless any changes are proposed to those arrangements.The Central Bedfordshire Council is consulting on the following changes to its admissions arrangements for September 2011:
Admissions Criteria
- The inclusion of an additional criterion to the admission policies of all community and voluntary controlled schools. The change will give catchment siblings a higher priority for admission than other catchment children. Please follow the link to view the proposed changes to the
standard policy (application/pdf; 128kB) - the changes are shown in italics.
- Some community and voluntary controlled schools have criteria in addition to those set out in the standard policy. These will be retained, subject to the changes below. The change to give catchment siblings a higher priority will be inserted at the appropriate point in the policy. Please follow the link to the Starting School (application/pdf; 1053kB) booklet and the School Transfer (application/pdf; 1984kB) booklet which show the existing criteria - see individual school information sheets.
- The Governing Bodies of the following schools that are their own admission authority are proposing to make a similar change to their policies and have asked the Local Authority to consult on their behalf. The change to give catchment siblings a higher priority will be inserted at the appropriate point in the policy. Please follow the link to the Starting School (application/pdf; 1053kB) (application/pdf; 1053kB)booklet and the School Transfer (application/pdf; 1984kB) booklet which show the existing criteria - see individual school information sheets.
Lower Schools | Middle Schools | Upper Schools |
All Saints VA | Arnold | Harlington |
Derwent | Etonbury | Manshead VA |
Gothic Mede | Parkfields | Queensbury |
Langford | Robert Bloomfield |
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Meppershall VA |
| Academy |
Moggerhanger |
| All Saints * |
Northill VA |
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St Leonards VA |
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St Mary’s VA, Clophill |
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Sundon |
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Sutton VA |
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Westoning |
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*The change to the admissions policy of All Saints Academy is subject to the approval of the Secretary of State
- The following community and voluntary controlled schools have requested additional oversubscription criteria. Please follow the link to those schools to view the proposed changes which are shown in italics:
Greenleas Lower School (application/pdf; 30kB)Hockliffe Lower School (application/pdf; 83kB) (application/pdf; 83kB)Henlow VC Middle (application/pdf; 18kB)- The following community schools have requested the removal of some of the additional oversubscription criteria, shown in italics. Please follow the link to those schools to view the proposed changes:
Roecroft Lower School (application/pdf; 84kB)Southcott Lower School (application/pdf; 17kB)Admission Numbers
A change is proposed to the admission numbers for the following schools:Gravenhurst Lower School– an increase from 9 to 10
Mary Bassett Lower School– an increase from 30 to 60
Roecroft Lower School– an increase from 30 to 60 (subject to building of new school)
Co-ordinated Admission Schemes
A change is proposed to the Co-ordinated Scheme for Admissions to Lower, Primary and Middle Schools, to reflect the requirement on local authorities to co-ordinate applications from residents living in the local authority’s area, irrespective of whether the application is for a school in or outside the local authority area. Please follow the link to the Co-ordinated Scheme for Admissions to Lower, Primary and Middle Schools (application/pdf; 196kB).No changes are proposed to the Co-ordinated Scheme for Admissions to Upper Schools and the Academy. The scheme is provided for information purposed only. Please follow the link to the
Co-ordinated Scheme for Admissions to Upper Schools and the Academy (application/pdf; 621kB).Other
No changes are proposed to the catchment areas or the relevant area for admissions. The relevant area will continue to cover the administrative area of the Central Bedfordshire Council.
Who will be consulted?
- the governing bodies of all community and voluntary controlled schools
- the governing bodies of all voluntary aided schools
- the governing bodies of all foundation / trust schools
- the Academy
- all neighbouring local authorities
- parents
- local community and voluntary groups
How to respond
Please follow the link to the response form (application/pdf; 64kB).
If you require further clarification on the proposed changes, please email us at admissions@bedford.gov.uk