All parents express up to three preferences, in rank order, either online or on a common application form for any North Lincolnshire School or any School that falls within a neighbouring LA.
- The LA will inform the voluntary aided school and Academy within North Lincolnshire of all children who have made application for a place at their school/Academy.
- The LA will inform neighbouring LA's of all children who have made application for a place at one of their schools.
- The LA will apply their admissions policy for all community/voluntary controlled schools within North Lincolnshire, the governors/board of trustees will do the same for the voluntary aided school and the Academy within North Lincolnshire and our neighbouring LA's will do the same for their schools.
- Governors/Board of Trustees of the voluntary aided school and the Academy within North Lincolnshire and our neighbouring LA's will notify the LA of the children they can offer places to.
- The LA will consider all preferences expressed equally. Each school listed will be considered against the published admission criteria for that school but without any reference to how the school applied for has been ranked. Where a pupil can be offered a place at more that one school a place will be offered at the highest ranked school at which a place was available. Where a pupil is not eligible for a place at any school named on the CAF a place will be provisionally allocated at the next nearest school with a place available.
- Following the timetables set out earlier in this section the LA will write to all parents with an offer of a place at a school. We will also offer places at any voluntary aided school and Academy within North Lincolnshire and schools within our neighbouring LA's. This duty is done on behalf of those bodies.
Where there are more applications than available places the LA will apply their admissions criteria (this is described in 'C' below) and the governing body of the voluntary aided school will do the same. Please see appendix B which details the admissions criteria for each voluntary aided school within North Lincolnshire. Details of our neighbouring LA's admissions criteria can be obtained by contacting the relevant authority (see appendix E for details)
It is essential that you submit your application by the closing date. Failure to do so may mean that your child will not be considered for a place at any of your preferred schools and that the LA will allocate a place at a school which has places available.
You should also be aware that if your catchment school was full, as a result of allocating places from those parents who have submitted their application on time, your child would not be allocated a place there.