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Featherstone High School
Admissions criteria
The below criteria has been summarised, for the full
admissions policy and arrangements please visit the school
website: www.featherstonehigh.ealing.sch.uk
Published admission number: 280 places
How places were offered in 2019
Admissions
criteria Offers made on national
offer day
Criteria 1 to 3 All applicants offered
Criteria 4 Distance of last child to be
offered: 0.501 of a mile
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 in Public Care. Children in public care are as
defined in section 22 of the 1989 Children’s Act. This
includes foster children. Looked after children who were
previously looked after but immediately after being
looked after became subject to an adoption, resident or
special guardianship order.
2. Brother or sister who will still be attending the school
at the time of admission. The words brother and
sister refer to all blood, half, foster, step, and adopted
brothers and sisters, (not cousins), who live at the
same home and in the same family unit as the child
on a permanent basis or for the majority of time in
any calendar year. A sibling relationship does not apply
when the older child(ren) will leave before the younger
one starts school. A sibling connection does not apply
for children whose older siblings will/may be attending
the 6th form in years 12 and 13.
3. Exceptional medical or social circumstances, for
Featherstone High School as the named preferred
school. All supporting evidence showing why education
should be at the school must be submitted at the time
of application. Priority under this criterion can only be
given for the first preference school. The Admissions
Panel will consider all claimed exceptional medical or
social circumstances in line with admissions criteria and
inform parents of their decision.
4. Distance from the child’s permanent home address
to the preferred school. The distance from home to
Featherstone High, is measured by straight line from a
point in the property determined by Ordnance Survey
to the nearest gated entrance which is used by pupils to
enter the school grounds.
Any combination of two or more criteria gives higher
priority than one criterion. For example, a brother/sister
connection and agreed medical/ social circumstances would
give priority over a brother/sister connection. If two or more
children have equal priority under the criteria, the criterion
of distance set out in point 4 above will then be applied.
Tie breaks
In the event that the distances are equal the Local Authority
(not the school) operate a random allocation to determine
which applicant should be offered the place.
Twin or children from multiple births
The Local Authority does not give priority under its admission
criteria for twins, triplets or other children from multiple births.
Children of newly appointed staff
After the published offer date, where there is a demonstrable
skills shortage for a vacant post (independent evidence is
required), the admission authority 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.
Waiting lists
When vacancies arise, places will be allocated according to
the oversubscription criteria. Vacancies will be offered to
the pupil with the highest priority on the waiting list/pool
at the time the vacancy arises, not on a “first come, first
served” basis. The position of a pupil on the waiting list/
pool changes frequently and can move down as well as up
if other pupils having higher priority have their names added
to the waiting list. Length of time on a waiting list/pool does
not give any priority. Places are offered from the waiting
list if they become available. These places cannot normally
be held open and it is expected that they will be taken up
almost immediately.
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.featherstonehigh.ealing.sch.uk
For detailed information about the school and to
read their prospectus please visit the school website:
www.featherstonehigh.ealing.sch.uk
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