Ada Lovelace CofE High School
Admissions criteria
The below criteria has been summarised , for the full admissions policy and arrangements please visit the school website : www . adalovelace . org . uk
Published admission number : 200 places
Where the number of applications is less than the published admission number all applicants will be offered a place .
Where the number of applications is greater than the published admission number ; after the allocation of children with an EHC plan , the admission criteria will be applied in the following order of priority :
1 . Children who are Looked After or Previously Looked After and those who immediately after being looked after became subject to adoption , a child arrangement order , or special guardianship order . Including children who appear ( to the admission authority ) to have been in state care outside of England and ceased to be in state care as a result of being adopted .
2 . Children with a sibling already on-roll at Ada Lovelace CofE High School when they apply . A sibling relation does not apply when the child currently on roll will leave the school before the sibling starts .
3 . 10 % of places for children showing an aptitude for language . Places will be allocated in order of ranked assessment score .
4 . The remaining places will be allocated in accordance with the Tie Breaker arrangements ( see below ).
Tie breaks Distance will be used as the first ‘ tie-breaker ’ if two or more applicants are equally qualified for a place within the oversubscription criteria .
Distance is measured in a straight line from home to the nodal point which is the centre point of the school ’ s permanent site , Park View Road , Ealing W5 2JX ( Easting 518492 Northing 181419 ), using the Local Authority ’ s computerised mapping system based on ordnance survey data .
In cases where applicants live equidistant from the school , the available place will be allocated using a random computer selection by Ealing Local Authority .
Multiple birth and same year siblings
In cases where only one place is available and twins or multiple- birth children tie for the last available place , then both or all will be offered even if this exceeds the published admission number .
Where one twin has an Education , Health and Care plan that names the school , the other twin will be treated as having a sibling link for that academic year .
How places were offered in 2021
Admissions criteria
Criteria 1 & 2 Criteria 4
Offers made on national offer day
All applicants offered
Distance of last child to be offered : 0.726 of a mile
Waiting lists
If Ada Lovelace Church of England High School cannot offer a place you will be offered the opportunity of placing your child ’ s name on the waiting list . This waiting list will be maintained by the school strictly in the order of the oversubscription criteria and not in the order in which the applications are received . If a place becomes available , the child who is first on the waiting list will be offered a place . Whenever a child joins the waiting list the list will be reordered in accordance with the oversubscription criteria above . The waiting list will run until the end of the school year .
Specialist language places
10 % of places within Ada Lovelace CofE High School will be offered to students applying for a place in Year 7 with an identified natural aptitude for language .
How to apply :
• Apply to Ada Lovelace CofE High School in accordance with the Local Authority ’ s co-ordinated admission arrangements using the Home Local Authority Common Application Form .
• Complete the Language Scholarship application form online on the school website by the specified Language Scholarship closing date Friday 1 October 2021 at 12 noon .
• All Language Scholarship applicants will be invited to attend a language and linguistic aptitude assessment .
• Your child ’ s assessment score will be issued via email together with their ranked position on the Language Scholarship List . Whether your child is offered a place will depend upon your ranked position for a Language Scholarship place at the time of offers being made as well as yours and others applications order of preference on the Home Local Authority Common Application Form .
• Students who are not offered a Language Scholarship place in March will be placed on a Language Scholarship Waiting List , ranked according to their score . If a place becomes available it will be offered to the applicant who is highest on the waiting list . In the case of a tie on score , those students living nearer the school , measured in a straight line from a point in the property of the child ’ s home address ( including flats ) to the nodal point which is the centre point of the school ’ s permanent site Park View Road , Ealing W5 2JX , will be given priority .
For detailed information about the school and to read their prospectus please visit the school website : www . adalovelace . org . uk
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