All applicants up to the admission number of 30 will be admitted. Where applications for the Reception class exceed the admission number, all applications will be assessed against the oversubscription criteria, listed below. the number of applications for admission to the school exceeds the number of places available, the Governing Body will apply the criteria set out below, in order of proximity, to allocate places up to the Admission Number. The Governing Body give priority to: Looked after children and previously looked after children. Children with a Statement of Special Educational Need, which names the school, as determined by the Local Education Authority. Children of parents who regularly attend an Anglican church in the Parish of St Andrew’s Major with Michaelston-le-Pit. Children who live within the Parish of St Andrew’s Major with Children of parents who live outside the parish and attend an Anglican church. Children whose parents wish them to be educated at St Andrews Major C/W Primary School. Where the number of applicants within a category exceeds the number of places available, the following qualifying criteria shall be applied: Priority be given within each category to children who have a sibling, an elder brother or sister, who already attends St Andrews Major Primary School (in Reception to Year 5) at the time of making the application, and shall be attending together with their sibling upon admission. Priority will be by reference to the youngest sibling in the school, the youngest commanding the highest degree of priority. Children resident within the local parish in closest proximity to the school. Local parish means resident within the local parish of St Andrews Major (Dinas Powys) with Michaelston-Le-Pit. Distance shall be measured by the safest available walking route from home to school using the Geographical Information System (GIS) adopted by the Vale of Glamorgan. A map showing the Parish boundary may be viewed at the school. 3) For children resident outside the parish, priority shall be given to those residing in closest proximity to the school. Distance shall be measured by the safest available walking route from home to school using the Geographical Information System (GIS). 4) If when applying the oversubscription criteria the last to be admitted is one of a multiple birth the governors will admit the other sibling(s). In Foundation Phase these children would be regarded as excepted children.
All applicants up to the admission number of 30 will be admitted. Where applications for the Reception class exceed the admission number, all applications will be assessed against the oversubscription criteria, listed below. the number of applications for admission to the school exceeds the number of places available, the Governing Body will apply the criteria set out below, in order of proximity, to allocate places up to the Admission Number. The Governing Body give priority to: Looked after children and previously looked after children. Children with a Statement of Special Educational Need, which names the school, as determined by the Local Education Authority. Children of parents who regularly attend an Anglican church in the Parish of St Andrew’s Major with Michaelston-le-Pit. Children who live within the Parish of St Andrew’s Major with Children of parents who live outside the parish and attend an Anglican church. Children whose parents wish them to be educated at St Andrews Major C/W Primary School. Where the number of applicants within a category exceeds the number of places available, the following qualifying criteria shall be applied: Priority be given within each category to children who have a sibling, an elder brother or sister, who already attends St Andrews Major Primary School (in Reception to Year 5) at the time of making the application, and shall be attending together with their sibling upon admission. Priority will be by reference to the youngest sibling in the school, the youngest commanding the highest degree of priority. Children resident within the local parish in closest proximity to the school. Local parish means resident within the local parish of St Andrews Major (Dinas Powys) with Michaelston-Le-Pit. Distance shall be measured by the safest available walking route from home to school using the Geographical Information System (GIS) adopted by the Vale of Glamorgan. A map showing the Parish boundary may be viewed at the school. 3) For children resident outside the parish, priority shall be given to those residing in closest proximity to the school. Distance shall be measured by the safest available walking route from home to school using the Geographical Information System (GIS). 4) If when applying the oversubscription criteria the last to be admitted is one of a multiple birth the governors will admit the other sibling(s). In Foundation Phase these children would be regarded as excepted children.
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