Pupils are admitted to the school in accordance with the Kirklees LEA Admissions Policy. This means that places are offered as follows:
For Admission to All Key Stages
- Children in public care (Looked after children)
- Children with a Statement of Special Educational Needs which names the school
- Children living in the school’s priority admission area who have an older brother or sister attending from the same address at the date of admission
- Other children living in the school’s priority admission area
- Children who live outside the priority area who have an older brother or sister attending from the same address at the time of admission
- Children who live outside the priority area
NOTES
a. Children in priorities 1 and 2 above may also be admitted above the Published Admission Number (PAN)
b. If we cannot agree to requests for admission in priorities 3 to 6 above without exceeding the PAN, we will give priority up to the PAN to children living nearest the school. Distance is measured in a straight line.
c. ‘Live’ means the child’s permanent home at the date when applications close or, if a significant house move is involved, the latest reasonable date prior to the final allocation of places.
d. For children transferring from First and Middle schools, preference within any of the priority groups above (up to the PAN) will be given to children attending either a first school in the middle school priority admission area, or a middle school in the high school priority admission area.
e. A Priority Admission Area means a geographical area determined by Kirklees in consultation with the governing body of the school.
NB There is no longer a guaranteed place for any child in any of the priorities at any key stage.
The priority admission area is a geographical area approved by Kirklees. The PAN (Pupil Admissions Number) is the maximum number of pupils which will normally be admitted to each age range in school. The PAN from September 2008 is 189.
During the Autumn Term, parents of pupils in Year 5 at First Schools are informed by the Education Authority of arrangements made for the following September. Liaison between First Schools and Year 6 staff is continued throughout the year in order to ensure that the move to Middle School is well managed. Pupils from First Schools visit Scissett towards the end of the Summer Term prior to admission and a special meeting for their parents is arranged.
Based on information received, pupils are grouped in mixed ability classes, ensuring as far as possible that special friendships are preserved and that a proper balance is achieved between feeder schools, sexes, abilities and special needs.
Discussions regarding admissions for pupils moving into the area during the school year may be made at any convenient time by contacting the Headteacher.
Further information (including details of the priority admission area and the appeals procedure) is available from Mrs M Hamby, Pupil Admissions, Oldgate House, 2 Oldgate, Huddersfield HD1 6QW : Telephone 01484 225007/8/9.
