5. Children who live outside the catchment area and who, at the time of admission, will have a brother or sister attending the school. 6. Children who live outside the catchment area but who are attending a linked primary phase school on the closing date for applications. 7. Other children. In the event of oversubscription, within any criterion, preference will be given to children who live nearest to the school as the crow flies. Distances are measured from the entrance to the child’s home to the principal entrance of the main administrative building of the school, using the County Council’s distance measuring software. Looked after children or previously looked after children The School Admissions Code 2014 states that all admission authorities must give the highest priority to this group of children and provides the following definition. A looked after child is a child who is (a) in the care of a local authority, or (b) being provided with accommodation by a local authority in the exercise of their social services functions in accordance with section 22(1) of the Children Act 1989 at the time of making an application to school. Previously looked after children are children who were looked after, but ceased to be so because they were adopted (or became subject to a residence order or special guardianship order). This includes children who were adopted under the Adoption Act 1976 and children who were adopted under section 46 of the Adoption and Children Act 2002. Child arrangements orders are defined in Section 8 if the Children Act 1989, as amended by section 12 of the Children and Families Act 2014. Child arrangements orders replace residence orders and any residence order in force prior to 22 April 2014 is deemed to be a child arrangements order. Section 14A of the Children Act 1989 defines a guardianship order’ as an order ‘special appointing one or more individuals to be a child’s special guardian (or special guardians). Admission authorities must give highest priority to children in care in their admission oversubscription criteria. Home Address The child’s place of residence is taken to be the parental home, other than in the case of children fostered by a local authority, where either the parental address or the foster parent
5. Children who live outside the catchment area and who, at the time of admission, will have a brother or sister attending the school. 6. Children who live outside the catchment area but who are attending a linked primary phase school on the closing date for applications. 7. Other children. In the event of oversubscription, within any criterion, preference will be given to children who live nearest to the school as the crow flies. Distances are measured from the entrance to the child’s home to the principal entrance of the main administrative building of the school, using the County Council’s distance measuring software. Looked after children or previously looked after children The School Admissions Code 2014 states that all admission authorities must give the highest priority to this group of children and provides the following definition. A looked after child is a child who is (a) in the care of a local authority, or (b) being provided with accommodation by a local authority in the exercise of their social services functions in accordance with section 22(1) of the Children Act 1989 at the time of making an application to school. Previously looked after children are children who were looked after, but ceased to be so because they were adopted (or became subject to a residence order or special guardianship order). This includes children who were adopted under the Adoption Act 1976 and children who were adopted under section 46 of the Adoption and Children Act 2002. Child arrangements orders are defined in Section 8 if the Children Act 1989, as amended by section 12 of the Children and Families Act 2014. Child arrangements orders replace residence orders and any residence order in force prior to 22 April 2014 is deemed to be a child arrangements order. Section 14A of the Children Act 1989 defines a ‘special guardianship order’ as an order appointing one or more individuals to be a child’s special guardian (or special guardians). Admission authorities must give highest priority to children in care in their admission oversubscription criteria. Home Address The child’s place of residence is taken to be the parental home, other than in the case of children fostered by a local authority, where either the parental address or the foster parent
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