Directory of schools in Central Bedfordshire - The Rushmere Park Academy and Nursery (formerly St. George's Lower School) - Leighton Buzzard

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This school does not use a catchment area as part of its admission criteria.

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Oversubscription criteria:

• looked after children’ or children who were previously looked after but immediately after being looked after became subject to an adoption, child arrangements, or special guardianship order including those who appear to the Trust to have been in state care outside of England and ceased to be in care as a result of being adopted
• children of staff:
  • where the member of staff has been employed at the school for two or more years at the time at which the application is made and/or
  • the member of staff is recruited to fill a vacant post at the school for which there is a demonstrable skill shortage
  • points a) and b) refer to the individual school and not schools within a Trust. 
• children who have siblings currently at The Rushmere Park Academy – siblings are defined as meaning two or more children who have at least one parent in common and/or who reside at the same house
• children for whom the school is their nearest lower school – children who live closest to the academy measured in a straight line from the academy and the pupil’s home address. In any situation where the application of the above (admission) rules results in a situation where there are more children with an equal right to admission to the academy than the number of available places, a distance tie-break will be used, giving priority for admission to the child living closest to the school. The tie break will be the distance from the school, measured in a straight line, using a computerised mapping system, measuring between the academy and home address postcodes. Those living closer to the academy will be accorded the higher priority
• any other children – pupils who do not meet any of the higher criteria will be prioritised by the distance with those living closer to the school receiving the higher priority. Using their computerised measuring system, the academy will measure the straight-line distance from the address point of the pupil’s home to the school gate designated measuring point for the school

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 'children of staff'

This refers to staff employed by The Shared Learning Trust, but who work at the school. The member of staff has been employed for two or more years at the time at which the application for admission to the school is made, and/or the member  of staff is recruited to fill a vacant post for which there is demonstrable skill shortage.

Defintion of 'nearest lower/primary school'

The nearest school will be identified by measuring the distance the pupil lives from the school which is measured in a straight line, using our computerised measuring system, from the address point of the pupil’s home to a point on the school site agreed with the governing body of the school, which is known as the designated measuring point. In the unlikely event that a pupil lives equidistant to the nearest two schools then the nearest school will be random selection, using the admissions database to allocate the place. 

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