Directory of schools in Central Bedfordshire - Brooklands School - Leighton Buzzard

Thursday 16 November 2023

• open: 6pm until 8pm
• head teacher's welcome: 6pm and 7pm

Monday 20 November until Friday 24 November 2023

• 9:30am until 11am every day (any time)
• 1:30pm until 2:30pm every day (any time)

Open week. No appointment necessary.

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Oversubscription criteria:

• all 'looked after' children or children who were previously 'looked after', including children who appear to have been in state care outside of England and ceased to be in state care as a result of being adopted (see definition below)
• pupils living in the catchment area with siblings at the school
• other pupils living in the catchment area
• children of staff employed by Brooklands School who the school reasonably considers have been recruited to fill a vacant post for which there is demonstrable skill shortage and/or have 2 or more years service at the time of application
• ‘very exceptional’ medical grounds (see definition below)
• other siblings
• children who have spent a significant time (3 years or more) in a lower school in Leighton Buzzard/ Linslade/ Hockliffe or outlying villages such as but not exclusively Stanbridge, Totternhoe, Eaton Bray
• any other children

Definition of 'children who appear to have been in state care outside of England'

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

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

Definition of 'Very exceptional' medical grounds

‘Very exceptional’ medical grounds refer to cases where there are exceptional medical reasons which make it essential that a child should attend a particular school and where the preferred school is the only school locally that could meet the child’s needs. A medical report from the child’s doctor or consultant must be submitted with the application form, setting out valid medical reasons why it is essential for the child to be admitted to the school in question and the difficulties that would be caused if the child had to attend another school. The governors reserve the right to seek further information to determine whether it is essential for a child to be admitted to the preferred school on medical grounds. Admission on medical grounds cannot be considered where the medical condition relates to that of a parent/carer, brother or sister or another relative/childminder.

Information for in-year admission during academic year September 2023 to July 2024

Admission number per year group: 150

Oversubscription criteria: see above

Contact the academy directly to make an in-year application.

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