Admissions policy for 2011/12

Admissions policy
The governing body will set up an admissions committee comprising at least three members, one of whom shall be the headteacher, to consider applications for places in the school.

The admissions committee will:

  1. ensure that the number of pupils admitted in each year group will not prejudice the provision of efficient education or the efficient use of resources at the school, nor adversely affect the health, safety and security of pupils and staff.
  2. have regard to the school’s intake number as agreed with the local education authority (LEA).

All applications other than casual admissions applications should be submitted on the common application form for high school transfer. Casual admissions applications should be submitted on the school’s admissions application form. 

The closing date in any year for receipt of applications will be the same as that agreed by the LEA.

Pupils will be admitted to the school according to the order of priority in the oversubscription criteria detailed below.

Independent verification will be required of the residential address of a child’s parents or legal guardians.

In exceptional circumstances, the governing body may give special consideration to any medical, social or family circumstances that are detailed in admission applications.  Independent verification will be required of any medical, social or family circumstances to which reference is made by applicants.

The governing body will meet the wishes of parents/legal guardians of a child with a statement of special educational need who name Greenford High School as the preferred school.

Oversubscription criteria
Applicants will be admitted to the school in the following order of priority:

  1. looked after children
  2. children who, at the time of their proposed admission to the school, will have a sibling (that is a brother, sister, half brother or sister, step or adopted brother or sister or the child of the parent/carer’s partner) attending Greenford High School. In every case, the child should be living within the same family unit at the same address.  Independent verification may be required to prove that a sibling relationship exists
  3. all other applications

In the event of there being insufficient vacancies to admit all applicants in all of the categories detailed above priority will be given to children whose parents'/legal guardians' residential address is the shortest distance from the centre of the school site, as measured by a straight line. In those instances where applicants have the same priority on distance, the tie-breaker shall be random allocation.

Please note that the distance from home to school is measured by straight line from a point in the property determined by Ordnance Survey to the centre of the school site. The measuring system is an integral part of the admissions software produced by Tribal Technology Ltd. It uses Ordnance Survey maps and is accurate to one metre.

The child’s home address will be taken as the address supported by the independent verification to which reference is made above. So, for example, for a child who spends part of their week at one address and part at another, the child’s home address is defined as the address supported by the independent verification.

Casual admissions

The admissions committee will consider applications for admissions at a time other than at the start of the school year in accordance with the school’s admissions policy.

Oversubscription criteria
Applicants will be admitted to the school in the following order of priority:

  1. looked after children
  2. children who currently do not have a place at a maintained school
  3. children who, at the time of their proposed admission to the school, will have a sibling (that is a brother or sister) attending Greenford High School.  Independent verification may be required to prove that a sibling relationship exists
  4. all other applications

In the event of there being insufficient vacancies to admit all applicants in all of the categories detailed above, priority will be given to children whose parents’/legal guardians’ residential address is the shortest distance from the centre of the school site, as measured by a straight line. In those instances where applicants have the same priority on distance, the tie-breaker shall be random allocation.

Please note that the distance from home to school is measured by straight line from a point in the property determined by Ordnance Survey to the centre of the school site. The measuring system is an integral part of the admissions software produced by Tribal Technology Ltd. It uses Ordnance Survey maps and is accurate to one metre.

The child’s home address will be taken as the address supported by the independent verification to which reference is made above. So, for example, for a child who spends part of their week at one address and part at another, the child’s home address is defined as the address supported by the independent verification.

Admissions waiting list
The admissions committee will maintain a waiting list of applicants seeking places at Greenford High School.  Places on this waiting list will be allocated in accordance with the school’s admissions policy and oversubscription criteria.  No priority will be given in regard to the length of time that an applicant has been on the waiting list.

Admissions policy for post 16 education (years 12 and 13)
Places in Year 12 will be awarded in the following order of priority:

1. pupils who were on roll at Greenford High School at the end of the  academic year immediately preceding the proposed date of entry into the sixth form

2. all other applications

Please note that this policy relates solely to transfers and applications for admission to the sixth form at Greenford High School.

Admission to the sixth form does not guarantee that students will be able to undertake any course of study for which they have expressed a preference.

Post 16 entry conditions

For all applicants, admission to the sixth form is dependent on the student  meeting the specific requirements for his/her proposed level of studies as described below.

Year 12

All student applications must be supported by an academic reference.

Year 13

Applying for 2011/12
The start date for 2011/12 applications is Wednesday 1 September 2010
Deadline for paper applications: Friday 22 October 2010
Statutory deadline: Sunday 31 October 2010

Parents making a paper application are strongly advised to apply by Friday 22 October, as this is the last day of term.

However parents can continue to apply online until the statutory deadline, which is 12am, Sunday 31 October.

Paper applications sent to school during half term will not reach the admissions team until after the deadline of 31 October, and will be treated as late. For this reason, parents who miss the deadline of Friday 22 October are strongly advised to apply online.

For further information, please see the high school admissions page.