Medway primary admissions 2015 by Medway Council

Reception Year - for children born between 1 September 2010 and 31 August 2011 Year 3 junior school - for children born between 1 September 2007 and 31 August 2008

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September 2015 entry

Admission to primary school A guide for parents

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Contents

Contacts ● Medway Council Student Services Admissions Team

Welcome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4

The Admissions Team based at Gun Wharf in Chatham, co-ordinates all primary admissions for entry into Year R and transfer to Year 3 in a junior school. Medway Council, Gun Wharf, Dock Road, Chatham, Kent ME4 4TR Phone: 01634 331110 Email: admissions@medway.gov.uk

Section one Introduction and general information . . . . . . . . . . . . .5

● Medway Council Student Services Operations Team

Key dates for primary admissions 2015 entry . . . . . . . . . . .5 Section two Starting school in Medway admission to Reception year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 Section three Transfer from infant to junior school in Medway -

This Operations Team deals with free school meals, transport to school (except for those attending special schools) and casual admissions. Medway Council, Gun Wharf, Dock Road, Chatham, Kent ME4 4TR Phone: 01634 331155 Email: schoolstransportandfreemeals@medway.gov.uk casualadmissions@medway.gov.uk

● Medway Council Initial Contact Monday to Friday 8am to 8pm, Saturday 9am to 1pm. Calls to Initial Contact may be recorded or monitored for security and staff development purposes. Phone: 01634 333333 Text relay: 18004-01634 333333

admission to Year 3 in junior schools only . . . . . . . . .8 Section four The school application process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10 Section five The online admissions system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14 Section six The school offer (allocation) process and next steps . . .15 Section seven Free School Meals and Home to School Transport . .18 Section eight Other useful information and common oversubscription criteria

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Section nine Individual school’s oversubscription criteria . . . . . . .23

● Kent County Council Kent County Council Admissions and Transport Room 2.24, Sessions House, County Hall, Maidstone, Kent ME14 1XQ Phone: 03000 412121 Email: primaryadmissions@kent.gov.uk

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Section ten The schools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35 Disclaimer The information given in this booklet relates to the academic year, September 2015 to August 2016. Details are correct at the time of going to print.

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Welcome Dear parent/carer,

Dear parent/carer,

Preparing for your child to start full time education is a very exciting time filled with opportunities. Making the right decision about which schools you would like your child to attend is an important, but concerning time for parents/carers. This booklet is designed to give you the information you need to understand the admissions process and start to identify the schools you may wish to consider for your child.

The start of your child’s full-time school life is an exciting time for both you and them. It can also be a time full of questions and concerns about choosing the right school, deciding where they will be happiest and where is best to help them achieve their potential.

I would encourage you to contact and visit the schools you wish to consider to help you make informed decisions about what they can offer your child and whether you feel they are the right environment for your child. Headteachers and staff will be happy to discuss things with you, show you round and answer your questions and concerns. All Medway primary, infant and junior schools are committed to giving your child the best possible start to his or her school life. They are keen to work with you and your child to ensure that he or she is achieving their full potential. I encourage you to read this booklet carefully, ask any questions you may have and visit the schools you are interested in. This will help to put you in the best position to express your preferences with confidence when applying for schools. The Student Services Admissions Team is available to offer you additional help and support, should you require it during the admissions process.

The information in this booklet is provided to assist you in making the most informed decisions about the schools to name on your application for your child. I would actively encourage you to contact the schools you are interested in, visit and look around, ask your questions and feel positive about the decisions you are making with regard to your preferences. Medway schools are happy to try and accommodate requests for visits and to help you throughout this admissions process. Medway primary, infant and juniors schools strive to provide high quality teaching and learning for all children and help every pupil reach their full potential. Whilst we all want young people to achieve academically, we equally want young people to build on their talents, skills and interests to ensure that they have the best school careers possible. After reading this booklet, please feel free to contact the Student Services Admissions Team who will try to answer any questions you may have. The Student Services Admissions Team are here to support you throughout the entire process and will be happy to talk with you.

I wish you and your family every success and a happy school career.

I would like to take this opportunity to wish you and your child the best for the start of their full time school career.

Cllr Mike O’Brien Portfolio Holder for Children’s Services (Lead Member)

Barbara Peacock Director of Children’s and Adult Services

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Section one

Introduction and general information

Choosing the right school for your child to start their education can be a difficult and anxious time for parents and children. Medway Council’s Student Services Admissions Team is here to help you understand the process and make the right decisions for your child. It is very important that you read carefully, and understand, the information in this booklet regarding how the admissions process works and how school places are allocated before you submit your school application. Throughout this booklet we have provided useful information to help you make the most informed decisions possible. We encourage you to use this information, do your own research on schools and visit the schools you are interested in if you can. It is also important to help your child feel happy and comfortable about starting their education, so you may want to involve them in the process.

Key dates

for primary admissions 2015 entry

Action

Date

Booklets and paper application forms delivered to schools, nurseries, etc

by Friday, 12 September, 2014

Application period opens (online applications open at 9am)

Monday, 15 September, 2014

Closing date for applications (online and RCAFs/JCAFs) – National closing date

Thursday, 15 January, 2015

Offer emails and letters sent to parents – National offer day (emails sent after 4pm to those who registered online)

Thursday, 16 April, 2015

Places must be accepted/refused and requests to go on a waiting list and appeals must be submitted

By Monday, 18 May, 2015

The LA re-allocates any places that have become available to those who have asked to go on the waiting lists for each school

w/c Monday, 1 June, 2015 until Friday, 30 October, 2015

Medway Council works within the guidelines set out in the School Admissions Code published by the Department for Education. Details of the School Admissions Code can be found at www.education.gov.uk

● What happens if my child has as Statement for Special Educational Needs (SSEN) or Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP)?

If you have any questions, please contact: ● Can I visit the schools I’m interested in? Student Services Admissions Team Medway Council, Gun Wharf, Dock Road Chatham, ME4 4TR Phone: 01634 331110 Fax: 01634 331614 Email: admissions@medway.gov.uk

Schools will be happy for you to contact them to discuss whether you can visit the school at any time. School’s may not have scheduled open sessions but may be happy to consider requests for a tour. It is up to individual schools whether they will permit this or not.

If your child is statemented, they do not need to go through this admission process. You will be discussing your school preferences with the Special Educational Needs Team to determine which school is right for your child. Please do not complete the application for this admissions process as the allocated school will be named in your child’s statement. For more information, please contact the SEN Team on 01634 331123.

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● What are the different age ranges of schools? In Medway we have:

Term

Meaning

Oversubscription criteria

Any application for a school is ranked (prioritised) against the school’s oversubscription criteria. This is a set of criteria that details the order of priority in which places will be offered. Each school has it’s own criteria and the details of these can be found later in this booklet.

Equal preference scheme

This means that the prioritisation of school place offers is not based on which preference you name a school. Your application will be considered and ranked against the school’s oversubscription criteria. The schools that you name will not be told by Student Services which preference you named them. The order of your preferences is between you and Student Services only for the purposes of the admissions process. When allocating places, Student Services will look to offer your child a place at the highest named school where a place can be offered. It is important to list the schools in your preferred order.

Home local authority

This is the local authority where the child lives and is the local authority to which applications must be made for school places. The easiest way to determine which local authority you live in is to find out where your Council Tax is paid to. For example: If you pay Council Tax to Medway Council – you must apply for schools through Medway Council. If you pay your Council Tax to one of the 12 district councils of Kent (e.g Tonbridge and Malling or Swale) – you must apply for schools through Kent County Council. You can name schools in any local authority, but you must apply through your home local authority.

School status

All schools have a particular status and this is, basically, the type of school it is. You will hear about Academies, Community Schools, Foundation Schools, Voluntary Aided Schools and Voluntary Controlled Schools. The status of each school will be shown alongside the school details later in this booklet. Please speak to the school to find out more about what they can offer your child.

Supplementary information form

Some schools require you to complete an additional ‘Supplementary Information Form’ or ‘SIF’. The information requested on these forms is in addition to your application and is required by the school to help apply their oversubscription criteria. Please note that completing a SIF does not mean you have applied for the school. You must complete and submit the application for your home Local Authority as this is the only application that can be processed.

• Infant schools – for children aged 4-7 years old. The point of entry is Year R (Reception). • Primary schools - for children aged 4-11 years old. The point of entry is Year R (Reception). • Junior Schools - for children aged 7-11 years old. The point of entry is Year 3. ● Do schools offer before and after school facilities? Many Medway schools already provide breakfast and/or after school clubs and it is envisaged that more will be setting these up in the future. To find out more information on these services, please contact the relevant school directly or the Medway Family Information Service on 01634 335566.

What does it mean? The following information will help you to understand the meaning of some of the different terms you will read or hear about throughout the admissions process. There may be other terms we have not listed here. If you are unsure of the meaning of anything in this booklet, please contact the Student Services Admissions Team who will be happy to help you.

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Section two

Starting school in Medway - admission to Reception year

Reception year (Year R) is the first compulsory year in education and is the year in which your child reaches compulsory school age. ● When is my child due to start school in Year R? Children born between 1 September 2010 and 31 August 2011 are due to start school in September 2015. Legally a child reaches compulsory school age and must be in school by the term following their fifth birthday. ● What schools can I apply for and how many can I name? You can name infant and primary schools. Details of the Medway infant and primary schools are provided later in this booklet. If you live in Medway, you can also apply for schools outside of Medway, and these must be named on your Medway application. You can name any school you wish your child to be considered for. Medway invites parents to name up to six schools on the Medway application. You do not have to name six, but it is important to understand that naming only one school does not give you a stronger claim to a place. Please only name each school once. If you name a school more than once it will only be considered as one preference.

does not guarantee your child a place at the school and it does not give your child a higher priority for a place.

● What application form do I need to complete for Year R? For admission into infant and primary school in Year R you can either apply online www.medway.gov.uk/onlineadmissions or you can complete the yellow paper Reception Common Application Form (RCAF), which is available from Medway infant and primary schools or from the Student Services Admissions Team.

You still need to complete the application and it will be considered against the school’s published oversubscription criteria. ● Will my child start part-time or full-time?

● I have already put my child’s name down at a school, is that enough? No. A large number of parents may have already visited schools and asked for their child to be added to a list held by the school. This does not mean that an application has been made, it is only an expression of interest.

Individual schools organise their own starting arrangements and you will need to speak to the school your child is offered to confirm what these arrangements are.

You must complete and submit the council application in order for your child to be considered for a place at the school. Your child will not be considered for a place if an application is not received by Medway Council to be processed. ● My child attends the nursery/pre-school attached to the school. Does this mean I will definitely get a place at the school? No. Attendance at a nursery or pre-school which is attached to a infant or primary school

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Your have the right to ask for your child to start full-time on the first day of school if you wish to, even if the school suggests a part-time start initially. It will be up to you to make your individual arrangements with the school.

Children must, legally, be in school the term following their fifth birthday as they have then reached compulsory school age. You may wish to defer your child’s start at school, particularly if they are younger, but they must start school the term after they turn five. After you have applied and been offered a

Whilst Medway will consider such requests, it cannot be guaranteed that they will be approved.

If you opt to do this, the place offered will not be held open for your child and you will have to re-apply nearer the time you want your child to start school.

If you would like to discuss these options before you submit your application, please contact the Student Services Admissions Team.

Transfer from infant to junior school in Medway admission to Year 3 in junior schools only

If your child is in an infant school they will finish at the end of Year 2 and must transfer to Year 3 in another school.

If you live in Medway, you can also apply for junior schools outside of Medway, and these must be named on your Medway application.

● When is my child due to start school in Year 3?

You can name any junior school you wish your child to be considered for. Medway invites parents to name up to six schools on the Medway application. You do not have to name six, but it is important to understand that naming only one school does not give you a stronger claim to a place.

Children born between 1 September 2007 and 31 August 2008 are due to transfer in Year 3 in September 2015. ● What schools can I apply for and how many can I name? You can name junior schools only. Details of the Medway junior schools are provided later in this booklet. 8

Medway Council, academies and other own admission authority schools will consider individual applications to defer entry to Year R until 2016 on a case by case basis. If you wish to apply to do this, a written request must be submitted along with evidence stating why this is in the best interest of your child. It is important to note that you will have to re-apply for a Year R place for 2016 as a place cannot be offered and held open for a year.

If your child is born between 1 April and 31 August then you may choose to defer your child’s start at school until September 2016. However, it is important to understand that should you choose to do this your child may then have to start in Year 1 and may miss Year R.

● Can I defer my child’s starting date?

Section three

school place, if you then choose to defer entry into Year R you will need to make your individual arrangements with the school offered and the place will be held open for your child.

Please only name each school once. If you name a school more than once it will only be considered as one preference. ● If my child is in a primary school, do I need to apply to transfer to Year 3?

Please note that if you name a primary school on your junior application it will be deleted as only junior school preferences can be considered.

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No. If your child is in an ‘all-through’ primary school (where they will remain until the end of Year 6), you do not need to apply for transfer to Year 3. This admission process is for children seeking places in Year 3 in junior schools only.

The majority of these children will currently be attending infant schools, but if your child is in Year 2 in a primary school and you wish them to transfer to a junior school, then you can apply through this process. ● My child is in an infant school, but I want them to go to a primary school. Can I apply through this process? No. This process is for admission to Year 3 in junior schools only. If you wish to apply for a place in primary school you must complete a casual admission application form (which is available from all Medway schools). It is important to understand that you will have to apply for a place in Year 2 for immediate start, as places in primary schools cannot be offered and held open until September. If you wish to apply for a Year 3 place in a primary school for September 2015, you will not be able to do so until the end of June 2015. We advise that you should still apply for a place at a junior school to ensure that your child has a school place for September 2014. This does not stop you from also applying as a casual admission for primary schools if you wish, but you must complete the separate casual admission application form. ● What application form do I need to complete for Year 3? For admission into junior school in Year 3 you can either apply online www.medway.gov.uk/onlineadmissions or you can complete the green paper Junior Common Application Form (JCAF), which is available from

Medway infant schools or from the Student Services Admissions Team. ● What does ‘pairing’ mean? The majority of Medway infant schools are paired with a junior school. This means that children in the infant school have a higher priority for a place in the paired junior school than children not in the infant school. You can still name any junior school you wish to (even if it is not paired with your child’s infant school), but your child will be considered under a lower oversubscription criterion than children in the paired infant school.

Important to note* New Horizons Children’s Academy will be offering 30 external places in Year 3 for September 2015 to assist in accommodating current bulge classes in the Chatham area. The Hundred of Hoo Academy - primary phase will be offering 30 reception places for 2015. At the time of going to print, this provision is still subject to Secretary of State approval. Please contact the academy directly for updated information.

The following table shows which infant and junior schools are paired.

Infant school: Balfour Infant School Bligh Infant School Cuxton Community Infant School Delce Infant School Featherby Infant School The Gordon School - Infant Greenvale Infant School Hempstead Infant School Horsted School - Infant Luton Infant School Parkwood Infant School St Margaret’s Infant School St Nicholas CE VC Infant School St John’s CE VC Infant School St Peters Infant School

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paired with: Balfour Junior School Bligh Junior School Cuxton Community Junior School Delce Academy Featherby Junior School The Gordon School - Junior Phoenix Junior Academy Hempstead Junior School Horsted School - Junior Luton Junior School Parkwood Junior School St Margaret’s CE VC Junior School Not paired Balfour Junior School Delce Academy

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Section four

The school application process

● When can I apply for school places? Medway Council’s applications for admission to Year R and transfer to Year 3 in junior schools are open from 9am Monday, 15 September 2014 until 4pm on Thursday, 15 January 2015. ● Who do I apply to? You must submit your school application to the local authority where your child lives (home local authority). If your child lives in Medway, and you pay your council tax to Medway, then you submit your school application to Medway Council. If your child lives in Kent (ie pay you council tax to one of the 12 district councils of Kent, for example Swale) then you must submit your school application to Kent County Council. If you live in any other local authority area and you pay council tax to them, then you submit your application to that authority. ● How do I apply for schools? You can apply for your child online at www.medway.gov.uk/onlineadmissions Or For admission to Year R - You can complete a yellow RCAF (Reception Common Application 10

Form) and return it to the Student Services Admissions Team (address details can be found in section 1) or any Medway infant or primary school.

● I live in Medway, what schools can I apply for?

For transfer to Year 3 in junior schools – You can complete a green JCAF (Junior Common Application Form) and return it to the Student Services Admissions Team (address details can be found in section 1) or your child’s infant school.

You can also apply for schools outside of Medway, and these must be named on your Medway application.

Details of the Medway infant, primary and junior schools are provided later in this booklet.

You can name any school you wish your child to be considered for. Medway invites parents to name up to six schools on the Medway application form. You don’t have to name six, but it is important to understand that naming only one school does not give you a stronger claim to a place.

Please note that you can only use one of these methods. We cannot accept more than one application per child. If you apply online, please do not complete a paper form and vice versa. ● Are there any benefits to applying online? When applying online, you will receive an email confirmation that your application has been received. Applications made on paper forms will not be acknowledged over the phone or in writing. Please also see section 5. Parents who apply online for schools, and provide us with an email address, will be sent an email after 4pm on 16 April 2015 advising them of the school place offered, as well as being sent a formal offer letter which provides information on what to do next.

Please only name each school once. If you name a school more than once it will only be considered as one preference. ● I live in Medway, but want to apply for school outside Medway. What do I do? You must submit your school application to Medway Council. You can name schools outside of Medway and we will liaise with the relevant local authority to see if a place can be offered. ● I live outside of Medway, how do I apply? If you live in another authority you must submit your school application through that authority.

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You can still name schools in Medway, but the application must go through your home local authority. If you require information on their schools, please contact the relevant local authority to ask for a copy of the primary admissions booklet or visit their website. ● My child has a Statement of Special Educational Needs or Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP), can I apply? If your child is statemented you will have already had discussions with the SEN Team regarding the schools you wish your child to be considered for. Your child will not go through the main admissions process. Please do not complete the school admissions application. If you have any questions regarding the SEN admissions process, please contact the SEN team on 01634 331123.

Please see the oversubscription criteria section, later in this booklet, for more details on how places are allocated for children of multiple birth.

● Is the order I name schools important? It is important that you name the schools in your preferred order. Medway operates an equal preference scheme, which means that school places are not offered based on which preference you name the school.

● Why is my address important? The address you give on your school application is very important and will be used to calculate the home to school distance for the schools you have named. This will have an effect on your child’s application when it is considered against the school’s oversubscription criteria.

Your application will be considered and prioritised against the named school’s oversubscription criteria.

It is important that the address you provide is your child’s main place of residence. This means that they must live at this address permanently or, in the case of separated families; it must be the address of the parent where your child spends the majority of the school nights. Please be aware that only one address can be used on the application. We can send duplicate correspondence to another address as long as all parties are in agreement.

Medway Council will not tell the schools which preference you named them. For the purposes of the admission process the order of your preference is between you and Medway Council. When school places are being offered, Medway Council will look to offer your child a place at the highest named school where a place can be offered. ● I need to apply for more than one child, or children of multiple birth for example twins, what do I need to do?

If you are unsure of the address to be used in your circumstances, please contact the Student Services Admissions Team who will be happy to assist you.

You will need to complete a separate application for each child. If you are applying online, please ensure that you start a fresh application for each child and do not overwrite one child’s application with the other child’s details. If you do this, the first application will become invalid.

● I have childcare arrangements in place for my child. Are these taken into account?

You also need to ensure that you tick the appropriate box on the application to indicate that your children are of a multiple birth.

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No. Your personal childcare arrangements cannot be taken into account in the admissions process even if they are a factor in the schools you name as a preference on your application. Places are offered against oversubscription criteria, which do not include childcare arrangements or attendance at nursery/pre-school.

If written agreement from both parties is not received your child’s application will continue to be held pending until the matter is resolved. In these situations parents may wish to seek their own independent legal advice on how to resolve the situation.

● Can I use the address of my childcare provider on the application? You must provide the address details of where your child permanently lives or, in the case of separated families, the address of the parent where your child spends (sleeps at) the majority of the school nights.

It is important to understand that, if both parties cannot reach agreement and the situation remains unresolved, your child may not be offered a school place on 16 April 2015 or until the matter is settled. This means that your child could be disadvantaged because agreement on the application has not been reached.

● How do you define the majority of the school nights? For the purposes of the admissions process, school nights are defined as Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. This is because children will be going to school on the following morning. To determine how many school nights your child spends with each parent, please use this definition. For example, if your child sleeps Sunday, Monday, Tuesday at your address and Wednesday, Thursday at their other parent’s address, the admission process would determine that your address is where your child spends the majority of the school nights. This is because they will be going to school from your address on three school days and from their other parent’s address on two school days. If you are unsure of how this will be defined in your personal circumstances, please contact the Student Services Admissions Team for advice and assistance. ● My child comes from a separated family. What happens if you receive an application from me and one from my child’s other parent? If Medway Council receive two applications for your child (one from each parent), we will 12

● I am moving shortly, what address do I use? You must use the address you are living at on the closing date for school applications, 15 January 2015. If you are moving after you have submitted your application, you will need to provide the Student Services Admissions Team with proof of your move. This proof can be in the form of a copy of your exchange of contracts or tenancy agreement.

contact both parties to seek written agreement on the following: 1 The child’s main address to be used for the application. 2 The schools to be considered on the application. 3 The preference order of the schools to be considered. Whilst awaiting written agreement from both parties, the applications will be removed from the process and held pending.

Any request for a change of address can be accepted up until Friday, 30 January 2015 if accompanied by sufficient evidence. After this date, changes of address are for correspondence only. ● What happens if I give false information?

Once written agreement is received from both parties, your child’s application will be included in the process with the agreed details.

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If you deliberately provide false information on your school application, such as an address, and a place is granted on the basis of this information that would not have otherwise been offered we can, and will, withdraw the offer of a school place.

Only exceptional circumstances can be considered by the Student Services Management Team. This may include serious illness, bereavement, late move to the area etc. If it is decided that the reason for late submission does not constitute good reason, the application will be held until after allocation on 16 April 2015 and will be considered at re-allocation.

● What do Medway Council or Medway schools accept as proof of address, if required, for the admissions process? If Medway Council or a Medway school requests you to provide proof of the address where your child is living for the admission process, a copy of one of the following will be acceptable: • A Child Benefit letter • A Child Tax Credits award letter • A copy of your child’s medical card showing the address they are registered from with their GP • A copy of your most recent Council Tax bill.

If you move into Medway between 15 January 2015 and the date when you submit your application, proof of the Medway address and the date of the move must be provided. This can be a copy of a signed tenancy agreement, exchange of contracts or completion documents.

Copies of any letters or bills provided must be dated during the application period (September 2014 to 15 January 2015). Please note, bank statements, driving licenses, utility bills etc are not acceptable evidence. Any evidence dated outside the application period may not be accepted as you will be requested to prove your child’s address at the time of application.

Any application received after 30 January 2015 will not be considered for places on 16 April 2015, but will be included in the re-allocation of places on 1 June 2015 and after consultation with the relevant admission authority for the named schools. The child’s name will automatically be placed on the waiting list for any schools named that are unable to offer a place.

● What happens if I miss the closing date for applications?

If you believe that someone has provided false information on their school application, we ask that you contact The Student Services Manager at Medway Council. All such contacts will be treated in confidence and we will not disclose any of your personal information. If any part of your application is thought to be false, we will investigate and the emphasis will be on parents to provide satisfactory evidence proving the point being queried.

The closing date for applications is 15 January 2015. Late applications cannot be made online. All late applicants must complete a paper application form and return it direct to the Student Services Admissions Team.

● Can I change my preferences after the closing date?

As far as reasonably practicable, late applications (for good reason) that are received, will be accepted provided they are received by Medway Council by 4pm Friday, 30 January 2015. These applications must be accompanied by a written explanation of the reasons for late submission.

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Changes to preference are not allowed after the closing date for applications, 15 January 2015 other than in exceptional circumstances. If you feel that your circumstance fall into this category, please submit your request in writing to Student Services for consideration. Please note any request for changes made after 30 January 2015 will not be considered.

Section five

The online admissions system

Medway Council would like to encourage all parents/carers of children resident in Medway to submit their school application online. Applying online offers you a quick, easy and secure option for submitting your application. You can apply online at www.medway.gov.uk/onlineadmissions ● When can I apply online? Medway Council’s applications for admission to Year R and transfer to Year 3 in junior schools are open from 9am on Monday, 15 September 2014 until 4pm on Thursday, 15 January 2015. We cannot accept any online applications made outside of these times. ● What are the benefits of applying online? You can submit your application at a time that suits you, anytime, day or night, during the periods shown above. The online system provides a secure, fast and easy method of sending us your application and provides you with a full confirmation that it has been received. After 4pm on the offer day, 16 April 2015, Medway Council will send details, by email, of

the school that has been offered to parents who successfully submitted an online application and provided an email address.

You will need your username and password to re-enter your application and make any changes. It is vitally important that you remember to resubmit your application after you have made your changes as we can only process the last submitted application after the closing date.

● What do I need to do to apply online? Firstly, you will need to register with the website. You will be asked to create a username and password for yourself. We suggest that you make these easy to remember and keep a note of these (space is provided on the inside front cover of this booklet), as you will need these in the future to access your application. You will then need to enter your details and your child’s details, add your school preferences and reasons, then submit your application for processing during the dates shown above. If you provide an email address in your information, you will receive an email confirmation of the application you have submitted. This will be a full copy of the information you have provided.

If you make changes and do not re-submit the application for processing, your changes will not be included when the application is processed. ● Will I still get a letter telling me my child’s school offer? Yes, all applicants receive the formal offer letter. Online applicants, who have provided an email address, also receive an email advising them of the school place offered. ● Can I submit an online application and a paper application?

● Can I change my application or my information after I have submitted it? Yes, You can make any changes to your application up until the closing date for applications (15 January 2015).

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No, we can only process one application for each pupil. If you have applied online, do not complete a paper application as well and visa versa.

Section six

The school offer (allocation) process and next steps

● When will I find out my child’s school offer? School places are offered on 16 April 2015. All parents will be sent a formal offer letter advising them of the school offered and what to do next. These letters will be posted by Medway Council by 1st class post on 16 April 2015 to be received in the following few days. If you apply online, and provide an email address, you will also receive an email after 4pm on 16 April 2015 advising you of your child’s school offer. You will still receive a formal letter and will need this to take the next steps. We cannot give offer details out over the phone.

applicants are prioritised (ranked) correctly against the published oversubscription criteria.

● Who will I receive my offer from? You will receive your school offer letter from your home local authority. This means, if you live in Medway (ie pay you Council Tax to Medway Council), you will receive your letter from Medway Council.

● How does Medway Council work out which school is to be offered to my child? The prioritisation of school place offers are not based on which preference you name a school.

If you live in Kent (ie pay you Council Tax to one of the 12 district councils of Kent, for example Swale) then you will receive your offer letter from Kent County Council.

Your application will be considered and prioritised against the named school’s oversubscription criteria. Medway Council will not tell the schools which preference you named them for the purposes of the application process. The order of your preference is between you and Medway Council.

● Why does it take so long from applying to receiving the school offer? There are many procedures that need to be undertaken to process applications including exchanging data with other councils and schools, working with schools to prioritise applicants, etc before school offers can be made. ● How does Medway Council work out what priority my child has for a place at the schools I have named? All school places are allocated in accordance with the individual school’s published oversubscription criteria. Full details of each school’s criteria can be found later in this booklet.

When school places are being offered, Medway Council will look to offer your child a place at the highest named school where a place can be offered. ● What happens if more than one of the school’s I name can offer my child a place? You will only receive the offer of one school place on 16 April 2015 and Medway Council will look to offer your child a place at the highest named school where a place can be offered.

The Student Services Admissions Team work in partnership with each school to ensure that all

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● What about children with a Statement of Special Educational Needs or an Education Health and Care Plan (EHCP)?

● If I am not happy with the school place offered, what can I do? Full details of the next steps you can take following the school offer made on 16 April 2015 will be provided along with the offer letter. You have a number of options including requesting to be placed on a waiting list, to be considered at re-allocation and lodging a school admission appeal. Brief details of some of these options are listed below:

Children with a Statement of Special Educational Needs do not go through this admission process and any places being offered to a Statemented child at a school will be allocated before all other places. The school’s published admission number (PAN) will be adjusted to take account of any Statemented children offered and the Student Services Admissions Team will offer up to the remaining number of places available at the school.

● Waiting lists / Re-allocation: You will be sent a waiting list request form along with your school offer letter on 16 April 2015. Using this form you can request to be placed on the waiting list for any of the schools you originally named on your application form and/or any other Medway school*

● Am I guaranteed to get one of the schools named on my application? Unfortunately, we cannot guarantee that we can offer a place at one of your named schools. It will depend on how oversubscribed the schools named are and where your child is prioritised against the schools’ oversubscription criteria. We strongly advise you to name more than one school on your application to give you the most opportunity to receive the offer of a place at a school you are satisfied with. Medway residents can name up to six preferences. For Year R admissions for September 2014, 95.5 per cent of children received the offer of a place at a school named on their application form on 16 April 2014. Of these 85.5 per cent received the offer of a place at their first preference school. For Year 3 transfer to junior school for September 2014, 99.3 per cent of children received the offer of a place at a school named on their application on 16 April 2014. 16

Your child will not automatically be added to a waiting list unless you have submitted a request form. The only exception to this is where an appeal has been lodged. Children who have appealed will also be added to the relevant schools’ waiting list. 98.7 per cent received the offer of a place at their first preference school. ● What happens if you can’t offer my child a place at a school named on my application? The council have a duty to ensure that a school place is offered on 16 April 2015 to every child who has applied for a school place by the closing date. If we are not able to offer a place at one of your preferences, we will look to allocate a place at the nearest appropriate school to your home address that have a place available.

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Please note that, under the transfer to junior school processes, you can only request to go on the waiting list for a Medway junior school and not a Medway primary school. The Student Services Admissions Team will then collate all waiting list requests and look to re-allocate (offer) any vacant places that may become available in schools to children who have requested to be placed on the waiting list. A child’s position on a school’s waiting list will be decided in accordance with the school’s

NB: If you are offered a school place at one of the schools you have named on your waiting list request, any other school offer will be automatically withdrawn to be re-allocated to another child. You will not have a claim on the original place offered if you change your mind and will need to request to be added to that school’s waiting list for consideration at future re-allocation.

● Can I go on the waiting list and lodge an appeal for the same school? Yes. You can submit a waiting list form and lodge an appeal for the same school. The two processes are independent of each other and, being on the waiting list will not affect your appeal and vice versa. ● How do I accept or refuse the school place offered? You will receive an ‘Acceptance/Refusal’ form with your school offer letter on 16 April 2015. You will need to complete this form and return it to the school being offered with your decision.

● Appeals: You have the right of appeal to any of the schools you have named on your application form that have not been able to offer your child a place. You cannot lodge an appeal for a school you have not named on your application form. Full details of how to appeal and an appeal form will be included with your school offer letter on 16 April 2015.

published oversubscription criteria. Places are not held on a first come first served basis. It is important to understand that a child’s place on the waiting list may change (up or down) dependent on the eligibility of other children who have requested to be on the waiting list. Waiting list requests must be submitted by Monday, 18 May 2015. Vacant places will be re-allocated after 1 June 2015.

Acceptance/refusal forms must be returned to the schools by Monday, 18 May 2015. ● If I refuse the place offered, do I have a better chance being offered a place from the waiting list or being successful at appeal?

You can submit more than one appeal at the same time. But, who you submit your appeal request to will depend on the school being appealed for and details of where you need to send your form will be included with your letter on 16 April 2015. An Independent Appeal Panel will hear admission appeals. They are independent of the school and the Council and their decision is binding on the school and the Council.

No. Vacant places are only offered from waiting lists in accordance with the school’s oversubscription criteria, not dependent on whether you are holding the offer of a school place or not. In a similar way, appeal decisions are based on the cases heard by the Independent Appeal Panel and not on whether you are holding a school place or not. We recommend that you accept your offer of a place in the first instance to ensure you have a place secured.

Appeal requests must be lodged by Monday 18 May 2015.

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Section seven The following information on Free School Meals and Home to School Transport is correct at the time of going to print. Please note, there may be changes to Medway Council’s policies as a result of changes to central government legislation. This may mean that changes may be made before your child is due to start school in September 2015. Please check the Medway Council website www.medway.gov.uk for the most up to date information nearer the time of your child starting school.

Free School Meals and Home to School Transport Free School Meals

or collecting one from: your child’s school office; Medway Council’s Community Hubs in Chatham, Gillingham and Rochester; Strood and Rainham Contact Points and Strood and Rainham libraries.

● Will my child be entitled to Free School Meals? Your child may qualify to receive free school meals if you receive certain qualifying benefits. At the time of printing this booklet, these are: • Income Support • Jobseeker’s Allowance (income based) • Employment and Support Allowance (Income related) • The Guarantee element of State Pension Credit • Support under part VI of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 • Child Tax Credit, but not entitled to Working Tax Credit, and whose annual income (as assessed by Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs) does not exceed £16,190.

● Do I need to complete the application form for all Medway schools? A number of academies in Medway are now processing their own free school meals and therefore Medway Council are unable to deal with your entitlement. Please contact the school direct to make your application. For a list of schools and academies please visit www.medway.gov.uk and search free school meals. ● Do I need to provide proof of benefit with my application? You do not need to provide proof of benefit at this time. By signing the form you are allowing the Student Services Operations Team to verify your claim.

● How do I apply for Free School Meals? You will need to complete the free school meals application form. If applying during the school holidays, you will need to send the completed form to the freepost address on the bottom of the form. If applying at any other time, as well as this option, you can take it into your child’s school office.

If free school meals cannot be verified, the team will ask for an up to date, full copy of the proof of benefit you are receiving, to assess your claim. ● Do I have to renew my application for free school meals and if so, when?

You can obtain an application form by ringing the Student Services Operations Team on 01634 331155, 18

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No. You do not have to renew your application if all your details have remained the same.

The Student Services Operations Team will carry out regular reviews and contact you for further proof of benefit, if required. ● Who do I contact if any of mine and/or my child’s personal details change, or I stop receiving benefit, once I am receiving free school meals? Please contact the Student Services Operations Team on 01634 331155 to update your details. If you have moved address, you will be asked to complete a new application form. If you do not notify the team, it could result in you having to repay the cost of any free school meals that your child has received.

Home to School Transport ● How do I know if my child is eligible for free home to school transport? If you feel your child is eligible for free home to school transport, you need to complete an application form; the Student Services Operations Team will assess it and send written confirmation of the decision. ● Where can I get an application form? You can get an application from: any Medway school; Medway Council’s Community Hubs in Chatham, Gillingham and Rochester; Strood and Rainham Contact Points and Strood and Rainham libraries. Alternatively, you can contact the Student Services Operations Team on 01634 331155. ● What is the current transport policy, including the minimum distances? At the time of going to print, the basic qualifying criteria to be eligible for free home to school transport is the following:

• if your child is up to eight years old, you must live more than two miles from the primary school your child will be attending and it must be deemed as the ‘nearest appropriate school’ to your home address • if your child is eight years old and above, you must live more than three miles from the primary school your child will be attending and it must be deemed as the ‘nearest appropriate school’ to your home address.

If you express a preference for a school which is not the nearest appropriate school and you are offered a place, you will not qualify for free transport, even if the school is more than the minimum distance from your home address. ● Can I get free home to school transport if I am on a low income? Yes. If you are on a low-income you can qualify for free home to school transport if you live more than two miles, but not more than six miles from one of your three nearest appropriate schools. Low-income families are defined as those with children who are entitled to free school meals (see details on page 18), or parents receive the maximum level of working tax credit.

● How are distances measured for home to school transport? It is important to understand that the calculation of distance for school admissions and the home to school transport are completely separate calculations based on different policies and will not necessarily be the same. Distance for home to school transport are calculated using the geographical information software available to Medway Council. The distance is calculated from the home address to the school address by the shortest available walking route. It may take account of footpaths, public rights of way, etc.

When returning the application form you will need to provide an up to date full copy of your proof of benefit in order for us to assess your claim. ● Can a child get free home to school transport from two addresses if their parents are separated and they live part time with each parent? No. Medway Council can only issue one travel pass for one return journey from home to school each day. We can only assess a transport application from the address that is the child’s main place of residence. If you have any specific questions regarding these situations, please contact the Student Services Operations Team on 01634 331155.

The shortest available walking route is one along which a child can walk to school, accompanied as necessary, with reasonable safety. ● What does ‘nearest appropriate school’ mean? This means the school geographically nearest to your home address that is suitable to a child’s age, ability and aptitude.

● Will my child receive free home to school transport automatically if they have medical needs?

Only one school can be the nearest appropriate school from your home address.

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If a child has specific medical needs for transport, you will need to provide medical evidence to be 19

assessed by the Student Service Operations Team. This evidence must provide sufficient detail to enable an assessment to be carried out. ● Will my child receive free home to school transport automatically if they have a Statement of Special Educational Needs or an Education Health and Care Plan? You will need to discuss their transport needs with the SEN team on 01634 331123 and they will advise what information they need to assess the case. ● I have chosen a school on faith grounds; can I get free home to school transport? If your child attends a school chosen on denominational grounds, the council will count this as your nearest appropriate school. To qualify your child must be a regularly practising member of a church of the same denomination as the school concerned. If you apply for travel assistance on denominational grounds you will need your vicar or priest to sign the appropriate section of the transport application form. The minimum distances still apply. If you are on a low-income, you will be entitled to free transport if you live between two and 15 miles from the school and your child is a regularly practising member of a church of the same religion as the school, if you send in confirmation in writing, by the church and proof of your benefit. ● My child will be attending a private/ independent school or a non-Medway school. Can I still apply for home to school transport? Medway Council do not provide home to school transport for children attending private/ independent schools. 20

If your child will be attending a non-Medway school, please contact the Student Services Operations Team to discuss your child’s individual circumstances. As it is unlikely that they will be eligible for home to school transport, unless it is the nearest school to the home address.

bus companies also operate in certain parts of Medway. To find out if they operate near you, please contact them on the numbers below: • Nu Venture Bus Company 01622 882288 • Farleigh Coaches 01634 201065 • Red Route 01474 353896 • ASD Coaches 01634 726412

● What if I don’t agree with the decision? If you feel that the decision that your child is not eligible for free home to school transport is incorrect or that your child’s circumstances warrant an exception to be made, you can submit an application form enclosing a letter explaining the reason why you wish your child’s case to be looked at further. The Student Services Management Team then reconsider your application.

● If my child does not qualify for free home to school transport, are there any other schemes available in Medway?

● If we are refused free transport again, is there a right of appeal? If the Student Services Management Team refuses your application for free home to school transport again, you may wish to make a formal appeal to Members of Medway Council against this decision. Further details of how to appeal to the Medway Council School Transport & Curriculum Appeals Committee will be provided if your application is not granted. ● How do I find out what bus routes and companies cover the journey to my child’s chosen school? Arriva Bus Company operates the majority of bus routes in Medway. You can contact them for advice on 01634 283600 or visit their website www.arrivabus.co.uk to find out the service numbers, times, boarding points etc. Tenders for bus services are often renewed, so at the time of printing this booklet, the following

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Medway Youth Pass (young persons half-price bus fare scheme) - this entitles all young people who live in Medway to pay half the adult fare at all times when travelling on any local bus service. The journeys must start in Medway and can be to any destination in Medway or Kent, as long

as any changes of bus are in Medway. This pass is not valid on buses run by companies who already offer a child fare. You can apply for this scheme and find out the cost by ringing the Student Services Operations Team on 01634 333333, or collecting a form from: your child’s school office; Medway Council’s Community Hubs in Chatham, Gillingham and Rochester; Strood and Rainham Contact Points and Strood and Rainham libraries.

Section eight Other useful information Choosing to educate at home You may choose to educate your child at home. If you elect to do this, the Council has a duty to ensure that your child is receiving suitable and effective full time education. If you wish to consider educating your child at home, please contact the Inclusions Team on 01634 332572 for more information. You will be asked to provide full details on the arrangements you are making. School Term dates Full details of the Medway Council defined Term

Vacant Seat Payment Scheme - Children who do not qualify for free home to school transport may apply for a vacant seat on a hired school vehicle, if one operates on the route required, at a cost. It is important to understand that the seat on the transport may be withdrawn at any time if it is required by a child eligible for free home to school transport or if the transport is withdrawn. Further information on this scheme can be obtained from Medway Norse Transport on 01634 793908.

● If my child has a free bus pass and misbehaves on the bus, will the pass be taken away? All transport provided is subject to your child behaving in an acceptable manner while travelling. If however, the transport company feel that your child’s behaviour is unacceptable, their ticket can be withdrawn. In such cases, Medway Council will cease to accept liability for travel arrangements and you will have to make your own arrangements from then on.

Other useful information and common oversubscription criteria dates for the academic year September 2015 to July 2016 can be found on the Medway website www.medway.gov.uk Please be aware that some schools may operate different term dates to the Medway Council defined ones and you will need to speak to individual schools about their arrangements. The Physical and Sensory Service (PASS) PASS is part of Medway’s learning support service and is actively working with children and young people with physical, hearing and visual impairment from birth to 19-years-old. It operates an open and responsive referral system and aims to provide the earliest possible

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intervention to inform and advise on access to learning opportunities in schools, early years settings and the home environment. For more information, please contact PASS on 01634 334157. Sustainable School Travel Strategy Medway Council is keen to ensure that their own plans support school travel plans (STP), so that the schools can develop a long-term commitment to implementation, monitoring and development. Working with schools, Medway Council has developed a number of initiatives. Further information can be found at www.medway.gov.uk/schoolsandeducation/school sandcolleges/gettingtoschool.aspx

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Common oversubscription criteria The opposite table provides some definitions for the most common oversubscription criteria used by schools. The definitions quoted are those of Medway Council and may be different for an individual school.

Criteria

Definition

Children in public care/looked after children and previously looked after children

Looked after children are children who are (i) in the care of a local authority, or (ii) being provided with accommodation by a local authority in the exercise of their social services functions (as defined in Section 22(1) of the Children Act 1989) at the time of making the application for a school. Previously looked after children are children who were looked after, but ceased to be so because they were adopted (under the terms of the Adoption and Children Act 2002, Section 46) or became subject to a residence order or special guardianship order (under the terms of the Children Act 1989, Section 8 and Section 14A).

Please ensure you read each individual school’s oversubscription criteria in Section 9 to ascertain exactly what their oversubscription criteria are and what these mean for your child. *Please note that, at the time of going to print, the Student Services Admissions Team are researching the use of new distancing software. Please check the website, www.medway.gov.uk/admissions and look at Co-ordinated Admission Scheme for Primary Admissions – September 2015 for the most up to date information on how distances are calculated.

Please note that the Council will ask for evidence of ‘looked after’ or ‘previously looked after’ status and a copy of the adoption/residence/special guardianship order to validate this criterion. Sibling/current family association

Sibling means children who live permanently as brother/sister in the same house and includes natural siblings, adopted siblings, foster siblings and step siblings. Extended family, for example cousins, living in the same house do not qualify as siblings. The sibling must be attending the named school at the time of application and at the time the younger child would start (September 2015).

Child’s health reasons

Medical evidence must be provided to the Student Services Admissions Team. This evidence must demonstrate a specific link between the child’s medical conditions and needs and how the named school can meet these needs.

Nearness of children’s home/distance*

Applicants are prioritised in order of nearness to the school. The distance calculated is the shortest available safe walking route known to the geographical information software used by Student Services Admissions Team. This geographical information software may not know all footpaths that are in existence and certain new roads may not be known. Where a footpath or new road is not known to the software an alternative route will be used. Where a child’s home is situated on a new road the distance calculation will begin from the nearest available known road plotted in the software. New developments may be subject to this. In certain cases it may not be possible to calculate a distance where the entire route is deemed as a safe walking route. In these circumstances the distance calculated is used purely to prioritise an application for admission. There is no expectation that the walk should be taken.

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Section nine

Individual school’s oversubscription criteria

The oversubscription criteria listed on pages 24 and 25 relate to the following schools. This table lists Medway community and voluntary controlled schools. In addition, recently converted academies are also listed because they were community schools at the time the oversubscription criteria was determined. School name

School type

All Saints C of E Primary School (SIF required)

Balfour Infants School

Balfour Junior School

Barnsole Primary School

Bligh Federation - Infants

Bligh Federation - Juniors

Brompton Westbrook Primary School

Burnt Oak Primary School and Children's Centre

Byron Primary School

Cedar Primary School

Cuxton Community Infant School

Cuxton Community Junior School

Deanwood Primary School and Children's Centre

Delce Infant School, Nursery and Children's Centre C Delce Academy

Fairview Community Primary School

Featherby Infant and Nursery School

Featherby Junior School

Greenvale Infant and Nursery School

School name

School type

School name

School type

The Gordon School - Infants

St Margaret's Infant School

The Gordon School - Juniors

St Nicholas' CE Infant School (SIF required)

Halling Primary School

St Peter's Infant School

Hempstead Infant School

Stoke Community School

Hempstead Junior School

Swingate Primary School

Hilltop Primary School

Temple Mill Primary School

Hoo St Werburgh Primary School and Marlborough Centre

Thames View Primary School

Twydall Primary School

Horsted School - Infants

Wainscott Primary School

Horsted School - Juniors

Walderslade Primary School

Luton Infant and Nursery School

Luton Junior School

Maundene School

Miers Court Primary School

Napier Community Primary and Nursery School

New Road Primary School

Oaklands School

Park Wood Infant School

Park Wood Junior School

The Pilgrim School (SIF required)

C VC C

C = Community A = Academy VC = Voluntary Controlled

Riverside Primary School and Children’s Centre

St Helen's C of E Primary School (SIF required)

St John's CE Infants School (SIF required)

St Margaret's at Troy Town C of E (VC) Primary School and Children's Centre (SIF required) VC St Margaret's C of E Junior School (SIF required)

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This section provides you with the details of the oversubscription criteria for each Medway infant, primary and junior school. For all schools, places will first be offered to children with a statement of special educational needs, which names the school.

give multiple birth applications a higher priority for place than other applications with the exception of children in public care. Parents/carers/carers must tick the appropriate box on the application to indicate the children are of multiple birth.

If there are more applications for a school than places available, all other applications for the above schools will be prioritised using the school’s published oversubscription criteria.

Tiebreaker – in the event of a tie within any criterion 1-5 (i.e. if two or more children have the same priority in any criterion), places will be allocated to those living closest to the school measured by the shortest available walking route.

Oversubscription criteria

Definitions and notes

Community and voluntary controlled schools The over-subscription criteria for all Community and Voluntary Controlled primary schools are: 1 Children in public care/looked after children and previously looked after children – (see note 1) 2 Attendance at a paired infant school – (see note 2) 3 Sibling (a brother or sister attending the named schools at the time of application and who will still be attending in September 2015) – (see note 3) 4 Denominational preference (for Voluntary Controlled church schools only) – A supplementary information form is also required (see note 4) 5 Child’s health reasons – (see note 5) 6 Children of teaching staff – (see note 6) 7 Nearness of children’s home and (for Halling Primary School only) ease of access to the school – (see note 7) Please note for children of multiple birth – In the event of a school being oversubscribed where the parent/carer for the final qualifying place(s) available is the parent/carer of twins, triplets or other multiple birth, the Council will 24

1 Looked after children are children who are (i) in the care of a local authority, or (ii) being provided with accommodation by a local authority in the exercise of their social services functions (as defined in Section 22(1) of the Children Act 1989) at the time of making the application for a school. Previously looked after children are children who were looked after, but ceased to be so because they were adopted (under the terms of the Adoption and Children Act 2002, Section 46) or became subject to a residence order or special guardianship order (under the terms of the Children Act 1989, Section 8 and Section 14A).

3 We give priority to children who have a sibling at the named school. Sibling means children who live as brother/sister in the same house and includes natural siblings, adopted siblings, foster siblings and step siblings. Extended family, for example cousins, living in the same house do not qualify as siblings. The sibling link also applies across ‘paired’ schools. This means if parents/carers are applying for Year R in the infant school and have an older sibling in the ‘paired’ junior school the sibling link will be considered and also if the parent is applying for Year 3 in the junior school and has a younger sibling in the ‘paired’ infant school the sibling link will apply. Please note that if the older sibling is in Year 6 at the time of application, the link cannot be considered, as they will not be in the school when the younger child starts in September 2015. 4 When a parent/carer applies for a place at a Medway Voluntary Controlled Church of England School on the grounds of denomination, such application must be supported by evidence that either the child or at least one parent/carer is a regular worshipper (the level of attendance should be at least once a month) at a church

Please note that the Council will ask for evidence of ‘looked after’ or previously ‘looked after’ status and a copy of the adoption/residence/special guardianship order to validate this criterion. 2 This criterion applies to applications for Year 3 in junior schools only where a paired school is named in this co-ordinated scheme and the admission booklet.

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affiliated to, or represented at “Churches Together in England” or the “Evangelical Alliance” and has been for at least 12 months prior to the application being made. Parents/carers must ensure that they have also completed the supplementary information form (SIF) for Medway Voluntary Controlled church schools. The SIF is available from and returnable to any Medway Voluntary Controlled church schools (as listed below) and is also available on the Council’s website www.medway.gov.uk/admissions The SIF does not constitute an application for the school and parents/carers must complete the Council application as well (either online or paper). The SIF on its own will not be processed unless there is also a valid application for the school. The SIF must be returned to the school by the closing date for applications. Medway Voluntary Controlled church schools All Saints CE Primary School St Helen’s CE Primary School St John’s CE Infant School St Margaret’s at Troy Town CE VC Primary School St Margaret’s CE Junior School St Nicholas CE Infant School The Pilgrim CE Primary School 5 Medical evidence from a GP or consultant must be provided to the Student Services Admissions Team. This evidence must demonstrate a specific link between the child’s medical condition and needs and how the named school can meet these needs.

Only the child’s medical/health reasons can be consider, not the parents/carers. 6 A child can be considered under this criterion where a member of teaching staff has been employed at the school requested for two or more years at the time the application is made. 7 The distance calculated is the shortest available walking route between the child’s home and school using roads and footpaths known to the mapping layer used by the Student Services Admissions Team within the Geographical Information Software (GIS). The start point - The centre point of the nearest road or footpath known to the GIS to the seed point of the child’s home (The seed point is a grid reference for the property taken from Ordnance Survey mapping data). This may not always be the postal address road, in rare circumstances where an alternative road or footpath is actually nearer to the seed point of the property this will be used. The end point - A pre defined centre point of the road adjacent the school site or a pre defined centre point within the school site. The same end point is used for all distance calculations to the school concerned. The distance - The distance calculated is the shortest available walking route known to the Medway GIS using the centre point of streets and other available walking routes. The Medway GIS may not know all footpaths that are in existence and certain new roads may not be known. Where a footpath or new road is not known to the GIS an alternative route will be used. Where a child’s home is situated on a new road the distance

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calculation will begin from the nearest available known road plotted in the GIS. New developments may be subject to this. In certain cases it may not be possible to calculate a distance where the entire route is deemed as a walking route. In these circumstances the distance calculated is used purely to prioritise an application for admission. There is no expectation that the walk should be taken. Halling Primary School only – This school will use the ease of access part of criterion 6, which means: • places are first offered to children living in Upper Halling (as defined in the hatched area on a map which is available at the school), which includes Ladds Farm, and Clements farm areas. • secondly places are offered to those children living in Halling (as defined in the checkered area on a map which is available at the school) including Formby Cottages to the north and Ladds Lane area to the south. • Any remaining places at Halling Primary School will be offered on nearness of children’s homes to the school.

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Oversubscription criteria for Medway voluntary aided, foundation schools and academies All Faiths’ Children’s Community School ACADEMY Following receipt of parental/carer preferences, places will be offered to those children with statements of special educational needs where All Faiths’ Children’s Community School is named. Then, if the number of requests received via the co-ordinated scheme is more than the number of places available, places will be allocated in the following priority order: 1 Children in public care - as defined in the Medway co-ordinated admission scheme. 2 Current family association (a brother or sister in the school at the time of application and still attending in September 2015). 3 Child’s health reasons. Medical evidence must be provided which demonstrates a specific health reason, which requires a child to attend All Faiths’ Children’s Community School. 4 Multiple birth children, as defined in the Medway co-ordinated admission scheme. 5 Nearness of child’s home to school measured using Medway Council’s criteria. Where criteria involves measuring distance to a child’s home, the Local Authority’s procedures for ascertaining the shortest available safe route between home and the school will be used. In the event of a tie within any criterion before the last, places will be allocated to those living the closest distance to the school as mentioned above.

Allhallows Primary Academy ACADEMY If more applications are received than places available, then the following LA over-subscription criteria will apply: • Children with SEN Statements who have named the school • Children in public care • Current family association • Child’s health reasons • Nearness of children’s homes and ease of access to schools. In the event of a tie of the above criteria then the distance from home to school will be used as a tie-breaker based on the shortest walking distance route.

3 Child’s health reasons. Medical evidence must be provided which demonstrates a specific health reason which requires a child to attend Chattenden Primary School (Peninsula Gateway Academy Trust). 4 Multiple birth children where Chattenden Primary School (Peninsula Gateway Academy Trust) is the nearest school to the child’s home. 5 Nearness of child’s home to school measured using Medway Council’s criteria. Where criteria involves measuring distance to a child’s home, the LA’s procedures for ascertaining the shortest available safe route between home and the school will be used. In the event of a tie within any criterion before the last, places will be allocated to those living the closest distance to the school as mentioned above.

Chattenden Primary School ACADEMY Following receipt of parental preferences, places will be offered to those children with statements of special educational needs where Chattenden Primary School (Peninsula Gateway Academy Trust) is named. Then, if the number of requests received via the co-ordinated scheme is more than the number of places available, places will be allocated in the following priority order: 1 Children in public care – as defined in the Medway co-ordinated admission scheme. 2 Current family association (a brother or sister in the school at the time of application and still attending in September 2015) – as defined in the Medway co-ordinated admission scheme.

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Cliffe Woods Primary School ACADEMY Following receipt of parental preferences, places will be offered to those children with statements of special educational needs where Cliffe Woods Primary School is named. Then, if the number of requests received via the co-ordinated scheme is more than the number of places available, places will be allocated in the following priority order: 1 Children in public care - as defined in the Medway co-ordinated admission scheme. 2 Child’s health reasons. Medical evidence must be provided which demonstrates a specific health reason, which requires a child to attend Cliffe Woods Primary School. 3 Current family association (a brother or sister in the school at the time of application and still attending in September 2015). 4 Multiple birth children where Cliffe Woods Primary School is the nearest school to the child’s home. 5 Nearness of child’s home to school measured using Medway Council’s criteria. Where criteria involves measuring distance to a child’s home, the LA’s procedures for ascertaining the shortest available safe route between home and the school will be used. In the event of a tie within any criterion before the last, places will be allocated to those living the closest distance to the school as mentioned above. Delce Academy ACADEMY Please note: this school became an academy on 1 April 2014 and, therefore, the oversubscription

criteria were determined whilst it was still a community school. As such the details of the oversubscription criteria can be found under Community and Voluntary Controlled Schools. Elaine Primary Academy ACADEMY Following receipt of parental preferences, places will be offered to those children with statements of special educational needs where Elaine Primary Academy Primary School is named. Then, if the number of requests received via the co-ordinated scheme is more than the number of places available, places will be allocated in the following priority order: 1 Children in public care (as defined in the Medway co-ordinated admission scheme) 2 Current family association (a brother or sister in the school at the time of application and still attending in September 2015. 3 Child’s health reasons. Medical evidence must be provided which demonstrates a specific health reason which requires a child to attend Elaine Primary Academy Primary School. 4 Multiple birth children where Elaine Primary Academy Primary School is the nearest school to the child’s home. 5 Nearness of children’s home measured using Medway Council’s criteria. Where criteria involves measuring distance to a child’s home, the LA’s procedures for ascertaining the shortest available safe route between home and the school will be used. In the event of a tie within any criterion, before the last criterion, places will be allocated to those living the closest distance to the school as mentioned above.

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English Martyrs’ Roman Catholic School VOLUNTARY AIDED A supplementary information form (SIF) is required for this school in addition to the Medway school application. You must collect this, complete it and return it to the school by the closing date for applications. Where the number of applications exceeds the number of places, the governors will offer places using the following criteria in the order stated: 1 Looked after children (as defined in the Medway co-ordinated admissions scheme). 2 Baptised Catholic children. Evidence of baptism will be required. 3 Children enrolled in the catechumenate (preparing to become Catholics). Evidence will be required. 4 Children baptised or dedicated into other Christian denominations, Churches affiliated to or represented at ‘Churches Together in England’ and ‘Evangelical Alliance’. Evidence will be required. 5 Children who are members of other faiths, whose parents wish them to receive a Christian education. This should be supported by a letter and evidence of their faith will be required. 6 Any other children. The following order of priorities will be applied when applications within any of the above categories exceed the places available and it is necessary to decide between applications. i A brother or sister on the school roll at the time of admission (as defined by Medway Council). Evidence of the relationship may be required. ii Social, pastoral and medical needs which make the school particularly suitable for the child in question. Strong and relevant evidence must be

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provided by an appropriate professional authority (eg qualified medical practitioner, education welfare officer, social worker or priest). iii Distance from home to school (as defined by Medway Council). The Gordon School – Infant and Junior ACADEMY Please note: these schools became academies on 1 March 2014 and, therefore, their oversubscription criteria were determined whilst they were still a community school. As such the details of their oversubscription criteria can be found under Community and Voluntary Controlled Schools. High Halstow Primary School ACADEMY Following receipt of parental preferences, places will be offered to those children with statements of special educational needs where High Halstow Primary School is named. Then, if the number of requests received via the co-ordinated scheme is more than the number of places available, places will be allocated in the following priority order: 1 Children in public care (as defined in the Medway co-ordinated admission scheme). 2 Child’s health reasons. Medical evidence must be provided which demonstrates a specific health reason which requires a child to attend High Halstow Primary School. 3 Current family association (a brother or sister in the school at the time of application and still attending in September 2015). 4 Multiple birth children where High Halstow Primary School is the nearest school to the child’s home. 28

5 Nearness of children’s home measured using Medway Council’s criteria. Where criteria involves measuring distance to a child’s home, the LA’s procedures for ascertaining the shortest available safe route between home and the school will be used. In the event of a tie within any criterion, before the last criterion, places will be allocated to those living the closest distance to the school as mentioned above. The Hundred of Hoo Academy – primary phase ACADEMY Following receipt of parental preferences, places will be offered to those children with statements of special educational needs where The Hundred of Hoo Academy is named. Then, if the number of requests received via the co-ordinated scheme is more than the number of places available, places will be allocated in the following priority order: 1 Children in Public Care (as defined in the Medway co-ordinated admission scheme) 2 Child’s health reasons. Medical evidence must be provided which demonstrates a specific health reason which requires a child to attend The Hundred of Hoo Academy 3 Current family association (a brother or sister at the The Hundred of Hoo Academy at the time of application and still attending in September 2015). 4 Multiple birth children where the The Hundred of Hoo Academy is the nearest school to the child’s home 5 Nearness of children’s home measured using Medway Council’s criteria

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Where criteria involves measuring distance to a child’s home, the LA’s procedures for ascertaining the shortest available safe route between home and the school will be used. In the event of a tie within any criterion, before the last criterion, places will be allocated to those living the closest distance to the school as mentioned above. Kingfisher Primary School ACADEMY Where the number of applications received via the Medway co-ordinated scheme exceeds 30, the school PAN, places will be allocated in the following priority order: • Children in public care – as defined in the Medway Council Co-ordinated admissions scheme • Current family association – (a brother or sister in the school at the time of the application and still attending in September 2015) • Childs health reasons – medical evidence must be provided which demonstrates a specific health reason which requires a child to attend the preferred school Nearness of children’s homes and ease of access to schools (in the event of a tie within any criterion, before the last criterion, places will be allocated to those living closest to the school measured by the shortest available walking route.) Evidence of residence may be required.

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Lordswood School ACADEMY Where the number of applications received via the Medway co-ordinated scheme exceeds 60, the school PAN, places will be allocated in the following priority order: • Children in public care - as defined in the Medway Council Co-ordinated admissions scheme; • Current family association (a brother or sister in the school at the time of application and still attending in September 2015); • Child’s health reasons - medical evidence must be provided which demonstrates a specific health reason which requires a child to attend the preferred school; • Nearness of children’s homes and ease of access to schools (In the event of a tie within any criterion, before the last criterion, places will be allocated to those living closest to the school measured by the shortest available walking route.) Evidence of residence may be required. New Horizons Children’s Academy ACADEMY Following receipt of parental preferences, places will be offered to those children with statements of special educational needs where New Horizons Children’s Academy is named. Then, if the number of requests received via the co-ordinated scheme is more than the number of places available, places will be allocated in the following priority order: 1 Children in public care – as defined in the Medway co-ordinated admission scheme. 2 Current family association (a brother or sister in

the school at the time of application and still attending in September 2015). 3 Child’s health reasons. Medical evidence must be provided which demonstrates a specific health reason which requires a child to attend New Horizons Primary School. 4 Multiple birth children as defined in the Medway co-ordinated admission scheme. 5 Nearness of child’s home to school measured using Medway Council’s GIS system. Where criteria involves measuring distance to a child’s home, the LA’s procedures for ascertaining the shortest available safe route between home and the school will be used. In the event of a tie within any criterion before the last, places will be allocated to those living the closest distance to the school as mentioned above. Oasis Academy Skinner Street ACADEMY In the event of there being a greater demand for admission than there are places available, then children with a Statement of Special Needs naming Oasis Academy Skinner Street will always be admitted. Once places have been offered to these children, the following criteria will be applied in the order set out below: 1 Looked after children (see note 2), whether living in the catchment area or not, and children who were looked after, but have ceased to be so because they were adopted or became subject to residence order or special guardianship order. 2 Siblings; where there are siblings in attendance at the preferred Academy and who will still be on roll in the year of entry (see note 4). Sibling refers to brother or sister, half brother or sister, step-brother

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or sister or the child of the parent/carer’s partner where the child for whom the place is sought is living in the same family unit at the same address as that sibling. 3 Children (or parent) with exceptional medical or social needs (see note 3) that make it essential that they attend Oasis Academy Skinner Street rather than any other. These needs must be fully supported by written evidence from the appropriate professional person involved with the family. 4 Geography: children living closest to the Academy (see note 5) as measured by the shortest available walking route from the home address to the Academy. The home address is where the child sends the majority of the time and is living with the person who has parental responsibility and is the main ‘carer’ as defined in section 576 of the Education Act 1996 (documentary evidence may be requested). If a child regularly lives at more than one address the Academy will have to reach a conclusion about which should be counted as the main address when allocating places. This will normally be the address where the Child Benefit is paid and where the child is registered with a doctor. In the event of over-subscription in any of the criteria above proximity of the child’s home to the Academy, as measured by the shortest safe walking route, with those living nearer being accorded the higher priority, will be used to determine which children should be offered places. If the distance is identical then a random allocation in the presence of an independent person will take place. To determine distances the local authority GIS (geographical information system) will be used.

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Phoenix Junior Academy ACADEMY Where the number of applications received via the Medway co-ordinated scheme exceeds the school PAN, places will be allocated in the following priority order: • Children in public care – as defined in the Medway Co-ordinated admissions scheme. • Attendance at Greenvale Infants School (paired infants). • Current family association (a brother or sister in the school at the time of application and still attending in September 2014). • Child’s health reasons. Medical evidence must be provided which demonstrates a specific health reason which requires a child to attend the preferred school. • Nearness of children’s homes and ease of access to schools (in the event of a tie within any criterion, before the last criterion, places will be allocated to those living closest to the school measured by the shortest available walking route.) Evidence of residence may be required. Saxon Way Primary School ACADEMY Following receipt of parental/carer preferences, places will be offered to those children with statements of special educational needs where Saxon Way Primary School is named. Places available, places will be allocated in the following priority order: 1 Children in public care – as defined in the Medway coordinated admission scheme. 2 Current family association (brother or sister in 30

the school at the time of application and still attending in September 2015). 3 Child’s health reasons. Medical evidence must be provided which demonstrates a specific health reason, which requires a child to attend Saxon Way Primary School. 4 Multiple birth children, as defined in the Medway coordinated admission scheme. 5 Nearness of child’s home to school measured using Medway Council’s criteria. Where criteria involves measuring distance to a child’s home, the Local Authority’s procedures for ascertaining the shortest available safe route between home and the school will be used. In the event of a tie within any criterion before the last, places will be allocated to those living the closest distance to the school as mentioned above. St Augustine of Canterbury Catholic Primary School VOLUNTARY AIDED A supplementary information form (SIF) is required for this school in addition to the Medway school application. You must collect this, complete it and return it to the school by the closing date for applications. Where the number of applications exceeds the number of places, the governors will offer places using the following criteria in the order stated: 1 Looked after children (as defined in the Medway co-ordinated admissions scheme). 2 Baptised Catholic children. Evidence of baptism will be required. 3 Children enrolled in the catechumenate (preparing to become Catholics). Evidence will be required. 4 Children baptised or dedicated into other Christian

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denominations, churches affiliated to or represented at ‘Churches Together in England’ and ‘Evangelical Alliance’. Evidence will be required. 5 Children who are members of other faiths, whose parents wish them to receive a Christian education. This should be supported by a letter and evidence of their faith will be required. 6 Any other children. The following order of priorities will be applied when applications within any of the above categories exceed the places available and it is necessary to decide between applications. i A brother or sister on the school roll at the time of admission (as defined by Medway Council). Evidence of the relationship may be required. ii Social, pastoral and medical needs which make the school particularly suitable for the child in question. Strong and relevant evidence must be provided by an appropriate professional authority (e.g. qualified medical practitioner, education welfare officer, social worker or priest). iii Distance from home to school (as defined by Medway Council). St Benedict’s Catholic Primary School VOLUNTARY AIDED A supplementary information form (SIF) is required for this school in addition to the Medway school application. You must collect this, complete it and return it to the school by the closing date for applications. Where the number of applications exceeds the number of places, the governors will offer places using the following criteria in the order stated: 1 Looked after children (as defined in the Medway co-ordinated admissions scheme).

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2 Baptised Catholic children. Evidence of baptism will be required. Baptism certificates need to be produced and should be in the school by the closing date for the application process. 3 Children enrolled in the catechumenate (preparing to become Catholics). Evidence will be required. 4 Children baptised or dedicated into other Christian denominations, churches affiliated to or represented at ‘Churches Together in England’ and ‘Evangelical Alliance’. Evidence will be required. 5 Children who are members of other faiths, whose parents wish them to receive a Christian education. This should be supported by a letter and evidence of their faith will be required. 6 Any other children. The following order of priorities will be applied when applications within any of the above categories exceed the places available and it is necessary to decide between applications. i A brother or sister on the school roll at the time of admission (as defined by Medway Council). Evidence of the relationship may be required. ii Social, pastoral and medical needs which make the school particularly suitable for the child in question. Strong and relevant evidence must be provided by an appropriate professional authority (e.g. qualified medical practitioner, education welfare officer, social worker or priest). iii Distance from home to school (as defined by Medway Council). St James’ Church of England Primary Academy ACADEMY A supplementary information form (SIF) is required for this school in addition to the Medway school application. You must collect this,

complete it and return it to the school by the closing date for applications. If the number of preferences received via the coordinated scheme is more than 30, places will be offered in the following priority order: 1 St James’ will give the highest priority to looked after children, in accordance with the relevant provisions of the School Admissions Code. 2 Regular church attendance, where the child or at least one parent/carer is a regular worshipper (the level of attendance should be at least once a month) at a church affiliated to, or represented at ‘Churches Together in England’ or the ‘Evangelical Alliance’ and has been for at least 12 months prior to the application being made. NB: If oversubscribed, at least 50 per cent of the places available each year will be allocated without reference to any faith-based admission criteria. 3 Current family association – brother or sister at school at the time of admission. The definition of this includes stepbrothers and sisters and children living as a family unit. 4 Child’s health reasons – medical evidence must be provided which demonstrates a specific health reason that requires a child to attend the preferred school. 5 Nearness of children’s homes to the school. Distance will be measured in a straight line from the front door of the child’s home address (including flats) to the main entrance of the school, with those living closer to the school receiving the higher priority. If a child has more than one permanent home address, the nearest will be used for admission purposes. Note: If in categories 2-5 above, a tie-break is necessary to determine which child is admitted, the child living closest to the school will be given

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priority for admission. Distance is measured from the child’s home to the front gates of the school in a straight line. Random allocation will be used as a tie-break in categories 2-5 above to decide who has highest priority for admission if the distance between a child’s home and the academy is equidistant in any two or more cases. St Mary’s Catholic Primary School VOLUNTARY AIDED A supplementary information form (SIF) is required for this school in addition to the Medway school application. You must collect this, complete it and return it to the school by the closing date for applications. Where the number of applications exceeds the number of places, the governors will offer places using the following criteria in the order stated: 1 Looked After Children (as defined in the Medway co-ordinated admissions scheme). 2 Baptised Catholic children. Evidence of baptism will be required. 3 Children enrolled in the catechumenate (preparing to become Catholics). Evidence will be required. 4 Children baptised or dedicated into other Christian denominations, churches affiliated to or represented at ‘Churches Together in England’ and ‘Evangelical Alliance’. Evidence will be required. 5 Children who are members of other faiths, whose parents wish them to receive a Christian education. This should be supported by a letter and evidence of their faith will be required. 6 Any other children. The following order of priorities will be applied when applications within any of the above

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categories exceed the places available and it is necessary to decide between applications. i A brother or sister on the school roll at the time of admission (as defined by Medway Council). Evidence of the relationship may be required. ii Social, pastoral and medical needs which make the school particularly suitable for the child in question. Strong and relevant evidence must be provided by an appropriate professional authority (e.g. qualified medical practitioner, education welfare officer, social worker or priest). iii Distance from home to school (as defined by Medway Council). St Mary’s Island CE Primary School VOLUNTARY AIDED A supplementary information form (SIF) is required for this school in addition to the Medway school application. You must collect this, complete it and return it to the school by the closing date for applications. If the number of preferences received via the co-ordinated scheme is more than the number of places available, children in public care (as defined by government regulations) will have priority in both categories 1 and 2 below. The planned admission number (PAN) is 60.

1 If there are more applicants for the one-third church places than places available, preference will be given to children who are on the electoral rolls of St Mark’s Gillingham (which includes the ecumenical Church of St Mary’s Island), and of St Luke’s Gillingham, our Foundation churches, and then any other Anglican churches. Any remaining places will be offered to children from those families who, in the opinion of the governing body of the school, demonstrate the highest level of Christian commitment as evidenced by the church leaders. In the event of a tie, the criterion of nearness to the school will apply. If the church places are undersubscribed, any spare places will be offered as below. 2 The remaining two – thirds of places will be allocated in the following order of priority: a - Siblings of children in school at the time of entry. (A ‘sibling’ is defined as any child living permanently within the same family.) b - Other island residents. c - Those not resident on the island. In the event of a tie within (b) or (c) above, preference will be given to those who live nearest to the school. For island residents, this will be measured as the crow flies. For non-island residents, distance will be measured by road. St Michael’s RC Primary School VOLUNTARY AIDED A supplementary information form (SIF) is required for this school in addition to the Medway school application. You must collect this, complete it and return it to the school by the closing date for applications. Where the number of applications exceeds the number of places, the governors will offer places using the following criteria in the order stated:

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1 Looked after children. 2 Baptised Catholic children. Evidence of baptism will be required. 3 Children enrolled in the catechumenate (preparing to become Catholics). Evidence will be required. 4 Children baptised or dedicated into other Christian denominations, churches affiliated to or represented at ‘Churches Together in England’ and ‘Evangelical Alliance’. Evidence will be required. 5 Children who are members of other faiths, whose parents wish them to receive a Christian education. This should be supported by a letter and evidence of their faith will be required. 6 Any other children. The following order of priorities will be applied when applications within any of the above categories exceed the places available and it is necessary to decide between applications. i A brother or sister on the school roll at the time of admission (as defined by Medway Council). Evidence of the relationship may be required. ii Social, pastoral and medical needs which make the school particularly suitable for the child in question. Strong and relevant evidence must be provided by an appropriate professional authority (e.g. qualified medical practitioner, attendance advisory practitioner, social worker or priest). iii Distance from home to school (as defined by Medway Council). St Thomas More Catholic Primary School VOLUNTARY AIDED A supplementary information form (SIF) is required for this school in addition to the Medway school application. You must collect this, complete it and return it to the school by the closing date for applications.

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Where the number of applications exceeds the number of places, the governors will offer places using the following criteria in the order stated: 1 Looked after children (as defined in the Medway co-ordinated admissions scheme). 2 Baptised Catholic children. Evidence of baptism will be required. 3 Children enrolled in the catechumenate (preparing to become Catholics). Evidence will be required. 4 Children baptised or dedicated into other Christian denominations, churches affiliated to or represented at ‘Churches Together in England’ and ‘Evangelical Alliance’. Evidence will be required. 5 Children who are members of other faiths, whose parents wish them to receive a Christian education. This should be supported by a letter and evidence of their faith will be required. 6 Any other children. The following order of priorities will be applied when applications within any of the above categories exceed the places available and it is necessary to decide between applications. i A brother or sister on the school roll at the time of admission (as defined by Medway Council). Evidence of the relationship may be required. ii Social, pastoral and medical needs which make the school particularly suitable for the child in question. Strong and relevant evidence must be provided by an appropriate professional authority (e.g. qualified medical practitioner, education welfare officer, social worker or priest). iii Distance from home to school (as defined by Medway Council).

St Thomas of Canterbury Roman Catholic Primary School VOLUNTARY AIDED A supplementary information form (SIF) is required for this school in addition to the Medway school application. You must collect this, complete it and return it to the school by the closing date for applications. Where the number of applications exceeds the number of places, the governors will offer places using the following criteria in the order stated: 1 Looked after children (as defined by the Medway co-ordinated admissions scheme). 2 Baptised Catholic children. Evidence of baptism will be required. 3 Children enrolled in the catechumenate (preparing to become Catholics). Evidence will be required. 4 Children baptised or dedicated into other Christian denominations, churches affiliated to or represented at ‘Churches Together in England’ and ‘Evangelical Alliance’. Evidence will be required. 5 Children who are members of other faiths, whose parents wish them to receive a Christian education. This should be supported by a letter and evidence of their faith will be required. 6 Any other children. The following order of priorities will be applied when applications within any of the above categories exceed the places available and it is necessary to decide between applications. i A brother or sister on the school roll at the time of admission (as defined by Medway Council). Evidence of the relationship may be required. ii Social, pastoral and medical needs which make the school particularly suitable for the child in question. Strong and relevant evidence must be

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provided by an appropriate professional authority (e.g. qualified medical practitioner, education welfare officer, social worker or priest). iii Distance from home to school (as defined by Medway Council). St William of Perth Catholic Primary School VOLUNTARY AIDED A supplementary information form (SIF) is required for this school in addition to the Medway school application. You must collect this, complete it and return it to the school by the closing date for applications. Where the number of applications exceeds the number of places, the governors will offer places using the following criteria in the order stated: 1 Looked after children – as defined in Medway co-ordinated admission scheme. 2 Baptised Catholic children. Evidence of baptism will be required. 3 Children enrolled in the catechumenate (preparing to become Catholics). Evidence will be required. 4 Children who are baptised members of Eastern Orthodox Churches. Evidence of Baptism will be required 5 Children baptised or dedicated into other Christian denominations, churches affiliated to or represented at ‘Churches Together in England’ and ‘Evangelical Alliance’. Evidence will be required. 6 Children who are members of other faiths, whose parents wish them to receive a Christian education. This should be supported by a letter and evidence of their faith will be required. 7 Any other children. The following order of priorities will be applied when applications within any of the above

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categories exceed the places available and it is necessary to decide between applications. i A brother or sister on the school roll at the time of admission (as defined by Medway Council). Evidence of the relationship may be required. ii Social, pastoral and medical needs which make the school particularly suitable for the child in question. Strong and relevant evidence must be provided by an appropriate professional authority (e.g. qualified medical practitioner, education welfare officer, social worker or priest). iii Distance from home to school (as defined by Medway Council). Warren Wood Primary School FOUNDATION Where the number of applications received via the Medway co-ordinated scheme exceeds 55, the school PAN, places will be allocated in the following priority order: • Children in public care – as defined in the Medway co-ordinated admissions scheme. • Current family association (a brother or sister in the school at the time of application and still attending in September 2015). • Child’s health reasons. Medical evidence must be provided which demonstrates a specific health reason which requires a child to attend the preferred school. • Nearness of children’s homes and ease of access to schools (in the event of a tie within any criterion, before the last criterion, places will be allocated to those living closest to the school measured by the shortest available walking route.) Evidence of residence may be required. In cases of over subscription, parents can ask for the children’s names to be placed on a waiting 34

list held by the Local Authority for a place at Warren Wood Primary School. The children will be ranked according to the school’s over subscription criteria and the co-ordinated scheme and not according to the date when the child’s name was added to the list. Wayfield Primary School

The Academy at Woodlands – Woodlands Primary School ACADEMY Where the number of applications received via the Medway co-ordinated scheme exceeds 60, the school PAN, places will be allocated in the following priority order:

ACADEMY Following receipt of parental/carer preferences, places will be offered to those children with statements of special educational needs where Wayfield Primary School is named. Then, if the number of requests received via the coordinated scheme is more than the number of places available, places will be allocated in the following priority order: 1 Children in public care -as defined in the Medway co-ordinated admission scheme. 2 Current family association (a brother or sister in the school at the time of application and still attending in September 2015). 3 Child’s health reasons. Medical evidence must be provided which demonstrates a specific health reason, which requires a child to attend Wayfield Primary School 4 Multiple birth children, as defined in the Medway co-ordinated admission scheme. 5 Nearness of child’s home to school measured using Medway Council’s criteria.

• Children in public care - as defined in the Medway Council Co-ordinated admissions scheme; • Current family association - (a brother or sister in the school at the time of application and still attending in September 2015), • Child’s health reasons - medical evidence must be provided which demonstrates a specific health reason which requires a child to attend the preferred school. • Nearness of children’s homes and ease of access to schools (In the event of a tie within any criterion, before the last criterion, places will be allocated to those living closest to the school measured by the shortest available walking route.) Evidence of residence may be required.

Where criteria involves measuring distance to a child’s home, the Local Authority’s procedures for ascertaining the shortest available safe route between home and the school will be used. In the event of a tie within any criterion before the last, places will be

apply online

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Section ten

The schools

How to use the school pages

Supplementary information form

School contact details

The areas of Medway are colour coded Chatham

Department for Education unique school number

Area of Medway

Gillingham Hoo Lordswood Rainham Rochester

Published admission number for 2015

Strood Twydall Walderslade

Number of preferences received by the school in 2014

School type community (C); voluntary controlled (VC); foundation (F); voluntary aided (VA): academy (A)

Wigmore/Hempstead

apply online

www.medway.gov.uk/onlineadmissions

Last criteria applied for offers in 2014*

Number of places offered on 16 April 2014 (offer day)

Last distance criteria applied for offers in 2014*

* If these sections are blank it means the school was under subscribed on 16 April 2014 and LA allocations (where preferences canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be met) were made.

Medway infant and primary schools These schools can be named for applications for reception year (Year R) School name

DFE

PAN

Area

Primary/ junior/ infant

Type

Age range

Number of prefs 2014

Places allocated 2014

Last criteria applied

Last distance metres (if applicable)

SIF

All Faithsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Academy Gun Lane, Strood, Rochester, ME2 4UF

Phone: 01634 717115

Headteacher: Mrs H Taylor

887 2600

Email: office@allfaiths.medway.sch.uk Strood

4-11

Web: www.allfaiths.medway.sch.uk 30

distance

1126 metres

All Saints Church of England Primary School Magpie Hall Road, Chatham, ME4 5JY

Phone: 01634 338922

Headteacher: Mrs Gill Hill

887 3093

Email: office@allsaints.medway.sch.uk Chatham

4-11

144

Web: www.allsaints.medway.sch.uk 45

distance

652 metres

YES

Allhallows Primary Academy Avery Way, Allhallows, Rochester, ME3 9HR Head of School: Mrs L Stubbing

Phone: 01634 270428 887 2570

Email: office@allhallows.academy.co.uk Hoo

4-11

Web: www.allhallows.medway.sch.uk 12

distance

n/a

Balfour Infants School (paired with Balfour Junior School) Pattens Lane, Rochester, ME1 2QT Headteacher: Mrs Barbara Padmore

Phone: 01634 338280 887 2215

Email: office@balfourinf.medway.sch.uk Rochester

4-7

237

Web: www.balfourinf.medway.sch.uk 90

distance

1090 metres

Barnsole Primary School Barnsole Road, Gillingham, ME7 2JG Headteacher: Mrs S McKewan

Phone: 01634 333400 Email: office@barnsoleprimary.medway.sch.uk Web: www.barnsoleprimary.medway.sch.uk 887 2396

Gillingham

4-11

189

distance

2541 metres

Bligh Federation - Infants (paired with Bligh Federation - Juniors) Bligh Way, Strood, Rochester, ME2 2XJ Headteacher: Miss T Gobell

Phone: 01634 336220 Email: office@blighfed.medway.sch.uk 887 2537

Strood

Web: www.blighfederationandchildrenscentre.co.uk

4-7

141

distance

1398 metres

Brompton-Westbrook Primary School Kings Bastion, Brompton, Gillingham, ME7 5DQ

Phone: 01634 844152

Acting Head of School: Mrs S Mason 36

887 2646

Email: office@bromptonwestbrook.medway.sch.uk 60

apply online

Gillingham

4-11

Web: www.bromptonwestbrook.medway.sch.uk 145

www.medway.gov.uk/onlineadmissions

distance

1452 metres

School name

DFE

PAN

Area

Primary/ junior/ infant

Type

Age range

Number of prefs 2014

Places allocated 2014

Last criteria applied

Last distance metres (if applicable)

SIF

Burnt Oak Primary School Richmond Road, Gillingham, ME7 1LS Headteacher: Mrs Heidi Barton

Phone: 01634 334344 887 3760

Email: office@burntoak.medway.sch.uk

Gillingham

4-11

Web: www.burntoak.medway.sch.uk

115

n/a

Byron Primary School Byron Road, Gillingham, ME7 5XX Headteacher: Mr John Carthy

Phone: 01634 852981 887 2644

Email: office@byron.medway.sch.uk

Gillingham

4-11

Web: www.byron.medway.sch.uk 181

distance

539 metres

Cedar Primary School Cedar Road, Strood, ME2 2JP Executive Headteacher: Mrs J Keelan

Phone: 01634 338260 887 2469

Email: office@cedarprimary.medway.sch.uk Strood

4-11

Web: www.cedarprimary.medway.sch.uk

n/a

Chattenden Primary School (Peninsula Gateway Academy Trust) Chattenden Lane, Chattenden, Rochester, ME3 8LF Principal Mr T Muggridge

Phone: 01634 250861

887 2209

Email: office@chattenden.medway.sch.uk

Hoo

4-11

108

Web: www.chattenden.medway.sch.uk 30

distance

907 metres

Cliffe Woods Primary School View Road, Cliffe Woods, Rochester, ME3 8UJ Principal: Mr Tim Watson

Phone: 01634 220822 887 2588

Email: admin@cliffewoods.medway.sch.uk

Hoo

4-11

107

Web: www.cliffewoods.org.uk 45

distance

4954 metres

Cuxton Community Infant School (paired with Cuxton Community Junior School) Bush Road, Cuxton, Rochester, ME2 1EY Interim Executive Headteacher: Miss Sandra Jones

Phone: 01634 337720 887 2208

Email: office@cuxtoninf.medway.sch.uk Strood

4-7

Web: www.cuxtoninfantschool.co.uk 58

distance

n/a

Deanwood Primary School and Children's Centre Long Catlis Road, Parkwood, Gillingham, ME8 9TX Headteacher: Mr D Bignell

Phone: 01634 231901

887 2684

Email: office@deanwood.medway.sch.uk

Rainham

4-11

Web: www.deanwood.medway.sch.uk 30

n/a

Delce Infant School, Nursery and Children's Centre (paired with Delce Junior School) Fleet Road, Rochester, ME1 2QA Headteacher: Miss D Atkinson

Phone: 01634 844127 887 2216

apply online

Email: office@delceinf.medway.sch.uk Rochester

4-7

203

www.medway.gov.uk/onlineadmissions

Web: www.delceinfants.org.uk 90

distance

1903 metres

NO 37

School name

DFE

PAN

Area

Primary/ junior/ infant

Type

Age range

Number of prefs 2014

Places allocated 2014

Last criteria applied

Last distance metres (if applicable)

SIF

n/a

Elaine Primary Academy Elaine Avenue, Strood, Rochester, ME2 2YN Head of School: Mrs L Jobling

Phone: 01634 294817 887 2000

Email: office@elaineacademy.co.uk Web: ??? Strood

4-11

English Martyrsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; RC Primary School Frindsbury Road, Strood, Rochester, ME2 4JA Phone: 01634 718964 Headteacher: Mrs C Redmond

887 3729

Email: office@englishmartyrs.medway.sch.uk Strood

4-11

Web: www.englishmartyrs.medway.sch.uk

distance

3902 metres

YES

Fairview Community Primary School Drewery Drive, Rainham, ME8 0NU Headteacher: Debbie Willis

Phone: 01634 338710 887 3759

Email: office@fairviewprimary.medway.sch.uk

Wig/Hemp

4-11

Web: www.fairview.school-portal.co.uk

180

distance

4658 metres

Featherby Infant and Nursery School (paired with Featherby Junior School) Allington Road, Gillingham, ME8 6PD Headteacher: Mrs J Thompson

Phone: 01634 231072 887 2401

Email: office@featherby-inf.medway.sch.uk Twydall

4-7

Web: www.featherby-inf.medway.sch.uk

162

n/a

Greenvale Infant and Nursery School (paired with Phoenix Junior Academy) Symons Avenue, Chatham, ME4 5UP Headteacher: Mrs Amanda Allnutt

Phone: 01634 409521 887 2198

Email: office@greenvale.medway.sch.uk Chatham

4-7

Web: www.greenvale.medway.sch.uk

110

distance

598 metres

The Gordon School - Infants (name subject to change) Gordon Road, Strood, Rochester, ME2 3HQ Interim Executive Headteacher:

Mrs E Taylor

Phone: 01634 719971 887 2220

Email: office@gordonfed.medway.sch.uk Strood

4-7

Web: www.gordoninf.medway.sch.uk

102

n/a

Halling Primary School Howlsmere Close, Halling, ME2 1ER Headteacher: Mrs W Donnelly

Phone: 01634 240258 887 2211

Email: office@halling.medway.sch.ukWeb: Strood

4-11

www.halling.medway.dbprimary.com 40

distance

71188 metres

Hempstead Infant School (paired with Hempstead Junior School) Hempstead Road, Hempstead, Gillingham, ME7 3QG Headteacher: Mrs K Dadd 38

Phone: 01634 240258 887 2638

apply online

Email: office@hempsteadinf.medway.sch.uk

Gillingham

4-7

210

www.medway.gov.uk/onlineadmissions

Web: www.hempsteadinfantschool.co.uk 90

distance

4471 metres

School name

DFE

PAN

Area

Primary/ junior/ infant

Type

Age range

Number of prefs 2014

Places allocated 2014

Last criteria applied

Last distance metres (if applicable)

SIF

High Halstow Primary School Harrison Drive, High Halstow, Rochester, ME3 8TF Phone: 01634 251098 Email: office@hhpschool.co.uk Web: www.highhalstowprimaryschool.org.uk Head of School: Mrs G Stangroom

887 2421

Hoo

4-11

distance

n/a

Hilltop Primary School Hilltop Road, Frindsbury, Rochester, ME2 4QN Phone: 01634 710312 Headteacher: Mr G Evans

887 2499

Email: office@hilltop.medway.sch.uk Strood

4-11

214

Web: www.hilltop.medway.sch.uk 60

distance

1015 metres

Hoo St Werburgh Primary School and Marlborough Centre Pottery Road, Hoo, Rochester, ME3 9BS Headteacher: Jo Trickett

Phone: 01634 338040 Email: office@hoo-st-werburgh.medway.sch.uk Web: www.hoo-st-werburgh.medway.sch.uk 887 2213

Hoo

4-11

112

distance

1418 metres

Horsted School - Infants (paired with Horsted School - Juniors) Barberry Avenue, Chatham, ME4 9TF Headteacher: Steve Geary

Phone: 01634 335400 887 2439

Email: office@horsted-inf.medway.sch.uk Chatham

4-7

117

Web: www.horstedschool.co.uk 60

distance

4431 metres

The Hundred of Hoo Academy – primary phase Main Road, Hoo, Rochester, ME3 PHH Headteacher: Mr G Vyse

Phone: 01634 251443 TBA

Email: office@hohschool.co.uk

Hoo

Web: www.hundredofhooacademy.co.uk

4-11

n/a

Kingfisher Primary School and Children’s Centre Kingfisher Drive, Walderslade, ME5 7NX Headteacher: Mr R Veale

Phone: 01634 335850 887 2652

Email: office@kingfisher.medway.sch.uk

Walderslade

4-11

Web: www.kingfisher.medway.sch.uk 30

distance

1642 metres

Lordswood School Lordswood Lane, Chatham, ME5 8NN Headteacher: Mrs A B Campbell

Phone: 01634 333670 887 2448

Email: office@lordswoodschool.medway.sch.uk

Lordswood

4-11

Web: www.lordswoodschool.co.uk 60

n/a

Luton Infant and Nursery School (paired with Luton Junior School) Alexandra Road, Chatham, ME4 5AP Headteacher: Mrs S Lythgoe

Phone: 01634 843019 887 2201

apply online

Email: office@lutoninf.medway.sch.uk Chatham

4-7

www.medway.gov.uk/onlineadmissions

Web: www.lutoninf.medway.sch.uk 88

n/a

NO 39

School name

DFE

PAN

Area

Primary/ junior/ infant

Type

Age range

Number of prefs 2014

Places allocated 2014

Last criteria applied

Last distance metres (if applicable)

SIF

Maundene School Swallow Rise, Chatham, ME5 7QB Headteacher: Mr N Jones

Phone: 01634 864721 887 2580

Email: office@maundene.medway.sch.uk

Walderslade

4-11

170

Web: www.maundene.medway.sch.uk 60

distance

1162 metres

Miers Court Primary School Silverspot Close, Rainham, ME8 8JR Headteacher: Mrs L Evans

Phone: 01634 388943 887 2623

Email: office@mierscourt.medway.sch.uk Rainham

4-11

Web: www.mierscourt.medway.sch.uk

221

distance

1505 metres

Napier Community Primary and Nursery School Napier Road, Gillingham, ME7 4HG Headteacher: Mrs Zerina Slade

Phone: 01634 574920 887 2406

Email: office@napier.medway.sch.uk

Gillingham

4-11

Web: www.napierprimary.org.uk

161

n/a

New Horizons Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Academy Park Crescent, Chatham, ME4 6NT Headteacher: Susan Daye

Phone: 01634 336565 887 2008

Email: office@newhorizons-ca.org.uk Chatham

4-11

Web: www.newhorizons-ca.org.uk

n/a

New Road Primary School Bryant Street, Chatham, ME4 5QN Headteacher: Miss E H Caldwell

Phone: 01634 843084 887 2202

Email: office@newroad.medway.sch.uk Chatham

4-11

103

Web: www.newroad.medway.sch.uk 45

distance

1035 metres

Oaklands School Weedswood Road, Walderslade, ME5 0QS Headteacher: Joy Callan

Phone: 01634 333820 887 2433

Email: office@oaklands.medway.sch.uk

Walderslade

4-11

Web: www.oaklands.medway.sch.uk 60

n/a

Oasis Academy: Skinner Street Skinner Street, Gillingham, ME7 1LG Principal: Mrs D Rougvie-Fevrier

Phone: 01634 850213 887 4000

Email: office@oasisskinnerstreet.org

Gillingham

Web: www.oasisacademyskinnerstreet.org

4-11

n/a

Park Wood Infant School (paired with Park Wood Junior School) Deanwood Drive, Rainham, Gillingham, ME8 9LP Interim Executive Headteacher: Mr A Moir 40

Phone: 01634 234625 Email: office@parkwoodinfants.medway.sch.uk Web: www.parkwoodinfants.medway.sch.uk 887 2494

apply online

Rainham

4-7

196

www.medway.gov.uk/onlineadmissions

distance

6340 metres

School name

DFE

PAN

Area

Primary/ junior/ infant

Type

Age range

Number of prefs 2014

Places allocated 2014

Last criteria applied

Last distance metres (if applicable)

SIF

The Pilgrim School Warwick Crescent, Borstal, Rochester, ME1 3LF Phone: 01634 335959 Headteacher: Mrs J Taylor

887 3758

Email: office@pilgrim.medway.sch.uk

Rochester

4-11

Web: www.thepilgrimschool.co.uk 30

distance

1018 metres

YES

Riverside Primary School & Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Centre St Edmund's Way, Rainham, Gillingham, ME8 8ET Phone: 01634 338700 Headteacher: Miss K Williams

887 3757

Email: office@riverside.medway.sch.uk

Rainham

4-11

Web: www.riverside.medway.sch.uk 30

distance

7677 metres

n/a

YES

Saxon Way Primary School Church Path, Ingram Road, Gillingham, ME7 1SJ Phone: 01634 852320 Head of School: Miss J Denton

887 2686

Email: office@saxon-way.medway.sch.uk

Gillingham

4-11

Web: TBA 44

n/a

St Augustine Of Canterbury Catholic Primary School Deanwood Drive, Rainham, Gillingham, ME8 9NP Phone: 01634 371892 Headteacher: Mrs K Sexton

887 3752

Email: office@staugustine.medway.sch.uk

Rainham

4-11

Web: www.saccp.org.uk 30

n/a

St Benedict's Catholic Primary School Lambourn Way, Lordswood, Chatham, ME5 8PU Phone: 01634 669700 Headteacher: Mrs B Salamonczyk

887 3753

Email: office@st-benedicts.medway.sch.uk

Lordswood

4-11

Web: www.st-benedicts.medway.sch.uk 30

distance

13474 metres

YES

St Helen's CEP School Church Street, Cliffe, Rochester, ME3 7PU Headteacher: Mrs V M Barr

Phone: 01634 220246 887 3096

Email: office@sthelens.medway.sch.uk

Hoo

4-11

Web: www.sthelenscofeprimary.co.uk 21

n/a

YES

St James' Church of England Primary Academy High Street, Isle of grain, Rochester, ME3 0BS Phone: 01634 270341 Headteacher: Mrs G Wilson

887 2002

Email: office@stjames.medway.sch.uk

Hoo

4-11

Web: www.stjamesisleofgrain.org.uk 12

n/a

St John's CE VC Infants School (paired with Balfour Junior School) 4 New Street, Chatham, ME4 6RH Headteacher: Mrs J Collman

Phone: 01634 333333 887 3095

apply online

Email: office@stjohns.medway.sch.uk Chatham

4-7

www.medway.gov.uk/onlineadmissions

Web: www.stjohns.medway.sch.uk 29

n/a

YES 41

School name

DFE

PAN

Area

Primary/ junior/ infant

Type

Age range

Number of prefs 2014

Places allocated 2014

Last criteria applied

Last distance metres (if applicable)

SIF

389 metres

YES

St Margaret's at Troy Town Church of England (VC) Primary School and Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Centre, King Street, Rochester, ME1 1YF Phone: 01634 843843

Email: office@st-margaretsattroytown.medway.sch.uk

Headteacher: Mr M Newman

887 3293

Rochester

Web: www.st-margaretsattroytown.medway.sch.uk P

4-11

distance

St Margaret's Infant School (paired with St Margaret's C of E Junior School) Orchard Street, Rainham, ME8 9AE Headteacher: Mrs P Fewtrell

Phone: 01634 231327 887 2479

Email: office@stmargaretsinf.medway.sch.uk Rainham

4-7

199

Web: www.stmargaretsinf.medway.sch.uk 90

distance

1295 metres

St Mary's Catholic Primary School Greenfield Road, Gillingham, ME7 1YH Headteacher: Mrs Bernadette Long

Phone: 01634 855783 887 3755

Email: office@stmarysrcp.medway.sch.uk

Gillingham

4-11

131

Web: www.stmarysrcp.medway.sch.uk 60

distance

2638 metres

YES

St Mary's Island CEA Primary School, Island Way West, St Mary's Island, Chatham, ME4 3ST

Phone: 01634 891050

Headteacher: Mrs C Easton

Email: office@st-marys-island.medway.sch.uk

887 3756

Chatham

Web: www.st-marys-island.medway.sch.uk

4-11

n/a

YES

St Michael's RC Primary School Hills Terrace, Chatham, ME4 6PX Headteacher: Mr D G McBride

Phone: 01634 832578 887 3712

Email: office@st-michaels.medway.sch.uk Chatham

4-11

Web: www.st-michaels.medway.sch.uk 59

distance

5419 metres

YES

St Nicholas' CE VC Infant School London Road, Strood, ME2 3HU Headteacher: Mrs G Johnson

Phone: 01634 717120 887 3102

Email: office@st-nicholas.infants.co.uk Strood

4-7

104

Web: www.st-nicholas.infants.co.uk 40

distance

1246 metres

YES

St Peter's Infant School (paired with Delce Junior School) Holcombe Road, Rochester, ME1 2HU Headteacher: Mrs D Curzon

Phone: 01634 843590 887 2665

Email: office@stpeters.medway.sch.uk Rochester

4-7

119

Web: www.stpeters.medway.sch.uk 40

n/a

St Thomas More Catholic Primary School Bleakwood Road, Walderslade, Chatham, ME5 0NF Phone: 01634 864701 Email: office@st-thomasmore.medway.sch.uk Web: www.st-thomasmore.sch.uk Headteacher: Mrs M S Williams 42

887 3736

apply online

Chatham

4-11

140

www.medway.gov.uk/onlineadmissions

distance

8002 metres

YES

School name

DFE

PAN

Area

Primary/ junior/ infant

Type

Age range

Number of prefs 2014

Places allocated 2014

Last criteria applied

Last distance metres (if applicable)

SIF

St Thomas of Canterbury Catholic Primary School Romany Road, Tywdall, Gillingham, ME8 6JH Phone: 01634 234677 Headteacher: Mrs A Myatt

887 3732

Email: offig001@medway.org.uk Twydall

Web: www.st-thomascanterbury.medway.sch.uk

4-11

distance

11330 metres

YES

St William of Perth RC Primary School Canon Close, Rochester, ME1 3EN Headteacher: Mrs A Keywood

Phone: 01634 404267 887 3746

Email: office@stwilliamperth.medway.sch.uk Web: www.stwilliamofperth.co.uk Rochester

4-11

distance

7781 metres

YES

Stoke Community School Allhallows Road, Lower Stoke, Rochester, ME3 9SL Headteacher: Mrs A Meggs

Phone: 01634 270268

887 2194

Hoo

Email: office@stoke.medway.sch.uk P

4-11

Web: www.stoke.medway.sch.uk 13

n/a

Swingate Primary School Sultan Road, Lordswood, Chatham, ME5 8TJ Headteacher: Miss K Boon

Phone: 01634 863778 887 2549

Email: office@swingate.medway.sch.uk

Lordswood

4-11

179

Web: www.swingate.medway.sch.uk 90

distance

1631 metres

Temple Mill Primary School Cliffe Road, Strood, ME2 3NL Headteacher: Miss Kaye Francis

Phone: 01634 338200 887 2685

Email: office@templemill.medway.sch.uk

Strood

4-11

Web: www.templemillprimary.co.uk 29

n/a

Thames View Primary School, Bloors Lane, Rainham, ME8 7DX Phone: 01634 335490/335480 Headteacher: Mrs P Milton

Email: office@thamesviewprimary.medway.sch.uk 887 2592

Twydall

Web: www.thamesviewprimary.medway.sch.uk 4-11

149

distance

3960 metres

Twydall Primary School, Nursery and Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Centre Twydall Lane, Gillingham, ME8 6JS Headteacher: Mrs S Fedosiuk

Phone: 01634 231761 Email: office@twydallprimary.medway.sch.uk 887 2754

Gillingham

4-11

147

Web: www.twydallprimary.medway.sch.uk 71

distance

2906 metres

Wainscott Primary School Wainscott Road, Wainscott, Rochester ME2 4JY Phone: 01634 332550 Headteacher: Mrs Elizabeth Edwins

887 2210

apply online

Email: office@wainscott.medway.sch.uk Strood

4-11

Web: www.wainscott.medway.sch.uk

149

www.medway.gov.uk/onlineadmissions

n/a

NO 43

School name

DFE

PAN

Area

Primary/ junior/ infant

Type

Age range

Number of prefs 2014

Places allocated 2014

Last criteria applied

Last distance metres (if applicable)

SIF

Walderslade Primary School Dargets Road, Walderslade, ME5 8BJ

Phone: 01634 337766

Headteacher: Mr P Dadson

887 2203

Email: office@walderslade-pri.medway.sch.uk Web: www.walderslade-pri.medway.sch.uk

Walderslade

4-11

135

distance

652 metres

Warren Wood Community Primary School and Language Unit Arethusa Road, Rochester, ME1 2UR

Phone: 01634 401401 Email: office@warrenwood.medway.sch.uk Web: www.warrenwood.medway.sch.uk

Headteacher: Mrs M Nadesan

887 2640

Rochester

4-11

n/a

Wayfield Primary School Wayfield Road, Chatham, ME5 0HH

Phone: 0300 0658230

Headteacher: Mrs Valerie Rose

887 2668

Email: office@wayfield.medway.sch.uk Chatham

4-11

Web: www.wayfield.medway.sch.uk 29

distance

813 metres

The Academy of Woodlands - Woodlands Primary School Woodlands Road, Gillingham, ME7 2DU

Phone: 0300 065 8200 Email: school.office@aow.uk.com Web: www.academyofwoodlands.org.uk

Headteacher: Mr N Fiddaman

887 2412

Gillingham

4-11

166

distance

1210 metres

Medway junior schools These schools can be named for transfer from infant to junior school (Year 3) Balfour Junior School (Paired with Balfour Infant School and St John's CE Infant School) Balfour Road, Chatham, ME4 6QX

Phone: 01634 843833

Headteacher: Kim Parnell

887 2214

120

Email: office@balfour-jun.medway.sch.uk Chatham

7-11

152

Web: www.balfour-jun.medway.sch.uk 119

distance

1150 metres

Bligh Federation - Juniors (paired with Bligh Federation - Infants) Bligh Way, Strood, Rochester, ME2 2XJ

Phone: 01634 336220

Headteacher: Miss T Gobell

887 2492

Email: office@blighfed.medway.sch.uk

Strood

Web: www.blighfederationandchildrenscentre.co.uk

7-11

distance

1972 metres

Cuxton Community Junior School (paired with Cuxton Community Infant School) Bush Road, Cuxton, Rochester, ME2 1EZ Interim Executive Headteacher: Miss

Sandra Jones

Phone: 01634 336220 887 2540

apply online

Email: office@cuxtonjnr.medway.sch.uk Strood

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www.medway.gov.uk/onlineadmissions

Web: www.cuxtonjnr.medway.dbprimary.com 66

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PAN

Area

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Type

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SIF

Delce Academy (paired with Delce Infant School, Nursery and Children's Centre and St Peter's Infant School) The Tideway, Rochester, ME1 2NJ Headteacher: Ms Karen L White MA(SESI)

Phone: 01634 845242 887 2413

130

Email: office@delceacademy.co.uk Rochester

Web: www.delce-jun.medway.sch.uk

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Featherby Junior School (paired with Featherby Infant School and Nursery School) Chilham Road, Gillingham, ME8 6BT Headteacher: Mr Barry Symons

Phone: 01634 231984 887 2400

Email: admin@featherby-jun.medway.sch.uk

Twydall

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Web: www.featherby-jun.medway.sch.uk

n/a

The Gordon School - Juniors Gordon Road, Strood, Rochester, ME2 3HQ Headteacher: Mrs E Taylor

Phone: 01634 719971 887 2218

Email: office@gordonfed.medway.sch.uk

100

Strood

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n/a

Hempstead Junior School (paired with Hempstead Infant School) Birch Grove, Hempstead, Gillingham, ME7 5HJ Phone: 01634 371823 Email: office@hempsteadjnr.medway.sch.uk Headteacher: Mrs Sharon D Smith

887 2403

Gillingham

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108

Web: www.hempsteadjnr.medway.sch.uk 84

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3401 metres

Horsted Junior School (paired with Horsted School - Infants) Barberry Avenue, Chatham, ME4 9TF Headteacher: Steve Geary

Phone: 01634 335400 887 2506

Email: office@horstedjnr.medway.sch.uk Chatham

Web: www.horstedschool.co.uk

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distance

New Horizons Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Academy Park Crescent, Chatham, ME4 6NT Headteacher: Susan Daye

Phone: 01634 336565 887 2008

Email: office@newhorizons-ca.org.uk Chatham

(external)

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n/a

Web: www.newhorizons-ca.org.uk n/a

n/a

Luton Junior School (paired with Luton Infant and Nursery School) Luton Road, Chatham, ME4 5AW Headteacher: Mrs Davinder Jandu

Phone: 01634 844149 887 2199

Email: office@lutonjnr.medway.sch.uk Chatham

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Web: www.lutonjuniorschool.co.uk 61

n/a

Parkwood Junior School (paired with Parkwood Infant School) Deanwood Drive, Rainham, Gillingham, ME8 9LP Phone: 01634 234699 Email: office@parkwood-jun.medway.sch.uk Web: www.parkwood-jun.medway.sch.uk Headteacher: Mr A Moir

887 2493

apply online

Rainham

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DFE

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Primary/ junior/ infant

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Age range

Number of prefs 2014

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Last criteria applied

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Phoenix Junior Academy (paired with Greenvale Infant School) Glencoe Road, Chatham, ME4 5QD Headteacher: Ms A Smith

Phone: 01634 829009 887 2001

Email: office@phoenixjuniors.co.uk Chatham

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distance

364 metres

St Margaret's C of E Junior School (paired with St Margaret's Infant School) Orchard Street, Rainham, ME8 9AE Headteacher: Mr C P Gabbett

Phone: 01634 230998 887 3195

Email: office@stmargarets.org.uk Rainham

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Web: www.stmargarets.org.uk 79

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Parent’s application checklist for booklet Key Action

Completed

Do I live in Medway? If yes, then you must apply for schools through the Medway application process. Is my child the correct age to apply for schools? For admission to Reception Year, children must be born between 1 September 2010 and 31 August 2011 For transfer from infant to junior school (Year 3 in junior schools only, children must be born between 1 September 2007 and 31 August 2008 Have I read the Admission to Primary School Booklet? Have I contacted Student Services Admissions Team to ask any questions about any part of the process I don’t understand? Have I decided which schools, and how many, I want to apply for? Have I contacted the schools I am interested in to ask any questions about the school and/or arrange a visit? Have I completed the Medway Council school application (online or paper) and submitted it by the closing date (15 January 2015)? Do any of the school’s I have applied for require me to complete a Supplementary Information Form? If yes, then you must collect the form from the relevant school, complete it and return it directly to the school. This is in addition to the Medway application that you need to complete.

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www.medway.gov.uk/onlineadmissions

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