Dormers Wells High School
Admissions criteria
The below criteria has been summarised , for the full admissions policy and arrangements please visit the school website : www . dwhs . co . uk
Published admission number : 240 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 were previously looked after – A ‘ looked after child ’ or a child who was previously looked after but immediately after being looked after became subject to an adoption , child arrangements 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 . Siblings – Children with a brother or sister attending the academy in years 7 to 11 at the time of admission . The sibling link does not apply to students who are attending the sixth form in September 2022 .
3 . Children of staff of the school – Children where their parent ( s ) has been employed by the academy trust at the school for at least two years at the date of application for admission or where the member of staff has been recruited to a vacant post where there is a demonstrable skills shortage .
4 . Distance from home to school – Places are allocated to applicants who live closest to the school . This must be the address where parent and child normally live and they must be living there on the closing date for receipt of applications .
Tie breaks If more applications are received in any one criterion than there are places available the tiebreaker of distance by straight line from the Ordnance Survey address point for the home address to a point in the school determined by the grid references for the centre of the school ’ s postcode . In cases where applicants live equidistant from the preferred school and places cannot be offered to all of the applicants affected , the available place ( s ) will be allocated using random allocation .
Children of multiple births
In cases where there is only one place available at the school and the next child on the waiting list is one of a twin , triplet or other multiple birth group , both twins ( or all the siblings in the case of other multiple births ) would be admitted , even if this meant that the school would admit in excess of the admission number .
Children of newly appointed staff
After the published offer date , where there is a demonstrable skills shortage for a vacant post , the Academy Trust will place the children of a new appointee for the post in question at the top of the waiting list for places at the school .
How places were offered in 2021
Admissions criteria
Criteria 1 to 3 Criteria 4
Offers made on national offer day
All applicants offered
Distance of last child to be offered : 1.183 miles
Waiting lists
Waiting list for the incoming Year 7 Parents / carers can ask for their child ’ s name to be put on a waiting list for the school . The waiting list will be maintained by Ealing Council Admissions Team on behalf of the academy trust from the offer date ( 1 March ). Pupils will be kept on a waiting list for a minimum of a full term . For main round applicants they would be removed at Christmas .
For in-year applicants :
• Applications received during the autumn term would be removed during the Easter holiday .
• Applications received during the spring term would be removed during the Summer holiday .
• Applications received during the summer term would roll over to the next academic year and be removed during the Christmas holiday .
The waiting list will give priority in accordance with the admissions criteria . Any places that become available will be filled in priority order from the waiting list or late applicants . Whenever an applicant is removed from or added to the waiting list , the list will be reordered in accordance with the oversubscription criteria .
Sixth form admissions
Applications for sixth form are made directly to the school . Please visit the school website for the sixth form admissions policy : www . dwhs . co . uk
For detailed information about the school and to read their prospectus please visit the school website : www . dwhs . co . uk
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