Mount Carmel Catholic Primary School
Little Ealing Lane , Ealing , London W5 4EA 020 8567 4646 admissions @ mountcarmel . ealing . sch . uk www . mountcarmel . ealing . sch . uk
Nursery : Yes l Breakfast club : Yes l Afterschool club : Yes
DfE No : 307 / 3500 Type of school : Voluntary aided Headteacher : Clare Walsh Age range : 3-11 Planned admission number at 4 years : 60
Admissions criteria
The criteria listed below have been summarised ; the full admissions policy and regulations can be found on the school ’ s website : www . mountcarmel . ealing . sch . uk
Where the number of applications is greater than the planned admission number , applications will be considered against the criteria set out below .
After the allocation of children with an EHC plan , the admission criteria will be applied in the following order of priority :
1 . Catholic looked after children and previously looked after children who have been adopted or made subject of a Child Arrangements Order or Special Guardianship Order . Including Catholic 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 . Baptised Catholic children with a Certificate of Catholic Practice ( CCP ) from Catholic families who will have a sibling in the school on 1st September .
3 . Baptised Catholic children with a Certificate of Catholic Practice who are resident in the parish of St Peter & Paul church ( Northfields ). 4 . Other Baptised Catholics . 5 . Other looked after children and previously looked after children who have been adopted , or made subject of a 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 .
6 . Catechumens ( children aged 7 years or older ), children of Catechumens and members of an Eastern Christian Church .
7 . Christians of other Christian denominations . Applications should include either a certificate of baptism or letter from the minister or faith leader confirming membership of the faith community .
8 . Children of other faiths . Applications should include a letter from the minister or faith leader confirming membership of the faith community . 9 . Any other applicants .
Where the offer of places to all the applicants in any of the categories listed above would lead to over-subscription , the following provisions will be applied :
• The Governing Body will give top priority after the appropriate category of looked after children , to an application where compelling evidence is provided at the time of application , from an appropriate professional such as a doctor , priest , or social worker , of an exceptional medical pastoral or social or other need of the child that can only be met at this school .
Tie break Where the offer of places to all the applicants in any of the categories listed above would still lead to over-subscription the places will be offered up to the admission number to those living nearest to the front door of the Parish Church of St Peter & Paul . The distance from home to church is measured by straightline , from a point in the property to the front door of SS Peter & Paul ’ s church . In the event of a tie break of families living equidistant from the church , the tie break will be resolved by random allocation .
Multiple applications Where the final place is offered to a child who has siblings applying for a place in the same school year siblings will also be admitted .
Supplementary information form ( SIF ) You should complete the School ’ s Supplementary Information Form ( SIF ). The information on the SIF enables the Governing Body to assess your application fully against the School ’ s criteria in the event of oversubscription . If you do not complete this form your application will be given the lowest priority . Please return the SIF ( in person or by post ) to Mount Carmel Primary School , together with all other relevant paperwork required for your application by the closing date .
Certificate of Catholic practice ( CCP ) Applicants applying under Criteria 2 , 3 or 4 must submit a Certificate of Catholic Practice by the closing date . ‘ Certificate of Catholic Practice ’ means a certificate issued by the family ’ s parish priest ( or the priest in charge of the church where the family attends Mass ) in the form laid down by the Bishops ’ Conference of England and Wales . It will be issued if the priest is satisfied that at least one Catholic parent or carer ( along with the child , if he or she is over seven years old ) have ( except when it was impossible to do so ) attended Mass on Sundays and holy days of obligation for at least five years ( or , in the case of the child , since the age of seven , if shorter ). It will also be issued when the practice has been continuous since being received into the Church if that occurred less than five years ago . It is expected that most Certificates will be issued on the basis of attendance . A Certificate may also be issued by the priest when attendance is interrupted by exceptional circumstances which excuse from the obligation to attend on that occasion or occasions . Further details of these circumstances can be found in the guidance issued to priests http :// rcdow . org . uk / education / governors / admissions /
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