A guide for parents and carers on admissions to Secondary School

Admission arrangements <strong>for</strong> 14-16 provision6. (a) The Technical Academy is a regionalfacility <strong>and</strong> there<strong>for</strong>e welcomesstudents from across Berkshire withcatchment areas which includeReading, Wokingham, West Berkshire,South Ox<strong>for</strong>dshire, Basingstoke &Deane, Bracknell Forest, Windsor &Maidenhead, Wycombe <strong>and</strong> Hart.Grouped post code areas have beendefined as the method to ensuregeographical spread. This means thatapplicants living close to the ReadingTechnical Academy, or with siblings atthe Reading Technical Academy, do nothave priority over other applicantswithin the other areas.(b) A set percentage of places will beallocated <strong>for</strong> children resident in eachof the grouped post code areas. A mapshowing these post code areas isattached at Appendix A.Procedures where the Reading TechnicalAcademy is oversubscribed7. Where the number of applications <strong>for</strong>admission is greater than the publishedadmissions number, applications will beconsidered against the criteria set outbelow. After the admission of pupilswith statements of Special EducationalNeeds where the Reading TechnicalAcademy is named on the statement,the criteria will be applied in the orderin which they are set out below:a) Looked after children; or a child whowas previously looked after butimmediately after being looked afterbecame subject to an adoption order,residence, or special guardianshiporder. A looked after child is a childwho is (a) in the care of a localauthority, or (b) being provided withaccommodation by a local authority inthe exercise of their social servicesfunctions.b) Remaining places will be allocated asfollows: a. 30% of places allocated toapplicants within Area 1 which willInclude all postcodes in RG1, RG2, RG4,RG5, RG6 <strong>and</strong> RG30c) 30% of places allocated to applicantswithin Area 2 which will include allpostcodes in RG7, RG8, RG9, RG10,RG12, RG27, RG31, RG40, RG41, RG42,RG45, GU46 <strong>and</strong> GU47d) 30% of places allocated toapplicants within Area 3 which willinclude all postcodes in RG14, RG18,RG19, RG21, RG22, RG23, RG24, RG26,SL1, SL2, SL4, SL5, SL6, SL7, GU14, GU15,GU17, GU18, GU19, GU20 <strong>and</strong> GU51e) Remaining 10% of places will beallocated to pupils living outside theareas listed in b to d above with thoseliving closest to the front gates of theTechnical Academy (straight linedistance - front door to front door,using GPS technology) being admitted.8. (a) If the number of applicants withinany one area exceeds its allocation,places will be allocated r<strong>and</strong>omly tothe applicants within that area.(b) In the event that places allocated toa particular group of post code areasare not filled, the balance of places willfirst be allocated <strong>for</strong> children residentin any of the remaining post code areasby r<strong>and</strong>om allocation(c) If there is the same number orfewer applicants than places available,then all applicants will be offered aplace. Any unfilled places after allapplicants in paragraph 7 have beenadmitted will be distributed to thoseapplicants who live outside of the postcode areas using r<strong>and</strong>om allocation.(d) Applications from sets of twins orother children from multiple births willbe treated as individual applicants. Thismay result in one child being allocateda place under r<strong>and</strong>om allocation <strong>and</strong>another not..If you have any queries please contact the Admissions Team on 0118 937 2550 or email: admissions.team@reading.gov.ukApply online at www.reading.gov.uk/schooladmissions 56