School admission arrangements 2010/2011

Statutory annual consultation

All schools in Nottinghamshire which are their own admissions authority have been invited to post their determined admission arrangements for 2010/2011 on this site. The County Council’s determined admission arrangements for community and voluntary controlled schools are also posted here.

Click on the links below to find the determined arrangements for community and voluntary controlled schools across Nottinghamshire and for the academy, voluntary aided and foundation schools in each of the district council areas.

• Nottinghamshire School Admission Arrangements 2010-2011 - Committee Report 26 March 2009
• Standard Community Infant and Primary Criteria (Reception)
• Standard Community Junior Criteria (from Linked Infant Year 3 intake)
• Standard Community Secondary Criteria
• Timetable for Admissions round 2010-2011
• Standard Catholic supplementary form

Click on the links below to find the determined arrangements for voluntary aided, foundation schools and the Academy in each of the district council areas. You can access individual voluntary aided, trust, foundation and academy school criteria and supplementary forms below:

• Ashfield
• Bassetlaw
• Broxtowe
• Gedling
• Mansfield
• Newark
• Rushcliffe

You should respond directly to individual voluntary aided, foundation schools and the Academy about their admission arrangements.

The co-ordinated schemes for admission to primary and secondary schools are a mechanism to ensure that every parent or carer resident in Nottinghamshire who has applied for a school place for their child in the normal admissions round receives, where possible, a single offer of a school place on the same day.

The co-ordinated scheme is intended to make admission to school easier, more transparent and less stressful for all parents and carers. You can find copies of the schemes by following the links below:

• Nottinghamshire’s co-ordinated Primary Scheme
• Nottinghamshire’s co-ordinated Secondary Scheme

From 2010-2011 year onwards, local authorities must co-ordinate all in-year applications for parents in their area. The proposed arrangements for Nottinghamshire residents can be found by following the links below. Comments on the scheme must be received by Friday 27 February 2010:

• Nottinghamshire’s co-ordinated Inyear scheme

Nottinghamshire’s admissions protocol for secondary schools (fair access protocol) covers all children within the county who transfer from primary to secondary schools, or who transfer between secondary schools (including special schools and the Nottinghamshire Learning Centre). It describes the special arrangement for ‘hard to place pupils’.

It aims to provide a professional and transparent way for all concerned to see that there is a recognised and agreed fairness about admissions and transfer processes. You can find out more by following the link below:

• Nottinghamshire’s protocol for Secondary schools
  

Determined admission arrangements within Nottingham City

Nottingham City Council has offered to distribute the admission arrangements for any Academy, VA or Foundation school in the Nottingham City area.

A web page has been set up so that any interested parties may access the determined admission arrangements for all schools within the Nottingham City area.

Primary and secondary school admissions and appeals: A guide for parents

The Department for Children, Schools and Families has published a new guide for parents on school admissions and appeals.

The guide outlines the school admissions and appeals processes: what parents can expect from the admissions system, how to object to unlawful arrangements, and how to find further information and support. Copies of the guide can be downloaded or ordered from teachernet online.

Or alternatively, to order a copy please email admissions.consultation@dcsf.gsi.gov.uk with 'Guide for parents' as the subject. General enquiries should continue to be directed to school.admissions@dcsf.gsi.gov.uk.