Our Lady of the Visitation Catholic Primary School
Greenford Road , Greenford UB6 9AN 020 8575 5344 admin @ olovrc . com www . visitation . ealing . sch . uk
Nursery : Yes l Breakfast club : Yes l Afterschool club : Yes
DfE No : 307 / 3503 Type of school : Voluntary aided Headteacher : Kathleen Coll 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 . visitation . 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 . Baptised Catholic ‘ looked after ’ children and baptised Catholic previously ‘ looked after ’ children , who have been adopted or made subject to child arrangements orders or special guardianship orders . 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 who have a sibling at the school at the time of admission .
3 . Baptised Catholic children with a Certificate of Catholic Practice resident in the Parish of Our Lady of the Visitation , Greenford . ( A map of the Parish and a list of streets within the Parish is attached .) 4 . Other Baptised Catholic children . 5 . Other ‘ looked after ’ children and previously ‘ looked after ’ children who have been adopted or made subject to child arrangements orders or special guardianship orders . 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 . Children of catechumens or members of an Eastern
Christian Church . 7 . Children of Christians of other Christian denominations whose application is supported either by a certificate of baptism or by a letter from their Minister of Religion confirming membership of the parish .
8 . Children of other faiths whose application is supported by a letter from their religious leader confirming membership of the faith community . 9 . Any other children .
Exceptional need The Governing Body will give top priority , after the appropriate category of looked-after children , to an application where compelling written evidence is provided at the time of application , from an appropriate professional such as a priest , hospital consultant or social worker , of an exceptional social , medical , pastoral or other need of the child , which can only be met at this school .
Tie break Where the offer of places to all the applicants in any of the sub-categories listed above would still lead to oversubscription , the places up to the admission number will be offered to those living nearest to the school as measured in a straight line from the applicant ’ s home to the school . The measurement will be conducted by the Local Authority . The distance from home to school is measured by straight-line , from a point in the property to a point in the school determined by the grid references for the centre of the school ’ s postcode . If distances for the final place are identical then random allocation will be carried out in the presence of an independent witness .
Multiple applications Where the final place is offered to a child who has other siblings applying for a place in the same school year , these siblings will also be admitted .
Supplementary information form ( SIF ) You should complete the School ’ s Supplementary Information Form ( SIF ). Whilst this is not compulsory , 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 a SIF your child will be ranked under the lowest criterion . Please return the SIF ( in person or by post ) to the 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 and 3 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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