Admissions Policy 2022 – 2023 General Principles Weydon School Academy is an 11 – 16 mixed comprehensive school, serving the southern area of Farnham and rural villages within Surrey and Hampshire. We are a school with National Teaching School status. We do not have any requirement for aptitude from prospective students. The Published Admissions Numbers (PAN) for Year 7 starting September 2022 will be 330. Admission to our school is not dependent on any ‘voluntary’ contribution. The school participates in the Local Authority co-ordinated scheme and all deadlines within that should be adhered to by applicants. As required by the Admissions Code (2014) the school will give top priority to applications on behalf of children in public care (Children in Care) and previously in care. Children with an Education Health and Care Plan naming the school will also be admitted and will count in the admission numbers. There is no guarantee of a place for children attending the named partner schools.
The school will endeavour to provide places for students who do not attend a named partner school whose parents wish them to attend Weydon School, provided that they can be accommodated within the admission limits. When applying, applicants may make a request in writing to the School’s Admissions Committee for a place for their child outside of the normal age group. The School’s Admission Committee will consider this request and the decision will be made on the basis of the evidence supplied to the committee of the circumstances of each case and in the best interests of the child concerned. Applicants who are applying for their child to have a decelerated entry to school, i.e. to start later than other children in their chronological age group, should initially apply for a school place in accordance with the deadlines that apply for their child’s chronological age. If, in liaison with the Principal, governors agree for the child to have a decelerated entry to the school the place cannot be deferred and instead the applicant will be invited to apply again in the following year for the decelerated cohort.
Applicants who are applying for their child to have an accelerated entry to school, i.e. to start earlier than other children in their chronological age group, must initially apply for a school place at the same time that other families are applying for that cohort. If, in liaison with the Principal, governors agree for the child to have an accelerated entry to the school, the application will be processed. If it is not agreed for the child to have an accelerated entry to the school, the applicant will be invited to apply again in the following year for the correct cohort. Should there be more applications for entry to the school than places available the governors will apply the criteria in the order in which they are set out below. The Schools Admissions Code will take precedence if there is any disparity with the Policy.
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