Directory of schools in Central Bedfordshire - St. Leonard's V A Lower School - Heath and Reach

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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)
• children who, at the time of admission, will have their home address within the civil and ecclesiastical parish of Heath and Reach and who will have a sibling in the school at the time of admission
• other children who, at the time of admission, will have their home address within the civil and ecclesiastical parish of Heath and Reach
• children whose home address is outside the area, as defined above, and one or more of those parents/guardians have, at the time of application, shown commitment to St. Leonard's Church by attending a service at least once a month for the year prior to an application being made and is continuing to attend at the time when the governors consider the application (applicants in this category will need to ask the vicar to complete the relevant section of the application form)
• other children who have a sibling attending the school at the time of admission
• children whose home address is outside the area, as defined above, whose parent(s)/guardian(s) have, at the time of application, shown commitment to another Christian church within the area covered by the Ouzel Valley Team Ministry by attending a service at least once a month for the year prior to an application being made and is continuing to attend at the time when the governors consider the application (applicants in this category will need to ask their priest or minister to complete the relevant section of the application form)
• 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 a Christian church

The governors define a Christian church to be one which is a member, or is eligible for membership, of the Churches Together in England or the Evangelical Alliance. The Ouzel Valley Team Ministry includes the villages/parishes of Leighton Buzzard, Linslade, Heath and Rach, Hockliffe, Eggington and Billington.

Information for in-year admission during academic year September 2024 to July 2025

Admission number per year group: 25

Oversubscription criteria: As above

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