Admissions Policy
Our full policy is available from our website. However, a summary of our over-subscription policy is below.
Where applications for admission exceed the number of places available, the following criteria will be applied, in the order set out below, to decide which children to admit. In order to distinguish between children within a category, nearness of the child’s home to the school as measured by the distance in a straight line from the main entrance of the school to the entrance of the child’s home, will be used.
1. Looked-after children / previously looked-after children* from any geographical area. 2. Children with a Child Protection Plan, for whom the school is their nearest school. 3. Children with a sibling** on roll at the school in years 7-13 at the time of the application. 4. Children whose acute medical or social need justifies a place at the school. To assist the school in determining whether this over- subscription criterion applies to a particular applicant, it is the responsibility of the parent/carer to provide evidence, such as a GP’s or Social Worker’s letter that demonstrates why the child should be given a place at Matravers rather than any other school. 5. Other children.
* A ‘looked after child’ or a child who was previously looked after but immediately after being looked after became subject to an adoption, child arrangements, or special guardianship order. 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 (see the definition in Section 22(1) of the Children Act 1989).
** Sibling includes step-siblings, foster siblings and adopted siblings Matravers School Prospectus
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